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China’s COMAC delivers first C909 aircraft to Lao Airlines, expanding fleet

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Its interior and exterior identifications and placards are in Laotian, the exterior paint is custom-designed, and the tail is printed with a Champa flower, which is the national flower of Laos and the airlines logo. The aircraft features a 90-seat all-economy class layout.

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Jeju Air B737-800 carrying 181 people onboard crashes in South Korea

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BREAKING: Crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in South Korea caught on video pic.twitter.com/r49Wz6OMfh — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 29, 2024 Immediate responders concentrated on extinguishing aircraft fire, while others managed to pull two survivors from the tail of the planea passenger and a cabin crew.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.

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Emirates A380 Business Class: Awesome Or Average?

One Mile at a Time

It’s quiet, I love how there’s a tail camera, and there’s something about the Emirates A380 business class cabin that almost feels like you’re flying on an all-business class jet. That’s not surprising, since it’s typically the first carrier in the region that people apply at if they want to become cabin crew.

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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Frontier’s Newest Frontiers, Elliott Won’t Stop

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Frontier Adds 11 Frontier is adding 11 new frontiers as the carrier will add flights for this fall and winter to give customers who prefer their airplanes with an animal on their tail more options. SAS was able to avoid a cabin crew strike for its Norway-based crew. Royal Brunei Airlines is adding service to Chennai.

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Continental flight 11

Fear of Landing

The cabin was run by the chief purser and four cabin crew. When he escorted the two passengers to the aircraft, one of the cabin crew gave him a cup of coffee and wished him a nice evening before they closed the doors again. In the cockpit were three flight crew: two pilots and a flight engineer.

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Review: Emirates Business Class Airbus A380 (JFK-MXP)

One Mile at a Time

Emirates business class entertainment A380 Emirates also has a great map feature and tail camera. The only negative on this flight is that the tail camera was broken, as you can see in the second picture below. I love how this even lists the registration code of the aircraft. The nose camera was working, but thats never quite as fun.

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