Aren't all orders in the name of Qatar Airways Group? Operator is Qatar Airways. IAG uses similar order / operator distinctions. Looking at the court records for the case HT-2022-000037 Qatar Airways QCSC v Airbus S.A.S (the A321neo case) Role Name Representative Claimant Qatar Airways QCSC Crowell...
Jump to postAnyone interested in reading the source ramblings that the Bloomberg article is based upon, the Qatar filing can be read on this link https://sabercathost.com/eddN/2022_03_18_-_Reply_and_Defence_to_Counterclaim_Signed.pdf They have also updated their A321neo counter claim, interesting aspect is they...
Jump to postcasinterest wrote:The article did state that "funds" prevented a better backup plan. That would make me suspect issues around encryption and security as well.
Cannot really design them physically to handle them the same, however there is no reason why the FBW cannot be programmed to achieve similar handling that is totally transparent to the pilot.
Jump to postI think it goes way back when so many airlines before the 747-400 would go via BAH for a fuel stop.
Jump to postUntil you convince me otherwise (which is definitely possible given your well established credentials), I stand by my definition of TrueSpeed ("is there a better name for it"). I define TrueSpeed as the total speed relative to the WGS-84 ellipsoid. It is not TAS, we could do away with exp...
Jump to postI'd be willing to bet the hackers had inside knowledge to be able to effectively wipe out all of this data. No backup? That is just pathetic in this days and age. That is going to be destructive to Russian aviation , both internal and any international travel agreements. Maybe the attack was over a...
Jump to postAnyone have an idea where this has ended up since the invasion ?
Jump to postAviation Sources in Russia report that Rosaviatsia fell victim to a hacker attack started on last Saturday (Mar 26th 2022), which wiped out their entire database and files consisting of 65 Terabytes of data including e-mail of 1.5 years, documents, aircraft registration data. No backup of these dat...
Jump to postI think that possibility had been discussed on here and even in the press previously.
Jump to postNLINK wrote:Not that big of deal. Crew did a great job. They went from 28,000 to 10,000ft in 7-8 minutes which they should do for safety.
HKG to JKF going the other way over Alaska, skirting Russia airspace is quite a bit shorter, around 14,000km. Why would they fly the long way in this case? Prevailing winds? A number of factors come into play, I have done the flight over Alaska a number of times, I have also done flights which are ...
Jump to postThat is not correct. "Subtypes 1 and 2 are used to report ground speeds of aircraft. Subtypes 3 and 4 are used to report aircraft true airspeed or indicated airspeed. Reporting of airspeed in ADS-B only occurs when aircraft position cannot be determined based on the GNSS system. In the real wo...
Jump to postNot true. You can't from public available data. But remember, this is a global network of ADS-B receivers. ADS-B messages do carry velocity data (IIRC, it's twice a second). ADS-B frames can carry all necessary speed info - IAS, TAS, GS (as calculated by plane). See: http://airmetar.main.jp/radio/A...
Jump to posthongkongflyer wrote:I am quoting the exact words of news report in Chinese, just to add the English translation according to this forum’s rules.
I don't know how they are using it the above post, but the definition of True Airspeed (TAS) is the speed relative to the air mass in which the aircraft is flying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_airspeed#:~:text=The%20true%20airspeed%20(TAS%3B%20also,accurate%20navigation%20of%20an%20aircraft. ....
Jump to postI found this well-made chart on Chinese social media. I contacted the author and got permission to post it on airliners.net. Parts of the original chart are in Chinese, and I have completed the English translation. Please correct me if you have trouble understanding certain words. Please do not rep...
Jump to postAccording to the previous press conference of the National Emergency Response Headquarters, the second co-pilot of the flight was an observer, with a total flight experience of 556 hours. This arrangement is to help him establish and increase flight experience. 据国家应急指挥部此前新闻发布会介绍，此次飞行的第二副驾驶为观察员，总飞行经...
Jump to postThat means the earlier images posted by @cuisinart were of the CVR, because that was posted at 4:45am local (CST) time, so the FDR hadn't been found yet. Which is good news as well, because that CVR looked in great shape and not damaged. That gives credence to a commenter who said that the press co...
Jump to postShenzhenBay wrote:
The ELT recovered yesterday
I'd say the only two options we're left with are uncontained engine failure or foreign object impact. There is lots of possibilities including aeroelastic issues like flutter. From the last position in cruise to the last ADS-B position is around 14nm, 10 km is around 5.4 nm, they had covered 60% of...
Jump to postHe was doing observation only according to the news reporting If he was observing he was not under training, observing crew do not log any flight time. I have not see any news report to confirm that the CVR has been downloaded so they know where each pilot was seated, it is therefor premature to ma...
Jump to postIs it though? They aren't traveling over there for vacation or a business meeting, they're traveling over there as government officials to investigate a major crash of one of the most used aircraft in the world. The NTSB are not investigating the accident, they are participating as an observer and ...
Jump to postThe third pilot on that flight was an observing pilot, likely on training A pilot under training sits at a control seat, not the jumpseat. It is normal to have an experienced FO on the jumpseat if there is an inexperienced FO under training so there is another person onboard that has completed trai...
Jump to postBloomberg reported 5 A350 operators were privately reporting surface problems as far back as 2016 on an Airbus internal message board. Airbus was most definitely aware of the problem, and most definitely did not acknowledge the problem existed until Bloomberg broke the story. Their attempts to pain...
Jump to postTugger wrote:Please figure out a way to send the deleted post to the poster again.
The quote I want to see is where Airbus has said “no other airlines had paint issues which was a lie”. I know we have had paint peel on A350s, we also had paint peel on new 77Ws and 748s. QR have not in their court filings identified paint peel as one of their issues. I don’t understand how your quo...
Jump to postYou may recall when the QR A350 went for repaint in Ireland and surface degradation problems were found Airbus claimed the problem was specific to just that aircraft. According to the court documents the maintenance organization used a process to remove the paint that was not in accordance with the...
Jump to postReuters and Bloomberg didn't publish the source documents, however they covered the claims of both QR and Airbus and sought comments and responses from them both at every stage. Normal practice for parties before a court is not to make public comments. I found QRs conduct very odd, when they went o...
Jump to postThey are not obliged at all, but they did report on the matter and only published one filing in full and not the other. It is interesting in that this has to be kept in mind when reading the outputs of Leeham. Leeham has been the only organisation to publish not only their own analysis, also the so...
Jump to postIn QR’s eyes the planes do not meet the standards required and outlined in the contract, thus they are not breaching the contract by refusing to take them as Airbus has not fulfilled their contractual obligation yet. The airline cannot have that position as by their own court filings they refused t...
Jump to postxwb777 wrote:
Those are good theories, but other articles have confirmed that the First Officer really did have 30,000+ hours experience. (I redacted their full names for privacy) I still have a lot of difficulty accepting someone with 40 years of flying in China has over 30k hours. The tempo of working 30-40 ye...
Jump to postmxaxai wrote:Who counts flight time in minutes??
4. The captain had accumulated 6,709 flight hours total, the first officer 31,769 flight hours, the second officer 556 hours, all of them in good family relations. source: https://avherald.com/h?article=4f64be2f&opt=0 That’s a very unusual hour total for the FO, would have to have been flying f...
Jump to posthttps://news.sina.com.cn/c/2022-03-23/doc-imcwiwss7673421.shtml?cre=tianyi&mod=pchp&loc=2&r=0&rfunc=45&tj=cxvertical_pc_hp&tr=12 Video of the recovery of the black box. The storage unit seems to be in pretty good shape. https://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2022/03/23/11424853.htm...
Jump to postOk, I am a bit confused now. Who is right? The answer of @zeke make sense because I have never read an information on ECAM that the ailerons are working half the speed, when one system have lost. @Horstroad: The fluid flow will increase because the one HYD pump has to pressurize Two HYD systems. Th...
Jump to postA big possibility. Do you think the Chinese government wants Americans in China telling the world that the cause of this crash was not a problem with an American product, but a problem with a Chinese pilot or maintenance staff? Unfortunately the geopolitical reality of the current world has made ou...
Jump to postc933103 wrote:Is there any radio records?
It will be interesting won’t it? I’m guessing they will not let the US or Boeing in until they have a reasonable idea of what we’re dealing with. Only when they’re sure it’s not a situation where they can “lose face” will they allow outsiders. I really hope I’m wrong but I’m afraid it will play out...
Jump to postCould it be a pilot suicide? Yes. Need to keep bias in check most flights in mainland China are not two crew. It is very common for Chinese mainland airlines even on domestic flights that they operate them with 3-4 cockpit crew. This is part of their pilot development program they have to observe f...
Jump to postOh also, the Chinese Govt. grounding the 737 fleet rounds out to roughly 90% political, 10% safety. That's from my chair anyway. But they did not ground the entire 737 fleet, only the MU fleet, right? I don’t think there’s been official confirmation that any fleets have been grounded. The airline g...
Jump to postSeriously what data would be available this soon after the crash that would indicate a need to ground the entire fleet? It screams of being a political/pr stunt. There isn't any information, that is the point. That is not that uncommon until more is known. This will have next to zero impact on the ...
Jump to postIt is to reduce the overall demand on the total system so hydraulics are prioritized for control surfaces. As the flaps/slats run the horizontal stab changes to maintain trim. So as flaps move slow, the horizontal stab moves slow, and there is still more than enough left over for the control surface...
Jump to postMentioning the MAX is unfortunately very relevant in this case - thats what the general public will be focusing on in the next days and I can already see this all over social media in Asia. I believe the MAX is still be grounded in China for commercial passenger services, so it should be not part o...
Jump to postThe Australian govt and the RAN have said many times they have absolutely no intention of buying F-35B's and refitting the Canberra's for them. I see them to have more cooperation with the Army than the RAAF, use the ships for troop transport, amphibious launch. I could see Army aviation helicopter...
Jump to postWell unfortunately for some work now they do share the maintenence organisation, for the lease returns at least. No easy work though.... KA does not exist, https://www.cad.gov.hk/english/airoperator.html Lease returns for the ex-KA aircraft back to the lessors would now be done as private operation...
Jump to postRafales might be an option... Boeing also demonstrated the super hornet off a ski jump for India https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/12/30/first-navy-super-hornet-launches-ski-jump-prove-it-can-fly-off-foreign-carriers.html Saab offered the Gripen https://www.saab.com/markets/india/stories/202...
Jump to postAllNippon767 wrote:Likely a nuclear materials transport just like last time. There was an exception last time, this should be no different. Fuel for a nuclear powerplant if I remember correctly.
It is an ETOPS certified assembly, and it is approved, for installation on both our B757 & B767 aircraft. There is no “ETOPS certified assembly”, airframes and components are not ETOPS certified. The airframe will have type approval for ETOPS which means it has a configuration with the necessar...
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