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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know:   Part two   

Aerotime

We will also examine the next most critical phase of our flight, from descent and deceleration to the approach and landing phases, even touching upon what happens when the aircraft arrives safely at the gate. EQRoy / Shutterstock This is a regular source of passenger frustration on certain airlines.

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Air Taxi Prototype Crash at Cotswold Airport

Fear of Landing

They already have orders for up to 1,000 aircraft, with customers including American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and AirAsia. As a result, there was no longer enough vertical thrust, although, to be fair, the prototype remained level as it descended towards the ground. A vertical descent rate of 19.5

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This Incredible Pilot: Carlos Dárdano

Plane and Pilot

Its almost unthinkable in an airliner, and surely tensions were high in the flight deck. After proving his flying ability with a single eye, he would go on to be hired by TACA Airlines. On the initial descent, weather radar painted areas of moderate to heavy precipitation ahead. Both engines were out.

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Discovering IndiGo Airbus A321neo Part 1: New Delhi To Mumbai

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

This airline is operating a massive fleet of over 550 aircraft (July 2024) excluding the wet lease aircraft of 2 Turkish Airlines's Boeing 777-300ER and damp lease of 6 Qatar Airways Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. This is Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300ER painted in Indigo's livery. Welcome to my trip report on Indigo!

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Uncle Joe’s Last Flight

Air Facts

Joe was just short of celebrating his 50th anniversary as an employee of Hawaiian Airlines when he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He asked to be taken home to Kona on his own airline, but the only aircraft available was one of our 304 seat Trans-Pacific DC-10s. But this was Hawaii, and we not the usual airline.

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What can you do when the hydraulic system in your plane fails?

Ask Captain Lim

United Airlines DC-10 Photo Credit: Kplastique (Wikimedia Commons) What can you do when the hydraulic system in your plane fails? On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232, a DC-10, crash-landed at Sioux City Airport after a catastrophic failure of its tail engine had caused a loss of all hydraulic control.

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Flying on (Former Malindo) Batik Air Malaysia Boeing 737-800 from KUL-SIN

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Batik Air 737-800 vs Malaysia Airlines 737-800 It was formerly known as Malindo and I have done a few flights with Malindo and you can check out my last flight with the airline (2016) over here. Introduction It was an easy decision to decide which airline would fly me back from Kuala Lumpur.

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