Pilot

A pilot was killed when two small stunt planes collided on Aug. 23 at an air show in northern Switzerland, police said.

Capital controls and a yearning for ever nearing summer holidays in the Aegean are apparently now exporting “urban legends” from Greece, with the latest starting along the lines of “… Did ya hear the one about the Greek F-16 pilot who landed in Turkey to withdraw money…?”

BELGRADE - The airplane that recently carried Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to Vatican returned to Belgrade as the pilot accidentally toggled the emergency slot extension switch, reads the official report of the Civil Aviation Directorate of the Republic of Serbia.

The Falcon 50 aircraft that carried the president to Vatican on April 17 returned to Belgrade after the incident.

"Spilled coffee" forced president's plane to turn back

BELGRADE -- The Falcon aircraft that Tomislav Nikolic was traveling on last week had to return to Belgrade due to the pilot "spilling his coffee on the control panel."

Presidential advisors recount "mid-air drama"

BELGRADE -- "As far as the Presidency staff is concerned, we will in the future use only regular flights," presidential advisor Stanislava Pak has said.

Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil has come up with an unusual suggestion to help pilots like Germanwings' Andreas Lubitz from falling into fatal depression: Marriage.

Lubitz, who reportedly suffered from depression, locked his captain out of the cockpit and deliberately steered the Airbus A320 into the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 passengers and crew on board.

Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil has come up with an unusual suggestion to help pilots like Germanwings' Andreas Lubitz from falling into fatal depression: Marriage.

Lubitz, who reportedly suffered from depression, locked his captain out of the cockpit and deliberately steered the Airbus A320 into the French Alps on March 24, killing all 150 passengers and crew on board.

A pilot scheme is due to begin on Monday whereby the heads of police precincts will hold face-to-face meetings with citizens and civil society representatives to discuss policing matters twice a month.

Surrealist American filmmaker David Lynch has announced he will not be directing the upcoming return of the early 1990s cult classic "Twin Peaks" following a dispute over how much he would get paid.
      
"After 1 year and 4 months of negotiations, I left because not enough money was offered to do the script the way I felt it needed to be done," Lynch tweeted on Sunday night.

"Air Serbia has had two-crew member rule for two years"

BELGRADE -- The rule requiring at least two flight crew members in the cockpit at all times was introduced by Air Serbia two years ago, the company has said in a statement.