Ask a Flight Instructor

JANUARY 13, 2025

While brushing up on emergency descents, from all resources (textbook, POH, YouTube, online ground schools), I cant seem to find anything documented or at least favored when it comes to performing such maneuver at either a constant bank of 30-45 degrees in the form of a spiral, the descending turns from left to right while maintaining a constant airspeed, (..)

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Aerotime

MARCH 24, 2025

He kept the cockpit door locked during the descent, despite requests for access made via the keypad and the cabin interphone. Accident investigators found that the Eurowings co-pilot Lubitz waited until he was alone in the cockpit and intentionally modified the autopilot settings to order the aeroplane to descend.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

According to Aviation Herald, the aircraft’s journey had been uneventful until it was on its descent towards Guarulhos Airport when the crew reported a fire in the cargo hold and declared an emergency. The flight was being operated by a 30.6-year-old year-old Boeing 737-400(SF) freighter registered as PS-TLB.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The airline said that the time change will allow in-flight services to end before the aircraft begins its descent to land, thereby minimizing the risk of turbulence to passengers and crew members.

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Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

According to a 2023 New Zealand census, the Indian community is the third-largest ethnic group in the country, with 292,092 individuals identifying as being of Indian descent.

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Descent Airline Airlines 239

Airline Geeks

MARCH 20, 2025

At 50 feet above ground level, the aircrafts rate of descent had increased to 1,114 feet per minute, triggering a sink rate warning.

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Descent 108

One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While it will vary depending on a flight’s descent profile, you can expect that this will typically translate to the cabin being prepared for landing roughly five minutes earlier than before. It’s also common among many foreign carriers to prepare the cabin for landing as soon as the descent starts.

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AV Web

MARCH 20, 2025

Pilot actions, including an excessive rate of descent, may have contributed to the Feb. The descent continued at an excessive rate, reaching around 1,098 feet per minute upon impact with a bank angle of about 7 degrees to the right. seconds before landing, signaling that the aircraft was descending too rapidly.

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Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

While the report draws no conclusions as to the cause of the crash, investigators set out a detailed timeline which focuses heavily on the Mitsubishi CRJ900s descent. TSB At a height of 50 feet the rate of descent had increased to 1114 feet per minute (fpm) from 672 fpm around 14 seconds before. to the right, the TSB said.

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AV Web

JANUARY 21, 2025

The post Short Final: Descent Guidance appeared first on AVweb. A couple of other aircraft in the pattern chime in: Aircraft No. 1 That looks awfully high. How is he going to get down from up there? Aircraft No. 2 I usually use gravity.

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Descent 96

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 10, 2025

Descent planning is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of managing your flight. And if not planned properly, a poorly executed descent can present challenges and unnecessary risks when transitioning to an approach or the traffic pattern. Finally, you can enable messages to alert you as to when to begin the descent.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

degrees to the right, and a rate of descent of 1,110 feet per minute The plane touched down at a bank angle of 7.5 degrees to the right, and 3g vertical acceleration, and a rate of descent of approximately 1,098 feet per minute. So what caused such a steep descent, and why wasnt a go around performed?

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Descent Threshold Knot Flight Deck 98

AV Web

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Remarkable cell phone footage of the entire sequence on The Print shows the plane in a climb before it drops in a rapid but controlled descent before crash landing on a turf area. A total of 38 of the 69 people on board died. The plane took off from Baku, Azerbaijan for Grozny but was diverted because of fog at the destination.

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Descent Airline Airlines 98

Aerotime

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The service agreement includes various upgrades to Volotea’s current and future aircraft, including Descent Profile Optimiser (DPO). The innovative Descent Profile Optimization (DPO) system developed by Airbus optimises fuel consumption and reduces carbon emissions,” said Eduard Diviu, Chief Operating Officer of Volotea.

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Descent Airline Airlines 261

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Costa Rica carrying the Queen of Belgium made a priority landing after the crew reported that a panel of the aircrafts windshield had cracked during the descent into its destination.

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Descent Air Traffic Control Runway Airplanes 284

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 14, 2025

Non-Precision Approaches Non-Precision Approaches: Only provide lateral guidance, requiring pilots to level off at a Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) until the runway is visible. ILS): Include vertical guidance, allowing a continuous descent to a Decision Height (DH) where the pilot decides to land or go missed.

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Approach Descent Runway Instrument Landing System 98

AV Web

DECEMBER 11, 2024

They it began a 19-second descent, which resulted in halted communications. The flight was planned as a vertical hop to check the Mars helicopters flight systems and take more photographs of the surface of the red planet. It climbed to 40 feet above the surface, hovered, and captured some images.

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Descent Jet Pilot 119

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

We will also examine the next most critical phase of our flight, from descent and deceleration to the approach and landing phases, even touching upon what happens when the aircraft arrives safely at the gate. Mario Hagen / Shutterstock The announcement will also be one of the first items on the pilots before-descent checklist.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 274

Simple Flying

JUNE 29, 2024

An ANA Wings, which is a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA) , Boeing 737-800, suffered a loss of cabin pressure as it was operating a domestic flight in Japan. The aircraft was forced to declare an emergency before it landed at Nagoya, Japan.

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Descent 116

AV Web

JANUARY 4, 2025

He headed for Perry Park but the aircraft was in a descent and he determined it wouldn’t make the field. .” The left engine continued to be troublesome and the instructor took control and feathered it. He told the student he wasn’t sure it fully feathered. The left wing hit a sign and the aircraft ended up in a swamp.

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Density Altitude Ceiling Descent Pilot 98

AV Web

MARCH 11, 2025

The NTSB briefing, as well as the Preliminary Report, included a graphic (shown above) illustrating that a mere 75 feet of altitude clearance separated Route 4 from the normal descent profile to Runway 33.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 17, 2025

The first stage, referred to as Super Heavy, made a controlled descent and was captured by mechanical arms on the launch tower, colloquially known as Mechazilla. The flight, which lifted off on January 16, 2025, at 4:37 p.m. Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!

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Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

And lets face it, the key to that flawless approach is often a well-planned descent. In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. Like so much of aviation, there are several ways to skin this descent cat. Planning the Descent So, when is a good time to start planning the descent ?

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Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As the name implies, the VSI shows the rate of the aircrafts climb or descent. It shows the rate of climb or descent in feet per minute. The faster the rate of climb or descent, the greater the differential pressure, and the more the needle will swing. How Does The System Give Inputs To The VSI? How Do We Fix Failures In Flight?

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Aerotime

JULY 3, 2024

Korean Air believes that the 20-minute change will allow in-flight services to end before the airplane begins its descent to land, thereby minimizing the risk of turbulence to passengers and crew members.

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Aerotime

JULY 11, 2024

Key Findings The study highlights several critical factors for the viability and feasibility of AAM operations: Terrain Suitability : Orlando, Amsterdam, and Charlotte stand out for their favorable terrain, characterized by lower vertical ascents and descents, leading to reduced energy consumption for AAM aircraft.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Having received clearance to do so, the plane turned south and began its descent back towards Schiphol. However, just six minutes later having reached an altitude of 6,000ft (1,830m), the crew leveled the aircraft off and requested an immediate return to the airport.

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Air Traffic Control Cargo Runway Descent 284

Aerotime

OCTOBER 13, 2024

After sending the second-stage Starship rocket on its mission, the booster separated at an altitude of approximately 74 kilometers (about 46 miles) and initiated its descent back to the launch site. CT (12:25 GMT) from SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch site.

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Descent Lift Cargo 261

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

However, as the aircraft crossed the border between France and Belgium, the crew set 7700 on the aircraft’s transponder (indicating an inflight emergency) and requested an immediate descent and diversion to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) in the Netherlands, some 90 miles (144km) off the aircraft’s nose.

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Simple Flying

JULY 28, 2024

Southwest Airlines passengers are speaking out after a Boeing 737 MAX 8 descended prematurely during its final approach to Tampa International Airport (TPA) earlier this month. One of the travelers, who reportedly comes from a family of pilots, began to record video from their window seat after noticing how close the aircraft was above the water.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 10, 2025

You have to coax the Lycoming to start, especially when hot, and youre in the loop to maintain the correct mixture setting for the phase of flight, not forgetting to lean during taxi, go to full rich (most of the time) for takeoff, and correctly leaning during cruise and descent. On top of all this, the Rotax is light.

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Aerotime

APRIL 29, 2024

However, as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, the footage appears to show the aircraft making little attempt to arrest its rate of descent or initiate a flare by raising its nose to bleed off any excess airspeed before it touches down.

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Airline Reporter

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As the flight crew announced our descent, the flight attendants came by with Läderach boxed chocolates. Here’s a look at our nighttime descent and landing at Doha’s Hamad International Airport. It was even better than the first one, and beyond that I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

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Simple Flying

JULY 27, 2024

The only trijet (three-engine) aircraft that Boeing ever produced was the 727. After the introduction of the four-engine Boeing 707, the manufacturer wanted to address the demand for shorter flights, perhaps with a twin-engine aircraft.

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Descent 81

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. When landing without flaps, pilots must adjust their techniques to compensate for higher approach speeds, a shallow descent angle, and longer landing distances. What is the purpose of flaps? What should you do?

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Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 5, 2025

The roll was not checked by the pilot and continued past 60 degrees of bank and the descent rate increased. Extreme aerodynamic stresses of the out-of-control descent eventually caused the tail to separate. When the controller asked to verify going direct TAMMI, the plane was descending at 3,500 fpm in an increasingly steep spiral.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Initiating a Power-off Stall Now, let’s dive into the stall: Reduce Power Simulate Approach Descent Watch for Stall Warnings 1. Now that the aircraft is in landing configuration, reduce your power to idle and pitch down to simulate an approach descent. The result will be a descent and a loss in altitude while airspeed increases.

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