This was the amazing scene at a Texas airport today after a plane trying to land ended up touching down on top of another plane waiting to take-off. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A British Airways plane arriving from Amsterdam crash-landed at London City Airport on Friday but all 67 passengers and four crew were safely evacuated, emergency services said. picked by aclister 10 months ago

Gibraltar Airport (which is not part of Spain as a lot of readers pointed out) is a very unusual airport. To my knowledge, it is the only one where the runway actually intersects with a major highway. When a plane has to take off or land, traffic is shut down. picked by evadiva 5 months ago

It was very nearly a real-life version of "Snakes on a Plane." A man was stopped at Cairo's airport just moments before he boarded a Saudi Arabia-bound plane with carry-on bags filled with live snakes, as well as a few baby crocodiles and chameleons. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Federal investigators said Saturday that the right engine of US Airways Flight 1549 is still attached to the plane, contradicting their earlier statements that it broke off after the aircraft hit the water. They're going to try and lift the plane out of the water around 2:30 PM EST. Check out the icy water in the comments picked by suebe 11 months ago

A German couple have departed from a Lantana, Fla., airport for a three-year world tour in a kit-built tiny plane that can only carry 200 pounds of luggage. picked by rubber2002 8 months ago

Southwest Airlines Co. inspected about 200 planes overnight after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a jet in flight, forcing an emergency landing in West Virginia.

Check out the hole!!!

Yikes! picked by suebe 5 months ago

Ramp workers found the strange red, sticky substance as they were putting things on the plane in the cargo area. Turns out it was jelly...or cough syrup. No one has dared taste it to confirm yet. picked by Moe 2 years ago

In what was OBVIOUSLY the wrong movie, a man gets stung by a scorpion while flying from Miami to Toronto.


Man quoted as saying "Where the hell is Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?" picked by icepigs 3 years ago

A plane, which had lost all communication and electrical power, landed safely at Cork Airport when the air traffic controller managed to get through to the pilot by text! picked by Marz 1 year ago

Aer Lingus cabin crew caused chaos on a Dublin to Paris flight by accidentally playing a message in French which warned that the plane was about to make an emergency landing. picked by ruthstark 3 months ago

Plane Landing is a sculpture of an airplane in a permanent state of landing. On July 4 and 5, 2008 Plane Landing appeared at the Zurich Airport as part of the show 'Shifting Identities - (Swiss) Art Now', curated by Mirjam Varadinis for Kunsthaus Zurich. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Okay, so. Last year we had SNAKES ON A PLANE. This year we have ZOMBIES ON A PLANE. Well, the official name for this film is FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, but we all know what they’re going for. This is an independent film, originally called PLANE DEAD, that has been picked up by New Line Cinema. Watch the trailer picked by sholom22 3 years ago

A flight to Los Angeles has been forced to land after a passenger stripped off and started running around the plane. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The crash site indicated that the plane had plunged vertically into the ground, Brazil's airport authority chief, Jose Carlos Pereira, told Reuters. picked by dollyllama 3 years ago