Pilot on Magic Mushrooms Tries to Disable Plane Mid-Flight
Off-duty pilot attempts to disable plane mid-flight after taking magic mushrooms, facing serious charges.
Off-duty pilot attempts to disable plane mid-flight after taking magic mushrooms, facing serious charges.
An Indian student and his trainer pilot died after the wreckage of a small plane was recovered following a crash in the Philippines, authorities said.
After the culmination of his fast, Pilot told the media that the purpose of the fast was to protest and pressurise the state government to take action against corruption.
A Vietnamese pilot was killed in a fighter jet crash in Vietnam on Tuesday, state media reported.
As soon as the information came in about the May Day call over the sea by MiG-29K aircraft, the two aircraft were immediately diverted towards the suspected area of crash on Wednesday, Indian Coast Guard officials said.
SpiceJet has announced around 20 per cent hike in salaries for the pilots come this October, sources told ANI. This latest upward revision in salaries follows a 6 per cent hike announced last month.
“You should not pay attention to whatever appears in the media. It is always quoted: ‘What is seen in politics never happens. And what happens is not seen.’ You should not go by rumours. Wait! The party has declared the presidential election schedule.”
The pilot remarked that traffic in the air does not work in the same way as road traffic where a car may, without warning, appear in front of another vehicle from an alley connected with the main road. He said that a pilot from one aircraft can spot the other plane when it is within 40 nautical miles or 74 km, giving it enough time to change position.
There are over 400 expat pilots in India. Pilots themselves appear to be reasonably optimistic about medium- term job prospects. A poll of 2,600 commercial pilots was carried out last October by recruitment agency GOOSE with Flight Global Poll which indicated that 72 per cent think the industry will recover to its 2019 peak within three years
A defence statement said, "Military authorities are leaving no stone unturned to search for the helicopter which crashed and sank into the Ranjit Sagar Dam on Aug 3, 2021 along with two pilots.
