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

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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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Flying on (Former Malindo) Batik Air Malaysia Boeing 737-800 from KUL-SIN

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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. On final approach to SIN. We touched down firmly on the ground with the reverse thrust deployed to slow the aircraft down. We parked at terminal 3.

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My Tribute to Vistara Part 2: Flying Vistara's Airbus A321neo From New Delhi To Singapore

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At this point, we were on final approach as landing gears were deployed and flaps were set. On final approach onto runway 20R. Landing smoothly onto the runway and we passed by the cargo terminal with the 747 Freighters in sight. Reverse thrusts were deployed and our aircraft slowed down to taxi speed.

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Flying China Airlines A350-900 Economy Class From Taipei to Singapore

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For the cargo, the airline is operating 8 Boeing 747-400F and 9 Boeing 777F. That is the thrust reverser which is used only during landing or abortion of take off, to slow the aircraft to taxi speed or come to a complete stop. On final approach We touched down after 4 hours and 1 minute in the air. Take off or Landing?

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

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The contents of this article have been limited to commercial aircraft performing public transport flights, whether carrying cargo or passengers (or both). As the month ended, on March 31, 2024, a Safe Air Boeing 727 operating a cargo flight from Juba to Malakal in Kenya crashed following a heavy landing at Malakal Airport in South Sudan.

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