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Canada Plane Diverted After 16-Year-Old Attacks Family Mid-Air
The family member received treatment for "minor physical injuries" during the flight and the teenager was detained and transferred to the hospital for a medical examination.
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British Pilots To Make History, Fly Around The World In A WWII Spitfire
A little over two weeks from now, two British pilots -- Steve Boultbee Brooks and Matt Jones -- will embark on an epic mission straight out of a Jules Verne book in a fighter from the glory days of World War II. They will fly a newly restored Silver Spitfire 43,452 km around the world over a period of five months in the first attempt of its kind so...
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Bright Lights Baffled Tired Pilots Before Near-Collision In San Francisco
Construction lights were so bright they confused pilots of a fatigued Air Canada crew who nearly struck four aircraft on the ground while trying to land at night in July 2017 in San Francisco, according to preliminary reports.
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Plane Crashes During Canadian Air Show, Killing Pilot: Military
An investigation is underway after a plane crashed on Sunday during a military air show in Western Canada, killing the pilot, the local air base said.
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Pilot Diverts Flight to Save Dog From Freezing
In a heart-warming incident, an Air Canada pilot diverted a flight to save the life of a pet dog on board after realising that a cargo hold heating unit of the plane failed, thus threatening the canine's life.
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Drama in the sky: rehearsal to rescue 'hijacked' jetliner
Flying at 34,000 feet over the Bering Strait, the Russian pilots had a singular focus: making sure they smoothly received the hand-off of a "hijacked" jetliner from their US-Canadian counterparts.
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Sleepy Air Canada pilot dives plane; 16 injured
A sleepy Air Canada pilot who mistakenly believed his jet was about to crash into a U.S. military plane forced a sudden dive that caused 16 injuries among passengers and crew on a transatlantic flight, a report says. The Transportation Safety Board report released on Monday describes the 46 seconds in which the plane dived and lurched back up duri...
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Cancellations and delays hit Air Canada flights
Air Canada's operations have yet to return to normal a day after dozens of pilots called in sick, forcing the cancellation of about 75 flights.
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Air Canada plane dumps fuel over Sydney
An Air Canada flight was forced to return to Sydney airport on Thursday after crew members saw smoke coming from an oven in the galley, an airline official said. No one on flight AC34 was injured in the incident, which forced the pilot to dump fuel over Sydney before safely landing the plane in Sydney, said Jeannie Foster, Air Canada's general mana...
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Canadian jet crashes during practice run, pilot ejects safely
A Canadian air force jet crashed and exploded in a ball of flames during a training run for a weekend international air show in Alberta, but the pilot was able to eject from the plummeting plane before it hit the runway.The pilot, Capt. Brian Bews, who sustained a sore back and scraped-up arms, was treated at a hospital and released Friday.Bews was...
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Canada Plane Diverted After 16-Year-Old Attacks Family Mid-Air
The family member received treatment for "minor physical injuries" during the flight and the teenager was detained and transferred to the hospital for a medical examination.
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British Pilots To Make History, Fly Around The World In A WWII Spitfire
A little over two weeks from now, two British pilots -- Steve Boultbee Brooks and Matt Jones -- will embark on an epic mission straight out of a Jules Verne book in a fighter from the glory days of World War II. They will fly a newly restored Silver Spitfire 43,452 km around the world over a period of five months in the first attempt of its kind so...
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Bright Lights Baffled Tired Pilots Before Near-Collision In San Francisco
Construction lights were so bright they confused pilots of a fatigued Air Canada crew who nearly struck four aircraft on the ground while trying to land at night in July 2017 in San Francisco, according to preliminary reports.
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Plane Crashes During Canadian Air Show, Killing Pilot: Military
An investigation is underway after a plane crashed on Sunday during a military air show in Western Canada, killing the pilot, the local air base said.
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Pilot Diverts Flight to Save Dog From Freezing
In a heart-warming incident, an Air Canada pilot diverted a flight to save the life of a pet dog on board after realising that a cargo hold heating unit of the plane failed, thus threatening the canine's life.
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Drama in the sky: rehearsal to rescue 'hijacked' jetliner
Flying at 34,000 feet over the Bering Strait, the Russian pilots had a singular focus: making sure they smoothly received the hand-off of a "hijacked" jetliner from their US-Canadian counterparts.
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Sleepy Air Canada pilot dives plane; 16 injured
A sleepy Air Canada pilot who mistakenly believed his jet was about to crash into a U.S. military plane forced a sudden dive that caused 16 injuries among passengers and crew on a transatlantic flight, a report says. The Transportation Safety Board report released on Monday describes the 46 seconds in which the plane dived and lurched back up duri...
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Cancellations and delays hit Air Canada flights
Air Canada's operations have yet to return to normal a day after dozens of pilots called in sick, forcing the cancellation of about 75 flights.
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Air Canada plane dumps fuel over Sydney
An Air Canada flight was forced to return to Sydney airport on Thursday after crew members saw smoke coming from an oven in the galley, an airline official said. No one on flight AC34 was injured in the incident, which forced the pilot to dump fuel over Sydney before safely landing the plane in Sydney, said Jeannie Foster, Air Canada's general mana...
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Canadian jet crashes during practice run, pilot ejects safely
A Canadian air force jet crashed and exploded in a ball of flames during a training run for a weekend international air show in Alberta, but the pilot was able to eject from the plummeting plane before it hit the runway.The pilot, Capt. Brian Bews, who sustained a sore back and scraped-up arms, was treated at a hospital and released Friday.Bews was...
