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Attached are two documents that seemingly appear to be genuine Airbus documentation detailing damage done to QF32 as a result of the uncontained failure on the Airbus A380 earlier this month. The first document, QF32-A380-Damage-Overview.pdf, appears to be a PowerPoint slide presented by Thomas Montagne, Airbus’ Technical Services Manager. It presents an overview of major [...]
The real story about a cargo fire indication that forced Northwest airlines Flight 41 to divert into Iran was never told in any detail. The airline did a wonderful job of silencing the crew on board the airliner to the point where most employees were – and remain – blissfully unaware that one of their [...]
We considered devoting a segment on the uncontained engine failure of Qantas Flight 32 (VH-OQA, an Airbus A380) in the latest episode of Flight Podcast, but decided it was inappropriate to address the issues in any detail in the early stages void of any real or formal investigation. We have a panel of experts that [...]
I received a disturbing phone call from a friend only a few hours ago who had caught the tail end of a news bulletin suggesting that Qantas debris had washed up onto a Beach in Batam. Traditional news services failed me, so I turned to the one place that offers immediate information – Twitter. As [...]
A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registration VH-OJP performing flight QF-74 (departing Aug 30th) from San Francisco to Sydney with 212 passengers and 19 crew, was climbing through FL250 about 20 minutes into their flight when the number 4 engine (an RB211) suffered an uncontained failure. It caused a large hole into the outer engine cowling near [...]
Forget smoking cigarettes on an aircraft! This video shows what appears to be a Russian pilot and cabin crew smoking marijuana on board an airliner. Despite the fact I’ve seen reports of this as a freight aircraft – like that would make any difference – there are cabin crew, suggesting a passenger service – despite [...]
I had the opportunity to talk to Eric Moody in the company of Karlene, Ken and Adam yesterday as part of a new aviation podcast at FlightPodcast.com that we’re in the final stages of releasing. Eric is most famous for experiencing a 4-engine failure in a British Airways Boeing 747 as a result of volcanic [...]
On the 16th and 17th February, an Air Traffic Controller at John F. Kennedy airport (Glenn Duffy, 48, of Stony Brook, New York) permitted his 7-year-old son and younger daughter to issue ATC instructions with JFK air traffic. The recordings were posted onto LiveATC.net before the FAA and the air traffic controllers’ union became aware [...]
I have only just discovered and watched a UK Channel 4 documentary by Dispatches titled “Ryanair: Caught Napping” which was initially broadcast on the 13th February 2006. The program sent two undercover reporters into the Ryanair organisation for five months who secretly filmed Ryanair’s training programs, operation and ‘cockpit confessions’ as part of operational cabin [...]
Ken Pascoe is an extremely accomplished Boeing 777 Check and Training Captain. He has recently written a white paper on the Paradigm shift with regard to engine failure analysis on Boeing type aircraft. This blog was originally published on martinetics.com in 2009 prior to Ken and I undertaking flight.org. The following text is from Ken’s [...]
There has been a United Airlines video in circulation for some time that shows a car getting blown off the road it’s driving on due to the jetblast of a stationary aircraft. Users of aviation forums the world over, armchair enthusiasts and pilots from all walks of life have long debated the realism of such [...]
The preliminary occurrence report into the Qantas 747 (VH-OJK) that suffered an explosive depressurisation 475 km northwest of Manila has been released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and with it, more images of the oxygen cylinders that allegedly caused the incident. From the ATSB report: “After clearing the baggage and cargo from the [...]
This was just sent to me via email. Interesting. Why is it that people are often so rude to cabin crew? Is it simply the sheer numbers of travelers that exposes a nasty section of society, or is something to do with the environment on board an airliner? Is it that passengers simply don’t understand [...]
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From all of the contributors at flight.org, we would like to wish you all the best of the holiday … [Read More...]
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