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Norwegian B737 suffers runway overrun in Molde, close call with sea edge: video

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A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737 has suffered a runway overrun as it landed at Molde Airport (MOL) in Norway. The aircraft eventually came to rest beyond the runway’s paved surface just 15 meters (50 feet) from the edge of the sea, upon which all passengers were safely evacuated via the aircrafts emergency slides.

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Boeing 737-400F destroyed after inflight fire and emergency landing in Brazil   

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The aircraft, operated by all-cargo airline Total Linhas Aereas was operating a domestic cargo flight from Vitoria to Sao Paulo when the crew received a cargo fire warning, forcing the emergency landing. The aircraft was directed towards runway 28L at Guarulhos for a priority landing. The flight was being operated by a 30.6-year-old

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Flying Frontier is Perfectly Good… Except for That Seat (Trip Report)

Cranky Flier

It had been nearly a decade since I last flew Frontier, so I was excited to see that the airline had a perfectly-timed flight from SFO to Orange County that would let me get on the airline again on my return from United’s event. (It’s It’s an airline with an airplane and it gets you places.

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Delta CRJ-900 Accident In Toronto: Preliminary Report Published

One Mile at a Time

At the time of the accident, winds were at an angle of 270 degrees (the runway was at an angle of 230 degrees), at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. degrees to the right, and a rate of descent of 1,110 feet per minute The plane touched down at a bank angle of 7.5 The initial impact was 420 feet past the runway 23 threshold.

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NTSB Issues ‘Urgent’ Call to Prohibit DCA Helo Traffic

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press briefing this afternoon, National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy announced an urgent recommendation to the FAA to prohibit helicopter operations on the designated helicopter Route 4 near Washingtons Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) when Runway 15/33 is in operation. At a Washington, D.C.

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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

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Sperrys autopilot system became particularly popular during the 1920s and 1930s as airline transport took off and people began to travel more and further afield. The process of flight can be divided into seven crucial stages – taxi, take-off, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing phases.

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KLM 787 carrying Queen of Belgium lands in Costa Rica with cracked windshield

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A KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Costa Rica carrying the Queen of Belgium made a priority landing after the crew reported that a panel of the aircrafts windshield had cracked during the descent into its destination. Flight KL759 departed Amsterdam at 12:13 local time for its approximately 11-hour flight to San Jose.

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