Plane makes emergency landing because of a Laptop battery

A JetBlue plane made an emergency landing in Michigan after smoke was detected from an overhead bin on a flight from New York to San Francisco.
And it was because of a lithium laptop battery of a passenger's laptop battery. After two and a half hours on flight, kaily Honnibal, 18 a passenger on the plane, head a message on the PA system. "Sounds like fire in 25!"

She looked back and saw smoke.

"I was scared," she told CNN.

"When you see a fire on the plane and you're in the air air, there's nothing you can do."

The plane, a JetBlue Airbus A321, with 158 passengers and crew on board landed safely at Gerald Ford International Airport in Grand Rapid, Michigan, at around 8 pm.

The fire had been extinguished by the time the plane landed.

So far this year, there have been 12 fire related incidents on flights caused by lithium batteries or lithium battery powered devices, according to the FAA.

Source RT News.

Britain bans troubled Air Zimbabwe

Britain's government site has said, Air Zimbabwe has been refused permission to operate flights to the EU because the airline has been unable to demonstrate that it complies with international air safety standards."

The site further says, "British government employees travelling to and within Zimbabwe has been advised to use careers that aren't subject to the EU operating ban."

This is despite comments by Minister of Transport J. Gumbo that only two flights had been affected.

"It should be noted that the ban is on two specific aircraft that fly long haul to Europe," he said.

"The airline has not been banned from-flying to Europe. If we corrected that ban on the two planes will be lifted. The previous management was found wanting on the way they maintained those two. It's politics at play but its set conditions on those aircrafts which we have to correct. It is good for Air Zimbabwe, there are some checks and balances which are for our benefit."


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Private plane with 4 people aboard goes missing: Bermuda Triangle

US authorities were on Tuesday in a deep search in Bahamas for a small overdue plane carrying 4 New Yorkers (two adults and two kids).

The US Coast guard said the thin-engine MU-2B was east of the island of Eleuthera on Monday when the traffic control in Miami lost radar and radio contact with plane. The plane was on its way from Puerto Rico and never reached its destination of Tutusville, along the north eastern coast of Florida.

The plane boarders were identified as Nathan Ulrich and Jennifer Blumin of New York, along with her 4 year-old and 10 year old sons.

The plane was at about 24 000 feet & travelled at 300 knots when air traffic control lost contact.

"There's no indication of significant adverse weather at the time," said Lt. Commander. Ryan Kelly, a coast Guard spokesperson.

Coast guard aircraft were searching along with customs and Boarder Patrol and the Royal Bahamas Defense Force about 40 miles east of Eleuthera.

A Coast Guard Cutter was dispatched to the area to assist with the search.

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Air Zimbabwe: Airline banned from flying into European Union due to safety standards

Safety concerns have seen Zimbabwe's national career banned from flying to the European Union.

Yesterday, (16, May), the European Commission issued its updated Safety List and Air Zimbabwe was listed as incapable of operation within the European Union due to its lower safety standards.

The EU Commission's statement reads,

"All airlines certified in Benin and Mozambique are cleared from the list, following further improvements to aviation safety situation in these countries. On the other hand, the airlines, Med-View (Nigeria), Mestique Airway (St-Vincent and the Grenadines), Aviation Company Urga (Ukraine) & Air Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) were added to the list due to the list due to unaddressed safety defiances that were detected by the European Aviation Safety Agency during the assessment for a third country operator authorisation."

Commissioner for Transport Violera Bulc said;

"This also a signal to the 16 countries that remain on the list. It shows that work and cooperation pays off. The commission and the European Aviation Agency are ready to assist them and raise the safety standards worldwide."

21 Year Old Pilot Turns Hero After Emergency Landing

A young trainee pilot has earned himself a 'hero' title after he made an amazing emergency landing that saved three lives.

The young hero, Zachary Cox, aged 21, was in the plane along with two other trainee pilots in New South Wales, Coffs Harbor when the landing gear faulted.

A video revealed Mr. Cox keeping steady while skidding the nose of the plane across the runway.

In his 9 News interview he said,

"I was ready for what came at me."

He said he has put the incident past him and expected to get to be back to the skies this week.

"As pilots, there's always going to be problems. We train for it; it's not going to affect me." He said.

His instructor talked him through the landing by ensuring they could escape if the plane overturned.

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