Fear of Landing

JANUARY 17, 2025

On the 29th of December 2024, a Boeing 737-800 operated by a low-cost South Korean airline crashed after an emergency landing and overshooting the runway at Muan International Airport in South Korea. The 737 does not use Weight on Wheels (WoW) to enable the thrust reversers. So the 737 T/R uses radio altimeter to enable the reversers.

Thrust 59

Thrust Altimeter Cabin Crew Instrument Landing System 59

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Modern commercial airliners have complicated cabin air conditioning systems , as well as other electrical cabling and pipework that keep all the systems on the aircraft functioning. EQRoy / Shutterstock This is a regular source of passenger frustration on certain airlines. All of this hardware needs to be accommodated somewhere.

Cabin Crew 269

Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 269

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

When thinking of ways to display your mastery of flight, most of us dream about buttery-smooth landings, or maybe maneuvers flown so precisely that the altimeter needles might as well have been just painted on. As an airline first officer for the better part of the past 16 years, I didn’t do much with brakes on the jet.

Rudder 78

Rudder Runway Altimeter Pilot 78

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

When thinking of ways to display your mastery of flight, most of us dream about buttery-smooth landings, or maybe maneuvers flown so precisely that the altimeter needles might as well have been just painted on. As an airline first officer for the better part of the past 16 years, I didn’t do much with brakes on the jet.

Rudder 52

Rudder Runway Altimeter Pilot 52

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Airlines are upgrading older cockpits with newer displays, so this old indicator will soon become a relic. The autopilot/autothrottle system will use pitch and/or thrust to maintain the speed commanded by the Command Bug. Procedures may differ on other aircraft and at other airlines. Some terminology is modified for clarity.

Pitot Tube 52

Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

AeroSavvy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A flight crew prepares a Boeing 767 for flight Every airline develops its own preflight procedures. Captain, first officer, and international relief officer preflight task assignments are different at every airline. Airlines are moving toward electronic maintenance logbooks. Every airline develops its own preflight flows.

Flight Deck 52

Flight Deck Clearance Runway Pilot 52