Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1029 EAT on Monday 2025 All 173 passengers and six crew members were safely evacuated from American Airlines Flight 3023 after the aircraft’s left main landing gear caught fire on the tarmac at Denver International Airport. The Boeing 737 MAX 8, which was scheduled to fly to Miami,…
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Hero at 35,000 Feet: How a Ugandan Doctor Saved a Life on a Turkish Airlines Flight
By Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L.H.D. (Hon.) At cruising altitude, with passengers asleep and the hum of jet engines filling the cabin, few expect a medical emergency to unfold. But on Friday aboard Turkish Airlines Flight TK585 from Istanbul to Mauritania, fate intervened — and so did an Ugandan doctor. When the cabin crew’s voice…
