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Incredible Video: Airbus A321 With 226 Passengers Lands in a Field, No Serious Injuries

by Gary Leff on August 15, 2019

Aug 15 2019

It was like US Airways flight 1549 – the Miracle on the Hudson – but in a field. A Ural Airlines Airbus A321 suffered a serious bird strike on takeoff from Moscow Zhukovsky airport. The flight was headed to Simferopol in the Ukraine and had 226 passengers and 7 crew on board.

The crew of the Ural Airlines aircraft did a truly heroic job landing their aircraft, wheels up in a field, keeping the fuselage intact. And fortunately there did not appear to be fuel leaking from the engines. Walking away from this is really special.

United Will Put Seat Back Video Screens on Some New 737s, Could Force American to Do the Same

by Gary Leff on August 14, 2019

Aug 14 2019

Delta continues to double down on passenger entertainment not just for international flights but across its domestic fleet. They’re now over 700 aircraft offering seat back entertainment screens.

United and American have been moving in the opposite direction. They have eschewed screens to save money – about a million dollars per aircraft – offering streaming content that customers can view on their own devices. In most cases this means passengers watching movies on phones.

Southwest Airlines Could Abandon the Boeing 737 MAX 7, Order Embraer E2 Jets

by Gary Leff on August 14, 2019

Aug 14 2019

It was one fateful phone call with Boeing — while Southwest founding President Lamar Muse and co-founder Rollin King were meeting with the Douglas Aircraft Company — that led the airline to go with the 737.

Now they have over 750 of the aircraft. However they could look beyond the Boeing 737 for their future.

Airline Drops Wheelchair Passenger at the Wrong Gate, Makes Her Buy New Ticket After Missing Flight

by Gary Leff on August 14, 2019

Aug 14 2019

Norwegian is cheap flying, but when things go wrong it isn’t known for great customer service. Mistakes happen, but the test of an airline is how they respond when they do.

When they delivered an 82 year old woman in a wheelchair to the wrong gate she missed her flight. And they told her she’d have to buy a new ticket as a no show passenger.

American Sues Its Mechanics Again, This Time Seeking Damages

by Gary Leff on August 13, 2019

Aug 13 2019

Airline CEO Doug Parker says he wears a wrist band “that says CECFTM, which is a terrible acronym because it doesn’t say anything, but it stands for Create an Environment that Cares for our Frontline Team Members. That’s what our mission is. Every day one of our officers sends a note to other officers about what they did that day to create an environment that cares for frontline team members.”

On Tuesday what they did is sue their employees again.

60% of Japanese Flight Attendants Say They’ve Been Secretly Taped Inflight

by Gary Leff on August 13, 2019

Aug 13 2019

It turns out that filming flight attendants is especially prevalent in Japan, where a Japanese union representing cabin crew at Japan Airlines, ANA and other carriers says that 60% of their members have been filmed while on duty.

Some of the videographers are really creepy, too.

Man Videotapes the Best Day of His Life as the Only Passenger on a Delta Flight

by Gary Leff on August 13, 2019

Aug 13 2019

Last week a man documented the experience of flying Delta from Aspen to Salt Lake City by himself aboard Delta Express flight DL3652 operated by SkyWest. Boarding was announced at the gate as being for him. He captures the surreal experience of a predeparture announcement being made over the PA system by a flight attendant when he’s the only one in the cabin. He gets to meet the pilots. He’s sitting up front, with a predeparture beverage.

American Airlines Taking Israel’s Biggest-Ever Subsidy for New Dallas – Tel Aviv Route

by Gary Leff on August 12, 2019

Aug 12 2019

Back in early May I wrote that American was looking to re-start service to Tel Aviv with a Boeing 787. They announced plans to do so from Dallas Fort-Worth last week. The airline intends to offer three-times weekly service beginning September 9, 2020 – so more than a year away.

Unlike most other flights between the U.S. and Israel this one isn’t focused on the Jewish market or even directly the tech sector (though there’s tech in Texas to be sure). Instead it should draw evangelical tourists, and should be the preferred flight for travel from places like Waco and Tulsa.

Classic Anti-Competitive Behavior: With Other Airlines Gone, American Drops Dallas – Iceland Service Too

by Gary Leff on August 12, 2019

Aug 12 2019

In November 2017 American Airlines announced Dallas Fort-Worth – Reykjavik service. They were only flying there because two Icelandic carriers started flying to Dallas. It was classic capacity dumping. Now with those airlines gone from the market, American is pulling out too — and moving their Reykjavik flight to Philadephia, where they’d have logically put it all along.

Flight to Los Angeles Rains Down Glowing Engine Pieces By the Hundreds on People Below

by Gary Leff on August 12, 2019

Aug 12 2019

A Norwegian Boeing 787-8 took off from Rome Fiumicino enroute to Los Angeles as flight DY7115 on Saturday. As it climbed from runway 16R, one of its Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines suffered an uncontained failure. Pieces of the engine — described as “glowing pieces of metal” rained down on the town below “in the hundreds.”

The pilot stopped climbing at 3000 feet and returned to the same runway 23 minutes after takeoff with all 310 passengers and crew on board safe. However 12 homes and 25 vehicles were reportedly damaged by falling parts. One person was actually hit, but wasn’t injured.

Airlines

Incredible Video: Airbus A321 With 226 Passengers Lands in a Field, No Serious Injuries

United Will Put Seat Back Video Screens on Some New 737s, Could Force American to Do the Same

Southwest Airlines Could Abandon the Boeing 737 MAX 7, Order Embraer E2 Jets

Airline Drops Wheelchair Passenger at the Wrong Gate, Makes Her Buy New Ticket After Missing Flight

American Sues Its Mechanics Again, This Time Seeking Damages

60% of Japanese Flight Attendants Say They’ve Been Secretly Taped Inflight

Man Videotapes the Best Day of His Life as the Only Passenger on a Delta Flight

American Airlines Taking Israel’s Biggest-Ever Subsidy for New Dallas – Tel Aviv Route

Classic Anti-Competitive Behavior: With Other Airlines Gone, American Drops Dallas – Iceland Service Too

Flight to Los Angeles Rains Down Glowing Engine Pieces By the Hundreds on People Below

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