Fuselage of 747-400 recovered from sea after fatal Hong Kong runway excursion Short article includes photo of fuselage being lifted. Excerpt: The tail section was retrieved on 24 October, enabling the Hong Kong air accident investigation authority to obtain the aircraft’s flight recorders. Two salv...

Thank you, Mr. Snappy. It has been a while and we appreciate you're reminding us of Soviet Technology. Here is a short video showing a similar locomotive being used for mosquito abatement along the right of way near a group of track workers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG0N58_dUuY

Thanks for sharing that. It takes a lot of pull to move that derailed locomotive and lift it up onto the rerailing frogs. One can see that the driver was lightly applying and releasing the brakes to control wheel slip. (You can see the brake cylinder levers moving in one of the images.) Might have b...

Some more: The 32-year-old aircraft is a 747-481 BDSF with reg. TC-ACF, and was operating under a wet-lease arrangement as Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788 from Dubai. AirACT is based in Turkey. Emirates confirmed the aircraft was carrying no cargo at the time. According to a statement from the Airport...

I remember the lightning bolt lines from my youth but at first, I thought the flagship script was some sort of April Fool's Day post. But if you scroll down, you can see a DC 3 painted just that way. Other AA commemorative liveries have been painted on A320's so it is nice to see a 777-300ER so embl...

Two A380's were recently pulled from storage. The one that flew briefly for wet lease company HiFly, recently travelled to Germany for maintenance and an unknown future while another, a former Malaysian Airlines plane, was dispatched to Abu Dhabi for retrofitting as a future test aircraft for Airbus...

What if the ship was on a conveyor belt moving sideways at the time?

It is time to revisit the Trabant quality control process. Imagine you're the proud papa giving the family a ride in the new car after waiting 10 years for delivery. As you pull out of the driveway, you accidently drive over the curb flexing the body and now the door will never fit properly again. E...

Here is a video of UP's 4014 steam locomotive assisting a train ahead that had stalled on a grade a few years ago. The video is a bit long so here are some key points. 2:15 Setting up the front coupler to join the train ahead. 4:20 Slowly pulling ahead to couple 6:50 Coupling in and then pulling bac...

It appeared the self-loading baggage adjusted the gear height more than the luggage.

Since Verbal now supports this aircraft type, perhaps he can provide some expert perspective.

Here from the Toronto Star Excerpt: Fixing WestJet plane in St. Maarten likely ‘very difficult project’: aviation experts Fixing a plane on the small and isolated island located approximately 300 kilometres east of Puerto Rico may prove to be a “difficult project,” said Keith Mackey, an aviation exp...

Intersting.

***one has to remember we all have agendas, and these can sometimes show up in an investigative report.***

Surely, you can’t be serious.

I'm sorry. I cannot resist: "I am. And don't call me Shirley."

I know NTSB is not the primary investigator on this Air India incident but having been peripherally involved in some of their findings and knowing several investigators who privately shared their perspectives after leaving the agency, one has to remember we all have agendas, and these can sometimes ...

See below from a dissenter. Let's see, the 757 received its FAA approval in December 1982. What was Airbus doing at that time? The widebody A310 was certified in 1983 and sold 255 units. It competed with the 767 which was certified in July 1982 and has sold more than 1300 units. The 757 sold more th...

Not sure if this latest incident occurred on an A380 but it certainly ties in to a recent post. British Airways attendant found naked and on drugs in onboard toilet Haden Pentecost, 41, was working on a flight from California to London when he started to become agitated and was described as "sw...

Remember that A340 that was wrecked at the factory during an engine test? Such things happen to locomotives too. Here is a short video of a new one being unloaded from a ship when something bad happens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvyIrsZ7Zhs And another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Uv1mM8...

I'm not able to open this link to Airline Geeks but the title of the article is: Spirit Pilots Told to Consider 'All Options." After reportedly furloughing 270 pilots and downgrading 140 captains to first officers it doesn't look promising. https://news.google.com/read/CBMihgFBVV95cUxNeU9UbFpJT...

Thanks. Well, there you go. Here is a 763 traveling from San Juan to EWR. Maybe we do have a disgruntled freight captain out there.

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AJT880

Here supposedly the captain yells at the first officer while microphone is keyed. I'm not aware of AA flying larger planes into EWR and American 880 shows on Flight Aware as an A321 operating from MCO to LAX months ago. Could it be we are being played/> :o https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B1wcW2jDoaY

“I’m Not Risking My Career” United Pilot Refuses To Fly To Cancun After Passenger Smokes Weed Onboard A United Airlines pilot refused to operate flight 1679 from San Francisco to Cancun on Tuesday, and the flight was delayed four hours, after a passenger smoked pot in the lavatory. They were afraid...

I am told I rode on a Connie back in the 1950's but do not remember it. I do remember flying on a UAL DC6 from LAX to Fresno to visit my Uncle in the mid 1960's. Also flew on PSA's Electras between LAX and SFO. I recall the fare was $11.43 and the flight took an hour. If you wanted to fly on one of ...

Lufthansa to Fly Empty Business Class on New 787s due to FAA concerns reportedly center around the crashworthiness of the seats. Planes are intended to replace A340-600's. You know, Four Engines for the Long Haul . These aircraft, originally intended to enter service by the end of 2024, are now sche...

These types of mergers are debated for maybe 18 months so nothing will happen right away, if at all. Union Pacific has a history of merging with many other railroads including Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Missouri Pacific (who itself merged years ago with Texas Pacific). Jokesters have noted t...

Actually, contrats to Verbal as the 777-8F begins to take shape. Boeing 777-8F Production Takes Off: First Hole Drilled In 108-Foot Wing Spar Excerpt: With all the excitement surrounding the upcoming Boeing 777X family of widebody aircraft, whose passenger variants are known as the 777-8 and 777-9, ...