No one demand the evacuation to begin immediately after the 350 comes to complete stop, BUT it is not acceptable asking passqngers sitting in the cabin for 6 more minutes after hitting another plane and fire burning you fuselage. Not so difficult to decide which slides to be open? In my opinion, th...
Jump to postGlobalTWA wrote:Wow! The MAX is a mess! We need every airline to ground them after this incident.
They can consider themselves lucky that it happened still at around FL160 ... imagine that at cruise altitude !
Jump to postHe would obviously say that, either because it's true or because he believes he heard it. Indeed. The CVR of the Dash will clarify what information the crew thought they had, whether there was some doubt or not about it (e.g., the F/O questioning about the clearance). I also expect the Dash crew he...
Jump to postJL516 did get landing clearance at 14:52-14:55 into the below recording, they readback at 15:06. https://archive.liveatc.net/rjtt/RJTT-Twr-TCA-Jan-02-2024-0830Z.mp3 I can't be the only one struggling to understand 3/4 of what is being said on this recording! Are they speaking English and Japanese? ...
Jump to postI'm glad they didn't open door 2R. And that's why windows must stay open during landing/taking off. So the flight attendants can see if there are flames outside before opening the doors. I wish this is something the American carriers would heed. Windows are closed for the entire flight every time I...
Jump to postNews reporting JAL 516 from Sapporo hit Coast Guard aircraft during landing. 367 pax all got out as far as I can understand. MA722 from JCG was involved. Thank God, hopefully no terrible news from here..The aircraft stood it's ground and allowed all to evacuate (hopefully), that's what a safe aircr...
Jump to postTo the extent that it looks like the firefighters have pretty much given up on putting it out. This live feed looks like they're just standing watching. Can't see the other side of the plane of course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwpy8evkEEQ Rgds Have a look at that video: https://www.youtube.co...
Jump to postIt's definitely not a US thing. They have grown in popularity pretty much everywhere since the years 2000 and you will only find leather seats (... or more likely some leather imitation) on many airlines in EU. For sure in the whole Lufthansa group, but probably in other airlines as well, even LCCs....
Jump to postI find this whole EU no passport thing totally bizarre. I would feel positively claustrophobic if I couldn’t wake up one day and spontaneously decide to visit one of the errrr……..other 5 inhabited continents on the planet. Why would anyone deny themselves that freedom or right ? I appreciate everyo...
Jump to postThe control they had over that plane was so marginal that the chances of making a successful landing were abysmal. The outcome would probably have been additional ground casualties. Some may compare this accident with UA232 in Sioux City which is an example of successfully controlling the plane excl...
Jump to postI don't understand all this discussion/fight about the video, fake or not ... It is a very futile discussion given how many people perished in this incident. The fact that the video is so popular and has been redistributed all over the place, even by mainstream media is much more concerning (about h...
Jump to postWhile birdstrikes still happen from time to time and generally end up in having to return to the airport, I think this is rather well managed/controlled in most airports. Very creative methods are used everywhere to reduce the likeliness of birdstrikes and I think they work quite well but we will ne...
Jump to postIt looks like the fire brigade did a good job at putting out that fire. When you see the flames on the video, you expect that the outcome would be a completely burned plane with just a (tipped) tail remaining.
Jump to postSuch a shocking safety culture. Speaking French on the radio at an international airport so every other plane on the frequency has no idea what’s going on, that alone is just ridiculous. I know it’s one of the ICAO languages but you don’t get MEA speaking Arabic in Beirut. As for the incident itsel...
Jump to postCathay Pacific has indeed confirmed in mid-March that it has stopped flying over the Russian air space. If you track all the HKG to Europe flights, it takes much longer now. My HKG-MAN flight in April has a flight time of fourteen hours, instead of twelve hours. CX has not clarified on the reasonin...
Jump to postI understand that part of the purpose of those sanctions is to piss off Russian citizens who usually travel. Touching their comfort and making their life and business more complicated might increase the pressure on the Russian authorities, lead to more protest etc... but will that work if the only d...
Jump to postIf you think the A320 is particularly prone, think again, and do some random search on the BAE-146! Indeed, I remember the Brussels Airlines BAE-146 would occasionally dare spilling (hot and irritant/toxic) hydraulic fluids directly on the passengers in the cabin (lots of those lines passed above t...
Jump to postIf you think the A320 is particularly prone, think again, and do some random search on the BAE-146! Indeed, I remember the Brussels Airlines BAE-146 would occasionally even spill (hot and irritant/toxic) hydraulic fluids directly on the passengers in the cabin (lots of those lines passed above the ...
Jump to postLiving in Belgium and using Star-Alliance (company travel policy) I used to pass trough Frankfurt for many flights to Asia or South-Africa. Each time we had the opportunity to replace FRA by MUC or ZRH, we never hesitated to do it. FRA is big and not user friendly, but it is still attractive due to ...
Jump to postLondon to Brussels is advertised at 1 hr, 53 minutes. https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/train/belgium/london-to-brussels What is the security requirements? Considering one must get to/from the airport and deal with TSA and wait for checked luggage... This could force enough people to look I know my em...
Jump to postThe government calculated that this will allow them to raise 30M€ per year of tax based on current (actually pre-covid) volumes... which means they don't even expect the tax to have any impact on the traffic ;-) I often used the LH's BRU-FRA, BRU-MUC, BRU-ZRH, I can tell you that most of this little...
Jump to postGood will?? I don’t know if I’m the only one who preferred vouchers over refunds. If your intent is to fly again which is majority of people I don’t see the issues with getting vouchers. I’ve been sitting on many vouchers with United and only recently started using them. Same with me in Europe with...
Jump to postI used them between BRU and HAN. Their planes and the SVO airport are nothing fancy (but not a worse experience than passing trough FRA for example, if you fly in economy). In eco, it is by my metrics a much better alternative than using the ME3 companies. It's faster due (less track miles thanks to...
Jump to postWindows seats cost just the same as other seats and most people who take one do it for another reasons than the scenery. In any case, this is not the windows of the person sitting there, the light does not stop at your seat and will influence a larger surrounding area. While I'd love to look at land...
Jump to postSo, Ryanair is raising funds... I wonder how much revenue they expect from all those job applicants
Jump to postI'd love to see this happen. I quite like the idea of being on the most silent and comfortable deck of any airliner on a not too crowded flight (fast boarding), but other than the massive investment for certification (fire protection and such), I can also imagine some operational difficulties with h...
Jump to postThe business class seats of Lufthansa are bad enough in terms of room privacy to make first class valuable for some. Companies like Singapore Airlines, ANA, Emirates, etc... on the other hand have already such a good business class product that first class is unnecessary to many (I don't need it)......
Jump to postThis US vs Europe LCC/ULCC discussion is dumb. The US is fundamentally unlike Europe. Not only because of the population density, but also because of the enormous distances in the US and the categorically different character of business and leisure travel on the two continents. Europe basically has...
Jump to postThings I've leanred in my 24 years... never fly with Tom Hank, go to space with Tom Hanks, or get on a boat with Tom Hanks. All jokes aside, the ditch was exeucted perfectly. A truly one in a millon landing. The same goes for Kennedy family members. I always told I would never fly with them ... but...
Jump to postNo, I'm not a pilot. But I do drive. And if a plane landed on top of my car and killed my wife, I doubt if I'd be saying, "Well, what else could he do ...?" Now we're in ethical dilemma territory (not technical skill territory). Not "what else could he do" but "what else sh...
Jump to postThe A320 is state of the art? Its basic design is approaching 35 years old. The 737 NG/MAX have a wing one decade newer. The A320 while FBW and that is a good thing from an Envelope protection standpoint - uses a control stick that is based on Gemini Program/Atari like spring loaded joysticks with ...
Jump to postThe 7M8 already has transatlantic range. Norwegian was already operating them on flights to the US. So I'm not sure why it would need any further upgrades. The 737-10 shouldn't have any issue with US transcon and west coast to Hawaii. Most people who used Norwegian from a western european city and ...
Jump to postIt's weird to see that so many people explaining here that it's important to keep it as an evolution of the perfectly fine 737 tube and still keep the same type rating, but make it FBW and replacing almost everything in this airplane, all of this to come up with a still inferior and less flexible pr...
Jump to postI heard stories in my family of people taking Sabena flights from Brussels to Japan doing 3-4 stops to get there. During those stops, some got off, some joined, but most of the people could just stay on the plane. In those times where business class seats were not "lie flat" and IFE was no...
Jump to postDoes SN strive to schedule their staff who speak other languages outside of NL/FR/EN on specific flights? Such as Spanish speakers on Spanish routes, etcetera? That's a thing many airlines can improve on, and perhaps SN coming from a highly multilingual nation has gotten a better grasp of the impor...
Jump to postIt would certainly be Dutch. Every time I have flown SN and TUI Belgium I have noticed the crews are mostly Flemish-speaking (e.g. they always speak Dutch among them) and speak French with their strong accent and with a certain disdain to their co-citizens Belgian French-native speakers (Belgian Fr...
Jump to postThe Whale killed by a microscopic virus. Among other factors of course... The real whales - the 747s - are still alive as the cargo versions are busy, in part due to the virus. I've never referred to the A380 as a whale - if forced into using a nickname, I'd call it Uncle Fester. B747 is the Queen ...
Jump to postMy Japanese employer in Europe forces us to book all business trips trough one (also Japanese) travel agency in Europe. At first I thought this so old-school and terribly expensive. I used to think agencies were only "for old people who can't use the internet" or for rich people booking ve...
Jump to postA secret flight that can be seen even on Flightradar24 ? That's a good joke ;-) Why not just turn off the transponder or select C-Mode for the whole trip ... the team firing missiles over Iran isn't using FR24 for differentiating airliners from military planes anyway. Regarding the source of this ne...
Jump to postWhat a lot of posters seem to be missing is that Airbus was under no obligation to take the write-downs below at their full amount this year. They could have spread them over multiple years, but chose not to. I can't claim any insider knowledge, but if I had to guess, I'd say the decision was infor...
Jump to postSo the wiring has to be changed because it is not safe? How would they allow the NG's to continue to fly without a refit, as far as I have seen. The NG does not have to meet this certification requirement because the requirement did not exist when it was certified. A certification is an important s...
Jump to postThe FAA need to be 110% sure the MAX isn't going to lawn-dart itself if/when it goes back into service. . Well the current head of the FAA says that before he unground's the MAX he intends to fly it himself with his family, so if it does not lawn dart itself with the head of the FAA at the controls...
Jump to postThe FAA all of a sudden seems to have a change of heart and wants to cooperate to get the Max flying again. I wonder if the president told them to straighten up or there would be consequences. I could see Trump losing confidence and bringing in military officials to temporarily lead the FAA and get...
Jump to postAntaras wrote:The A227/229 will look like some stupid long and thin worm which's always ready to 'get' a tailstrike
With all that is going on, saw this yesterday - https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/iran-state-tv-says-ukrainian-airplane-crashes-near-tehran/ Now while it's NOT a MAX but an aged 737, do people think it will hit Boeing reputation more. Even though, the report says Iran has an aged fle...
Jump to postMany people seem to have a very sharp opinion on whether it's good or bad for their body to sleep or not on a certain daily flight but I think they are too quickly considering that what applies to them is good for everybody. Myself, I tried and succeeded to stay awake on night flights or sleep on da...
Jump to postI fly Hainan from China from time to time on their 787s. In December coming into LAX from China was the first time that the windows were locked in the dimmed position for the entire flight. It didn't bother me much as I wanted to sleep, but we landed with the windows dimmed at about 5pm. Is this no...
Jump to postI don't think there's anything wrong with the way the dimmable windows work on the 787. There may be some airlines who set-it up in a terrible way, but on the flights I have been on 787's (most of those were with Ana), after all windows went dark, I was always able to change again up to 50% (not mor...
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