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Delta CRJ-900 Accident In Toronto: Preliminary Report Published

One Mile at a Time

degree bank Two seconds before touchdown, the planes bank angle to the right increased, to 5.9 degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1 The right wing came to a rest around 215 feet beyond the main wreckage.

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

Aerotime

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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767 Flight Deck Preflight

AeroSavvy

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.

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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Earnings for United and Alaska, JetBlue Shakes Things Up

Cranky Flier

The airline says if it weren’t for the $200 million it lost due to the MAX 9 shutdown in January it would have turned a small profit, which, sure, but it also would have turned a profit it made another $200 million selling leftover stroopwafels. The airline finished the quarter with about $1.5 The airline paid $3.08

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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. By 29, he was a captain with TACA and had logged over 13,400 hours of flight time. Both engines were out.

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Guest Post: The “Miracle on the Levée”

Fear of Landing

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.

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One of the last in the air on 9/11

Air Facts

As I walked up the darkened aisle toward the flight deck, I noticed several flight attendants huddled together in the mid-galley talking in hushed tones. Arriving at the flight deck door, I performed the normal cockpit entry procedure but received no response. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.