It’s not often the world hears a person’s final words before death but on a plane about to crash, those haunting last moments are often captured forever.
It’s not often the world hears a person’s final words before death but on a plane about to crash, those haunting last moments are often captured forever.
Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights
The airline says it will permit service dogs only, following a move by the U.S. Department of Transportation to reclassify the types of service animals allowed on flights.
Alaska Airlines said it would disallow emotional support animals on its flights starting Jan. 11.Credit.Elaine Thompson/Associated Press
Dec. 29, 2020
If you’re flying on Alaska Airlines starting in mid-January, don’t plan on boarding with your support pig or miniature horse.
The airline, acting in the wake of new federal guidelines aimed at reining in a range of at times exotic animals that passengers have brought onto commercial planes as emotional support animals, kept it simple in announcing on Tuesday what it would allow: only qualified service dogs that are able to lie on the floor or be held in one’s lap.
Last words before plane crash. Picture:
News by Lauren McMah 30th Dec 2020 12:43 PM The cockpit voice recorder is one of the most important, but haunting, remains from a plane crash. One of two parts that makes up the aircraft s black box, the cockpit voice recorder captures conversations and alarms on doomed planes to help investigators determine what went wrong. But while those recordings are essential, they are often hard to listen to. Here are some of the most chilling last words from the cockpit that capture panic, confusion and sometimes, acceptance, from the flight crew in the final moments before some of history s most infamous crashes, including some this year.
From horses to peacocks, the wildest emotional support animals spotted on flights
As the US s era of emotional support animals looks set to come to an end, look back at some of the wildest animals to onboard flights
Ronica Froese with her 18-month-old miniature service horse, Fred, in February 2020. Reuters
Dexter the support peacock was denied access to a United Airlines flight in 2018. Instagram / dexterthepeacock
Daniel the emotional support duck wore a homemade nappy and slippers for his flight. Twitter / Mark Essig
Journalist Nathan O Neal shared this photo of Gizmo the marmoset, who got his owner placed on Frontier Airline’s no-fly list. Twitter / nateoneal