About this episode

The episode discusses various aviation incidents and news, including unauthorized takeoffs and aircraft crashes.

APG 698 SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS AND PICS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:10 NEWS 00:06:27 Aeromexico Taking Off WITHOUT CLEARANCE 00:14:08 Balloon Crash on East Texas Cell Phone Tower 00:19:21 Military Plane Carrying Banknotes Crashes in Bolivia 00:23:44 Southwest B737 Hail Strike Causes Substantial Damage 00:30:28 Hawaiian B712 at Kahului, Premature Taxi 00:39:25 Busy JFK Controller Too Rude with Pilots? 00:49:24 Passenger Makes Bomb Threat Because... Why? 00:54:13 GETTING TO KNOW US 01:33:45 FEEDBACK 01:33:54 Airbus CJ - "Helpful" Jumpers 01:38:04 WRAP UP

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Nielsen

Topics covered

• aviation news
• airline incidents
• pilot communication
• aircraft safety
• passenger behavior

Keywords

• Aeromexico
• balloon crash
• military plane crash
• Southwest B737
• JFK controller

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aeromexico, Southwest

Places: East Texas, Bolivia, Kahului, JFK

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