Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

On the 25th of November 2024, a Boeing 737-400 crashed on final approach to Vilnius airport with one fatality. The 31-year-old cargo aircraft, registered in Spain as EC-MFE, was operated by Swiftair on behalf of the German logistics group DHL for a routine cargo flight from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius, Lithuania.

Runway 87

Runway Approach UTC Knot 87

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Having been cruising along at around 500 miles per hour (800 kph) or so, depending on aircraft type, the crew will need to reduce this to around 150 mph (240 kph) for the final approach, and even lower for the actual landing itself. At this point, the use of the aircraft’s flaps becomes critical.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 256

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

” As part of VP-13, DeLorenzos next two years were a mix of patrol missions and frequent long-range cargo and VIP passenger flights no other Navy aircraft could match the combination of its 2,370-mile range, 140mph cruising speed (15mph faster than the PBY Catalina) and passenger comfort. But lets not forget its big advantage!

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The KLIA1 terminal was opened in June 1998 and is a hub for Batik Air Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, MASKargo, Raya Airways, World Cargo Airlines, Air Asia and Air Asia X. In addition to this terminal, a 3rd runway was built to cope with the demand, runway 15/33). On final approach to SIN.

Runway 59

Runway Descent Airline Airlines 59

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 22, 2024

It operates both cargo and passenger transport. For the cargo side, Sky Express aircargo was established at a later date, joining venture with Finaval Group and established routes between Europe and the Far East. Currently the airport has 2 terminals, the main and the satallite terminal and uses 2 runways, runway 03L/21R and 03R/21R.

Runway 52

Runway Descent Turbulence Cockpit 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Anyway, we landed at runway 20R and that means one thing, a good view of the traffic along the expressway as our aircraft taxied across the bridge (south cross) to get to Terminal 2. At this point, we were on final approach as landing gears were deployed and flaps were set. On final approach onto runway 20R.

Cabin Crew 59

Cabin Crew Weather Descent Turbulence 59

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On that day, there were three commercial flights and a cargo flight flying from Taipei to Singapore and would return to Taipei after a short layover. After 20 minutes of taxi, we reached runway 20L. At this point, we were on final approach to Taipei Taoyuan Airport. Starlux uses terminal 1 for flights in Singapore.

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Airline Airlines Turbulence Weather 52