Aug
21
China Airlines Flight Explosion Evacuation Video
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Yesterday, all the passengers on the China Airlines flight are extremely lucky. After landing and pulling into a parking spot, one of the engines exploded. All 165 evacuated from the Boeing 737-800.
These planes go through evacuation tests before they are certified. The qualification is that all the people from the aircraft be evacuated in 90 [...]
Aug
20
After a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 landed this morning in Okinawa, Japan, all passengers escaped on emergency slides before the 737 turned into a fireball. All 165 people aboard escaped unhurt and the pilot who jumped from the flight deck at the last second.
Air traffic control received no indication from the flight deck after landing [...]
Aug
19
PilotJohn.com Briefing #8 - Week in Review
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A lot of new stuff has happened this week on PilotJohn.com. These weeks go by so fast! I hope everyone’s week was great and enjoyed all the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Videos!!
A couple updates have occurred this week on the site. First, some minor tweaking on the site design. I hope it’s loading a little bit [...]
Aug
18
Airline Passengers Are Starting to Riot! - Continental Flight 1669
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The summer of airline delays has definitely lived up to its title of the worst summer ever for airline passengers. People are being stuck on airplanes that are still on the tarmac for hours on end due to weather and storms. The government is trying to work out a law for airlines as to what [...]
Aug
18
Early morning to report at 4.30 a.m. and it was only an out and back (the trip starts and ends in base). The day ended around 12.30 p.m.
EWN - CLT
CLT - ROA
ROA - CLT
CLT - EWN
(EWN - New Bern, NC; CLT - Charlotte, NC; ROA - Roanoke, VA)