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by Verbal
Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:02 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: A320 Troubles, Latest News
Replies: 8
Views: 2413

Re: A320 Troubles, Latest News

Further evidence that AirBus builds disposable airplanes. Four Airbus A320neos Parted Out For Recycling Aviation Week 10/06/2025 Author: Victoria Moores Four Airbus A320neos, formerly operated by Indian carrier Go First and currently owned by parts trading specialist AerFin, have been dismantled and...
by Verbal
Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:54 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: A380 troubles, the latest news...
Replies: 359
Views: 214431

Re: A380 troubles, the latest news...

An Airbus A380 from Australia to South Africa took passengers on a 9-hour flight to nowhere after a satellite issue Business Insider 10/02/2025 Author: Pete Syme Qantas passengers faced a flight to nowhere after a tech issue appeared to prevent their double-decker jet from continuing its journey. T...
by Verbal
Wed Sep 24, 2025 6:25 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: 767 troubles, the latest news..
Replies: 2
Views: 4444

767 troubles, the latest news..

Prime Air 767 underwent actuator maintenance a month before stabiliser jam FlightGlobal 09/24/2025 Author: David Kaminski-Morrow US investigators have disclosed that a Boeing 767-300 freighter, which experienced a jammed horizontal stabiliser en route to Hawaii, had undergone maintenance on the sta...
by Verbal
Thu Sep 11, 2025 8:45 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Runway incursion troubles, the latest news..
Replies: 19
Views: 37022

Re: Runway incursion troubles, the latest news..

Passenger jet forced to abort landing at Reagan Washington National Airport due to vehicle on the runway By Aaron Cooper Sep 9, 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a regional jet was forced to abort its landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and circle the ...
by Verbal
Thu Sep 04, 2025 6:33 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

But, for practical purposes his “less and worse” summary is pretty dang adequate.
Concur.
by Verbal
Wed Sep 03, 2025 6:29 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Bodily fluids
Replies: 17
Views: 6094

Re: Bodily fluids

Passengers to receive refunds after being forced to use bottles instead of lavatories after toilets on Virgin flight malfunctioned Virgin Australia has issued an apology after passengers endured a nightmare flight from Bali to Brisbane in which they were forced to use bottles when all toilets on bo...
by Verbal
Sat Aug 30, 2025 9:12 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

Could you cite please?
No.
by Verbal
Sat Aug 30, 2025 7:14 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

There is so much about this incident that IS odd that makes it exceptional.
It is now a mass murder investigation. Nothing odd. Quite simple really.
by Verbal
Fri Aug 01, 2025 5:57 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: 787 troubles, the latest news..
Replies: 1105
Views: 499746

Re: 787 troubles, the latest news..

Commercially pure titanium has virtually no aerospace structural application, as its ultimate tensile strength is but a fraction of the commonly used alloy Ti-6Al-4V (the alloy matrix contains one titanium atom, six aluminum, and four vanadium). The fact that the supplier could mix up the two is qui...
by Verbal
Fri Aug 01, 2025 5:56 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

Simon believes that it was a "spontaneous" dual engine failure triggered by some obscure system failure that affected both engines at the same time, followed by the pilots following the SOP and good practice of switching the fuel switches off, wait a few seconds to give the FADEC time to ...
by Verbal
Tue Jul 22, 2025 5:44 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: Boeing Celebrates Drilling Hole in Metal
Replies: 5
Views: 591

Re: Boeing Celebrates Drilling Hole in Metal

Not metal. Composites.

Very expensive composites.
by Verbal
Tue Jul 22, 2025 12:20 am
Forum: Political Discussion Forum
Topic: Well I'm glad *that* has been taken care of
Replies: 6
Views: 107140

Re: Well I'm glad *that* has been taken care of

Who or what is Izamami?
Maybe he means this.

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by Verbal
Tue Jul 22, 2025 12:17 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Near miss troubles, the latest news..
Replies: 13
Views: 707

Near miss troubles, the latest news..

Air Force reviewing B-52’s apparent near miss with airliner Defense News 07/21/2025 Author: Stephen Losey The U.S. Air Force and commercial airline SkyWest Airlines are trying to learn more about a July 18 incident in which a North Dakota-based B-52 Stratofortress may have had a near miss with a pa...
by Verbal
Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:14 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Getting low on landing is not_the biggest risk: Nepal, 7,2024
Replies: 17
Views: 1032

Re: Getting low on landing is not_the biggest risk: Nepal, 7,2024

Incorrect speed record card caused 2024 Nepal plane crash, panel says Reuters 07/18/2025 Author: Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A passenger plane crash in Nepal last year that killed 18 people was caused by faulty information about the aircraft's takeoff speed in the flight documentation , a rep...
by Verbal
Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:07 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

Air India pilot’s medical records examined after mental health claims Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was 56, was months from retirement at the time of the crash The Telegraph Connor Stringer Deputy US Editor Air India crash investigators are examining the medical records of the pilot whose plane cra...
by Verbal
Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:18 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

Since this was a long flight (well beyond the 8 hours duty limit), there must have been a relief pilot as part of the required flight crew to allow for taking turns to rest. In all the cases I know off (not many, admittedly), all airlines require all required flight crew members to be in the cockpi...
by Verbal
Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:04 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: A380 Total Ground Disaster
Replies: 130
Views: 51210

Re: A380 Total Ground Disaster

Aerobridge hits Qantas A380 at Sydney Airport, causing long delay The Sydney Morning Herald 07/12/2025 Author: Matt O'Sullivan An aerobridge has been rammed into a Qantas A380 superjumbo engine at Sydney Airport, delaying a long-haul flight to Johannesburg by almost a day for hundreds of passengers...
by Verbal
Sat Jul 12, 2025 7:57 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

Conclusion suggests (Boeing ) computer did it.. The airplane's computer is not connected to the fuel switches. The switches can only be operated manually by the pilots. Unless of course the computer sprouted huge squid-like tentacles, reached inside the cockpit, and flipped the switches to Cutoff. ...
by Verbal
Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:06 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

Report does not draw conclusions - but details provided on pilots' actions Theo Leggett BBC International Business Correspondent The preliminary report from India’s Air Accident Investigation Bureau into the loss of Air India flight 171, which killed 260 people, has cast attention firmly on the act...
by Verbal
Wed Jul 09, 2025 6:35 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Air India 787 down
Replies: 119
Views: 9747

Re: Air India 787 down

Air India jet's fuel switches in focus, as crash preliminary report nears Reuters 07/08/2025 Authors: Allison Lampert and David Shepardson July 8 (Reuters) - A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released by Friday, three sources with knowledg...
by Verbal
Mon Jul 07, 2025 9:21 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: A220 troubles, the latest news..
Replies: 16
Views: 1512

Re: A220 troubles, the latest news..

The pontiff.

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by Verbal
Tue Jul 01, 2025 6:09 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: A220 troubles, the latest news..
Replies: 16
Views: 1512

Re: A220 troubles, the latest news..

Something for you to think about the next time you make a joke about airplanes crashing. Three hundred and forty six people died in the Max accidents. Another 241 died in Ahmedabad. Do you believe that the families and friends of those who perished would find your jokes as amusing as you believe the...
by Verbal
Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:10 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: A220 troubles, the latest news..
Replies: 16
Views: 1512

Re: A220 troubles, the latest news..

A 5 Year Old Airbus A220 Has Already Been Scrapped EgyptAir has dismantled its first A220-300, SU-GFA, after less than three years in service. Three more will be parted out for Breeze. Bought for $1.2 billion, the fleet was sold for $300 million. Azorra received six; five for spares, one remains in...

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