Airline Flight Deck Thrust 
Aerotime
JULY 19, 2024
A violent and destructive engine failure on the aircraft, one of United Airlines ’ McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, caused the loss of all standard flight controls through the fracture of all three hydraulic syst ems on the aircraft. While fatalities resulted, the majority of those onboard survived.
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.
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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. Same idea, with digital signatures.
Fear of Landing
MARCH 7, 2025
TACA flight 110, 24 May 1988 TACA (Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos) was El Salvadors national airline. It had a complicated history, starting in 1930s Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as a cargo airline. The First Officer, Dionisio Lpez, was nearly as experienced as Carlos with 12,000 flight hours.
Plane and Pilot
JANUARY 14, 2025
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. By 29, he was a captain with TACA and had logged over 13,400 hours of flight time. Both engines were out.
Fly with Eva
MARCH 20, 2018
I peek quickly at the empty belly , as I climb further up to the flight deck. Cleared for takeoff! ‘Set thrust.’ I remember a moment on the 737: it was an extremely long 4-sector day with lots of delays, issues and returning from our last flight hours too late. Today’s training will be done on an ERF.
Pilot's Life Blog
MARCH 15, 2024
The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. Various aircraft engines are in use throughout the aviation industry, including: Piston engines: Smaller planes use this system for primary flight control.
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