Accidents/Incidents
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Probably Not a Good Day to Fly To Heathrow
If you’re traveling through London/Heathrow today, you might want to call your airline and see if things are running on time. They…
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Was Air Canada’s Severe Turbulence Encounter Actually an Undular Bore?
If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile, you might have noticed that I’m kind of a weather wonk as well as…
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An Advertisement for Airport Ground Radar
If you’ve ever questioned why better visibility around the airport is so important, take a look at this video depicting a near-disaster…
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What Truck?
Airplane, meet truck. Truck, fall over and play dead. That’s the gist of what you’ll see if you watch this video of…
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Just in Time for the Winter Season
Christmas trees are going up, shopping season is kicking into high gear, and the weather is getting chillier. Ah yes, it’s time…
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The Twisted Danish Sense of Humor
You have to love the Danes. It’s cold and dark for much of the year up there, so you know it has…
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That Sri Lankan Plane Didn’t Need Its Winglet
If you’ve been watching the news over the last 24 hours, you’ve probably seen countless reports about the Sri Lankan plane that…
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SAS Dumps the Q400, Should They Kiss and Make Up?
Judging from comments on previous posts in the last couple of days, I’m guessing many of you have already heard that SAS…
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Q400 Problems Get Worse
Last week I wrote about SAS’ two accidents involving landing gear problems on the Q400. This story keeps getting stranger. On Thursday,…
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Bombardier Q400s Can’t Keep ‘Em Down When They Grow Old
What a strange week for the Bombardier Q400 and for Scandinavian airline SAS. After having the gear collapse on two separate landings…
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Building a Tradition
Six years later. It’s been especially strange this year as Sept 11 once again falls on a Tuesday, the first time that’s…
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China Airlines’ Five Year Streak Broken
It had been a good five years for China Airlines. It almost seems silly to say it, because five years without an…