Re: Parallel Runway Assignment

In Munich, the runways are specifically assigned for landings (08R and 26R) and departures (08L and 26L). The reason is that the runways are longitudinally displaced in such a way that taxi times for both incoming and departing traffic are minimized. This is not correct. This concept might have bee...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

I guess it depends on the distance the fin was from the crash site and how shallow the descent was. I would think that the fin would stay close to the site, or the entire back of the plane would break off. If the fin is simply at the end of the debris field then I agree with you. The fin is at the ...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

The vertical fin being quite far back from the crash site suggests either that the missile hit it, or that the pilots were too aggressive (or there was some mechanical issue) trying to bring stability to the plane, or a bit of both. The vertical fin is at the end of the debris field of the crash si...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Has anyone posted a theory on the loss of the vertical fin far before the crash site? It might be a sign that the pilots were to aggressive in trying to control the plane. The vertical fin was found at the crash site. Numerous pictures available online show the vertical fin at the end of the debris...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

morrisond wrote:

How long had they veered off the straight ahead track before loss of signal?

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

The standard departure out of IKA when flying towards UKBB would be straight out. Using the FR24 Data it looks like the aircraft did an early turn. As it is not known so far that there has been communication between the aircraft and the controllers, one might think that the crew did the turn for som...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

It's not surprising that the missile tip / proximity fuse would fall near the crash site. The hypothetical missile would have approached the airplane from the rear, following approximately the same flight path, then after exploding both its head and the (completely uncontrollable) airplane would ha...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

However a close pattern of multiple holes all with similar directions of travel would indicate a blast. I have seen my fair share of vehicles that have been hit by IED’s. Very similar pattern as what an air burst (proximity detonation) would do. After a quick search it looks like that a SA-15 uses ...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

But we don't have any track data suggesting it was a turn back to the airport. Could you create a map showing the plot line from ADS-B relative to the crash site? I know it is 14km from the last spot, but I don't know if it is 14km backward or straight ahead. My guess is there is an arc involved, b...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

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Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Would they have gotten a TCAS or other type of alert about a missile? Or would they have known their transponder was being messed with? Either would have led to emergency procedures. No missile warning in civil aircraft. Transponder failure would not have led to emergency procedures. Transponder fa...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

If this ends up just being an accident, it has to go down as one of the most zany coincidences in aviation history. An airliner bursts into flames over a missile launch site mere hours after missiles were launched. Do you know what kind of missile launch site (e.g. ICBM, SAM) the aircraft flew over...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

In the times that we live you have to triple check everything. Yup.. But this basic knowledge isn't around everywhere :banghead: A picture posted on the net has to be the truth! I would take it with a pinch of salt due to all the above. Someone more of an expert than me could do some further diggin...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

I posted this upthread, but I propose that the ADS-B was scrambled/spoofed/hacked purposefully causing the Iranian missile defense to recognize it as a hostile. The reason the crash site is 14km (I measured the GPS coordinates from the last ADS-B to the crash site) is that was the period potentiall...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Someone on Twiiter posted a picture of a Surface-to-air missile wreck, claiming it was taken from the crash site. Reverse search did not find any other similar images that were previously posted, so the image may be recent, but it has not yet been confirmed that it was taken near the crash site. ht...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/08/10/23142804-7863359-image-a-57_1578478775834.jpg Did they really turn around the tail fin? This yellow cup-Thing (oxygen mask?) still seems to be on the same place. And why and how would turn the tail fin? It looks like it was turned around. The yellow cup lo...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Some observations: The initial track shown on FR24 looks like a NABAX SID (R285 IKA VOR until D33 IKA). However the aircraft did a right turn around D10 IKA. This turn might have been a direct clearance by ATC. This clearance needs communication. It is not known wether this happened or not. Shortly ...

Re: LH will look at A321XLR, but it's no game-changer: CEO

LH needs cargo capacity as well. This might be a problem with the XLR. LH is a full service carrier, not only for the passengers but also for cargo. Lots of those destinations in Africa and the ME would be in XLR range. But those destinations are cargo heavy flights als well. Therefore cargo might b...

Re: Should Airports Stop Building for 380 sized Aircraft?

Airports are constantly modified. New regulations, new aircraft and whatsoever requires a modernization of airport infrastructure all the time. The demise of category D (ICAO Aerodrome Reference Code) / ADG IV (FAA Aircraft Design Group) aircraft (B757, B767 mostly) might trigger another redesign ph...

Re: Should Airports Stop Building for 380 sized Aircraft?

Again, lots of inaccuracies regarding the A380 in this thread :banghead: Airports did not start widening stuff for the A380. The 773 or the A346 also needed taxiway adjustments. The inner side of taxiway curves needed fillets in order to enable use of sharp turns. The distance between the NLG (Nose ...

Re: 787 vs A350 range

zeke wrote:

Captain does not have his hand on the side stick during the final approach

Re: Airbus A/C DWG files converted into KML

Thank you atomicstar.

I have tried that site. It did not work. But maybe it was me who failed to use it correctly. Unfortunatly I have used all my free conversions yesterday.

Airbus A/C DWG files converted into KML

Hi all, I would like to use KML files of airbus aircraft in google earth. Airbus offers download of their A/C drawings in a .dwg file: https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/support-services/airport-operations-and-technical-data/autocad-3-view-aircraft-drawings.html As I do not have AutoCAD I cannot conver...

Re: Istanbul new airport - latest pictures and discussion thread

Here is my trip report flying to and from the new IST airport: The arrival was fast. We where cleared for a STAR first, but shortly after beginning our descent we received a direct towards a base waypoint. So no weird turns. Also no delay or long final. We did an ILS 34L (34R was not used at all thi...

Re: Istanbul new airport - latest pictures and discussion thread

Good comparison. I suppose they will change operations similar to Gatwick once more runways have been constructed. After preparing my flight towards IST tomorrow, I have discovered some interesting procedures about the runway usage. First, there are two pairs of parallel runways west of the termina...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

One would hope that the fact that the captain's AoA display had gone all blue while the FO's was still ~40% brown would also be a clue. The display with the blue and brown is called attitude indicator (aka artificial horizon). It displays pitch and bank. However, this is not an AoA indicator! https...

Re: Istanbul new airport - latest pictures and discussion thread

I suppose there was an intensive simulator training of ATC of all possible setups for arrivals and departures incl change of RWY's in use as well as emergency situations /closure of RWY due to the accident, holding procedures due to weather etc./. This in conjunction with traffic patterns to SAW, a...

Re: Istanbul new airport - latest pictures and discussion thread

Looking at the IGA departures only 6 TK flights between 9-11am this morning. Flightradar24 suggest TK is operating at 60-70% capacity. Flights departing, landing taking the long way around, making strange turns even though there is no apparent heavy traffic in the air. Do not forget that the new ai...

Re: LH orders 20 B789 and 20 additional A350; Will sell 6 A380s back to Airbus

From LH's comments it looks like all their A346 will be replaced by A359. So I don't think they feel first class is required on those routes anymore. Replacing A346 with A359 does not mean they will be used on the same routes. They might rotate aircraft as well. It is way to simple to say that A359...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

What I fear is that there is unreliable airspeed from the take off roll, and they were shocked to see stick shaker on from the take off roll, and decided to shallow out the climb to "get out of it"... only to not see it not disappear.... with the increasing speed and confusion with the st...

Re: LH orders 20 B789 and 20 additional A350; Will sell 6 A380s back to Airbus

I guess that all the 4 engined aircraft will leave LH before the first D-Check.

2022 fits for the A380.

Re: Atlas Air 3591 Down in Trinity Bay, Texas

... Previous generation large jets (not fly-by-wire) have cables from the control columns to a bellcrank that directs a PCU to deflect the control surface as required through the control column movement. If the control column is moved but the associated PCU does NOT move (or vice versa), it may cau...

Re: Atlas Air 3591 Down in Trinity Bay, Texas

AirlineCritic wrote:

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So, does this leave only spatial disorientation and confusion then as the initiating action? Can others see any other issue that would fit what we've been told?

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

Stall is AOA dependend. Not speed!

You can stall an aircraft at any speed.

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

casinterest wrote:

Do you have an updated one ?

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

As nobody answered before, I would like to repost some observations and questions. There is a lot of focus on the MCAS. Still, there are other questions not answered yet. Those questions came up after reading all the information in the news (and this thread). This information might not be reliable, ...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

... We do not have the data from after this point to understand what happened till the crash minutes later and miles away. We need the FDR for that. https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/B3-DJ688_backgr_16U_20190310130545.jpg The crash location on this map is not correct.

Re: Atlas Air 3591 Down in Trinity Bay, Texas

I am not familiar with design of the flight controls of the B767. Therefore I have some questions regarding the phrase "in response to column input". Does the B767 still have cables/wires between the control column and the hydraulic actuators? Would there be a possible column movement beca...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

the captain starts flying solo and becomes an instructor

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

There is still a lot of focus on the MCAS. Still, there are other questions not answered yet. These are my questions which I have after collection all the information in the news. Of course, the information might not be reliable, incomplete (as FR24 coverage is poor in that area) and even fake. But ...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

Very well done sir, I agree Thanks for adding the pictures. The hill to the east is 8772ft MSL. Otherwise they have been in an area with relatively flat terrain (less than 8000ft MSL). Only a few mountains up to 8772ft MSL are in that area southeast of the AD, with the exception of one 100072ft mou...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

To me it looks like the crash site is located here: 8°52'38.04"N 39°15'4.28"E This is approximatley 18NM to the southeast of the last FR24 data point. I have looked at different pictures and videos of the crash site. The Street pattern, the small canyon or ravine and the hill with trees in...

Re: First B777-9X of LH in PAE now

DeltaB717 wrote:

When LH received their first A380, they flew them on existing services to both LHR and CDG in place of the usual A320 Family. I don't see why that wouldn't be the case for the B779...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

... Ironically the Kalman filter was designed a half century ago to flight in space but is still not used to flight aircraft... The Kalman filter is used for position computation. It is used to combine the IRS with the GPS position. IRS position gives you a very accurate short term position. It als...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

One of them is to compute the domain of possible next inputs values given the actual values and state of the system (this is how stateful inspection firewall work for example). In a measuring system, input with impossible values can be filtered out of the redundancy set. In case of an aircraft, it'...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

BUSS is quite simple actually. It uses raw AoA from the vanes. There is no speed displayed, just an AoA range. Just keep it in the green. Combine with an appropriate thrust setting and you get expected performance. Excellent - my question is then - why do the pilots have to deactivate a load of pri...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

FDR has been read out. 1800 paramters from 19 flights.

Looks promising.

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

It looks to me like you're throwing irrelevant / inaccurate information around in an attempt to confuse the reader. Was this aircraft equipped with the optional AOA sensor? I doubt it. All of the static and pitot probes are suspect from the last flight. All modern aircraft have AOA Sensors. The dis...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

Because it could only record data from the static port / pitot system which is suspected of being the failure point in the previous flight. The FDR will record much more than that. AOA angles for example, all of the static and pitot probes, IRS data, GPS data, AP status, Autothrottle status, thrott...

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

salttee wrote:

The ADS-B Data and the FDR data come from the same source and there is serious doubt about the validity of that source. The radar data is crucial.