Cockpit

Airline Passenger Who Tried to Enter Cockpit and Open Exit Door Sentenced to 19 Months in Prison

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A airline passenger who tried to craft a shank from plastic cutlery and open the cockpit door during a flight has been sentenced to 19 months in prison. ...

August 2, 2024BY The Associated Press
Man Spends $18,700 Flipping Boeing 737 Aircraft Into Offbeat Vacation Rental, Here’s How It Looks

A British entrepreneur has spent 15,000 pounds (approx. US$18,700) flipping an old Boeing 737 aircraft into an offbeat ...

September 17, 2023BY Louise Chambers
Delta Pilots Land Jet Safely After Cockpit Windshield Cracks

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—The pilots on a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Washington decided ...

April 1, 2022BY The Associated Press
Man Arrested After Entering Cockpit, Damaging Plane: Airline

A man was arrested on an American Airlines plane Tuesday after entering the cockpit, according to the airline. The ...

January 12, 2022BY Zachary Stieber
Cockpit Voice Recorder Found in Debris of Pakistan Crash

ISLAMABAD—Search teams on May 28 recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a Pakistani airliner that ...

May 28, 2020BY Reuters
Chinese Pilot Grounded After Photo of Woman in Cockpit Sparks Outrage

A Chinese pilot has been grounded after a photo of a woman sitting in an airplane cockpit emerged ...

November 5, 2019BY Wire Service
Passenger Entered Cockpit to Charge His Phone, Taken Off Flight

A passenger was kicked off a plane after he tried to enter the cockpit to charge his mobile ...

September 26, 2018BY Simon Veazey