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Air China 747 off the blackstuff.
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stuart » Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:57 pm
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Air China in the weeds Vancouver.
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You can still check!
Ahhh, no. My IP address has been black-listed on top of the banning. I guess that happened as a result of my PM to our...
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Last post by rgbrock1
Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:47 pm
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Last post by Capetonian
Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:29 pm
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FlySafair decompression
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by MoreAviation » Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:25 pm
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A lot of the usual press hyperbole here...
A FlySafair flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town had to turn back on Sunday night after a drop in cabin...
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Last post by Alisoncc
Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:20 am
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Hush hush! Don't tell - reported Easyjet Incident
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Boac » Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:56 am
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Avherald carry a story of a (UK Registered) Easyjet that would appear to have made some very strange decisions on arrival at Naples from Milan,...
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Indeed - a must-experience, too is the bus journey from Naples to Positano - I am convinced the twisting mountain-side road has been used in several...
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Last post by Boac
Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:29 pm
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New definition of 'VFR'
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Boac » Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:19 am
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You would laugh if it was not so tragic! "Indonesian DHC-6 Twin Otter hits mountain while VFR in clouds "
I'll just nip over the top of...
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Probably the most egregious CFIT incident I have come across in Southern Africa... An appalling tragedy for the family who lost their kids and...
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Last post by MoreAviation
Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:08 am
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Russian bomber explodes, video.
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stuart » Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:15 pm
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Russian Tu-95 'Bear' strategic bomber explodes on runway.
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You should try lying with your head between the pedals to get your hands up behind the panel sometime. - been there too! Only in a Cessna 310 though.
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Last post by Boac
Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:07 am
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BA 380 and an AirBridge MIA
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Wodrick » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:42 pm
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BA 380 AOG in MIA after contact (minor in my view)
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One of those big Russian cargo thingies at LHR tonight, picking up bits and bobs to go and fix it :-o
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Last post by Woody
Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:12 pm
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Rolling incidents thread.
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stuart » Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:15 pm
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Please add any interesting stuff that's not really worthy of a thread on it's own.........this should help the 'bots' find us :-bd
Delta Airlines...
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Please add any interesting stuff that's not really worthy of a thread on it's own - stuart, I wonder if this sort of thread is too vulnerable to...
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Last post by stuart
Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:21 pm
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Iberia too keen to get de-iced?
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Boac » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:55 pm
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Airliners.net has some pix of an Iberia Airbus that didn't 'quite' stop in the right place to be de-iced at Munich. A lucky escape for the rig...
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Crikey to lift up a truck that heavy must have caused a lot of damage to the wing.
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Last post by stuart
Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:00 pm
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Delta makes donation to Tel Aviv airport.
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Boac » Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:43 pm
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Slightly old news, but just 'broken' - a Delta 777 dropped a significant number of bits of itself on the runway on departure from TLV on 8th...
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Having spent some time at Dov Airport on various occasions I can confirm that the Israelis don't grasp FOD control, the ramp there is used by...
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Last post by om15
Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:43 pm
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Etihad EY440 - odd flightpath
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:28 am
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This is almost a day old now but I see no mention of it here or on TOP. EY440 departed Ho Chi Minh City bound for Abu Dhabi but tracked south before...
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I looked at that link. Never flown an aircraft but have done navigation.
I would have thought that most people would pick up they were flying...
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Last post by 500N
Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:56 pm
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CRJ-200 mail plane down in Sweden after mayday call
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:36 am
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A CRJ-200 has crashed whilst in the enroute phase last night. Flightradar24 shows a rapid loss of altitude from 33,000ft to 11,725ft in 60 seconds.
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No skid marks of any relevance to indicate any horizontal velocity. And as C16 wrote "Flightradar24 shows a rapid loss of altitude from 33,000ft...
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Last post by Alisoncc
Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:17 pm
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Delta Pilot turns aircraft around
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rgbrock1 » Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:13 pm
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The holiday season may be over, but one Delta pilot showed he still has the good-natured spirit when he turned his plane around to pick up a Phoenix...
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Hmm - a great story, but having worked in the management-centric airline industry, I suspect the 'turn-round' was only made with company approval,...
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Last post by Boac
Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:51 am
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FlyBe Embraer E175 has propeller engines damaged by birdstrike.
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by Capetonian » Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:35 pm
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Apart from the fact this image looks uncannily like a penis, the Daily Mail needs to get an aviation correspondent who knows what an aircraft looks...
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Cape that photo is an Embraer E175 of course. Those perfidious Brazilians produce some damned fine jet aircraft but I am only teasing, as I suspect...
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Last post by MoreAviation
Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:53 pm
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Tiger Moth Down SEQ
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Fliegenmong » Wed Dec 30, 2015 7:33 am
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Here's a rather upsetting one....an accident more than an incident......Daughter bought the Joy Flight that became the crash that claimed her Fathers...
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Agree MoreAviation......our local 'rag' leaves a lot to be desired....
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Last post by Fliegenmong
Sun Jan 03, 2016 10:35 am
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Turbulence on Air Canada flight from China injures 21
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Alisoncc » Thu Dec 31, 2015 6:16 am
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Beeb reporting pretty severe turbulence on Air Canada flight from Shanghai to Toronto. The flight was diverted to Calgary after the turbulence hit....
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I fail to understand why people won't sit with their seat belts fastened. They don't have to be tight, just to offer some restraint in the event of a...
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Last post by Capetonian
Sat Jan 02, 2016 3:00 pm
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Air India Turnback
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Wodrick » Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:23 am
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No surprise here then
Air India Turnback
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I know that it is good to have fresh in-flight catering but you would think that they would have prepared it beforehand.
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Jan 01, 2016 1:33 pm
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Squeezy Jet whoopsie!
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Boac » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:06 am
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I see an Easyjet airbus landed in Pisa on 04R which was notamed closed as a runway. 'Coffee (no biscuits') for the crew back at base will help boost...
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There have been several incidents at Italian airports over the years due to overcrowded airspace and poor information. Even as a passenger trying to...
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Last post by Capetonian
Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:07 pm
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Explosion at Sabiha Gokcen
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by MoreAviation » Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:30 pm
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Armed police sealed off part of one of Turkey's main airports on Wednesday after an explosion killed one person and damaged planes standing hundreds...
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It seems from some reports that this was an airside cleaner placing a device on board. Says a lot for security, but still we will be made to put our...
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Last post by 500N
Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:37 pm
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Air France Bomb Scare
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Boac » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:43 am
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A worrying event, being covered on the media is the diversion of AF463, reported as a 777ER, into Mombasa with a bomb warning. Latest reports from...
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Let's hope they find the guilty person/s.
Agreed. Then given a fair trial before getting 10 years hard labour!
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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Wed Dec 23, 2015 3:40 am
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Chap sucked into engine
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Wodrick » Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:26 am
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Man sucked in
On start or Idle I think he must have been VERY close, in my experience if you are in the right place it's not a problem.
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There was a story doing the rounds at Rand Airport a while back of a gentleman with a darker skin hue who, in Winter, discovered that it was much...
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Last post by glad rag
Fri Dec 18, 2015 6:54 pm
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Battersea Helicopter Crash Inquest
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by Cave Canem » Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:34 pm
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Almost three years after the tragic crash in Battersea in poor visibility that resulted in the death of the pilot and a bystander, the inquest...
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I recall an incident when I was just a lowly copilot when the CAS came onto the flight deck and said, 'I will fly this sector'. The Captain told him...
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Last post by MoreAviation
Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:34 am
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Light Aircraft Missing Off Blackpool
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by Cave Canem » Thu Dec 03, 2015 5:33 pm
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A missing light aircraft may have ditched into the sea after disappearing from radar screens, the UK Coastguard has said.
A major search is under...
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ILS for runway 28 at Blackpool. NDB for 10 if I remember correctly.
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Last post by Cave Canem
Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:23 pm
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Air Asia (Java Sea) Accident report
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Boac » Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:05 am
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'Promised' on November 25th.
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Detailed hypothesis.
P2 (handling pilot) is a Frenchie with 2,000 hrs. Check the AF447 accident report ( ), which has a similar P2.
These junior guys...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:02 pm
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Russian airliner missing
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probes » Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:05 am
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Went missing after taking off from Egypt's Sinai peninsula, more than 200 pax.
The BBC says it crashed.
The Airbus A-321, just taken off from the...
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""We will search for them anywhere they might hide. We will find them in any part of the world and punish them," Putin said."...
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Last post by 500N
Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:46 pm
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