UPS Airlines all-Black crew to fly during Thunder Over Louisville
“If we can go out there.and inspire just a handful of kids to pursue aviation, I consider our mission to be completed,” Assistant Chief Pilot Sean Horton said. Author: Heather Fountaine (WHAS 11) Published: 11:54 PM EDT April 15, 2021 Updated: 11:54 PM EDT April 15, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. UPS Airlines will fly an all-Black crew during Thunder Over Louisville, for the first time in the air show’s history.
The crew of four spent about an hour in the UPS flight simulator on Thursday to practice the flight path just days before the big event.
Exclusive: UPS pilots try rapid COVID test to avoid Hong Kong quarantines
FDA reviewing Covi-Stix from Sorrento Therapeutics for public use UPS cargo jets at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
UPS Airlines pilots are testing themselves for COVID midflight, using a novel rapid antigen device that has yet to be approved by the U.S., and sending the results ahead to Hong Kong in an effort to avoid lengthy government quarantines on arrival, FreightWaves has learned.
Text messages between UPS pilots.
The express carrier is participating in a trial of the Covi-Stix detection kit manufactured by Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRNE) to support Food and Drug Administration authorization and prevent pilots flying from the company’s Anchorage hub from being isolated against their will in Hong Kong, according to an internal email shared with FreightWaves.
ceilings. several witnesses heard unusual engine noise, a backfire. but investigators say it s too early to speculate if weather or mechanical problems played a role. shepard: i understand u.p.s. released a statement? they have. they re asking for prayers and patients as ntsb investigators try to piece together exactly what went wrong, exactly what caused this plane to go down. u.p.s. confirms the aircraft was on approach to birmingham from louisville, kentucky and one of 53 airbus 8300 jets in the fleet. u.p.s. airlines president says, we place the utmost value on the safety of our employees, our customers and the public. we ll engage with the national transportation safety boards investigation and we will work exhaustively on response efforts. we re just getting an email now
company fleet and was flying to birmingham from louisville, kentucky. the company released a written statement from u.p.s. airlines president mitch nichols that reads we place the utmost value on the safety of our employees, our customers and the public. we will immediately engage with the national transportation safety board s investigation and we ll work on response efforts. that statement from u.p.s. as the ntsb is just now beginning its investigation into this tragic plane crash. martha? jonathan, thank you. another fox news alert right now to a federal courtroom in our nation s capital where jess jessie jackson, jr. was just sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. jackson will be receiving congressional disability pay despite his resignation. he s asked that his wife,
the investigators. so here you are hearing from the eyewitnesses and the mayor and what about the u.p.s. statement, and their reaction? u.p.s. released a statement at 9:00 a.m. eastern time, and that was from the president of the u.p.s. airlines mitch nickels who said that this incident is unfortunate and our thoughts and prayers are with those involved. that was at 9:00 this morning and at the time they said they were not able to cop firm what happened no crew, even though the officials here on the ground said that both of them had perished. at the moment, we are waiting to find out what was on board that plane, and what was on the plane as cargo that u.p.s. was shipping down here to birmingham. possibly something that the investigators might also be interested in. as soon as you get more information on, that david mattingly, we will talk once again on cnn. thank you, very much. we appreciate you in birmingham, louisiana. and meanwhile, one hostage is dead and another in criti