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'Drunk' Citilink pilot

Last post by Cacophonix « Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:21 pm
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by More Aviation » Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:24 am

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Two executives with an Indonesian budget airline have resigned after the release of disturbing footage showing an Indonesian pilot staggering through...

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...as the Boxing day Ryanair flight from Bournmouth to Malaga pulled up at the last moment before landing: the skipper announced "we not going...

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Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:21 pm
Jet Airways B738 at Goa on Dec 27th 2016 -Anybody want to hazard a guess here?

Last post by More Aviation « Tue Dec 27, 2016 9:46 pm
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by More Aviation » Tue Dec 27, 2016 7:12 pm

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From the ever useful avherald...

A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800, registration VT-JBG performing flight 9W-2374 from Goa to Mumbai (India) with 154...

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OK - UNLESS NO 1 had an uncommanded runaway to fullpower and slow reaction from crew, I suspect they hit TOGA while No 1 was still 'up' from...

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Last post by More Aviation
Tue Dec 27, 2016 9:46 pm
Afriqiyah Airways hijack (?) to MLA

Last post by Capetonian « Fri Dec 23, 2016 11:22 am

by Capetonian » Fri Dec 23, 2016 11:22 am

Libyan plane with 118 passengers on board lands in Malta 'with two hijackers on board'

Flight diverted to Malta amid 'potential hijack situation'...

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Last post by Capetonian
Fri Dec 23, 2016 11:22 am
Captain's Discretion: An interesting case

Last post by Boac « Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:50 pm
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by Boac » Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:30 pm
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A Thomas Cook pilot (correctly) refused to operate into discretion on the basis that the day's duty was PLANNED into discretion, which is contrary to...

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I heard Dr Hunter from BALPA on the radio today giving, for all the world, the impression that BALPA was totally supportive of this Captain's case,...
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Last post by Boac
Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:50 pm
Ditching an airliner

Last post by Capetonian « Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:56 pm
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by Boac » Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:40 pm

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With the forthcoming release of 'Sully the movie', it is of interest to watch an archive film of a PanAm Stratocruiser ditching alongside an ocean...

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Excellent film, well made, dramatic, and sensitive, definitely worth seeing.
Tom Hanks played the part superbly, despite my remark above.

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Last post by Capetonian
Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:56 pm
A bizarre 'Norwegian' story indeed.

Last post by A Lutra Continua « Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:35 am
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by Boac » Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:01 pm

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AvHerald are attempting to extract facts from an incident in Kristiansand with a 737-800 (LN-NII) operated for Norwegian with a Slovak flight deck...

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That's the problem with foolproof systems. They just lead to more creative fools.

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Last post by A Lutra Continua
Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:35 am
PIA

Last post by More Aviation « Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:55 pm
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by Wodrick » Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:46 pm

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Breaking news seems to indicate a PIA flight down in the North of the country, 40 souls approx on board.

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Breaking news seems to indicate a PIA flight down in the North of the country, 40 souls approx on board.

Pakistan International Airlines Flight...

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Last post by More Aviation
Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:55 pm
Colombian Crash

Last post by probes « Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:37 pm
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by More Aviation » Tue Nov 29, 2016 5:34 pm
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Sad to hear of this tragedy. Reading some of the gen. coming out wouldn't it be a major issue if this flight was operating at max. endurance and...

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Ok, Lutra, but can you imagine a Captain keeping an eye on the fuel indicator* and biting his nails (?) - will I make it? Knowing how much fuel he...
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Last post by probes
Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:37 pm
Red Arrows to re-equip?

Last post by Sisemen « Sat Nov 26, 2016 1:32 pm
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by Boac » Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:11 am

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Trials have taken place in France of the new aircraft for the team. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Minister of Defence both see this as a...

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The most impressive part of the Black Arrows display and which is unlikely to be repeated with modern aircraft, is the number of aircraft serviceable...

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Last post by Sisemen
Sat Nov 26, 2016 1:32 pm
A sad tale of mistakes - the X31

Last post by More Aviation « Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:18 pm
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by Boac » Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:38 pm

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It is 38 minutes long, but worth watching. A brilliant design concept and production machine, but an absolute total disaster of management and...

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Nobody expects - therein lies the problem. No, no-one 'expects', any more than you 'expect' an engine failure, but you (and the system with all the...

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Last post by More Aviation
Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:18 pm
China Eastern near miss

Last post by 500N « Mon Nov 07, 2016 3:29 pm
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by probes » Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:57 am

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China Eastern pilot who avoided deadly collision given money, honors

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Wow, Tenerife II minus the fog.

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Mon Nov 07, 2016 3:29 pm
American Airlines Boeing 767 catches fire in Chicago

Last post by More Aviation « Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:08 pm
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by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:16 am

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Looks like a nasty result of some engine malfunction on take off.

Guardian reporting I know, but it sounds as though with the ensuing panic it...

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That certainly looks like it might be a hull loss...

The aircraft slowed and came to a stop with the right hand engine (CF6) ablaze, a large...

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Last post by More Aviation
Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:08 pm
Mike Pence - 737 off runway incident...

Last post by More Aviation « Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:25 pm
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by More Aviation » Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:28 am

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A plane carrying Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence skidded off a runway Thursday night as it landed at LaGuardia Airport in New York....

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Remind me again how many 'expert pundits' last year predicted he would be where he is?

Sorry for deviation from subject, but I didn't start it. For...

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Last post by More Aviation
Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:25 pm
An awful landing!

Last post by More Aviation « Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:06 pm
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by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:14 pm

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I love the last line; United Airlines apologise for any inconvenience caused =))

And what about the comment about the pressurisation being...

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I thought that a really awful landing is one that is not commented upon in the press or met by shrieks of fear from the passengers! :)

MA

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Last post by More Aviation
Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:06 pm
BA286 SFOLHR unscheduled landing YVR due smoke

Last post by Capetonian « Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:13 pm

by Capetonian » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:13 pm

25 crew members taken to hospital as a precaution and discharged.
The Daily Mail managed to make it sound like a major emergency.

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Last post by Capetonian
Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:13 pm
Metroliner down in Malta

Last post by More Aviation « Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:05 pm
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by More Aviation » Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:48 am

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A light aircraft believed to be carrying EU officials crashed shortly after take-off from Malta on Monday, killing at least five people, airport...

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I was looking at my log...

At V1 betwixt V2 your attitude means you are flying on instruments (the nose gets in the way of the horizon) and then...

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Last post by More Aviation
Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:05 pm
Another Airbus nosewheel incident

Last post by More Aviation « Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:55 pm
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by Boac » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:23 pm

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Apparently BA tried to land on a runway at 90 degrees to the active today at Manchester and had to chuck the pax out 'on the runway' (closing the...

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Well it is Messier-Dowty HQ Paris.

All those good British manufacturing names pretty much gone from Gloucestershire, Dowty, Hawker (near Dursley if...

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Last post by More Aviation
Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:55 pm
BA 747 Undercarriage problem report

Last post by ian16th « Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:10 pm
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by Boac » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:40 pm

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A skillful bit of flying, but no kudos to BA Engineering on this one:

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The operator has taken safety actions intended to prevent a recurrence.

Lack of detail there.

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Last post by ian16th
Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:10 pm
Carrying a snag too far

Last post by More Aviation « Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:48 am
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by ian16th » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:42 am

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Is this what we called a Red Line entry in the F700 in my day?

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Mechanics later replaced the captain’s sidestick—which Airbus and the BEA consider to be the root cause of the problem—as well as ELAC1.

The TSB...

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Last post by More Aviation
Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:48 am
Air Asia - lost in Australia

Last post by Slasher « Sun Oct 16, 2016 12:41 am
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by Boac » Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:02 am

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More details are now emerging of an Air Asia Airbus330 incident in 2015, out of Sydney 'bound' for KL. It seems that Captain Cock-up entered the...

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Talk about a total clusterfcuk!

In Airbii, at least the modern ones, the FMCs will automatically download the current position once the IRSs are...

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Last post by Slasher
Sun Oct 16, 2016 12:41 am
She cannot be a doctor 'cos she black

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:58 pm
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by Boac » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:56 am

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Wonderful, if true.

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Thanks Slasher, yea and it turned out to be a mild angina attack. Pax delayed 6 hours, missed connections at Dulles etc. It was a military diplomatic...

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:58 pm
King Air 200 crash at Chigwell

Last post by More Aviation « Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:49 pm
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by Ibbie » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:10 pm
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London Executive Aviation aircraft,crashed on take off today (03/10/2015)

Full company press release here;

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The AAIB report is out and we are not much the wiser.

MA
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Last post by More Aviation
Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:49 pm
Good luck Monarch

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:28 am
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by Boac » Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:39 pm
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My thoughts are with all the employees of Monarch as they approach the deadline of midnight tonight. Unless a short extension to the ATOL can be...

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Excellent, I am sure you are right Wodders.
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:28 am
Bergen bound chopper down!

Last post by More Aviation « Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:12 pm
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by MoreAviation » Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:16 pm

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Really sad to hear about the catastrophic Eurocopter EC225 crash and 13 fatalities in Norway today. By all accounts the aircraft came straight down...

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I see that EASA have cleared the EC225 to resume flying although neither the UK CAA nor the Norwegian authorities have rescinded their grounding of...

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Last post by More Aviation
Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:12 pm
Gulp!!

Last post by More Aviation « Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:38 am
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by Boac » Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:13 am

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Is adrenalin brown?

You have to love the captions, though.

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Is adrenalin brown?

You have to love the captions, though.

As you say the press cover themselves in ignominy in their intelligent coverage of...

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Last post by More Aviation
Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:38 am

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