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Crash: Saurya CRJ2 near Kathmandu on Jul 24 2024, rolled right and lost height after take off
A Saurya Airlines Canadair CRJ-200, registration 9N-AME performing a flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara (Nepal) with 19 people on board,…
Kite String Causes Helicopter Crash in Bali, No Fatalities Reported
A Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter (PK-WSP) had an accident in Pecatu, Bali because it got caught in a…
A320 Cabin C/B Panel
An aircraft’s electrical system is composed of many separate buses. Some of these buses are maintenance buses. Systems that are…
Laptop’s battery caught fire inside the cabin of an American Airlines Airbus A321
2024-07-12: American Airlines Airbus A321 (N917UY, built 2015) was evacuated at San Francisco-Intl AP(KSFO), CA, USA when a laptop emitted…
Why doesn’t the Aircraft have an anti-ice system for its vertical and horizontal stabilizers?
Most jetliners do not have vertical and horizontal stabiliser anti-icing. Some notable examples are the 737,747, 757, 767, 777, 787,…
Do pilots shut down engines on passenger jets during flight?
As a trans Atlantic flight was on it’s way to England, the passengers were enjoying a nice catered meal when…
What does it mean when autoland is fail passive/fail operational?
FAIL PASSIVE AUTOMATIC LANDING SYSTEM An automatic landing system is fail passive if, in the event of a failure of its redundant…
EVA Air was damaged after the Taipei-bound plane collided with a light pole
Left wing leading edge slat of a Boeing 777-300 aircraft (B-16731) operated by EVA Air was damaged after the Taipei-bound…
Final stage of the aircraft production
In the final assembly stage of aircraft manufacturing, the major components such as the fuselage, wings, tail, and landing gear…
Why do passengers have to remain seated with seatbelt securely fastened, after the airplane has landed?
Airports, specially large busy ones are usually very active in the sense that there are many airplanes and vehicles moving…