Airplane and airline stuff

[Tero]

Boeing planes and one Airbus lose cabin air pressure and land at nearest airport
https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/ ... urization/

[Tero]

Careful in that Boeing toilet. You might fall in the cargo hold and be covered in shit.
https://simpleflying.com/faa-boeing-787 ... reak-free/

[Tero]

Sleeping passenger left in parked plane.
https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2025 ... ty-planes/
With access to all areas of the plane, Tiffani went on the hunt for something to help attract attention and get help. She found a flashlight in the cockpit, which she shone through the windscreen, flashing an SOS signal to attract attention.
When that didn’t work, however, Tiffani opened one of the plane’s doors but quickly realized that the jump to the ground would be too far, and the plane was parked far away from the terminal building.

Thankfully, a baggage cart driver noticed Tiffani with her legs “literally dangling down” from the plane door and managed to orchestrate her rescue.

[Tero]

Entire airport loses radar for 90 seconds.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/us-news/n ... aa-outage/
United canceled several routes to Newark permanently.

[Tero]

Musk appeared ready to take over all of FAA at one point.

As a result of the incident and the current working conditions, Stewart opted to take a stress-related trauma leave after writing a strongly-worded email to FAA managers. In the email, he emphasized, “I take my job very seriously, as I do the safety of the flying public, and take pride in my performance.”

He notes that several of his colleagues have also taken leave after experiencing dangerous tech glitches, resulting in the same fear that these temporary outages could result in tragedy.

“I don’t want to be responsible for killing 400 people,” Stewart said.

https://people.com/air-traffic-controll ... t-11736859

[Svartalf]

does that moron understand that without the FAA the American skies are a WWI battle waiting to happen?

[Tero]

Boeing 787 crashed.
They used Rolls Royce engines
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent_1000
But have switched to GE engines.

The issue here is, how could two engines fail at takeoff.

[macdoc]

They did shortly after take off on the Hudson River landing.
Birds injested.
The pilot on the Air India flight radioed mayday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyb6EbTvYpY

[macdoc]

one blackbox found

[Brian Peacock]

One guy survived!

[Tero]

Bird strikes
Another possibility raised by some experts in India is a bird strike.

They occur when a plane collides with a bird and can be extremely dangerous for aircraft. In serious cases, engines can lose power if they suck in a bird, as happened in South Korea's Jeju Air disaster which killed 179 people last year.

Experts and pilots familiar with Ahmedabad airport have told the BBC that it is "notorious for birds".

"They are always around," says Mr Ranganathan, echoing what at least three Indian pilots who have flown in and out of the airport told the BBC .

Gujarat state, where Ahmedabad is located, reported 462 bird strike incidents over five years, with most occurring at Ahmedabad airport, according to Civil Aviation Ministry data tabled in Parliament in December 2023.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c626y121rxxo

[Tero]

Third Scenario: Wrong Take-Off Flaps Configuration In Wrong Position

Video evidence suggested the flaps were retracted, which is unusual since flaps are always extended during take-off to provide extra lift at low speeds. If a pilot mistakenly retracted the flaps instead of the landing gear during a high-workload situation, such as an engine failure, it would have significantly reduced lift, especially with only one engine operational, potentially causing a stall.

would be odd to put those two in the same area
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/what-ma ... os-8659587

at 6min the flaps are the big lever in the middle that the copilot has a hand on. A bit earlier the pilut pushes a button toward the front on the panel, not a lever, for the wheels up.

[Tero]

"Air India plane crash latest: Second black box recovered from Dreamliner wreckage as grieving families demand answers"

I also looked at our flight from Montreal to Copenhagen, and on Friday the 13th a plane load of optimists is going today. On a 787-8.

[Tero]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_171

[Brian Peacock]

One guys survived!