“Autopilot controls are inadequate to prevent abuse and increase accident risks.” Due to doubts about the functioning of Autopilot, Tesla decided to withdraw more than 2 million vehicles from the market. The recall follows an investigation launched more than two years ago by the US automotive safety regulator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Nhtsa), which […]
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Attempt to crash a plane with 80 people on board: What happened on the plane
He would attempt to shut down the engines of a plane flying at 30 thousand with 80 people on board. It’s a crazy plan from someone who knows exactly how to do it: 44-year-old Joseph David Emerson, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot at the time. Last Sunday, the man was on a plane leaving Everett, […]
There is a cobra on the plane: the pilot had to make an emergency landing
For Rudolph Erasmus, a South African airplane pilot, the flight from Cape Town to Nelspruit in the north of the country should be a short and routine journey like any other. All was well until the pilot noticed an unexpected “passenger” in the cabin: not a human, but a cobra crawling over him as the […]
Teen breaks Guinness World Record for being the youngest person to travel the world
Mack Rutherford, a 17-year-old Belgian-British pilot who took off in an ultralight aircraft in March, landed in Bulgaria on Wednesday afternoon, winning the bet to become the youngest pilot to fly alone around the world. After a journey of five months and a day, Rutherford’s plane landed at 4 p.m. local time (2 p.m. in […]
70 companies start 4-day workweek pilot in UK
About 70 British companies will start a pilot test of a four-day workweek with the same pay, the largest in the world according to organisers, on Monday after the pandemic reshaped the way of working. The companies, from a variety of sectors – including banking and hospitality – and with a workforce of more than […]
Air traffic controller tells how he helped inexperienced passenger ashore
One air traffic controller told how he helped a passenger with no flying experience to landing a planeafter the pilot was incapacitated. The incident, which took place on Tuesday in palm tree beach and worthy of a screenplay, it features prominently in the South Florida news. “I knew the plane flew like any other plane,” […]