American Airlines 767-300 carrying 145 passengers and crew made an emergency landing yesterday morning at Reykjavik Keflavik after five flight attendants "became aware of some fumes in the cabin," a spokesperson for AA told ATWOnline. The fumes "might suggest something associated with the galley," the spokesperson added, but cautioned that AA did not yet know the cause. Flight 49 was en route from Paris de Gaulle to Dallas/Fort Worth. A 767-300 was sent from London Heathrow to pick up the 133 passengers and 12 crew and bring AA mechanics to inspect the grounded aircraft. All affected crew were pronounced "okay" by medical personnel, the spokesperson said.
Dutch court fined Milan resident Thomas Salme €2,000 ($2,700) for piloting commercial passenger jets in European countries "for more than a decade" without a license, the Associated Press reported. Salme was apprehended in the cockpit of a Corendon Airlines 737 shortly before it was to depart from Amsterdam Schiphol for Ankara carrying 101 passengers. AP reported that he once attended a flight school in Sweden but never received certification for passenger aircraft, yet the court said he logged "thousands" of hours of flight time for airlines in the UK, Italy and Belgium including Italy's Air One. Prosecutors said he possessed a fake license that contained several spelling errors. The court ruling left open the possibility that he eventually could apply for an actual license.
Dutch court fined Milan resident Thomas Salme €2,000 ($2,700) for piloting commercial passenger jets in European countries "for more than a decade" without a license, the Associated Press reported. Salme was apprehended in the cockpit of a Corendon Airlines 737 shortly before it was to depart from Amsterdam Schiphol for Ankara carrying 101 passengers. AP reported that he once attended a flight school in Sweden but never received certification for passenger aircraft, yet the court said he logged "thousands" of hours of flight time for airlines in the UK, Italy and Belgium including Italy's Air One. Prosecutors said he possessed a fake license that contained several spelling errors. The court ruling left open the possibility that he eventually could apply for an actual license.
