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A two-day strike at Munich Airport results in most flights being canceled | AP News
apnews.com A two-day strike at Munich Airport results in most flights being canceledA two-day strike by workers at Munich Airport, Germany’s second-biggest, has started. The airport operator said Thursday that airlines had canceled about 80% of their flights to and from Munich and further cancelations were not ruled out.
- www.cnbc.com Airbus could prioritize deliveries to non-U.S. customers if Trump tariffs impede trade, CEO says
Guillaume Faury also said Airbus had ramped up U.S. production in recent years and that he hoped tariffs would not disrupt the aviation industry.
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Delta plane flips over while landing in Toronto from Minneapolis, officials say
www.cbsnews.com Delta plane crashes, flips upside down while landing in Toronto from MinneapolisAuthorities say 21 people are injured after a Delta Air Lines plane flipped upside down while landing amid wintry conditions Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25712024
> Emergency crews are responding to a crash involving a Delta Air Lines plane that arrived Monday at Toronto Pearson Airport from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, ultimately landing upside down amid wintry conditions. > > The FAA says all 80 people on board Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, were evacuated. > > Peel Regional Paramedic Services confirmed to CBS News that 15 patients had been transported to the hospital. Out of those injuries, one child and two adults are critically injured. The rest of the injuries are minor to moderate, officials said. > > All crew and passengers have been accounted for.
- www.channelnewsasia.com South Korea to limit power banks on flights following plane fire
SEOUL: South Korea's transport ministry on Thursday (Feb 13) announced measures to strengthen aviation safety rules, following a fire on an Air Busan plane last month, which will include limiting the number and type of portable batteries allowed on flights. The measures come into effect on Mar 1 aft...
- www.bangkokpost.com Aeroflot plane makes emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi
A Moscow-bound Boeing 777-300ER operated by Aeroflot Airlines, with 346 people onboard, made an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi airport on Monday night following a landing gear problem.
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Learjet 55 with 6 people onboard crashes into Philadelphia neighborhood
www.cbsnews.com Plane crash in Philadelphia neighborhood kills 7; several homes catch fireSix Mexican citizens aboard a medical jet and one person on the ground were killed after the plane crashed in Philadelphia.
The plane was presumably a medical transport with two pilots, two doctors, a patient and a family member.
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The U.S. fatal crash streak has ended
I knew it couldn’t last forever, but it’s still a shame the streak has ended. A CRJ700 operated by PSA for American Airlines collided with a Black Hawk while landing at Reagan National Airport. Sixty-four people were on the plane and 3 on the helicopter.
Edit: Corrected name on Black Hawk from one word to two
- www.paddleyourownkanoo.com Lufthansa is Flying Empty Boeing 747 Jumbo Jets Over 2,000 Kilometres Just to Pick Up Fuel Due to Ongoing Shortages
German flag carrier Lufthansa is flying empty Boeing 747-8 jumbo jets more than 2,000 kilometers in order to pick up extra fuel due to an ongoing shortage of jet fuel at South Africa’s largest airport in Johannesburg. The issues at Johannesburg OR Tambo International Airport started on January 4 whe...
- www.channelnewsasia.com Taiwan's Starlux Airlines orders five more Airbus A350F freighters
Taiwan's Starlux Airlines has placed an order for five more Airbus A350F freighters, the European planemaker said on Thursday. That doubles the initial order Starlux placed last year for five of the cargo aircraft, Airbus said. "This second order from this fast-growing airline is another endorsem
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Dead body found in wheel well after United flight lands in Hawaii - CNA
www.channelnewsasia.com Dead body found in wheel well after United flight lands in HawaiiA dead body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines jetliner after the aircraft landed in the Hawaiian island of Maui, the airline said on Wednesday (Dec 25). The body was discovered in the one of the compartments that houses the airplane's landing gear when United Flight 202 from Chicago O...
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New video shows damage consistent with projectile impacts on Azerbaijan Airlines wreckage.
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20650092
> Mirror > > Mirror > *** > > ! > > Mirror > > >🍁 Cheka-OGPU: The Baku-Grozny airliner was hit over the Naursky district of Chechnya, where several military units with air defense systems are located. According to the transcript of the conversations between the controller and the crew, the pilot mistook the strong blow to the plane for a collision with a flock of birds. > > > >In fact, the damage indicates that a missile fired by air defenses exploded near the plane. The same impact occurred at an altitude of 2,400 meters. > > > >According to open sources, several military units are located in this area, including those with air defense systems. Back in late 2011, the Chechnya Today website published a laudatory article about new weapons capable of controlling the airspace of the entire North Caucasus. The article states that the motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Ministry of Defense stationed in the Naursky district had a new air defense control system at that time, Barnaul-T. It is known that after the recent UAV attacks, several Pantsirs were also deployed in Chechnya. > > > >❗️ Let me remind you that the President of Azerbaijan, Aliyev, has already turned the plane he was flying to the summit with Putin around Moscow and returned home. He must have been upset. However, he should have been upset when Putin started this war. And what happened is just its consequences. > > https://t.me/Ol_Sharp/21113 > >
- e.vnexpress.net Kuala Lumpur-Changi loses title as world's busiest international airline route - VnExpress International
Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur to Singapore's Changi, the world's busiest international airline route last year, has lost its crown to Hong Kong-Taipei route this year, according to data by flight statistics firm OAG.
- techcrunch.com Electric aircraft startup Lilium ceases operations, 1,000 workers laid off | TechCrunch
The company's co-founder confirmed the shutdown in a LinkedIn post.
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XB-1 Flight 7: Play-By-Play From the Cockpit
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33354817
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_XB-1
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Decoding a METAR - XKCD
Alt text for the comic embedded in the link: An XKCD comic about how to decode a METAR:
METAR - "Meter" (Usually misspelled)
KNYC - Station ID
251600Z - Time (25:16:002)
18035G45KT - Wind speed has been 18,035 knots for a good 45 minutes now.
6SM - Observer is a size 6 small.
VCFCFZVA - Sorry, the station cat walked on the keyboard.
+BLUP - Weird noise the sky made earlier.
NOSIG - The observer has no significant other :(
LTG OHD - We overheard someone saying there was lightning.
A3808 - Hey look, an Airbus A380-800!
RMK - Remarkable!
A02 - Fanfic archive equipped with a precipitation sensor.
SLP130= - Observer got sleepy around 1:30.
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Chinese carriers refuse to pay VAT to Nepal - report - ch-aviation
www.ch-aviation.com Chinese carriers refuse to pay VAT to Nepal - reportChinese carriers are reportedly refusing to pay Nepal's value-added tax (VAT), according to Kathmandu-based magazine Epardafas. Four airlines have accrued a...
- www.abc.net.au An interstate return flight from Darwin can cost more than $1,500 and residents say it's price gouging
Sky-high airfares, poor flight times and unexpected scheduling changes have become standard in Darwin — and there are concerns prices may be about to climb even higher.
- www.businessinsider.com Spirit Airlines to keep flying after filing for bankruptcy protection
Spirit said in a filing announcing bankruptcy protection that it would continue all its normal operations, and that customer tickets remain vaild.
- www.theregister.com Tool found in A380 engine after nearly 300 flight hours
Emails and tool-tracking software weren't heeded, but nothing scary happened - except to the nylon tool
- furtherafrica.com Angola’s Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto international airport: A new era in aviation
The Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN), Angola’s newest aviation hub, officially commenced passenger operations, marking a significant m
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Chinese planemaker COMAC opens Singapore office - CNA
www.channelnewsasia.com Chinese planemaker COMAC opens Singapore officeSEOUL: Chinese planemaker COMAC has opened an office in Singapore, China's embassy in the country said, as the state-owned company tries to break into a global passenger jet market dominated by Western manufacturers. The new Asia-Pacific office was a key symbolic step for the passenger jet maker in ...
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Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Calling all stations! This is G-MOVJ. IMC CU.NIMB...icing. In great difficulty, over.
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...or, a classic aviation-related music video if I've ever seen one.
- apnews.com Helicopter crashes into radio tower in Houston, killing 4
Four people aboard a helicopter were killed when it crashed into a radio tower in Houston and burst into flames, causing a large grass fire, officials said.
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Tax on Europe’s frequent flyers could raise €64bn a year – study | Air transport | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com Tax on Europe’s frequent flyers could raise €64bn a year – studyLevy rising by €100 for each return flight after the first in a year could cut emissions by 21%, report says
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Emirates aims for 50 service-entry A350 pilots as initial flight simulator approved | Flight Global
www.flightglobal.com Emirates aims for 50 service-entry A350 pilots as initial flight simulator approvedMiddle Eastern carrier Emirates is in the process of securing approval for three Airbus A350 simulators being installed ahead of its taking delivery of the twinjet type. The Dubai-based airline says it is investing some $48 million in training systems for pilots and cabin crew. Emirates has 65 A350-...
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An American bomb from World War II exploded at a Japanese airport in the city of Miyazaki. More than 80 flights were canceled. There were no injuries.
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https://apnews.com/article/japan-airport-us-unexploded-bomb-blast-bf561e4c71f644267d86d8589b6999d4