Aviation Crashes and other FAA News

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Baltimore and Philly both had gyms. they both recently went out of business.

 

[nycfan]

 

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JetBlue plane avoids mid-air collision with U.S. air force jet near Venezuela - National | Globalnews.ca

'They passed directly in our flight path.... They don’t have their transponder turned on. It’s outrageous,' the JetBlue pilot said in a conversation with air traffic control.

globalnews.ca

 

[donbosco]

Great...hopping on JetBlue in a couple of hours heading south.

 

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Private plane crash in Statesville this morning.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nrsair]

Greg Biffle was aboard along with some members of his family. Terrible news.

 

[Icky Mettle]

Greg Biffle was aboard along with some members of his family. Terrible news.

I have some friends who know his wife. They are obviously very sad about this.

 

[C-Money]

The first thing I thought of when I got the news alert about the crash was it could be someone within NASCAR because of where it happened.

 

[theel4life]

Greg , his wife and two children also died.

 

[C-Money]

A helicopter and plane have crashed in New Jersey.

 

[theel4life]

A helicopter and plane have crashed in New Jersey.

Link?

 

[1moretimeagain]

 

[Milk and Cookies]

Private plane crash in Statesville this morning.

I can't even imagine the maintenance demands of a 1981 PJ. Yikes.

 

[JCTarheel82]

I can't even imagine the maintenance demands of a 1981 PJ. Yikes.

There's no chance I'm getting on a plane older than me.

 

[wmheel1287]

There's no chance I'm getting on a plane older than me.

Lol, dont go on any military transports then and DEFINITELY dont join a bomber squadron. The B-52 fleet is ancient (youngest bird delivered 1962, oldest 1952). They expect to use them another 3 decades.

 

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A WB-57 pilot just made a heroic landing in Houston after its landing gear failed

A thorough investigation will be conducted by NASA into the cause."

arstechnica.com

 

[Icky Mettle]

Just got off a flight that landed in Charlotte where we had to abort landing to avoid colliding with another plane that was on the runway. We were just about to touch down on the runway and we were hovering what looked to be just a few feet above it. I was wondering why we hadn’t landed yet. Next thing I knew the plane very quickly and steeply shot back up. Everyone got nervous. It took a while before we heard from the pilots but then they explained what happened. Apparently lots of people lost their lunch as a result, including my nephew.

 

[Calheel]

Just got off a flight that landed in Charlotte where we had to abort landing to avoid colliding with another plane that was on the runway. We were just about to touch down on the runway and we were hovering what looked to be just a few feet above it. I was wondering why we hadn’t landed yet. Next thing I knew the plane very quickly and steeply shot back up. Everyone got nervous. It took a while before we heard from the pilots but then they explained what happened. Apparently lots of people lost their lunch as a result, including my nephew.

I had a touch and go in Las Vegas in January. That was due to crosswinds. Freaking nerve wracking. Can only imagine it would be 10x worse for a ground incursion.

 

[Icky Mettle]

I had a touch and go in Las Vegas in January. That was due to crosswinds. Freaking nerve wracking. Can only imagine it would be 10x worse for a ground incursion.

Yeah, as we started our descent they said it might be bumpy due to wind gusts, so I initially assumed it was due to that.