SAK Travels

25/05/2026

5 days of HAJJ

06/05/2026

13/04/2026

Appreciation, love and gratitude expressed by Iran toward Pakistan.

12/04/2026

A United Airlines flight from Newark to Austin was delayed by more than two hours this week after a mechanic was photographed leaning out of the cockpit window and nudging the angle of attack sensor on the side of the aircraft with what looked like a coat hanger.

The flight was United 1928, scheduled to depart Newark Liberty International Airport at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The image was first shared on the United Airlines subreddit by a passenger who witnessed the scene at the gate, and was later picked up by aviation blogger Gary Leff at View from the Wing.

According to View from the Wing, the mechanic in a high-visibility jacket leaned out of the open cockpit side window and used a thin metal object to move the small paddle-shaped sensor on the side of the nose section.

The part is called an angle of attack vane. It measures the angle between the wing and the oncoming airflow, and feeds that data into the flight computers to help prevent stalls. If the vane sticks, freezes, or gets contaminated, it can give the cockpit a faulty reading.

According to View from the Wing, moving the vane by hand while another mechanic watches the cockpit indicators is a legitimate troubleshooting step. It is a quick way to determine whether the sensor is the source of the problem before deciding to recalibrate or replace it. However, it is not something that can be used to sign off the aircraft as airworthy.

That is what happened in this case. United did not dispatch the aircraft. The flight was delayed by about two and a half hours, and the airplane was eventually swapped out for a different jet. Passengers flew to Austin on a different aircraft.

Angle of attack sensors made headlines several years ago during the two Boeing 737 MAX accidents, not because of the sensors themselves, but because the MCAS flight control system was only taking data from one sensor at a time. A single faulty reading was enough to trigger repeated nose-down commands. After the crashes, Boeing redesigned MCAS to compare data from both sensors before acting on it.

08/04/2026

Long Live Pakistan

30/03/2026

Pakistan Day was on March 23rd, which was also Nordic Day.

Because of this, the ambassadors of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland created this video for Pakistan.

The Danish Ambassador in this video—whose husband is from Morocco—previously served as an ambassador to Iran
Embassy of Denmark in PakistanSweden.seVisit NorwayThis is FinlandPakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC)

30/03/2026

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★★★★☆ · Travel agency

28/03/2026

At Badshahi Mosque (Lahore), every arch tells a story—layered beautifully in red sandstone, creating depth that turns a single doorway into something truly grand. TDCP Punjab

26/03/2026

Sunday night, March 22, 2026. LaGuardia Airport is already stretched thin. A United Airlines flight has aborted its takeoff after an anti-ice warning light comes on, flight attendants in the back are feeling ill from an unknown odor, and the crew declares an emergency when no gates are immediately available. A Port Authority fire truck, Truck 1, is dispatched to respond.

At the same time, Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Jazz Aviation Bombardier CRJ-900 operating from Montreal Trudeau International Airport, is on final approach to Runway 4. The lone controller on duty, simultaneously managing both ground and tower operations, clears Truck 1 to cross the runway. Seconds later, as Flight 8646 is landing at between 93 and 105 miles per hour, he realises his mistake. He calls for the truck to stop. Over and over. It is too late.

The CRJ-900 strikes the fire truck on Runway 4. The impact destroys the cockpit and tears open the front fuselage. Both pilots are killed. A Delta flight on approach is sent around. Jazz 646 comes to rest on the runway, its nose elevated, its cockpit gone. LaGuardia closes entirely. 72 passengers and four crew members were on board. 41 people are taken to hospital.

The fire truck had been sent to help one emergency. It became another.

(Disclaimer: This is an estimated recreation of the event using Microsoft Flight Simulator, based on publicly available data and real ATC audio. There may be slight variations in timing, aircraft positioning, and other factors. Unrelated ATC audio might be trimmed out. This video does not depict the exact sequence or conditions of the actual event.)

Real ATC Audio by LiveATC.net