Captain Owen, Nigerian Navy, and the shame of a country thecable.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thecable.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Making Solomon Islands aviation history, for the first time an all-female crew has taken command on a Solomon Airlines’ aircraft operating on the carrier’s domestic services.
The two pilots, Captain Linda Tito Owen and Frist Officer Patricia Avosa took to the skies last week at the helm of a Twin Otter aircraft operating on the carrier’s busy domestic schedules.
A Solomon Airlines spokesperson said the event was a benchmark moment for the carrier’s equal opportunity development for its female pilots, Captain Owen and First Officer Avosa’s joint success representing a major achievement especially in the context of a traditionally male dominated Melanesian environment.
The franchise stages its first crossover event next week, when members of the team from Los Angeles 118 arrive in Austin to help the 126 fight an out-of-control wildfire in Texas that s heading dangerously close to the city. A dramatic promo teasing the two-part crossover premiered after Monday night s episodes and it looks like the 118 and the 126 are facing their biggest emergency yet.
According to Fox s official synopsis, the action begins on
9-1-1 when the crew prepares for their out-of-state mission. And when
Lone Star begins, it s bad news when a wildfire starts spreading across Texas. Buck (Oliver Stark), Hen (Aisha Hinds) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman) arrive in Austin to help Captain Owen Strand (Rob Lowe) and the 126. As the crews try to save a group of teenagers trapped by the fire at a campground, Owen and Hen fight for their lives after the helicopter they re in crashes, leaving everyone scrambling to save them.