Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup March 16, 2024

Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup March 16, 2024

Boeing is having a rough time of it right now, with parts falling off its planes left, right and center. Just last week, a wheel came loose and smashed through a car, and earlier this year the door from a 737 Max aircraft broke off mid-flight. That mid-air disaster sparked an audit from the Federal … Read more

Boeing, Boeing, Derailments, Helmsworth, And More

Boeing, Boeing, Derailments, Helmsworth, And More

A 265-pound wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 after taking off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, smashing through a fence and into several cars in a nearby parking lot. The flight bound for Osaka, Japan diverted to Los Angeles and landed safely instead of taking a 12-hour trip across the Pacific … Read more

United Airlines to Present at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference

United Airlines to Present at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference

CHICAGO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — United will present at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference on Tuesday, March 12, beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET. The live webcast will be available on the investor relations section of United’s website at ir.united.com. The company will archive the audio webcast on the website within 24 hours of the presentation, … Read more

Passengers Want $1 Billion After ‘Frightful, Death-Threatening Failure’ Of Boeing Door Plugs

Passengers Want  Billion After ‘Frightful, Death-Threatening Failure’ Of Boeing Door Plugs

Boeing and Alaska Airlines are being sued for $1 billion in damages by three passengers who were onboard a 737 Max 9 flight that suffered a now-infamous door panel blowout midflight. The suit accuses both parties of negligence. Why You Should Trade in Your Old Audi A3 for a Used Polestar 2 | WCSYB? Announced … Read more

Flight Carrying 202 Passengers Forced To Make Emergency Landing After Reported Bomb Threat [Details]

Flight Carrying 202 Passengers Forced To Make Emergency Landing After Reported Bomb Threat [Details]

A United Airlines flight, en route to Los Angeles, was diverted to Chicago after a bomb threat was discovered in the plane’s lavatory on Wednesday, as reported in the local media. After United Flight 1533, carrying 202 passengers took off from Newark Liberty International Airport at 6:05 AM, the crew members reported the “security concern” … Read more

Nightmare Moment As Wing Begins To Break Apart Of Flight Carrying 165 Passengers [Video]

Flight Carrying 202 Passengers Forced To Make Emergency Landing After Reported Bomb Threat [Details]

A flight travelling from San Francisco to Boston was forced to make an emergency landing in Denver on Monday after one of the plane’s wings started breaking apart mid-air. The incident happened with United Airlines Flight 354, carrying around 165 passengers on board the Boeing 757-200. United Airlines, on Tuesday, confirmed in a statement that … Read more

Six-Year-Old Girl ‘Burned’ By In-Flight Meal; Parents Sue Airline, Demand £60,000 Compensation

Six-Year-Old Girl ‘Burned’ By In-Flight Meal; Parents Sue Airline, Demand £60,000 Compensation

The parents of a six-year-old child have sued United Airlines, claiming their daughter was ”burned and disfigured” after a hot meal served by a flight attendant spilled onto her lap. The incident occurred on a United Airlines flight travelling from Israel’s Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) to New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) … Read more

United Airlines Flight Carrying 138 Passengers Suffers Engine Failure Mid-Air

United Airlines Flight Carrying 138 Passengers Suffers Engine Failure Mid-Air

A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Wednesday after one of its engines reportedly shut down mid-air. United Airlines Flight 575, which was travelling from Charlotte to Houston, was forced to divert and land in Atlanta. While the aircraft landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it … Read more

US Flight Forced To Make Emergency Detour Due To Cracked Windshield

US Flight Forced To Make Emergency Detour Due To Cracked Windshield

A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing due to a cracked windshield. The flight was travelling from Las Vegas to Washington DC on Sunday when the incident happened, according to reports in local media. United Airlines Flight 1627 departed from Nevada’s Harry Reid International Airport and was scheduled to arrive at … Read more

TSA Managed To Find Some Stuff And Other Transportation Stories

TSA Managed To Find Some Stuff And Other Transportation Stories

Screenshot: Jet Lag: The Game on YouTube If you were trying to get from the northernmost point in the U.S. — Utqiagvik, Alaska — to the southernmost point in the U.S. — Key West, Florida — how would you do it? Chances are you’d hop the next flight to Anchorage and then it’s a hop, … Read more