scrubbedexpat091

Jetblue has released more of their onboard experience with their London flights they plan from Boston and JFK.

Service will use A321 Long Range with 114 seats and 24 suites.

https://www.jetblue.com/flying-with-us/london

scrubbedexpat091

After 22 years in the #1 spot, Atlanta has been dethroned. 7 of the 10 busiest airports last year were in China.

https://www.travelpulse.com/news/air...-covid-19.html

scrubbedexpat091

When crazy winds hit one of the busiest airports in the world, and tower is evacuated, gets a little chaotic.

scrubbedexpat091

At least it happened on the ground and at a speed the aircraft could abort the departure. Boutique Airlines EAS flight between MSP and Ironwood, MI on a Pilatus PC-12. (happened on May 5)




The pilots have since been fired and the airline has resigned its contract to provide service to Ironwood but will continue to provide service until a replacement carrier is found.

https://kbjr6.com/2021/05/10/boutiqu...on-co-airport/

civilservant

Beggers the question why was the emergency exit opened in the first place? It had to be unsecured to fly open like that during take off.

steveq

Which is why the pilots were fired. They have rigorous checklists to perform - and appear to have signally missed the one about checking the doors are locked.

civilservant

Yes, I get it. My question is why were they unlocked? And by whom?

scrubbedexpat091

From what I understand is that particular door is also the access to the area in the back for luggage so it's opened during ground handling if there are larger bags/cargo needing to be secured and the pilots are responsible for opening and closing of said door.

scrubbedexpat091

Not the same airline, but same aircraft, door open and cargo area visible.

scrubbedexpat099

737 Max is in trouble again, a plane that seems doomed.

civilservant

That door reminds of me of the baggage door design on the MD-10 that killed several hundred people. Much prefer plug doors to these outer opening ones.

scrubbedexpat091

A319/A320/A321 have outward opening cargo doors. Embraer 175 (assuming the 170 and 190 are the same) have outward opening doors as well, Dash 8 as well, and pretty much all widebody aircraft.

737 has plug style for cargo doors, which can be a pain in the ass since the door opens inward and takes up space so things like electric wheelchairs can be tricky to load, and also why damage is far more common to 737 cargo doors than other types.

scrubbedexpat091

Luckily all survived a mid air collision with no injuries reported. Happened near Centennial Airport in Denver.

Key Lime Air cargo flight Fairchild Metroliner and a Cirrus SR22 which deployed its parachute system and ended up in a field short of the runway, but the Metroliner sustained major damage, but over the ATC communications appears the Metroliner pilots were not aware of how substantial the damage was, they landed safely at the airport and taxied to a parking spot.

scrubbedexpat091

ATC recording between tower and pilots.

civilservant

Glad that everyone was ok - although this seems like a somewhat predictable event if you have multiple aircraft approaching on parallel runways with one side making a turn on to short final - overshoot the turn and you end up with a collision.

They were luckily that they were on the equipment that they were, and it was fitted with CAPS.

That Metroliner is a hull loss for sure.