About this episode

The episode discusses the shutdown of Spirit Airlines and various aviation incidents and issues.

Spirit Airlines shuts down, aircraft technicians are in short supply, Sonex reopens while WACO closes, China Eastern Flight 5735 was intentionally crashed, NTSB’s United 1382 final report, United 169 truck strike, ground vehicle transponders, and the Jeju Flight 2216 accident in South Korea.

Topics covered

• airline operations
• aviation safety
• aircraft maintenance
• aviation incidents
• airline news

Keywords

• Spirit Airlines
• aircraft technicians
• China Eastern Flight 5735
• NTSB report
• aviation news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirit Airlines, Sonex, WACO, China Eastern, NTSB

Places: Jeju, South Korea

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