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Nigeria suspends Max Air flights for three months after 737 landing incident

Aerotime

The flight crew quickly regained control and safely stopped the aircraft. All passengers and crew members safely disembarked the aircraft, with no injuries reported.

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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

Aerotime

TSB Approach sequence Due to reported wind gusts as the CRJ900 approached Toronto Pearson following a flight from MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport (MSP) the aircraft was flown at 149 knots. The engine thrust was steady at approximately 43%N1, the TSB report explained. The bank angle increased to a 4.7right bank.

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The Difference Between Category, Class, and Type of Aircraft

Pilot Institute

propellers) or thrust (i.e., The FAA Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS) use the following Vref speeds to determine the aircraft approach category: Category A: Speed 90 knots or less. Small Single-Engine) Category B: Between 91 and 120 knots. Small Multi-Engine) Category C: Between 121 and 140 knots.

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Delta CRJ-900 Accident In Toronto: Preliminary Report Published

One Mile at a Time

At the time of the accident, winds were at an angle of 270 degrees (the runway was at an angle of 230 degrees), at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1

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Crosswind Landing Gone Wrong: TUI Boeing 737 at Leeds Bradford

Fear of Landing

As they descended towards Leeds, the crew calculated the landing performance with the wind at 060 at 19 knots. The approach controller gave them the current wind as 070 gusting 33 knots and let them know that a Boeing 737-800 had just landed. And sometimes its 35 knots across *and* thick fog. It’s not *always* like that.

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Passenger Lunged Into Flight Deck, Almost Caused A Crash

AV Web

The pilots told investigators the plane was going about 75 knots when Eagleman lunged. The sudden assymetrical thrust caused a yaw but the pilots were able to regain control and stop on the runway. Just as the plane touched down, Eagleman lunged toward the flight deck and pushed full throttle on one of the engines.

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Welcome to LaGuardia…

Plane and Pilot

Gear up,” I said, quickly followed by “select speed 180 knots, level change to 2,000 feet.” We could land at KLGA but the performance numbers for takeoff with anti-skid deferred—to bring the plane to a stop from V1, about 140 knots, would be significantly longer than any runway they had. Go-around , flaps 13,” I called.

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