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London-Heathrow ends busiest-ever year in 2024 with record-breaking December

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Ceri Breeze / Shutterstock In terms of cargo, Heathrow handled almost 138,000 tonnes of cargo passed through the airport, culminating in a total of over 1.5 New York, Los Angeles, Dublin, and Madrid were among the top destinations in 2024 for Heathrow passengers. million tonnes of air freight at the airport in 2024.

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Video captures Garuda Indonesia B747 engine catching fire after takeoff

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Video clips shared by airline crash data evaluation company JACDEC on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) show that one of the aircraft’s four engines started emitting flames as the plane lifted from the runway.

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KLM operates sustainable Amsterdam to Singapore flight for SkyTeam challenge

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Concerning air cargo transport, KLM hopes to eventually replace all metal cargo containers and pallets with lightweight cardboard alternatives. This change, says the carrier, could save 150kg of material per flight needed for cargo transport. KLM hopes to save nearly 0.05% CO2 (6 kilotons) annually through this measure.

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Innovations in the vertical-lift world

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Yet, improvements in vertical-lift technology are still coming fast. AutoFlights Prosperity and CarryAll variants all carry 13 propellers 10 for lift and 3 pushers. The CarryAll V200CG cargo version received its TC in March 2024. The rear props are strictly for lift. Cruise speed is 108 kts with a range of 135 nm.

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

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The touchdown speed will have already been calculated using a combination of aircraft weight, length of runway in use, and prevailing conditions. If you are traveling towards the front of the cabin on an Airbus aircraft, you may also hear three ‘bleeps’ emanating from behind the flight deck door as the plane approaches the runway.

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Unintended Tail Dragger: Prolonged Tail Strike at Milan

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The CCTV surveillance footage captured the aircraft attempting to take off from runway 35L. The nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms. Eventually, the video shows the Boeing gain enough airspeed to lift off and climb away. The aircraft was grounded.

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Feeling the Heat

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Workers are subject to overheating, and so is their ground equipment: all of those myriad tugs, tractors, carts and lifts that Airplanes themselves, meanwhile, have a lot of internal machinery, both electronic and mechanical, and much of it runs hot to begin with. How much so will vary with the temperature and runway length.

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