Hijacking report at Miami International Airport is false alarm BY JENNIFER LEBOVICH jlebovich@MiamiHerald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1043003.html The report of an American Airlines flight hijacked at Miami International Airport Monday afternoon turned out to be a false alarm, authorities said. A pilot of American Airlines Flight 535 from San Juan, Puerto Rico had inadvertently switched the plane’s transponder [...]

Three things I was told to memorize being a First Officer: 1. Clear Right 2. Don’t worry you can tell the pax that was my landing 3. I’ll take the fat one Now that my attempt at humor is over, a friend of mine forward me the following pictures and text. Pictures forwarded on by [...]

Nice video and quick thinking. At first I thought the CFI was doing one of those “you just lost your engine where are you going to land drills”. Nope. http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/4/21/plane_makes_emergency_landing_on_street.html Plane Emergency Street Landing Captured On Video Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:24:28 PM Reported By Evrod Cassimy POLK COUNTY — The Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In starts [...]

Found this video on Youtube.com. Filming in the cockpit is MAYBE okay in straight and level flight during cruise. Any other time it’s dangerous. I would NEVER shoot a video while in the middle of an emergency decent. With a descent rate of 7000 feet per minute they must have had the flight spoilers fully [...]

I am REALLY bored sitting airport standby, thus the youtube videos. A 757, in about 12 seconds, uses a little more than 1500 feet for the takeoff. Talk about a ride.