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Aer Lingus Regional ATR72 suffers nose gear collapse after heaving landing

Aerotime

The aircraft had been attempting to land in strong winds when the incident happened, which resulted in the single-runway airport being closed while the aircraft was recovered. The flight had two pilots onboard accompanied by two cabin crew. This was a positioning flight with no passengers but four crew members onboard.

Runway 274
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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one  

Aerotime

Before departure Once you are onboard and safely seated, there will already be a rush of activity going on in the cabin around you. These figures are vital for the crew to be able to calculate the actual take-off speed of the airplane in the prevailing weather conditions (as we’ll see later).

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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know:   Part two   

Aerotime

In the previous installment of this two-part article , AeroTime took you through the initial stages of a routine commercial flight, from the pre-departure checks carried out by the pilots and cabin crew, to what is happening outside the aircraft, and from engine startup to taxi and take-off.

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Discovering ITA Airways Airbus A220-100 (Part 1: LCY-LIN)

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

This small airport can handle only a terminal and single runway 09/27 and can handle small commercial aircraft up to the size of Airbus A220-100, ERJ-195-E2 and A318. No tow truck was required as we were able to taxi out from our parking lot and made our way to the runway. An ITA Airways cabin crew's uniform.

Runway 59
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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

There have been numerous incidents of passengers and cabin crew suffering injuries ranging from mild to severe after their aircraft bounced around after getting caught in someone elses wake. After one aircraft lands, the tailwind pushes the vortices forward into the runways touchdown zone.

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British Airways doubles on-time performance as world-leading technology boosts flight punctuality

World Airline News

A real-time weather program that proactively reroutes aircraft to avoid areas of poor weather has also been deployed. For example, our Runway support tool that calculates the most appropriate schedule intervention when disruption occurs.

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Preflight Briefing and Postlfight Debriefing Guidance

Air Facts

BRIEFINGS become ever more important when either it is the first time a crew has flown together, or on that upcoming flight where there are significant/changing operational challenges such as weather, routing, runway closures and system outages. As an example, weather, NOTAMS and aircraft status might be assigned to the PM.

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