Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
A Chicago-bound British Airways Boeing 777 declared an emergency and descended rapidly over Ireland and the Irish Sea after a reported cabin pressurization failure. The aircraft turned back and landed at London Heathrow; the reports describe an altitude loss of about 28,000 feet (8,500 meters).
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A Chicago-bound British Airways Boeing 777 declared an emergency and descended rapidly over Ireland and the Irish Sea after a reported cabin pressurization failure. The aircraft turned back and landed at London Heathrow; the reports describe an altitude loss of about 28,000 feet (8,500 meters).
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Latitude Air Ambulance said six people are presumed dead after the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for the missing G100’s passengers. The announcement marks a shift from rescue efforts to the aftermath of a fatal aviation accident; the articles provided no further details about the flight or its cause.
A Nigerian military helicopter carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members crashed in the country’s southwest, according to the aviation minister on Monday. The available report does not identify the aircraft, its mission, the circumstances of the crash or whether anyone was injured.
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The co-pilot, an Omani national, allegedly stabbed the captain in an attempt to crash the aircraft, according to reporting citing Israeli officials familiar with the investigation. A preliminary probe reportedly found no indication he was linked to an organization or foreign government, pointing investigators toward a lone-actor explanation.
A Chinese military aircraft, identified as a Shenyang J-16, conducted what Manila described as a dangerous intercept of a Philippine aircraft, identified in the report’s headline as a Grand Caravan. The Philippines condemned the conduct of the Chinese aircrew; the article provides no further details on the encounter.
Australian and Israeli authorities are examining the background of an Omani flydubai co-pilot accused by officials of trying to crash an aircraft. Sources said the co-pilot studied at a university in Melbourne and had embraced extremist Islamist views, prompting scrutiny of how those concerns were handled.
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Debris has been found south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, from a Gulfstream G100 operated by Canadian medical transport company Latitude Air Ambulance. The jet disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean while carrying six people, prompting a search and recovery effort.
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A Gulfstream G100 operated by Latitude Air Ambulance lost contact shortly after 1 a.m. while carrying four Canadians and two people picked up in Bermuda on a medical flight to Boston. The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search operation off Nantucket after the aircraft reportedly underwent a sudden descent.
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