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Boeing 737-400F destroyed after inflight fire and emergency landing in Brazil   

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The aircraft was directed towards runway 28L at Guarulhos for a priority landing. pic.twitter.com/zFHP54kbY7 — Boar News (@PhamDuyHien9) November 9, 2024 Despite the fire in the hold, the crew managed a safe landing on runway 28L and stopped on the runway.

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Airbus BelugaXL forced to make emergency landing in Amsterdam 

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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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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

Whether it is a short Cub flight to the north for Coopers Bar-B-Que, a true Texas pit grilling experience, or a quick hop over to a makeshift, 1,000-foot grass runway paralleling the road at the local winery, you are sure to be entertained throughout your training. Ill roll out on the runway and slowly bring the power in, I said.

Knot 111
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uAvionix enables ground surveillance for runway safety

AOPA

uAvionix, an aviation technology company known for its ADS-B transponders and related equipment, said it delivered its surface situational awareness systems to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and Indianapolis International Airport. Air traffic controllers are to begin using the safety systems on June 30.

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ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts

iPad Pilot News

The companion datalink traffic feature took a little longer to reach maturity, requiring your airplane to be equipped with an ADS-B Out transponder to get the full traffic picture. That limitation is now in the past since nearly every airplane flying in busy and high-altitude airspace is ADS-B out equipped.

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White-Knuckle Affair

Plane and Pilot

The little plane leapt into the air almost immediately as the wind seemingly swirled from every direction along the 5,000-foot runway. I announced our departure intentions, receiving well wishes from the airport attendant who had come out to admire the plane, and Wilkins once again pointed us down the runway and into the blue sky.

Runway 98
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Potomac

Ask the Pilot

For the system to work optimally, both aircraft need to be wired in, so to speak, with their transponders exchanging speed and altitude data. The RJ pilots might have received a basic TCAS traffic alert, but they would not have received maneuver instructions, and were likely preoccupied with aligning themselves with the runway.