A Delta Air Lines 717 has taken a slide in the icy conditions that are gripping the north-east of the USA on Wednesday night.

The end result at Pittsburgh is captured by this graphic video below.

WILD new video from @WPXI #Chopper11 showing just how close @Delta plane came to going into ditch at Pittsburgh Airport last night. Team Coverage with lots of questions to answer tonight on @WPXI pic.twitter.com/6yCtRmp0Px

— Scott Trabandt (@ScottTrabandt) February 11, 2021

The Boeing 717 was operating flight Flight 2231, to Atlanta with 77 people aboard.

The 717 left the taxiway at 6.30 pm in snow and the FAA said the taxiway was icy.

All passengers were taken from the aircraft after about three hours and put on other flights.

The 717, which came to rest near a ravine, is virtually undamaged.

Photos;https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/

All three passenger airlines within the SIA Group – Singapore Airlines (SIA), SilkAir
and Scoot – will today be among the first carriers in the world to operate flights with
a full complement of vaccinated pilots and cabin crew.

The first services with a full set of vaccinated crew are SIA flight SQ956, which
departed Singapore for Jakarta, Indonesia on 11 February 2021 at 0930hrs local
time (GMT+8), Scoot’s TR 606 which departed for Bangkok, Thailand at 0930hrs,
and Silk Air’s MI608 which will depart for Phnom Penh, Cambodia at 1630hrs.

The operating crew within the SIA Group have responded very positively to the exercise, with more than 90% of cabin crew and pilots signing up for the vaccine to date.

Mr Goh Choon Phong, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Airlines, said, “we are very
encouraged by the strong take-up rate for the vaccine from our colleagues.

“Vaccinations will be key to the reopening of borders and to enhancing travel
confidence, in tandem with robust testing regimes and the wide-ranging safe
management measures that are in place on the ground and in the air.

“They offer greater protection for our people and provide an added layer of assurance to our customers.

Air New Zealand has moved to extend international fare flexibility for customers booked to travel on its international services and for those who currently have fares in credit.

The airline said that the following changes will come into effect from Wednesday, February 17, 2021:

• Customers who hold an existing credit with the airline will now have until 30 June 2022 to make a new booking using their credit, and until 30 June 2023 to take the travel. This applies to both domestic and international credits.
• Customers who book or currently hold tickets for international flights scheduled to depart up until 11.59pm on 30 June 2021 will now be able to:
• Hold the value of their fare in credit for rebooking until 30 June 2022; or
• Amend the date of their flight with change fees waived (normal fare difference may still apply)

Air New Zealand’s Chief Customer and Sales Officer Leanne Geraghty says the extension of the policy means customers can rest assured their credit will remain valid for longer as circumstances continue to change.

SEE: Dramatic image of Boeing’s 777X in Alaska.

“We’ve seen many of our customers using their credits already and we’re hopeful Tasman and Pacific travel will be up and running over the coming months. For those wanting to go further afield, we recognise this may take longer, which is why we’ve extended the window for opting into credit as well as the length of time people have to use that credit.

“With our domestic network now back up and running at around 80 percent of pre-COVID-19 capacity, we’re glad to see customers continuing to return to New Zealand’s skies. From 1 April 2021 normal fare rules for domestic travel will resume, and customers can continue to book with confidence using our flexible fare options such as Flexidate or Flexitime which provide greater flexibility should they need or wish to change their travel plans.

“We really appreciate our customers standing by us throughout the difficulties of COVID-19. We look forward to getting Kiwis to more destinations on our international network as soon as we’re able to.”

Etihad Airways has become the first airline in the world with all its operating pilots and cabin crew vaccinated to help curb the spread of COVID-19 and give passengers who travel with the airline peace of mind.

Tony Douglas, Group Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Aviation Group, said: “We proactively made the vaccine available to all our employees to not only help combat the effects of COVID-19 but to make travellers feel confident and reassured the next time they fly with us. We are the only airline in the world to make COVID-19 testing mandatory for every passenger and crew member before every flight and now, we’re the first airline in the world with 100% vaccinated crew on board.

“I chose very early on to be vaccinated to demonstrate my own support of the national vaccination programme and to encourage everyone at Etihad who was eligible for the vaccine, to receive it as soon as possible. I would like to thank the entire Etihad family for everything they have done to help us reach this milestone – I am truly humbled.”

In 2020, Etihad took steps towards supporting employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In collaboration with the health authorities, the airline facilitated access for its frontline staff to the UAE’s Emergency Use Programme.

Etihad was one of the first employers in the capital to secure places for their frontline staff – including pilots and cabin crew – in Abu Dhabi’s vaccination programme. Etihad also ensured the Etihad Airways Medical Centre became an accredited COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

Following the UAE Government’s target to vaccinate half of the UAE population by the end of March 2021, Etihad is ahead of schedule with over 75% of its entire workforce already have received at least one dose of the vaccine. With even more activity still planned as part of the Protected Together initiative, this figure will continue to grow as more employees step forward and choose to vaccinate.