Re: BA unveils new narrowbody seats

I was in CE 2 weeks ago and had the middle tray table... A320 GVA-LHR ?

Re: AirSerbia E195 hits a pylon during take off from BEG

More photos up on Simon's site. Sweet Baby Jesus ... Serious damage where the leading edge meets the aircraft, and the h-stab took a hit as well... I'm sure there is a reason but difficult to understand why they circled for almost an hour before landing. Quick avionics check and then get on the grou...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

Indeed. I see that AC is continuing to bring small adjustments to its S24 peak summer schedule. Here is what I’ve noticed in the last few weeks: YUL-BCN: daily 77WP (and not 333) YUL-LIS: now 6x/wk (from 5x/wk) YUL-BRU: now 333 (and not 789) YUL-FRA: AC844 now 789 (and not 333) YUL-CDG: AC870 now 3...

Re: Man flew LHR-JFK without any documents

I always wondered about countries with no exit immigration control (ex. US). What if someone gets on a plane without a passport? One can easily switch boarding passes with someone else once they are airside. In addition, not all of the passport checks at the gate are done strictly. I've been on fli...

Re: Man flew LHR-JFK without any documents

The U.K. doesn't do exit passport control anymore right, aligning with U.S. policy? Not at ll US policy, in the US you have to show photo ID and boarding pass to a TSA agent at the security checkpoint. If flying international, then passport is required That's still not exit passport control (that's...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

YUL-BCN is increasing to daily for next summer too, A333 replaced by B773 Indeed. I see that AC is continuing to bring small adjustments to its S24 peak summer schedule. Here is what I’ve noticed in the last few weeks: YUL-BCN: daily 77WP (and not 333) YUL-LIS: now 6x/wk (from 5x/wk) YUL-BRU: now 3...

Re: Man flew LHR-JFK without any documents

I flew out of LHR T5 back in November, and was SHOCKED I never had to show an ID to ANYONE before boarding my flight back to the states. I had a valid boarding pass, which was scanned at security, but absolutely no one looked at my ID a single time. That will stick out in my head for a long time, a...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

planecane wrote:

Thankfully, pure luck prevented any major injuries or deaths.

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

The devil's advocate in me is saying that a claim could be made by those allegedly responsible that "the bolts were reinstalled after that photo was taken". That's a fair question. As others have pointed out, there were many other pieces of evidence that point to the locking bolts not bei...

Re: Amelia Earhart's plane possibly found

Local press where I am talking like this a sure thing... LOL. I'll believe it when I see it.

Re: How comes EasyJet uses jet bridges at Gatwick and some other airports?

GVA ops is mostly airbridge, sometimes hard stand by bus. It depends upon the config of the airport. Paying two guys to drive buses isn't that cheaper than manning the jetbridge. Airports like AMS that have purpose-built "crap sub-terminals" without bridges (its basically a Home Depot / Co...

Re: Boeing has withdrawn its request for an exemption on the 737-7

bennett123 wrote:

Is the engine inlet de-icing on the 7 different to the 10?.

Re: Confirmed: AF A350 tail strike at YYZ

So some person on Simon’s site is claiming in the comments that they were on the flight and the captain announced after the « go around » that the runway was occupied …. To be taken with 6 tons of salt. But if true…. Same site claims the landing was on 24L. 24R is the classically dangerous one as t...

Re: Confirmed: AF A350 tail strike at YYZ

There should be enough well trained aircraft engineers not to far away in Mirabel to oversee these repairs. We don't have any ladders tall enough here for an A350. Yup the ladders only reach a C-Series. :) Would not be surprised however to find out there is a ferry flight to YMX and a longer ladder...

Re: Confirmed: AF A350 tail strike at YYZ

Just listened to the recording myself. After ATC departures says good day climb to 4 thousand, are you ok? Want to try 24L again the AF responds « sorry for that we avoid long landing ». Atc responds « no worries no problem at all turn… » very Canadian So the guy on avherald is either a troll or the...

Re: Confirmed: AF A350 tail strike at YYZ

So some person on Simon’s site is claiming in the comments that they were on the flight and the captain announced after the « go around » that the runway was occupied …. To be taken with 6 tons of salt. But if true…. Same site claims the landing was on 24L. 24R is the classically dangerous one as th...

Re: American Eagle 5811 (Piedmont) slides off taxiway

135/45s have a tendency to want to play in the snow... Especially in the northeast. This one seems much calmer than the YOW incident for example.

Re: Cathay and Korean Air aircraft collide in CTS

Well the "replace APU soon" light just lit up.

Re: Airbus A220 Production / Deliveries - 2024

Latest movement for 5 January 2023: MSN 50066 Comlux Aviation Malta A221 C-FTQZ/TBD, nineteenth test flight at YMX: https://aviation.flights/aib/A220/50066 Can we conclude this frame is being used to test something new/different now, and is in no rush to be delivered to the customer? There’s no way...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

United found loose bolts in 5 of their 737 MAX 9 So how am I as a passenger supposed to feel at all confident in the 737-MAX? I mean, this is BAD. At the very least, I want the ETOPS certification pulled on all 737-MAX. Frankly, at this point, I want the type grounded permanently. But I know that's...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

You guys haven’t seen the YouTube video up thread with detailed responses to these questions. I suggest you give it a go.

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Just caught up on the thread after reading the latest news. While the WiFi install theory seems pretty sound, the one thing that doesn’t line up is the errors were cleared once they switched to backup systems (I can’t find the reference for this, but I read it). If the fuse wasn’t airtight due to th...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

As an aside I wonder if it's worth having pilots and cabin crew go through a cabin decompression in a controlled way. Basically sit in a pressure vessel, bring up to a moderate cabin pressurization level, start doing some basic tasks, then blow the pressure to ambient at the same rate you'd experie...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

For those who watched the excellent video up thread that describes the different options available for the mid exit on the various NG/MAX models but were left wondering what the difference is between the different types of exit doors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_exit?wprov=sfti1 Funny en...

Re: Unconfirmed: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX

Not an exit row - seat pitch is wrong and has seatback table. The plugged exit in Alaska's 900ER / MAX 9 has normal pitch and tray tables since it is plugged and can't be used, it isn't identified as an exit row from inside the plane. It is bolted in place. That last sentence is going to be widely ...

Re: Alaska Airlines Network and News Discussion - 2024

With the AS MAX 9 now grounded for the foreseeable future, how much flexibility does AS have in the fleet to be able to maintain their schedules? I saw in the thread regarding the 1282 incident that it’s around 25% of their 737 fleet… is that accurate, and does that correlate to a similar percentag...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Anyone seen photos / footage of the Dash? I haven't seen a thing. Is it dust?

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Now that we know everyone got off the plane, I wonder how many tried to grab their carry-on first before evacuating. On the video of the evacuation I couldn't see a single person with a carry-on. These are Japanese people. They are disciplined, and actually listen to the crew. I saw at least one, p...

Re: A350 incident Tokyo

Praying the coast guard crew are safe too! Incredible stream. https://www.youtube.com/live/6NLUoAmlm0A?si=MRNfCA9NWe1pnwWf It starts even before the evacuation has started, with seemingly the number 2 engine still running and spitting fire and sparks! I'm unable to play the video - is there a any f...

Re: A350 incident Tokyo

Was watching the stream. When the F/A at the rear with the flashlight came down the slide, I took that as a sign that at least most must have gotten out. Bravo to the crew.

Re: A350 incident Tokyo

smolt wrote:

JL516 JA13XJ
Collided with Japan Cost Guard aircraft.

Await for the information to be confirmed

Re: A350 incident Tokyo

Look at the explosion! I really really hope everyone is alright https://x.com/neuroneintel/status/1742112081933971620?s=46 Yikes! So fuel obviously on fire behind the aircraft which continues down the runway? Did a whole wing tank dump its load when they powered up? Lets hope they were able to do a...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Not sure if reading too much into this but the a330 chief pilot retired yesterday operating TLS-YUL and as part of the ceremony there were photos taken. In one of the photos they are posing with a A330Neo scale model. Wonder if that is intentional or did they really not have any AC A330 models lyin...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Absolutely, I agree that YOW-LHR could still be viable once the 321s arrive. Limited connections are absolutely not a deal breaker. It's just an overall challenge for all the AC secondary hub routes that LON is by far the biggest O&D destination but the onward Star connections are limited. I re...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

I think there's definitely potential for a YOW-LON route to return with the 321XLRs since it's likely to be a more premium-heavy route than the tourism/VFR/sixth freedom ex-Rouge routes that they will presumably be bringing back, given the diplomatic traffic and people's willingness to pay more for...

Re: Guilty plea in YouTube deliberate crash

I have a feeling he will avoid jail time, likely probation for a very long time, monetary fines. His certificate has been revoked for life. He still is very popular and loved in the snowboard/sports community Luckily you were wrong. Dumb dumb is off to jail: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana...

Re: AA ramp staff wheelchair video

At GVA they use catering-style trucks that lift up/down creating a sort of box-bus. You follow a different "stream" right from the curb, with a dedicated well-trained team taking care of you. Security (and passport control if necessary) is done through the employee stream, at ground level,...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Maybe AC will cough up 1 of the 30 firm orders and 14 options AC has for daily YEG-LHR or LGW. The XLR order was first reduced to 28 and then to 25. And while theoretically the XLR can fly YEG to LHR (3869 nautical miles) it might struggle to cover the distance westbound in the winter. I am sure ot...

Re: Airbus A220 Production/Deliveries - 2023

audidudi wrote:

MSN 50066 Comlux Aviation Malta A221 C-FTQZ/TBD, fifteenth test flight at YMX:

Re: First transatlantic flight using 100% green fuel.

I'm pretty sure it's max 50% SAF, 100% isn't possible with current engine tech.

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways and the Norwegian Polarinstitute landing in Antarctica with Boeing 787-9

My local transit rag said this is the biggest jet to ever land in Antartica. Isn't the A340 bigger? Not sure which variant operates there.

Re: Is this an aircraft carrier? Azul A320 @ Sao Paulo CGH

Crazy that SDU and CGH haven't been closed. They're unsafe. You would need to justify that claim with facts and statistics, otherwise it just sounds like a knee-jerk reaction. Ask the people in the burning gas station. I don't think you could ever call CGH safe. But Brazil deems it necessary to kee...