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June 15, 2022

Airbus A320 Lands Safely After PIC Incapacitation

Lights Out, Lights Out Scotland

An easyJet Airbus A320 made an emergency landing in Edinburgh, Scotland [UK] after the Pilot in Command became incapacitated. The incident occurred in the early hours of 12 June 2022, when the aircraft, registration G-EZTK, was operating as easyJet flight U2-6938 between Heraklion in Greece and Edinburgh. According to unofficial, online flight history, the flight was scheduled to depart Heraklion International Airport (HER) at 21:20 UTC and arrive Edinburgh Airport (EDI) a few hours later. However, for undisclosed reasons, the flight was delayed for more than an hour and didn’t depart HER until approximately 22:48 UTC.

Over Nine-Hundred Short-Haul Trips Nixed

Deutsche Lufthansa—the German flag-carrier and second-largest European airline—has canceled hundreds of summer flights due to staff shortages. The move underscores the challenges facing European air-carriers as the airline industry struggles to recover from the coronavirus crisis. Lufthansa did away with approximately nine-hundred domestic and European short-haul trips scheduled in July, including those at its namesake and Eurowings budget brands. The canceled flights, which were to take place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, represent about five-percent of the airline’s typical weekend capacity.

Celebrating Two-Decades of Flying Through Storms and At Mountains

Forty-years-old, middle-age, a milestone signifying slowing down, resting on one’s laurels, and looking soberly toward retirement—but not for Honeywell’s iconic Boeing 757 test aircraft, which celebrated its fortieth birthday on 13 June 2022. The aircraft was acquired by Honeywell in 2005, but its history stretches back to June, 1982, when it rolled off the production line at Boeing’s Renton facility—only the fifth of over one-thousand 757s the Seattle aerospace giant would produce.