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

Aerotime

This will generally convey information about the flight time remaining, the weather at the destination, and the flight crew thanking you for choosing their airline and wishing you a safe onward journey once on the ground. This is when passengers may notice what seems to be the sound of a barking dog emanating from the cargo hold.

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DHL 737 crashes short of Vilnius runway

Fear of Landing

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 89
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Flying on (Former Malindo) Batik Air Malaysia Boeing 737-800 from KUL-SIN

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

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. While for KLIA2, this terminal was built to replace the previous LCCT (Low Cost Carrier Terminal) and started operation in May 2014.

Runway 59
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My Tribute to Vistara Part 2: Flying Vistara's Airbus A321neo From New Delhi To Singapore

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

At least when we started our descent, the weather was much better, descending and landing in smooth condition. We were flying in good weather at this point. Once we were cleared of the dark clouds, the weather was better. At this point, we were on final approach as landing gears were deployed and flaps were set.

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Flying Sky Express Airbus A320NEO From Athens to Thessaloniki!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

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. Rolling down the runway in this beautiful weather. We are on final approach on runway 34 at SKG.

Runway 52
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Flying on New Year's Day With A New Airline from Frankfurt to Athens!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

This was my flight's final assigned gate. I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Once we were on our way, we flew through a bit of turbulence but once the weather was better, the seat belt sign was turned off. Finally we reached the threshold and we were on our way.

Airline 52
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Flying the Latest Airline In Taiwan, Starlux (Part 1: SIN-TPE Premium Economy)

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

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. However, he mentioned that there was turbulence along the way, not a surprise especially June to October period is usually the typhoon season and bad weather is quite common.

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