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In the A320, what action or control input triggers the activation of the ground spoilers?
In the A320, spoilers play a crucial role in various phases of flight, including takeoff, landing, and in-flight speed control….
Aircraft Recovery Process
When aircraft veers off or overruns the runway during landing or takeoff, this is called a runway excursion. After this…
Ethiopian Airlines expands Boeing 737 MAX fleet 5 years after fatal crash
Ethiopian Airlines announced, on Tuesday, a deal with Boeing that will see the company buy 20 737 MAX aircraft, as…
TAROM AT72 at Budapest on Nov 12th 2023, tyre damage on landing
A TAROM Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration YR-ATL performing flight RO-237 from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Budapest (Hungary) with…
What does RAT MAN signify when it comes to the switch on an A320 aircraft?
The aircraft has two switches for manually extending the RAT, one on the hydraulics control panel and the other on…
Can jet engines melt?
Yes. Gas turbine engine designers jump through hoops to keep that from happening. They create turbine blades out of special…
Runway overrun due to unstable approach caused by pilot error
“Why are you swimming in the water?” 30 years ago on 4 Nov 1993Runway overrun due to unstable approach caused…
Fatal accident rate per million departures
All modern passenger airliners are incredibly safe as they have multiple redundancies and fail safes. Even the planes with the…
BAe Jetstream Bird strike
A BAe Jetstream 31 belonging to Lanhsa Airlines received major damages to its nose Radome due to a big bird hit…
JetBlue aircraft collides with moving vehicle
JetBlue plane was damaged on Monday after it collided with a pushback tractor after it left the gate at San…