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.
The victims have been identified as pilot Narul Amin, and the trainee pilot Ankita Gujar, who suffered fractures in the crash which reduced the aircraft to a heap of metal.
The plane took off from the RAF Lakenheath base, near Mildenhall, in Suffolk, which hosts the 48th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force.
The national flag carrier's PK-8303 tragedy on Friday, in which 97 people were killed and two miraculously survived, is one of the most catastrophic aviation disasters in the country's history.
The pilot ejected safely and was soon taken away in a rescue helicopter, the IAF said in a statement.
The airline's internal complaints committee imposed a 'major penalty' on Captain Sachin Gupta, who has now appealed against the punishment.
