Angels Of The Sky

Cabin crew are there for your safety. We are the most important safety feature onboard any aircraft and here we look at some of the heroes and heroines of our community, those who have gone above and beyond in the line of duty and have changed the face of our industry.

Angels Of The Sky – The Founding Members Of The Association Of Flight Attendants

Today, many of us take for granted the benefits, rights and privileges we have as cabin crew/flight attendants. Years ago once you reached the age of 30 you were told you were too old to fly. Those who wanted to marry or have children had to .....

Angels Of The Sky – Aeroflot Flight Attendant Tatyana Kasatkina Speaks About Flight SU1492 Evacuation

Flight Attendant Tatyana Kasatkina has told of the horrific moment she was forced to throw passengers out of the burning Aeroflot jet in Russia after it crashed and exploded. Kasatkina, 34, grabbed people by their collars and pushed them out onto .....

Angels Of The Sky – Aloha Airlines Flight 243

On February 11, 1990 a movie was released in the USA called ‘Miracle Landing’. The film tells the story of Paradise Airlines Flight 243 flying from Honolulu to Hilo, which was involved in a terrifying explosive decompression when a large section .....

Angels Of The Sky – The Crew of Pan Am Flight 103

December 21, 1988 was a night that changed the aviation world forever. Pan Am Flight 103, a Boeing 747-121 (N739PA) had taken off from London Heathrow Airport at 18.25 with 243 passengers and 16 crew members onboard. We all know the horrifying .....

Angels Of The Sky – Wilbert van Haneghem, How Aviation Training Became a Vital Lifeline

Wilbert van Haneghem, purser for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, proved three years ago that flight safety training, those annual recurrent and exams do come in useful when you need them the most. And not only on board your aircraft. Our training can come .....

Angels Of The Sky Memorial Day – A Tribute To Us Trolley Dollies

Today is our annual Angels of the Sky Memorial Day. I hope as many of you as possible will have popped a small ribbon on to your uniform, or lanyard, or civvies, or crew bag, basically wherever you can, to show your support. So what is Angels of the .....

Angels Of The Sky – Uli Derickson TWA Flight 847

The terrorist atrocities of September 11, 2001 changed the aviation industry forever. It also altered the way we looked at airline hijackers. Until that fateful day, terrorists had used aircraft, its passengers and crew as bargaining tools. Now they .....

Angels Of The Sky – Dorothy Kelly The Tenerife Disaster.

March 27, 1977 is a date permanently etched in aviation history. 583 lives were lost when a KLM 747 collided with a Pan Am 747 at Tenerife’s Los Rodeos Airport (TFN). It remains the worlds deadliest air disaster. Just 61 people survived, all from .....

Angels Of The Sky – British Airtours Flight 28M ‘Manchester Ringway Disaster’

Manchester Airport, early morning of August 22, 1985. It was the peak of the British summer holiday season, the airport was busy and hordes of passengers were arriving for their flights ready to be whisked off for some sunshine. Among them were 129 .....

Angels Of The Sky – British Midland Flight 092 ‘Kegworth Disaster’

Sunday January 8 1989, a day many people will never forget. Christmas and New Year had come and gone, and it had been just over two weeks since Pan Am Flight 103 had exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 souls on-board .....