A plane that hit a mystery object at 36,000 feet, forcing it to make an emergency landing with an injured pilot, may have hit a weather balloon. United Airlines Flight 1093 was traveling from Denver to Los Angeles on Thursday when it had to divert to Salt Lake City.

A very rough and scary landing for a pilot in western Kentucky.The pilot landed at Mayfield-Graves County Airport, but was unable to stop at the end of the runway, going through a grassy area, a fence, and a highway before colliding with the housePolice ...

In fact, the Conversation writes that in-flight “technical issues” are part and parcel of flying the friendly skies and airplanes are equipped with layers of redundancy measures and warning systems to alert pilots, who train extensively to handle in-flight fiascos.

Flight attendant Venezia Macias agreed and said it is ultimately up to the captain how long the door stays open Passengers loading a commercial aircraft can oftentimes catch a glimpse inside the cockpit while they make their way inside, But federal law ...