Re: Sriwijaya Air 737-500 (SJ182 CGK-PNK) crashes shortly after takeoff

If someone fluent in Bahasa can translate, it seems like the NTSC has confirmed from FDR data, the ADS-B data was correct & both engines were still running until impact with water. Source - https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20210118/98/1344370/terungkap-sriwijaya-air-sj-182-sempat-belok-arah-knkt...

Re: Sriwijaya Air 737-500 (SJ182 CGK-PNK) crashes shortly after takeoff

I did some further analysis, the aircraft at the bottom had a flight path angle of 87 degrees. From 2021-01-09 07:40:05Z.652 at 10900 ft to 2021-01-09 07:40:14Z.202 at 9525 ft the flight path angle change from zero to 84 degrees over 8.55 seconds. The speed didn't change much however the direction ...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2020

There have been a few unusual flights operating in recent months in Australian skies, and I thought that I had just stumbled on an example tonight. FlightAware shows three China Airlines A330s in line astern heading from Sydney to Taipei this evening, a few kilometres apart. Interrogating the app, I...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - December 2019

There was lots of discussion in last month's thread about the viability of mooted Qantas group services to India. Commenters pointed to the stranglehold that SQ has through the number of Indian ports they service. In this light it's interesting to see the anna.aero figures a few days back on SQ's to...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2019

Qatar 777 still stuck in CBR, never left on Sunday for the return service to SYD/DOH. You can see it on the Canberra Airport webcam. https://www.canberraairport.com.au/flights/flightcam/ Yes, I noticed it there late in the afternoon on Sunday and thought that was unusual. Then on Monday morning the...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang

How long do they typically take to analyze the CVR, and release it into public domain? Do they usually release the full cockpit conversations transcript relating to the incident ? Or just brief summary? I think if you reflect on who 'they' are, you would realise that the investigating authority in ...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

The picture I posted is basically the same as in the Air Current article, except the blue annotation has been added into a different place. All the handwriting in the completed log with the corrective actions is clearly by the same person. Do you mean the same handwriting is in all three 'correctiv...

Re: UA Fuel MAYDAY call into SYD

ABC News online, in a somewhat breathless report ("a mayday call above the Harbour City"), quotes a CAA spokesperson as saying the flight had about 40 minutes of fuel remaining.

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - September 2018

Its indeed odd, by diverting to PER over CNS they would have used an extra 2 hours worth of fuel over a direct routing to PER, a flight NRT to PER would take about 10 hours, so it seems that it was a decision to divert rather than a planned change How easy would it be for QF to get Japanese approva...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - September 2018

Qantas has announced Wellcamp Airport at Toowoomba as the 'first of two regional locations' for its new pilot academy. A second site will emerge from the other contenders. The announcement says that construction will occur in partnership with the Queensland Government and the Wagner Corporation (air...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2017

VH-ZNA is currently on the final stretch to home! https://www.flightradar24.com/QFA7879/f41f5ca When you refer to 'home' do you mean Seattle where the aircraft was built or Sydney, where it will not be based/homed? :-) This is one gigantic propaganda exercise, which QF is very good at, and which th...

Search for MH370 may resume

It apears that the Malaysian Government has agreed to fund a US seabed exploration company to resume the search for 9M-MRO. Media reporting indicates that Malaysia has notified families of the 239 passengers and crew from MH370 that it is negotiating the terms for the search with US company Ocean In...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2017

Etihad flight EY450 from Abu Dhabi to Sydney, a B77W, diverted early this morning to Adelaide, apparently due to a smoke alarm. Passengers left the aircraft and it is still there.

Re: Two QF flights currently dumping fuel over Sydney

Both flights were safe to continue on their journey however both flight crews decided to return back to SYD Flaps not retracting means you can continue to your destination 14.5 hours away? As stated in the QF press release they chose to return to SYD as not being able to retract the flaps would be ...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread Part 148

BITRE stats... are you sure these stats include NZ transit pax? I recall UTA stats from years ago did not include transits on the CDG-SIN-CGK-SYD-NOU route. The stats on individual routes (such as the UTA one you mention) do not include transit passengers. The stats by operator do however include t...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread Part 148

You are right if you go off Table 5. 1163 passengers flew just CBR-WLG vs 1222 passengers flew just WLG-CBR. However if you refer to Table 3 it refers to there were 2749 passengers that flew CBR-WLG at a load factor of 57.4% vs 2969 passengers who flew WLG-CBR at a load factor of 62% Therefore ther...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread Part 148

Latest BITRE stats are out for Oct 16. CBR-SIN flights seemingly not to busy It's important to realise that the BITRE figures for SQ's SIN-CBR-WLG service are for passengers uplifted from or discharged at CBR. Presumably the SQ load factor is higher than these figures would suggest because there mu...

Re: Flights that depart in 2017 and arrive in 2016

Won't most AU/NZ flights heading across the dateline? No, flights from Australia and New Zealand to the Americas arrive earlier the same day after departing late morning, afternoon or evening from AU/NZ. They would need to depart at an unsociable early hour from Australia (in most cities prevented ...

Re: Qantas 747 at Stansted

Charters still going via Asia rather thanDubai - suppose most efficient for fuel split for flight I think SYD-DXB may be beyond the fully-loaded 747-400ER's range, given the prevailing wind. Hi all, does anybody know why Qantas are sending Boeing 747s to Stansted? VH-OEF was there today and VH-OEJ ...

Re: Qantas - Fiesta Route

I found this old news real of Qantas' inaugural Fiesta route. Thought I'd share along with other memorabilia I found of this route Thanks for posting this. I especially liked being reminded of the gold and red route map on the inside fold of the printed 1970s timetable! Acapulco is mentioned only i...

Re: Qatar Airways: DOH-CBR

Some comments have been quick to dismiss this route's profitability. It is easy to underestimate the significance of the government-generated premium fare international traffic originating in Canberra. Combine that with a comparatively well-paid population with a propensity for international holiday...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread Part 145

log0008 wrote:

Melbourne airport was closed for 45 mins due to winds and luggage container that was on the runway, some flights had to divert

Re: Australian Aviation Thread Part 145

Just put my daughter on a plane at CBR and saw a Jetstar A320 (VH-VQM) land and then taxi in to the bay short of Gate 13, where it sat for 10 minutes with engines running before I had to leave. I see from FlightAware that it was operating JQ509 from SYD to MEL and flew to central Victoria before one...

Re: Major Airports that changed names to honor politicians

MGA - Augusto C. Sandino International Airport, Managua, Nicaragua

Re: Major Airports that changed names to honor politicians

And: SID - Amílcar Cabral International Airport , Sal, Cape Verde DIL - Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport, Dili, Timor Leste WDH - Hosea Kutako International Airport, Windhoek, Namibia LOS - Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria ABV - Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airpo...

Re: Major Airports that changed names to honor politicians

Also:
SPI - Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Springfield, Illinois

Re: Major Airport that changed names to honor politicinas

ACJ - Jimmy Carter Regional Airport - Americus, Georgia STT - Cyril E King Airport, US Virgin Islands, was known as Harry S Truman Airport until 1984 ICT - Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, Wichita, Kansas GRR - Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Grand Rapids, Michigan DCA - Ronald R...

Re: Go around central at Dubai

For the benefit of those who do not start at the beginning of the thread, the single most useful comment on the whole thread is from Zeke (@reply 6). Combine this info from a reliable witness with the ATC transcripts a few replies above mine, and it seems clear there was no emergency declared, gear ...

RE: Australian Aviation Thread Part 139

Pax on QF1 departing <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> this evening have deplaned approx 1hr 30m after scheduled departure after sitting in the aircraft in sweltering heat. Captain apparently announced that someth...

RE: Australian Aviation Thread Part 138

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ben175" class="quote" target="_blank">ben175</a> (<a href="#80" class="quote">Reply 80</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Yes, you can drea...

RE: SQ Announce Canberra And Wellington B777 Services

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DeltaB717" class="quote" target="_blank">DeltaB717</a> (<a href="#84" class="quote">Reply 84</a>):<br/><i>77E is in the officia media release:</...

SQ Announce Canberra and Wellington B777 services

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/motorhussy" class="quote" target="_blank">motorhussy</a> (<a href="#81" class="quote">Reply 81</a>):<br/><i>* weirdly, it says 77E's rather than...

RE: Australian Aviation Thread Part 135

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/qantas747" class="quote" target="_blank">qantas747</a> (<a href="#88" class="quote">Reply 88</a>):<br/><i>Whats with the reference to using 772'...

RE: Top 20: Longest Airbus A380 Routes In The Worl

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JMGRIFFIN" class="quote" target="_blank">JMGRIFFIN</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>The 3x flights per day make this ...

Air Asia Crash: Final Report Released - Part 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/777Jet" class="quote" target="_blank">777Jet</a> (<a href="#46" class="quote">Reply 46</a>):<br/><i> I don't think I'll be flying this airline i...

RE: Australian Aviation Thread Part 132

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/qantas747" class="quote" target="_blank">qantas747</a> (<a href="#187" class="quote">Reply 187</a>):<br/><i>It just bothers me that <acronym tit...

RE: Australian Aviation Thread Part 132

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bunumuring" class="quote" target="_blank">bunumuring</a> (<a href="#129" class="quote">Reply 129</a>):<br/><i>Local chatter in Canberra is still...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 3

Several commenters in the last thread suggested that the upside-down attitude of the forward fuselage and wings, compared to the right-way-up presentation of the tail section, is evidence of in-flight separation. I wonder though whether the twisting and tearing of the vertical stabiliser, illustrate...

RE: Aircraft Flap Found In La Réunion (RUN) Part 3

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jetfuel" class="quote" target="_blank">jetfuel</a> (<a href="#144" class="quote">Reply 144</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><table border=...

RE: Australian Aviation Thread Part 117

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/joffie" class="quote" target="_blank">joffie</a> (<a href="#192" class="quote">Reply 192</a>):<br/><i>No idea this service existed. </i></font><...

RE: Germanwings A320 Crashed Enroute BCN-DUS! Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pihero" class="quote" target="_blank">Pihero</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>Wreckage at 2700 m - 8100 ft - altitude. ( h...