The LA PPT route was a 1xWeek frequency. I went to French Polynesia in 2018 and the only way to stay more days at the destination ( without extending the stay to two weeks which was extremely expensive ) was doing a SCL-AKL with Latam, then AKL PPT with Air Tahiti Nui and then the return flight PPT-...
Jump to postWhy am I not surprised at all....
Jump to postThis incident speaks clearly about the maintenance standards of that runway.
Jump to postWind calm, clear day, wind shear, I don’t think so. Agreed, probably just a shift of wind direction to a tail wind, described by someone with the wrong terminology. That is exactly what windshear is Yes, I know, see my post above : " but most of the people thinks in microburst ( "vertical...
Jump to postThat call to ATC saying they got tailwind on rotation seems to me like 'yeah that happened because of this'. Most likely to save face because from an outside point of view that looked at most odd. For airbus drivers you do get wind data before rotation? if so, can you delay rotation a bit because o...
Jump to postWind calm, clear day, wind shear, I don’t think so. Agreed, probably just a shift of wind direction to a tail wind, described by someone with the wrong terminology. That is exactly what windshear is. lol Hahahahah, yes, you're right, but most of the people thinks in microburst ( "vertical wind...
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:Wind calm, clear day, wind shear, I don’t think so.
This was certainly a "different" take off. Glad to see that the crew managed to counteract the windshear effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRNmwiB1oiQ
I also saw Mentour’s video last night ( suscribed for years to his channel, one of the finest on YT by far regarding aviation ). I would just summarize the whole video with a phrase of him that fully represents my point of view: loosing a 777 without trace is not acceptable. There is also another w...
Jump to postI also saw Mentour’s video last night ( suscribed for years to his channel, one of the finest on YT by far regarding aviation ). I would just summarize the whole video with a phrase of him that fully represents my point of view: loosing a 777 without trace is not acceptable.
Jump to postThis whole seat theory doesn't make sense. The seat maximum forward position still has to give space for the legs and body of the pilot, it can not be glued to the control column and panel squeezing the pilot against those. That video on X shows the movement from the extreme aft position of the seat...
Jump to postJust waiting quietly with my popcorn popped to read about the human factors involved in this purported "technical fault" when the investigation is complete. Who wants odds on whether there is CVR data on this one? You are trying to imply that the flight crew is hiding something. You are w...
Jump to postThe level of miserable quality journalism and misleading information is so low, that any informed person in the aviation industry have nausea just reading a couple of paragraphs. I'll ignore the low quality reports from the average media as I usually do, and wait for real findings from the DGAC. I h...
Jump to postI called it, the airline hadnt power cycled the aircraft... Where's this information coming from? As much of the "information" you can read here...from the imagination of self made and self appointed NTSB armchair investigators who solve the cases years before the real ones. My self inclu...
Jump to postFlight LA1130 AKL-SCL (ship CC-BGL) just touched down in SCL. The end of the adventure for the uninjured passengers.
Jump to postwjcandee wrote:NZ321 wrote:They're saying the flight will continue tomorrow evening AKL-SCL ... but I would have thought, in the circumstances, the a/c might be grounded for a while pending investigation, before they allow a plane load of passengers on board.
It's LATAM.
They're saying the flight will continue tomorrow evening AKL-SCL ... but I would have thought, in the circumstances, the a/c might be grounded for a while pending investigation, before they allow a plane load of passengers on board. Where do you get the info that they will fly the same airframe ? T...
Jump to postScary stuff.... I flew that route some years ago from SCL and the flight was smooth and comfy. The sudden drop of altitude looks like a CAT encounter, if the loss of flight instruments is actually the cause, this crew should be making a very detailed report of what they saw on that cockpit. Dreamlin...
Jump to postSearches are expensive. It sounds like there is little hope of learning anything, no hope of recovering intact bodies, and possibly not even much hope of finding any large aircraft parts in a cluster. There are better places to spend a few hundred million. Many people never receive 'closure'; is th...
Jump to postSearches are expensive. It sounds like there is little hope of learning anything, no hope of recovering intact bodies, and possibly not even much hope of finding any large aircraft parts in a cluster. There are better places to spend a few hundred million. Many people never receive 'closure'; is th...
Jump to postThe most frustrating of is that even if they find the wreckage, I guess they won’t be able to draw many conclusions from that wreckage. At this point, I believe the aviation community has a fairly clear picture of what happened. Aside from the precise point of impact (which is not really important)...
Jump to postThank you for this thread. Can’t imagine the anguish of all the families. I hope that Anthony Loke and ocean infinity can come to an agreement regarding a new search and can provide closure. BBC has put out a new documentary on the case. Have not watched yet, but to those interested, it is linked h...
Jump to postThe struggle of the families continues after 10 years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68476289
Wait til the factual report comes out, it’s all guessing now There will not be any report because there is nothing to investigate. There was no incident at all. In fact, I would not be surprised if the Mods remove this thread or at least change the title. No close call, no runway incursion. Nothing...
Jump to postWait til the factual report comes out, it’s all guessing now There will not be any report because there is nothing to investigate. There was no incident at all. In fact, I would not be surprised if the Mods remove this thread or at least change the title. No close call, no runway incursion. Nothing...
Jump to postClearly some posters here would die of a heart attack watching how Southwest pilots taxi their 737's just a few dozen meters away from other planes in the most busy and congested airports in the world. This was a non event, not a close call, not even a runway incursion. It was two planes taxiing, a ...
Jump to postAm I missing something? I mean, yes, I can see a runway incursion, but unless there is something that I'm not seeing, the 748 aborted the take off roll at a very low speed ( according to the ADS-B data in the link ), and with plenty of space....I see a runway incursion, which should not happen, I se...
Jump to postThe people on board that plane should buy lottery tickets today. They were one spark away from death.
Jump to postDone! Interesting survey. Good luck with your project!
Jump to post[quote I wonder if this would have had a better outcome if the person driving the rental SUV moved off the road quicker when they observed the aircraft in their rearview mirror.[/quote] Are you kidding right? How on Earth do you expect that someone can catch a jet falling from the sky on the rear vi...
Jump to postWhile I'm not saying anything about Global Airlines, I think that calling Hi Fly as a sketchy, obscure start up, is pure ignorance. Granted, they are not Lufthansa, but they have been operating chartered widebodies for two decades, even to remote and out of the ordinary places like Antarctica, witho...
Jump to postNot exactly "routes" since they are a combination of airlines to get from A to B, but certainly the most "unusual" round trips I've flown so far : 1. ANF-SCL-AKL-PPT-BOB-PPT-IPC-SCL-ANF ( Antofagasta - Santiago de Chile - Auckland - Papeete - Bora Bora - Papeete - Easter Island -...
Jump to postHere is a youtube video with the FB/X-video together with atc recordings. For a few seconds they (at least looks like it) are going sideways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf8Fao0kZ-4 Seems like they’ve aquaplaned and lost directional control on the rollout. Runway contamination was clearly a fac...
Jump to postThe gear isn’t damaged, the FAA would never grant a ferry permit, nor would any pilot take a plane with damaged landing gear. And as a pilot I wold never ever consider to take off in any kind of flight in a frame with a known damage in the landing gear. There is not enough money in this world to ma...
Jump to postTUSAA wrote:N416AN is being moved to HNL as AA 9782.
A few details have emerged of the proposed new airline for Uruguay. It all seems a bit far-fetched and overly optimistic, considering that Uruguay seems to be doing well with the current level of air connectivity. https://www.aviacionline.com/2024/01/new-uruguay-based-airline-plans-to-add-10-airbus...
Jump to postIf it is her and her plane I hope they leave it, its technically a grave isnt it? I hope so too. Furthermore I guess it‘s technically too complicated, meaning too expensive to raise it. If there is some day a confirmation that it is her plane ( a serious one, something like matching serial numbers ...
Jump to postUnless there is an enhanced image, and if this airframe is indeed intact, it sure appears to have swept wings. My thoughts exactly when I saw the TV news video last night. Looks like an old sabre jet or MIG. I agree with the wing angle being different to the Electra, but I see a double tail in the ...
Jump to postI'm truly amazed about how lightly this incident is considered by the vast majority of the posters here. No disrespect, every one is entitled to have an opinion. But I fail to understand that the most logical action ( call for help to the correct people ) is discarded a priori and substituted for an...
Jump to postRelatedly, I have it on very good authority that the owners of EcoJet are very close to the government and thus EcoJet has been prized with many good routes, seemingly no safety investigations (they have a checkered history through their old subsidiary LaMIA), and even have had the military airline...
Jump to postHang on, there is a bit more background to this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68121361 The man took action after the Guatemala City-bound plane had been stuck for hours on the tarmac without air conditioning or water for passengers. Mexico International Airport said no harm had be...
Jump to postI'm tired of this stories where people feel that they are entitled to do stupid things without thinking for a second in the consequences of their acts, it is not only stupid, but also selfish and dangerous. Over here - across the pond - the wing walker is in the press reported to be honored by his ...
Jump to postTheir largest airport, airline wise, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, has 13 airlines, cargo and passengers combined....this makes Bolivia on a level with some other countries such as Central African Republic for example, again, airline-services-wise. I wonder why? is it that Bolivians enjoy Boliviana so m...
Jump to postBorn and raised in Montevideo, I honestly wish them with all my heart the best of luck, I hope that they succeed. Being a very well informed person regarding aviation, I'm not so optimistic.... Uruguay has a long, rich history in aviation. I flew, being a child, in the ( Transporte Aereo Militar Uru...
Jump to postHang on, there is a bit more background to this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68121361 The man took action after the Guatemala City-bound plane had been stuck for hours on the tarmac without air conditioning or water for passengers. Mexico International Airport said no harm had be...
Jump to postAnother case of this crazy people who can not wait a delay in a civilized manner inside an aircraft... the humanity...
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/ai ... 395090007/
Someone commenting in the avherald report of this incident says the touchdown was measured at 2,7 G's. Nevertheless, I Don't know how reliable is this source... And while 2,7 G is an awful number for a landing, we've seen landings at 3,X G's with damaged aircraft but no injuries. The head scratching...
Jump to postzanl188 wrote:These articles show up every time these groups claim to have discovered Earhart’s aircraft. Media attention helps them fund raise. Is TIGHAR involved?
https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html
These sorts of "found plane from missing flight xyz" claims occur all the time. I would like to be proven wrong but I doubt the plane was found. I couldn't agree more. On one hand, the sonar image in the article resembles a plane with a double tail fin, matching the Electra. On the other ...
Jump to postI'm interested to understand why 5 FAs were injured but only 1 pax. During landing all should have been strapped in ... Could be the seatbelt harness from the jumpseat. I could be awfully wrong, but IIRC, the jump seats and cabin crew seats has a more rough, uncomfortable seating, the seat cushion ...
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