Accidents/Incidents
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3 Links I Love: How Yesterday’s Trump Meeting Went, Island Air the Accordion, Eastern Crash Remains a Mystery
This week’s featured link: Subject: Pool report #1 airline meeting – Public Pool Wondering what happened in the Trump/Airline CEO meeting yesterday?…
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3 Links I Love: An Unsolved Eastern Crash, American’s Business Class Saga, Long Beach Customs
This week’s featured link: What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980? – Outside Here’s a good, long read about the crash of…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Hypocrisy, Sully Haters, American Pilots Integrate
This week’s featured link: Delta’s “Fly America” complaints get stranger the closer you look – ATW Editor’s Blog Delta’s still mad at…
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3 Links I Love: The Reason Air Asia Crashed, Delta Defends New York Slots, CEO of the Year
Today’s featured link: Circuit-board solder crack cited in Indonesia AirAsia crash probe – ATW They say it’s never just one thing that…
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Cranky on the Web – Philly is Great (for Connections), Change Due to Metrojet Crash
PHL a top place to make connections – Philadelphia Inquirer OAG did a study looking at the biggest megahubs, and Philly was…
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Thinking About Mental Illness and the Crash of Germanwings Flight 9525
When an airplane goes down, it usually takes a long time before we know what happened. So it’s shocking on many levels…
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I Was on an Airplane That Nearly Crashed Into a Mountain (On Purpose)
Flying in Phoenix in the summer is usually a pretty bouncy affair. Rising columns of heat, called thermals, give you that not-so-pleasant…
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Topic of the Week: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
I haven’t written about the strange disappearance of Malaysia 370 because I have nothing to add. We know very little and the…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 11 Years Ago Today
It’s that dreaded day once again. Some have asked how long I’ll keep doing this tribute. Maybe ten years afterwards was enough.…
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Cranky on the Web (February 27 – March 2)
It’s Not Actually News When a Plane’s Landing Gear Doesn’t Go Down – Conde Nast Daily Traveler A United Express flight had…
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Cranky on the Web (January 9 – 13)
Even though I’m on break, I did have two articles that went live and one guest post as well. An incredibly safe…
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Why Can’t Airlines Stream Black Box Data? (Ask Cranky)
This is more of a non-traditional Ask Cranky in that it’s been asked several times over the years, particularly in light of…