scrubbedexpat091

Spirit Airlines had a pretty signficant birdstrike on take off roll, take off aborted, fire, and poor evacuation with people taking their bags with them.

A couple minor injuries from the evacuation, and a dog was safely evacuated as well.



Fire video is on IG

scrubbedexpat091

AA 1892 almost landed on a closed runway at DFW

civilservant

Pretty professionally handled, after all it wasn't exactly the pilot monitoring's fault (although he obviously had not called for a GA, so had presumably not noticed the error)

Last thing you want when you're looking a bird carcass or foreign objects on the runway is to have a plane land on top of you. That would suck.

scrubbedexpat142

This is an extract of the logbook for the Shanwick Oceanic control centre for that day

scrubbedexpat142

One way to keep your senior staff in order - Defence Minister & head of the armed forces leap out of a helicopter at a recent air display..."But Viktor! JUMP!"

scrubbedexpat091

I imagine for those who were at the drag races in 1983 when an Air Canada 767 decided to drop in, fortunatantly most of the racing was done for the day but apparently 2 kids on bikes racing one another when the 767 snuck up on them, having run out of fuel and just gliding, I imagine it wasn't the noisest 767 out there.

The 767 was fixed, and continued its career with Air Canada until being sent to the desert in 2008 and as of 2020 was sitting on pallets mostly ripped apart in California desert.

civilservant

I'm well aware of the Gimli glider Not to be outdone by the Azores Glider back in 2001.

It's interesting to me that both captains of these flights were experienced glider pilots.

scrubbedexpat091

Air Transat can't be outdone by Air Canada... Wasn't sully a glider pilot or his FO, I think one of them were?

Maybe having glider experience is skill for your pilot to have.

markonline1

Big difference between UK and US ATC in that clip. It’s also why I hate it when certain controllers will clear an aircraft to land whilst I’m still on the runway! Most no longer do it after I made my feelings known, and will now tell an aircraft to continue, but there’s still a couple that will say cleared to land!
I remember at Heathrow and I was crossing one of the main runways and and a scandy was lining up waiting and was cleared to take off before I had called clear. There was no danger, but it was still an action I could technically have filed an MOR for. I purposely waited for the aircraft to lift, then called to say I had vacated the runway. There was about 3 seconds of silence before the controller responded rather sheepishly with a simple roger. LOL.

Steerpike

What is the meaning of this extract from the site? "... with large pieces of her skin peeled off to be turned into airplane tags. You can find vendors that sell her skin online."

scrubbedexpat091

Like this. I have one made from the skin of an America West Airlines 757 as I worked there and I wanted a little piece of aircraft, they sell various kinds, limited run since there isn't an unlimited amount of aircraft skin.

Looks like the Air Canada 767 glider is sold out, which isn't surprising since it was a well known aircraft.

https://planetags.com/

scrubbedexpat091

Drone or maybe balloon? Seemed to be getting higher as time went on, but eh I dunno for sure.

scrubbedexpat091

I wonder what the suspicious behavior it was that sent the American Eagle flight to evacuating on the taxiway after landing (they had declared an emergency on final saying a passenger had a an item that looked like an explosive device) the passenger apparenly being suspicious reached for his carry on, he was detained by police, and FBI, police, and terrorist task force said Sunday there was no criminality found, and nothing suspicious was found on the plane or the passenger luggage and the passenger was released.

None of the articles go into much detail about what exactly the person was doing to make people get worried enough to tell the crew.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/us/am...eat/index.html

scrubbedexpat091

Looks like American Eagle scare at LaGuardia Airport last week was really just a paranoid passenger who thought she saw something that was actually nothing.

Man travelling happens to like vintage cameras who (presumably on his phone?) was scrolling through videos and photos of vintage cameras which the lady thought was bomb making instructions, when the man took out his camera, she was convinced he was set timer on a detonator which led some a little bit of chaos and passengers doing an emergency exit via stairs, and the poor man detained for several hours being questioned by federal authorities who found he did nothing wrong.

According to unnamed sources the media is reporting with.

Giantaxe

"Passengers told Port Authority Police at one point during the flight the passenger reached for his luggage and they were scared"

Ok then. Racial profiling at play maybe?