New this week... Climate adaptation report, fourth round. To #DEFRA from #LHR with no irony whatsoever #aviation#ClimateBreakdown
"https://www.heathrow.com/content/dam/heathrow/web/common/documents/company/heathrow-2-0-sustainability/reports/Heathrow-Climate-Adaptation-Report-(ARP4).pdf"
A passenger plane carrying 49 people crashed in Russia's far eastern region of Amur on Thursday, authorities said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/world/plane-crash-russia-far-east/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #aviation #russia #angaraairlines
Setting aside the oxymoron of an "environmentally sustainable airline", is there anything more unsustainable in aviation than an "All You Can Fly" deal?
Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
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A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.
#News#Environment#Aviation #SpaceX #Space#ElonMusk#Regulation#Trump
"Small plane with 3 on board crash-lands near Mukilteo's Lighthouse Park" by KING5 News (NBC Seattle) - A Cessna (model not stated) lost engine power after departure from Everett Paine Field #KPAE. Unable to glide back to the airport, the pilot successfully ditched in Puget Sound next to the boat dock at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park where rescue was close by. 3 on board all survived, no reported injuries. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/plane-crash-mukilteo-lighthouse-park/281-a76f45c9-d4d7-437c-9fc2-f8a24cc0a408 #aviation #avgeek#PNW
The news of the Cessna ditching in the water next to the boat dock at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park got my attention. I was there 2 weeks ago. @Leighton and I were exploring the vicinity of Paine Field #KPAE in Everett after we took the Boeing Factory Tour. He spotted that park on the map and was curious for a look. #aviation #avgeek#PNW
"Small plane with 3 on board crash-lands near Mukilteo's Lighthouse Park" by KING5 News (NBC Seattle) - A Cessna (model not stated) lost engine power after departure from Everett Paine Field #KPAE. Unable to glide back to the airport, the pilot successfully ditched in Puget Sound next to the boat dock at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park where rescue was close by. 3 on board all survived, no reported injuries. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/plane-crash-mukilteo-lighthouse-park/281-a76f45c9-d4d7-437c-9fc2-f8a24cc0a408 #aviation #avgeek#PNW
Uhhh....
Alaska Airlines asking FAA to ground its entire fleet
Last month's deadly Air India crash and a recently released Australian report on the midair breakup of a helicopter in 2023 have renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over use of cockpit video cameras. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/society/air-india-cockpit-video-recorders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #airindia #airlines #aviation #airaccidents #india
India ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensifies of fuel switch locks after a deadly Air India crash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/airlines-boeing-fuel-switches-air-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boeing #airlines #aviation #airindia #airaccidents #india #southkorea
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/world/air-india-probe-us-faa-boeing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #airindia #us #faa #boeing #aviation #airlines #airaccidents
A month after the worst aviation accident in India in decades, authorities are poised to release a preliminary report into the catastrophe, offering the first official clues to what caused the aircraft to crash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/asia-pacific/air-india-crash-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #aviation #airaccidents #boeing #india
Japan’s transport ministry has announced new air safety regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/mobile-battery-airplane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #aviation #batteries #mlit
Amid a global aviation bottleneck, there is one sector in which reclining is not an option: the airplane seat industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/airline-seat-industry-jet-deliveries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #airlines #aviation #travel
Investigators and Air India are studying possible dual engine failure as a scenario that prevented a Boeing 787 jet from staying airborne. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/asia-pacific/air-india-simulation-technical-flaw/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #india #aviation #airlines #airaccidents
Falsehoods #programmers believe about #aviation:
https://flightaware.engineering/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-aviation/
My favorite one:
"Nobody will ever set their flight identification to weird things like NULL"
(thanks @ascherbaum)
💾 FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out • Tom's Hardware
｢ Duffy said that the Transportation Department aims to complete the project within four years. However, industry experts say this timeline is unrealistic. No matter how long it takes, it’s high time that the FAA upgrades the ATC system today after decades of neglect ｣
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