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‘Lord, you have my soul’: Just-released transcript includes pilot's last words before Amazon jet crashed

HOUSTON — Pilots of the Atlas Air cargo jet that crashed into Trinity Bay in February frantically described the plane losing speed about a minute before air traffic controllers lost radar contact, according to a transcript of the recovered cockpit voice ...
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Here is why cargo pilots are furious with the FedEx CEO

FedEx employs over 5,800 pilots and is the world’s largest cargo airline. But on Sept. 29, the FedEx Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) representing these pilots issued a formal vote of “no confidence” in company ...
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Airline Pilot Grind: Keeping Chin Up and Nose Down Remains Good Advice

The airline pilot industry experienced extreme volatility from 2019 to 2024, shifting from a post-COVID hiring boom to a significant slowdown in 2025 across major, low-cost, and regional carriers. Aviation is inherently a cyclical business, prone to ...

Inside the Qantas flight 141 mayday call that led to Auckland emergency landing

A transcript of the conversation between Qantas flight 141 and air traffic control has revealed the dramatic moment the pilot sent in a mayday call before
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United Airlines Flight Makes Emergency U-Turn After Passenger's Laptop Falls Into Cargo Hold

United Airlines Flight 126 from Washington Dulles to Rome made an unprecedented mid-flight U-turn on October 15, 2025, after a passenger’s active laptop somehow dropped through the aircraft cabin into the cargo hold,

Is your carry-on putting flights at risk? United flight turns back mid-Atlantic after passenger’s lithium-ion laptop slips into inaccessible cargo area

A United Airlines flight to Rome made an unexpected U-turn and returned to Washington Dulles Airport after a passenger's powered-on laptop fell through a cabin wall into an inaccessible cargo area. The lithium-ion battery posed a safety risk,
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