FAs Rushed To Cockpit When Both Pilots Got Lightheaded
The UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch is looking into an
unusual incident aboard a British Airways A321 last month. Both
pilots reportedly became suddenly "unwell" and light-headed, and
issued a panicked-sounding call on the PA for the senior flight
attendant to come to the cockpit. The flight, which had departed
London Heathrow for Glasgow, was 20 minutes out when it turned back
as a precaution.
Passengers on a Qantas A380 discovered last weekend why we're
asked to keep our seatbelts on anytime we're in our seats, not just
when the "Fasten Seatbelts" light is on. While flying over India
Saturday, a flight from London to Singapore hit turbulence so
severe that unrestrained passengers were thrown again the overhead
bins. The plane continued on three hours to its destination
following the incident.
No Further Testing Planned Until Fuel Is More Readily
Available
After a six-month practical trial involving biosynthetic fuel,
Lufthansa said this week that it had successfully operated 1,187
biofuel flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt. According to initial
calculations, CO2 emissions were reduced by 1,621 tons. Total
consumption of the biokerosene mix amounted to 1,715
tons.
November Stats Show One Longer Than Four Hours on International
Flights For The Month
Airlines reported only one tarmac delay of more than three hours
on domestic flights and one tarmac delay of more than four hours on
international flights in November, according to the U.S. Department
of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report. The
larger U.S. airlines have been required to report long tarmac
delays on their domestic flights since October 2008.
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