Airline Safety

• Is flying safe? What to know amid all the news of plane problems

   It has been 15 years since the last fatal crash of a U.S. airliner, but you would never know that by reading about a torrent of flight problems in the last three months.

  Canada

  Mar 23
  
• Woman calls Air Canada ‘callous’ for refusing to land plane early for dying father

  Shanu Pande says she wants to know why pleas for a diversion to a European airport were called off when her father became gravely ill on a long-haul flight. He died after landing.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2023
  
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• A WestJet plane was grounded in August after unapproved parts found

  The plane had to be grounded in August, as soon as the airline became aware of the situation. The airline said the affected engine was replaced.

  Economy

  Oct 3, 2023
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• Calgary victim of Ethiopian Airlines crash remembered as selfless leader

  Over 700 people attended a memorial service on Saturday for Derick Lwugi, a Calgary man who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10.

  World

  Mar 23, 2019
• WestJet to ‘accelerate’ inspections after fatal Southwest engine explosion

  The Canadian airline will carry out inspections of certain fan blades on some Boeing 737 engines.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2018
• Canadian airlines can now have just one crew member in cockpit, despite U.S. safety requirement

  A temporary Canadian regulation requiring two members of an aircraft to be in the cockpit expired in June, despite the fact American officials with the FAA still have it in place.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2017
• Safety board frustrated with lack of action on decades-old requests to record flight data in small planes

  "You could say that this is an aircraft version of a dash-cam, but it's also measuring more than just video."

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2017
• 2 women given conditional discharge after Sunwing flight forced to divert back to Toronto

  Two women whose "obnoxious and unruly behaviour" forced a Cuba-bound Sunwing flight to return to Toronto under a military escort have been given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay a fine.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2016
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• Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul

  Turkey's state-run news agency says a Qatari plane has made an emergency landing at Istanbul's main airport shortly after take-off.

  World

  Aug 18, 2016
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• Here’s what happens when a pilot dies or gets sick in the cockpit

  It's a story nightmares are made of: You're on a flight and your pilot dies or becomes incapacitated. Though it sounds scary, you might forget that another pilot is in the seat right beside him or her.

  Health

  Oct 9, 2015