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Extreme Turbulence in Singapore Airlines flight 321

Fear of Landing

A few days ago (21st of May 2024), Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 encountered heavy turbulence on a passenger flight from London-Heathrow to Singapore. Aircraft have a transponder on board, a piece of equipment that identifies the aircraft and specific details to radar installations. Anyway, the seat belt light appeared.

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How to set up aircraft equipment codes in aviation apps to file VFR/IFR flight plans

iPad Pilot News

requests detailed information about your airplane’s navigation, communication, surveillance (transponder) and survival equipment. Something new you’ll see is Wake Turbulence Category, and you’ll enter Light (L) here when under 15,500 lbs.

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White-Knuckle Affair

Plane and Pilot

The afternoon turbulence had subsided a bit, making it easier to maintain a holding pattern over the town of Cabot, located 6 miles from the approach end of Runway 25. Just before our appointed entry time, a privately owned performance jet somehow missed the approach to the 12,000-foot-long runway and then declared a low-fuel emergency.

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Inside an Air Traffic Control Room: Navigating the Skies from the Ground

Flightworx

Secondary Radar : This radar is more advanced and it involves sending out a signal that is received by a transponder on the aircraft. The transponder then sends back a signal containing specific information such as the aircraft’s identity and altitude.

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

Aerotime

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Indeed, standing as a significant achievement, 2023 saw no fatal accidents or hull losses for jet aircraft, leading to a record-low fatality risk rate of 0.03 rate per million sectors. No hay heridos.

Runway 258