PILOT David Zehntner was flying his personal plane from North Carolina to his Florida home when he decided to fly over his house and saw something unusual.“He observed a silver truck with white camper in his driveway and lowered his altitude to get a closer look,” the Charlotte County ...

 JAKARTA - Indonesian officials have suspended a foreign pilot and launched an investigation after a passenger jet landed at the wrong airport, according to BBC. The Sriwijaya Air jet had about 100 people on board when it took off on Saturday from Medan in northern Sumatra headed for the city ...

An Indian army aviation pilot was died, and another was injured after their helicopter crashed in Siachen. The Cheetah Helicopter they were onboard was on a routine maintenance sortie. After unloading supplies at the Bheem post on the Northern Glacier, the helicopter took off and crashed within ...

A Mirage aircraft of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed in Karachi near Hub on Friday. According to reports, the aircraft, which took off from Masroor Airbase Mauripur crashed near Hub. Pilot successfully ejected and remained safe.  Police and PAF teams rushed to the spot and cordoned off the ...

ZURICH - Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg will undergo a three-day simulated flight for a new Solar Impulse aircraft that can travel around the world powered only by solar energy, organizers said Monday.The test will allow the pilot and co-founder of the project to assess the configuration of the ...

LAHORE - Pilots community has condemned the sacking of their peer by the management without giving any proper reason on Wednesday. A retired Captain of PIA Capt. Nayyer Nazir said that his colleague has had 19 years and 07 months of service. He would has been entitled to get retirement and its ...

LAHORE - National Assemblys Standing Committee on Women Development has instructed the Managing Director of Pakistan International Airlines to remove the pilot from service, who was involved in sexually harassing a female pilot at workplace. The Committee further asked the MD to implement ...

KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan, in collaboration with provincial governments, launched Pilot Project Phase II from current Rabi season 2009-10 for enhancing outreach of agricultural financing in underserved districts of the country. Under Phase II, 14 districts of Punjab (Jhang, Kasur, Toba Tek ...

QUETTA - A PIA flight narrowly escaped disaster as pilot of a PIA flight landed the aircraft at a PAF base instead of Quetta Airport. Official sources disclosed that PK-326, coming from Karachi to Quetta landed at Samungli base which is being used by PAF. Over 160 passengers and crew were on ...

LAHORE - A committee of experts is meeting this week to ascertain the fate of a senior Boeing 777 captain who pointed out a potential safety hazard that his co-pilot undertook a flight making his duty time 17 hours long. This exercise is not only a violation of international norms but also of PIAs ...

TERI Polo has been lined up to star in CBS drama pilot Washington Field, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pilot revolves around the FBI's National Capital Response Squad, made up of experts who travel the world responding to national crises. Polo is to play Amanda O'Donnell, a medical ...

NEW YORK The pilot and crew of US Airways Flight are credited for quick, calm reactions in ditching the aircraft in New York's Hudson River without any fatalities. Initial reviews of audiotapes of conversations between the cockpit and air traffic controllers indicate the pilot, Capt. Chesley ...

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Prince William will begin training to become a search and rescue helicopter pilot on Monday, embarking on a new stage of his military career that will bring him as close as possible to the action. The 26-year-old, who is second in line to the throne after his father Prince ...