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8th Mar 2024, 14:05
Replies: 304
Views: 78,829
Posted By bnt

Well, if the FDR/CVR expires after 10 years, it...

Well, if the FDR/CVR expires after 10 years, it expires today, the tenth anniversary of MH370's disappearance.
18th Jan 2024, 12:18
Replies: 40
Views: 19,164
Posted By bnt

Just got word from Aer Lingus that they're moving...

Just got word from Aer Lingus that they're moving from T5 to T3 at O'Hare:

Since I'm flying Business Class from O'Hare in April, this makes me happy. The T5 Swissport lounge that AL used was...
15th Nov 2023, 23:12
Replies: 105
Views: 18,044
Posted By bnt

The Lilium prototype is looking interesting, an...

The Lilium prototype is looking interesting, an electric variation on a “blown wing” design. (“Sucked wing”, since air is pulled over the wing by fans.)

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5th Nov 2023, 13:42
Replies: 20
Views: 1,806
Posted By bnt

Fiber is OK if you have devices that support it,...

Fiber is OK if you have devices that support it, but if not, that means converters and more expense. Cat.6e is not going anywhere anytime soon. Cat.5e isn't obsolete yet despite being over 20 years...
1st Sep 2023, 12:54
Replies: 8
Views: 2,854
Posted By bnt

Make that 40 years ago.

Make that 40 years ago.
9th Jul 2023, 13:48
Replies: 78
Views: 35,022
Posted By bnt

Reports this morning of a jet bridge failure at...

Reports this morning of a jet bridge failure at Dublin, ripping a door off an AA B787 in the process:

https://twitter.com/Shauns_Aviation/status/1678010551396442113
12th Nov 2022, 20:39
Replies: 295
Views: 172,142
Posted By bnt

Report...

Report (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2022/11/12/plane-crash-reported-during-air-show-at-dallas-executive-airport/) in the Dallas Morning News suggests that debris has landed on a highway. No news...
15th May 2022, 19:08
Replies: 2
Views: 2,127
Posted By bnt

One passenger on Twitter says it was a medical...

One passenger on Twitter says it was a medical situation involving the copilot, with an ambulance crew meeting the plane at the gate.
15th May 2022, 18:54
Replies: 2
Views: 2,127
Posted By bnt

BA 269 (LHR - LAX) turnback

I just happened to be on FR24, looking at flights to LAX, and saw BA 269 (https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW269) turned back to LHR about an hour after takeoff. It has landed OK and doesn't...
8th May 2022, 18:30
Replies: 28
Views: 12,243
Posted By bnt

I heard something related on a podcast the other...

I heard something related on a podcast the other day: Betty In the Sky (https://www.bettyinthesky.net/) talked about how her airline may reduce cabin service on international flights, so that they...
3rd May 2021, 18:05
Replies: 235
Views: 97,635
Posted By bnt

Statistically, if you have four of an engine vs....

Statistically, if you have four of an engine vs. two of the same engine, you are more likely to see a failure among the four, before you see it in the two. But the difference is that a failure costs...
3rd May 2021, 17:25
Replies: 235
Views: 97,635
Posted By bnt

I was curious about how many A380s are flying at...

I was curious about how many A380s are flying at the moment, and you can do a filter for that on FlightRadar24. I can see that Qantas A380 VH-OQC (https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/VHOQC) is...
4th May 2020, 15:59
Replies: 42
Views: 27,784
Posted By bnt

According to some folks on Reddit...

According to some folks on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/gd9b11/fire_suppression_system_triggered_by_a_boeing_777/), where they posted video, the foam system was...
3rd May 2020, 11:27
Replies: 633
Views: 609,459
Posted By bnt

Hundreds of aircraft on the ground in Southern...

Hundreds of aircraft on the ground in Southern California:

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18th Jan 2020, 16:29
Replies: 255
Views: 179,620
Posted By bnt

"LA" is all of the above and more. The affected...

"LA" is all of the above and more. The affected area is a low-income area populated mostly by Hispanics, so you can probably guess that there aren't many Trump supporters, and California has had...
14th Jan 2020, 21:01
Replies: 255
Views: 179,620
Posted By bnt

Delta emergency @ LAX, dumps fuel on school playground.

LA Times report (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-14/plane-dumps-fuel-on-students-on-school-playground-en-route-to-lax-officials-say):

I expect the investigation will tell us...
20th Oct 2019, 13:20
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,077,388
Posted By bnt

This article...

This article (https://www.executivetraveller.com/here-s-where-qantas-pilots-sleep-on-the-boeing-787-dreamliner) has more details about the two rest areas, with pictures. By "segregated", why would...
20th Oct 2019, 10:20
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,077,388
Posted By bnt

The Daily Mail has a report...

The Daily Mail has a report (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7592491/Qantas-makes-history-longest-non-stop-commercial-flight-touches-Sydney.html) on the JFK-SYD flight, with pictures of the...
8th Oct 2019, 10:10
Replies: 31
Views: 16,702
Posted By bnt

The messages have your seat number on them, and...

The messages have your seat number on them, and the cabin crew has the name of every passenger on the manifest by seat, so what kind of numb-nuts do you have to be to think your messages can't be...
25th Jun 2019, 17:55
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,752,815
Posted By bnt

Boeing are definitely working on the planes:...

Boeing are definitely working on the planes: according to a footage shot by the King 5 News channel in Seattle, Boeing is even using parts of the employee parking lots to house them.

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1st Jun 2019, 10:19
Replies: 95
Views: 50,590
Posted By bnt

The centenary is being celebrated in Ireland,...

The centenary is being celebrated in Ireland, with the Alcock & Brown 100 Festival (https://alcockandbrown100.com/). A local brewery (https://www.bridewellbrewery.ie/) is producing two beers for the...
13th Mar 2019, 21:37
Replies: 5,109
Views: 12,680,419
Posted By bnt

Here's a link...

Here's a link (https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/Emergency_Order.pdf) to the FAA's Emergency Order. At the bottom of page 3 and on to page 4, they state that: "the investigation of the ET302...
6th Mar 2019, 21:10
Replies: 41
Views: 33,767
Posted By bnt

Was it ever? The people who fly planes tend to...

Was it ever? The people who fly planes tend to not be the people who pay for them. :}
24th Feb 2019, 10:28
Replies: 920
Views: 2,302,912
Posted By bnt

Report from KHOU including eyewitness reports....

Report from KHOU including eyewitness reports. They say the plane was low and then nosedived. The area where it crashed is shallow and muddy, with police working to ensure nothing is moved before the...
20th Feb 2019, 12:19
Replies: 51
Views: 40,159
Posted By bnt

It is if you're in "cattle class". (I've done to...

It is if you're in "cattle class". (I've done to and from Seattle, which was maybe an hour shorter.)
14th Feb 2019, 11:05
Replies: 260
Views: 267,208
Posted By bnt

I'm surprised at the talk of "failure". It didn't...

I'm surprised at the talk of "failure". It didn't meet the target of 1,500 sales, but was that target ever realistic in the first place? There will still be over 300 A380s flying once production...
22nd Nov 2018, 07:15
Replies: 29
Views: 19,296
Posted By bnt

That was my thinking - no expectation that the...

That was my thinking - no expectation that the pilot could have seen enough (if anything) before the hit to do anything about it. I haven't seen any information about when the collision happened...
21st Nov 2018, 13:17
Replies: 29
Views: 19,296
Posted By bnt

Not an assumption - the reports explicitly say he...

Not an assumption - the reports explicitly say he was seen heading in that direction:

Maybe passengers only reported that later, but if any ground crew saw him, alarms should be going off ...
21st Nov 2018, 10:10
Replies: 29
Views: 19,296
Posted By bnt

Man killed by departing 737 on runway at Sheremetyevo

Moscow Times report (https://themoscowtimes.com/news/plane-runs-over-and-kills-man-on-moscow-airport-runway-63555):

So, a person is seen running in the direction of a runway, but flight movements...
3rd Oct 2018, 16:42
Replies: 26
Views: 18,898
Posted By bnt

Thanks - so it's coming, eventually. I took...

Thanks - so it's coming, eventually.

I took the "radar" bit of the report literally i.e. as a failure of the radar itself, not any of the IT systems between the dish and the controllers!
3rd Oct 2018, 11:18
Replies: 26
Views: 18,898
Posted By bnt

This makes me wonder whether Ireland needs to...

This makes me wonder whether Ireland needs to enforce ADS-B use, as Australia already does. Area-wide radar is looking a bit old-fashioned at this point. There should be no single point of failure in...
14th Aug 2018, 10:13
Replies: 234
Views: 36,320
Posted By bnt

My SLF list is fairly modest: Trident 3B ...

My SLF list is fairly modest:

Trident 3B
Boeing 747SP (SAA)
Beech King Air
Boeing 737-200
Airbus A300
Transall C-160 (SAAF)
Douglas DC-4 (SAAF)
Cessna 172
27th Jul 2018, 09:21
Replies: 211
Views: 77,001
Posted By bnt

Rather than a folding wing, why not a partial...

Rather than a folding wing, why not a partial swing-wing, say one that swings at approx 2/3 of the way out? Fully forward for landing, swung partly back for cruise, all the way back at the gate? I...
25th Jul 2018, 11:14
Replies: 265
Views: 176,341
Posted By bnt

The Irish Independent has more details of...

The Irish Independent has more details of Ryanair's latest moves, here...
24th May 2018, 18:25
Replies: 62
Views: 24,739
Posted By bnt

One passenger in the terminal got some really...

One passenger in the terminal got some really close-up pictures of the wingtip, followed by dozens of media requests to use them:

https://twitter.com/Ivan_DrawGo/status/999415491675357184/photo/1
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