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Why would they do that? It's not that it was an asset that would play a pivotal role in winning or loosing the war.

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Absolutely stupid of them to have destroyed this aircraft that they could have put to very good use themselves if they'd got to use it.


It was used many times to help with delivering vital supplies round the world.



It seems very unlikely but I hope a new and even better one can be built.

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You're assuming they planned to hit it, as opposed to just carelessly lobbing shells and missiles about the place ....

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..

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Well I guess the Russians were aiming all building and hangars.

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How do they plan to make Russia pay for it ?

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Good luck with that.

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If the video clip some media outlets are sharing reportedly of the final seconds of the China Eastern B737-800 are accurate, I just hope everyone had blacked out otherwise the last minute or two would have been beyond comprehension.

Not sure if the grounding of the type in China is warranted or political but whatever the cause or reason it's another black day for Boeing.

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You would hope the fast rate of falling would have caused the passsengers to black out.

Obsviusly it is very hard to make any conclusions so soon. Will be interesting to see if they find any wreckage away from the main site which could possibly indicate structural damage / tail damage.

Obviously pilot suicide is a possibility but why wait so long in the flight?

And looking at logs it does seems that there was a brief moment where the aircraft regained altitude so they were possibly trying to sort things out.

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the 737 (all versions) has had the most crashes involving fatalities than any other aircraft. But you have to square that with it probably being the most numerous and used mid-range jet there is.

So if you base it on crashes per miles flown it's probably on a par or better than its competitors.

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I was just wondering if the world wasn't full of strained international relations, would the Chinese have grounded the aircraft type before the reason for the loss was known or at least becoming apparent. I know that's no consolation to the families/friens who lost someone.

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This is quite interesting - you can look at crash data a number of different ways (country, carrier, aircraft, etc.).

https://www.airfleets.net/crash/fatalities_year.htm

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If it's the flight data recorder so long as the chips inside are intact they can be removed from the PCBs and read out separately.

The article suggests that at impact the plane was travelling near the speed of sound.

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Started my PPL last week. Cant wait to be up in the skies again soon.

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Doncaster Sheffield Airport will be closing.


https://simpleflying.com/doncaster-s...rport-closure/




I'm guessing some of the TUI flights and Wizz will go to Leeds Bradford and possibly some cargo to EMA.
The Vulcan will probably end up having to be dismantled and will end up in a museum somewhere. I can't see it being allowed to do a ferry flight with only a few months to get ready.

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Last I read they didn't know if a short ferry flight or dismantle and rebuild, either way it'll happen by June 2023.

https://vulcantothesky.org/news/vulc...20June%202023.

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I had the Hydraulic and Landing Gear Manuals in my office in my last job, as they helped get here flying.

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US Marines* buzzing Paisley of all places. Based on its movement it’s lining up either for the Royal Alexandra Hospital or Glasgow Airport. Both are close by and when we see the air ambulance of an evening it also approaches both in basically the same way.

*I’m assuming they’re still the only ones flying Ospreys

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...1&d=1666360146

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US Navy & USAF also fly them.

(And the Japanese Self Defence Force, but they’re unlikely to be buzzing Paisley ;) )

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You probably have read about the recent Jet2 bomb threat which turned out to be a drunk passenger. Also within the same week another passenger on an Easyjet flight apparently Airdropped a photo of a bomb to other passengers iPhones nearby.


For the Jet2 event emergency vehicles were all on standby, the flight was diverted to Stansted, and escorted in by fighter jets.
On top of that it meant Stansted was temporarily closed.


Imagine the amount of money that must have cost! As well as all the disruption.
Tax payers money!


No doubt the person that started these hoaxes will spend a night in a cell and that will be all.


They should be banned from flying and then made to pay a hefty fine or do commnunity service!

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I live near Stansted, it is the airport used when a flight is diverted due to "security issues", Air Force One also camps here.

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Always nice to see a different livery....Got a few photos of this A320 G-POWM that landed at East Midlands at the weekend.

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6th December, a plane did a low, tight turn at 2400ft over west Cardiff, it was a Ryanair 737 Czech Republic to St Athan.

It banked over so much that I could see the winglets on the ends of both wings.

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If going into St Athan then probably aircraft being scrapped or stored.

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Actually I see they have a maintenance contract there so probably just in for some work.

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F35B coming down with a bump at Fort Worth

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Oh dear! That will have been expensive!

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Luton Airport flights suspended after large car park fire.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...herts-67073446