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Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020 - Part II

Russian government banned all flights to US starting March 20th , except JFK flights

ikarlson

Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020

I flew into Melbourne this afternoon on Singapore Airlines. Flight didn't have all that many empty seats. All crew were wearing face masks the entire flight. Upon arrival in Melbourne though there were no temperature scanners for international pax which I would have expected. Only signs saying that...

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ikarlson

Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020

I flew into Melbourne this afternoon on Singapore Airlines. Flight didn't have all that many empty seats. All crew were wearing face masks the entire flight. Upon arrival in Melbourne though there were no temperature scanners for international pax which I would have expected. Only signs saying that...

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ikarlson

Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020

I am scheduled to fly dme-fra-iad on 29th, think Lufty will have to cancel flights across the pond, as majority of fliers are Europeans, unless cargo brings them enough money

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ikarlson

Re: Will Aeroflot leaves ST next?

I don't think that will happen any time.. Air France and Aeroflot cooperate very well, and lots of flights with DL connections at JFK

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ikarlson

Re: Lack of snow in Japan – not good for flights next winter

There is a lack of snow in a lot of places this year: Just ask people from Denver to NYC to Chicago to Paris to Moscow Warmer winters with less snow may be the new norm That's a good thing, less to pay for heating and don't need to dig out a car every morning. Japanese travelers go to European alps...

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ikarlson

Re: Nordwind A321 Rough Landing in Antayla

https://nordwindairlines.ru/ru/news/68

they blame it on wind shear

ikarlson

Re: Nordwind A321 Rough Landing in Antayla

Blerg wrote:
TheWorm123 wrote:
The photo where you can see into the cockpit is quite telling, imagine the pilots faces when they left the cockpit and see that.

Pilots? Imagine how the passengers seated in the first row felt.

This flight didn't have passengers on board

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ikarlson

Re: Fokker 100 Crashes in Kazakstan

Right now it looks very similar to what happened 27 years ago in Macedonia with flight Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301

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ikarlson

Re: Verge: WOW! Returning as US IAD-based US Airline

The only reason this airline have 1% of survival if they got very good cargo contract. Drove past Icelandair 757 at IAD couple weeks ago, and it was all fish being unloaded in white plastic boxes

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ikarlson

Re: S7 flight runs off end of runway, barely takes off

Armadillo1 wrote:
by russian forum,
TOW input was correct.

tower ask them to take-off from intersection in last minute, and they did not change input data for runway length.

Sounds like Lokomotiv Yaroslavl tragedy..

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ikarlson

Re: DC/VA/MD Aviation Thread - 2019

https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2019/08/fir ... un-county/

ikarlson

Re: Weird rumor: Pilots bribed to land on another airport?

" Everyone have heard the stories from Aeroflot and other east european airlines accepting cash to labd anywhere. I’d say this is one of these cases. " What a bunch of ////. Its not that easy to land without very good reason like medical diversion or bad weather. Aeroflot did delay depart...

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ikarlson

Re: BBC Planespotting Live, Staring 23rd July 20.00 BBC4.

I just watched a replay of first episode, and honestly don't see why so much hate about it? This show is for total noobs , who has no idea about planes, not like we see TV shows about airplanes everyday on TV. All talk about sending pictures and location about Antonov Mriya did get old very quickly,...

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ikarlson

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

The Sheremetyevo Airport website has published last night a good chronology of the fire and the fire crew response. https://www.svo.aero/en/press_center/press_releases/khronologiya-aviatsionnogo-proisshestviya-s-vs-ssj-100-i-deyatelnosti-avariyno-spasatelnoy-komandy-sh (English version on the link)...

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ikarlson

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

Look at that bag, takes 3-4 seconds to open a bin, remove it and with a bag you are moving slower, that's so messed up

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ikarlson

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

Armadillo1 wrote:
mask with carbon monoxide protection: price about 40 euro in Moscow
indeed, why it not used on planes (in case fire in midair, not in this one)

As I see you are also on aviaforum.ru masks would get stolen, and Aeroflot won't pay it

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ikarlson

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3962418#id1743216

ikarlson

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

Is there any other website, Russian or not, that has the recordings of the ATC that day? There should be somewhere. Not available, it was on emergency frequency too, so 121.5, so no one captured it, now all depends if that data was saved in black boxes, which are badly damaged Only chance was if ht...

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ikarlson

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

If everyone sitting on the windows side of the right hand side of the aircraft behind row 10 died, then how come we have that aircraft interior video showing the right hand side of the aircraft? That video was shoot overwing I really hope this passenger survived, but he also could have live streame...

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ikarlson

Re: Aeroflot SSJ100 on fire at Moscow (SVO)

The Daily Mail report quoted words from the pilot: He said: 'We lost radio communication because of a lightning strike. We did not have radio communications during landing. 'We managed to resume it via an emergency frequency but it was abrupt and short. We managed to say a few words and lost it. An...

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ikarlson

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

https://youtu.be/ALl-eb1o0h4

ikarlson

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

Any word from the pilots of that flight yet? I am really curious to hear what they were up against. There was a small interview last night, but no one knows if it was real. Pilot sounded calm and said lost all radio communication after lightning strike, no word why he bounced so badly during landin...

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ikarlson

Re: Aeroflot SSJ100 on fire at Moscow (SVO)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_821

ikarlson

Re: Aeroflot SSJ100 on fire at Moscow (SVO)

https://static.aviaforum.ru/attachment- ... c8da7.jpeg

ikarlson

Re: Aeroflot SSJ100 on fire at Moscow (SVO)

And another accident where passengers started to take their belongings that delayed evacuations. There should absolutely be either legal or criminal repercussions to those who take their bags with them during an emergency evacuation. Absolutely selfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98JTsXTPzq8&a...

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ikarlson

Re: Aeroflot SSJ100 on fire at Moscow (SVO)

And another accident where passengers started to take their belongings that delayed evacuations, Russian twitter say at least 10 are dead..

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ikarlson

Re: WOW Financial Discussion Thread

Had to happen, way too many destinations and price too good to be true, good bye w0w air

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ikarlson

Re: Should airline regulators consider grounding B737 MAX series

My understanding is that the FAA has not mandated grounding the MAX, in fact, they could be seen to be recommending continued operations. With close to half the fleet grounded due to decisions of other regulators and individual airlines, is there a risk to the FAA's reputation and authority as the ...

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ikarlson

Re: Should airline regulators consider grounding B737 MAX series

I will believe when American Airlines, Southwest, Norwegian or Air Canada will ground MAX planes, right now its politics by China to ground MAX.

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ikarlson

Re: US-Venezuela Flight Status?

VP-BJG landed back at VKO two hours ago

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ikarlson

Re: Cold Weather Cancellations in the US

Gimme a break. These airlines could learn a lot from Finnair. I traveled up into the Arctic Circle just last week, temps -30 Celsius. Planes still flew. No big deal.. Oh, and we didn't have a gangway. To boot, at altitude temps reach well below -60 Celsius. I don't buy the "jet fuel freezing&q...

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ikarlson

Re: UA just announced free DIRECTV

Paid many times to DTV on board, helps a lot to fly 6-7 hours across the country

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ikarlson

Re: US-Venezuela Flight Status?

A Nordwind Airlines 77E (VP-BJG) is on its way from Moscow Vnukovo to Caracas. Must be a new route bringing in Russian "tourism" to Maduroland :shakehead: :shakehead: https://www.flightradar24.com/NWS9801/1f523aa2 Has to be some kind government movement or special load, Nordwind Airlines ...

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ikarlson

Re: US-Russia nonstop flights

I could be totally wrong here but didn't DL have a short-lived JFK-LED flight right after the break up of the Soviet Union? BTW, US citizen here...been to Russia twice. St. Petersburg is a gem of a city and Moscow is as cosmopolitan as any of the world's great cities and didn't encounter any issues...

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ikarlson

Re: Rumor: British Airways to paint 4 aircraft in retro livery

Landor in 380 would be awesome!

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ikarlson

Re: Air Koryo and FNJ Thread - 2019

From Routes online, it seems JS is still currently operating the IL-62 twice-weekly to Vladivostock. mmm..no..I fear not..the flight is listed as a Tu-204. Still, not bad. You are right, flight JS271 is on T204 now, was on An 148 not a long time go, flight is little over an hour, no point of sendin...

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ikarlson

Re: Ethiopian flying B737 MAX 8 to Moscow

7 hours 30 minutes block time. I doubt that this route will success, really don't understand whats in Moscow for Ethiopian Airlines. ME3 covers Moscow well

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ikarlson

Re: Amazon's HQ2 Impact on DC's aviation?

Well if this happens at Long Island City, real estate prices will be even more outrageous than they are now. New York City doesn’t need amazon. Many in Northern Virginia are saying the same thing... Its already high enough, so I doubt it will be affect prices that much, as there won't be much reloc...

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ikarlson

Re: Alitalia Will Fly to Washington D.C. From Rome Beginning In Summer 2019

flybry wrote:
I fear United might pull out of this route now that Alitalia will start it :/ I hope not, but United seems to pull out of markets when a competitor enters

Flew that IAD-FCO couple months ago on 763, majority of people were connecting in Dulles, so I think UAL will keep this seasonal route

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ikarlson

Re: Lion Air 737MAX8 Crashed Jakarta to Pangal Pinang

Facebook and YouTube videos are all fake news. Until authorities will find black boxes, we won't know anything. Very hard to believe that if plane had so much difficulties in Denpasar, how could they use it this morning? something doesn't make sense

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ikarlson

Re: SSJ100 landing gear failure and runway excursion

Just been released on AVH http://avherald.com/h?article=4bec6e22&opt=0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecACY5-PrjM Looking at the video that AVHerald posted, it seems obvious that the aircraft touched down in the construction zone, went through the temporary fence and then went over the speed b...

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ikarlson

Re: United at BWI: Giving up on Transatlantic connections?

Surprised that nobody has mentioned this yet, but a large majority of Marylanders are a closer or same drive to DCA than to BWI as well. They can always fly DCA-EWR-Europe. Montgomery County is the most populated county in Maryland, for them there is no difference to go to DCA or IAD. Just used goo...

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ikarlson

Re: Cayman Airways to Denver

This is one of those rare moments when I casually browse a.net, see something like this, and end up either sitting down or pacing back and forth in front of my laptop trying to process the rationale behind this. In other words.... W.T.F. :shock: I guess rich people like to go skiing, Denver is one ...

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ikarlson

Re: Moscow airports pre-1991?

As you've noticed, Bykovo is nowhere on this list. So, in this race of greed (East Line) and ego (Aeroflot, Luzhkov) not more than three airports were required. Eventually, there emerged enough interest for a fourth airport, but it was apparently too late for saving Bykovo. Nearby Zhukovsky airfiel...

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ikarlson

Re: Primera Begins IAD-STN A321NEO Service

mict wrote:
FLIHGH wrote:
They also announced BRU-IAD, so they must be happy with bookings to London so far.

As well as BRU-BOS and BRU-EWR on the 737Max

Washington (IAD)-Brussels service begins 2 June 2019, but I doubt that Primera will be at Dulles by June of 2019

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ikarlson

Re: Long domestic routes

I think VKO-PKC is farthest, 4,227 mil

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ikarlson

Re: Moscow airports pre-1991?

Things haven't changed much since 1991, SVO still dominates Moscow

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