Tag: Pilot
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PHOTO: Nigeria gets first female navy aircraft pilot
Lt. Changfe Maigari has made history as the first female pilot in the Nigerian Navy (NN) since its inception in 1964.
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Fear as flight pilot dies mid-air forcing emergency landing in New York
Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said on Wednesday. The plane had taken off from the western US coastal city of Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “The pilot of our Airbus…
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Pilot dies after helicopter collides with hotel rooftop
A pilot has died after a helicopter collided with a hotel roof in Australia early on Monday. Queensland police said that emergency services were called to the hotel in Cairns, in north-eastern Australia,
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SHOCKING! Pilot, Co-pilot slept off for 28mins on flight to Indonesia
Batik Air plane in Indonesia went off track on its flight path after both the pilot and the co-pilot fell asleep for nearly half an hour. The incident, which happened in January, saw the pair in the cockpit getting some shuteye, as the aircraft drifted off its planned path – something that could have led…
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EFCC arrests ‘pilot’ over alleged N1bn fraud
EFCC has arrested a suspect who claimed to be a pilot for allegedly collecting N1.02 billion in Kaduna under false pretence.
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Airline fines Pilot $36,496 for inviting friend into cockpit
India’s aviation regulator on Friday imposed a fine of 3 million rupees (36,496 million dollars) on Air India. The airline was fined after a pilot of the private airline was found violating safety norms by allowing a friend inside the cockpit during a flight.
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SAD! Two Indian fighter jets crash, pilot killed
Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed on Saturday, killing one pilot, in an apparent mid-air collision while on exercises south of the capital New Delhi. The crash involved a Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30, carrying two pilots, and a French-built Mirage 2000, operated by a third. Both aircraft had taken off in the morning from the…
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Danger alerts: NCAA warns pilots, airline operators over hazardous weather in dry season
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned pilots and airline operators to exercise caution over hazardous weather in dry season. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this caution was contained in an Advisory Circular (AC) with reference no AC: NCAA-AEROMET – 34 initiated by the Directorate of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards (DAAS) addressed to all Pilots and…
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Pilot killed as army helicopter crashes
An Indian army Cheetah helicopter has crashed in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, leaving one pilot killed and another one injured, media reported on Wednesday. The helicopter with two pilots on board crashed near the village of Tawanga at about 04:30 GMT, the Indian news agency ANI reported, citing army officials, adding that the pilots…
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Police helicopter pilot shot, eight dead during wild shoot-out
At least eight people are dead and five police officers injured after a wild shoot-out with automatic weapons in Johannesburg. Police Minister Bheki Cele said on national television that a police helicopter was also fired on by the gang of about 25, resulting in the co-pilot being shot. The shooting was preceded by a wild…