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They were part of Afghanistan’s first-ever all-female flight. Then their lives were turned upside down.
In 2021, six women — two pilots and four cabin crew — participated in Afghanistan’s first-ever, all-female flight. It was a ...
The Express Tribune15d
Pakistan to export pilots to foreign airlines
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced plans to export trained pilots to international airlines to meet a regional shortage of cockpit crew. Director General of CAA, Nadir Shafi Dar ...
The Sun20d
How brave pilots battled to save Russian missile-blasted jet as crew told terrified passengers ‘everything will be fine’
Crew, including Captain Igor Kshnyakin and co-pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov, desperately tried to save the plane after it was fatally struck by a projectile over Chechnya, Russia. The captains ...
unilad20d
Pilot shares what really happens if you don't turn phones on flight mode during a flight
A pilot has shared what really happens when our phones aren't switched to airplane mode during a flight. Switching our phones off when attending a live performance at the theatre or watching a movie ...
People20d
Pilots Died with Dozens of Others in Christmas Day Plane Crash, but They Helped Half of the Passengers Survive
Speaking to journalists in the aftermath of the Christmas Day incident, Azerbaijan Airlines' president, Samir Rzayev, credited the pilots’ actions for saving 29 others aboard the plane.
Euronews21d
As more details over Azerbaijan Airlines crash emerge, pilots and crew are hailed as heroes
Azerbaijan Airlines published the names of the five crew members, identifying Igor Kshnyakin and Aleksandr Kalyaninov as pilots and Hokuma Aliyeva, Zulfugar Asadov and Aydan Rahimli as flight ...
Simple Flying21d
Azerbaijan Airlines President Says Flight J28243 Pilots Were Heroes
Azerbaijan Airlines President Samir Rzayev commended the pilots of flight J28243 for their heroism following the airline's Embraer E190 crash landing in Kazakhstan on December 25, 2024. The aircraft ...
Business Insider21d
Airline praises pilots in crash-landing where both died but nearly half the passengers survived
The president of Azerbaijan Airlines praised the pilots of flight J2-8243 after the plane, carrying 67 people, crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Although both pilots were among the 38 fatalities ...
The Mirror21d
Azerbaijan Airlines pilot's chilling five final words before plane went down killing 38
A partial text release of the alleged communications between the pilots and air traffic control indicates a catastrophic event which the crew assumed - it now appears wrongly - to be a collision ...
columbusjewishnews21d
40 years on, Israeli Ethiopians fete identity forged by hardship
He isn’t Israel’s first Ethiopian pilot: That distinction belongs to Meital Mengistu, who graduated from a civilian flight school in 2014 when she was only 19. Pnina Tamano-Shata’s appointment to ...