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How Do Runway Conflict Alert Systems Work?

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A year ago, Japan Airlines flight 516, a domestic flight from Sapporo to Tokyo , was on its final approach to the capitals Haneda airport shortly after sunset.

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Emirates B777-300 kills 39 flamingos in single bird strike incident in Mumbai

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According to Times of India, the B777-330ER, with registration A6-ENT, was descending to make its final approach on the airport’s runway 27 when it crossed paths with a flock of flamingos flying north to Kutch, a known feeding and breeding ground.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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The approach to Sioux City With the aircraft at a range of about nine miles from touchdown at Sioux City, the crew made visual contact with the airport. During the final approach, Haynes noted a high sink rate alarm from the aircraft’s ground proximity warning syst em (GPWS).

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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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DHL 737 crashes short of Vilnius runway

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On the 25th of November 2024, a Boeing 737-400 crashed on final approach to Vilnius airport with one fatality. The airport has a single north-south asphalt runway (01/19) of 2,515 metres (8,250 feet). The runway elevation is 646 feet above mean sea level. Screenshot from ADSB Exchange; click for detail.

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Picture Of The Week: January 17, 2025

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Photo By Terk Williams Flight line as the sun was just coming up behind an A6 Photo By Michael Phillips Doc on final approach to runway 26 at KCMA Photo by Peter Coen Taken Thanksgiving evening while en route to Salisbury, NC Photo By William Keller The post Picture Of The Week: January 17, 2025 appeared first on AVweb.

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What Are Altimeters & Why Are They Important In Aviation?

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On a foggy winter morning in February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, using a Boeing 737-800, was on a seemingly routine final approach into Amsterdams Schiphol Airport when it suddenly stalled and fell out of the sky about a mile from the runway.

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