Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/MrElDiablo8 This is the moment a plane is evacuated before takeoff after a passenger suffered a panic attack when he saw smoke coming from one of the engines and yanked open an emergency exit. The incident took place at the Mexico…
Story By: Michael Leidig, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A nine-year-old boy who was scolded on the face and shoulders by hot coffee during a flight from Cairo to Vienna has been given 40,000 EUR compensation. The accident happened on an Egyptian airline which was not named but has its headquarters in…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/@meck737 A pilot has carried out an emergency landing in a cornfield after encountering engine failure in harsh weather conditions and managed to save the lives of nine people on board. According to local media, the unnamed pilot of a Cessna…
Story By: John Feng, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Two girls aged 8 and 11 have survived after the light aircraft they were travelling in with their pilot father crashed into the side of a snow-covered Austrian mountain. The crash happened close to the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, some 100 kilometres south…
Video Credit: CEN/@amandi_82 This footage shows an aeroplane trying to land on a runway at a Spanish airport in such strong winds that the aircraft approaches at what seems to be a 90-degree angle before the pilot gives up and aborts. The incident was shared on social media by netizen…
