This Tiny Gadget Lets You Connect Your Bluetooth Headphones to the Plane’s Screen, and It Costs Pennies

If you’ve ever been stuck on a long flight watching a movie with those cheap wired earbuds the airline hands out, you’ll understand why small Bluetooth transmitters exist. The Ugreen airplane ...
The National Interest

What Does “Fly by Wire” Actually Mean—and Why Does It Matter to Fighter Jets?

Because of their many redundancies, electronic fly-by-wire controls are actually far safer than traditional hydraulic ones.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Drop in altitude on JetBlue flight that forced emergency landing injured at least 15, officials say

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — At least 15 JetBlue passengers were injured and taken to the hospital after a sudden drop in altitude on a flight from Mexico forced an emergency landing in Florida, officials said ...
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How to Get Paid for Taking a Later Flight

Want to earn while you travel? Discover how volunteering to be bumped from your flight can lead to flight credits, upgrades, and even hotel stays — all while helping the airline out. More Than 90 ...
The News-Gazette

Flight is diverted to Boston after a passenger stabs 2 teens with a fork, authorities say

BOSTON (AP) — A man from India stabbed two teenagers with a fork, slapped a female passenger and a crew member and mimicked shooting himself during an international flight, authorities said. The ...
Hackaday

Relay Computer Knows The Sequence

When we first saw [DiPDoT’s] homebrew computer, we thought it was an Altair 8800. But, no. While it has a very familiar front panel, the working parts are all based on relays. While it isn’t finished, ...
The Hill

Australia prime minister’s flight lands in St. Louis after crew member’s head injury

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – A plane that was carrying Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had to make an abrupt landing at St. Louis’ Lambert International Airport on Tuesday evening. Albanese was ...
NBC Chicago

Two tires blown as United flight from Chicago lands in Texas, airline says

A United Airlines flight from Chicago blew two tires as it landed Sunday in Texas. United flight 2662 from O'Hare Airport to Houston Intercontinental Airport "sustained damage to two tires," but ...
The Hill

United Airlines flight diverted after windshield cracks

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Officials are investigating how a windshield cracked during a United Airlines flight from Denver to the Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday, officials confirmed to ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Delta flight returns to Atlanta after smoke smell fills cabin

A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles returned to the airport Sunday after a smoke smell filled the cabin. No injuries were reported. The flight departed again at 1:33 p.m., with Delta ...
SanLuisObispo

SLO flight makes emergency landing after bird strike

San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport runway 11-29 seen from the cockpit of an EcoFlight aircraft on Sept. 18, 2024. David Middlecamp [email protected] A flight leaving the San Luis ...