Tag: Pilot

Several dead in operation to arrest rogue Venezuela helicopter pilot

CARACAS: Several people including two police officers were killed in an operation to capture a helicopter pilot who bombed Venezuela's Supreme Court during anti-government...

CM’s message on 2nd death anniversary of Shaheed pilot Maryam Mukhtar

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that Shaheed pilot Maryam Mukhtar is the pride of the nation and a strong symbol...

Indonesian pilot fired after slurred cockpit announcement

An Indonesian pilot who stumbled through airport security and repeatedly dropped his belongings before making a slurred announcement to his 154 passengers from the...

Pilot of PK-661 made two mayday calls

The pilot of the ill-fated Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane made mayday calls at least twice, revealed the last conversation between the pilot and...

FlyDubai crash pilot ‘was due to leave airline over fatigue’

The captain of the FlyDubai jet which crashed in Russia last Saturday was due to leave the airline over fatigue, colleagues have said. All 62...

Turkey sends corpse of shot down pilot back to Russia: Reports

Turkey on Monday sent back to Russia the corpse of a pilot killed when his plane was shot down by the Turkish air force...

ATC extends physical remand of Shaheen Air pilot

  An anti terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday extended physical remand of Shaheen Air pilot Asmat Mehmood, who crash landed a plane on November 3,...

‘Drunk’ Shaheen pilot arrested

Authorities have arrested the pilot in command of a Shaheen Air International plane that skidded off the runway earlier this month after medical reports...

Pilot who crash-landed Shaheen aircraft was drunk, report finds

  The Shaheen Air International pilot commandeering flight NL-142 which crash-landed at Lahore airport earlier this month was intoxicated and fatigued at the time of...

‘Drunk’ PIA pilot denied bail, remanded to police custody in London

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilot, who pleaded guilty to being drunk just before he was due to fly to Pakistan, was remanded to...

PIA pilot suspended over 14-hour flight delay

Authorities have suspended Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) pilot for a 14-hour delay in the flight from Bradford to Islamabad. PIA spokesman Mashhood Tajwar said that...

Apt judgment by pilot averts potential PIA disaster

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight escaped a potential disaster on Saturday morning as its pilot managed to safely land the aircraft after a...

Pilot loses consciousness ‘somewhere over Oregon’

A pair of jets made emergency landings last night, in unrelated dramatic incidents. In one case, an Alaska Airlines jet bound for Seattle had...

PIA deny fire in Airbus engine, announces medal for the pilot

PIA has denied reports carried by some TV channels of eruption of fire in the engine of London bound airbus and said it was...

Pilot fakes imminent plane crash before marriage proposal

A Chicago man took unusual marriage proposals to new heights when he faked an impending plane crash before asking his girlfriend to marry him....

Nepal says pilot error likely cause of plane crash

Nepal said Saturday an error by a “panic-stricken” pilot likely caused the crash of an Everest-bound plane that killed all 19 on board. The...

Swiss pilot in town; en route to world record

A dashing and handsome 22-year-old Swiss pilot passed through the city on his way to making a world record of being the youngest pilot...