About this episode

This episode discusses a runway collision at La Guardia Airport and recent news from United Airlines and Qatar Airways.

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss what we know so far about the collision between flight AC8646 and an airport fire truck at New York’s La Guardia Airport. We walk through the sequence of events provided by the NTSB and analyze some of the initial areas where investigators are focusing their efforts. In Los Angeles, Jason is joined by Ned Russell and Jon Ostrower to recap the news from United Airlines’ big reveal, including new aircraft configurations, features, and a new aircraft name. Plus, it was the unscripted comments just as much as the scripted ones from United CEO Scott Kirby that got our attention. In the Middle East, Qatar Airways is parking a portion of its fleet while some countries in Asia are warning of a looming fuel shortage. Plus we check in on news orders for the Finnair fleet to find the airline still very much averse to the A320neo family. Helpful links for this week’s episode * La Guardia crash data * FAA issues new rules on helicopter separation Thank you for listening! Whether this is your first episode of AvTalk or you’ve listened to every single episode, we appreciate you spending your time with us. If you’d like to help other people find…

People in this episode

Host: Jason

Guests: Ned Russell, Jon Ostrower

Topics covered

• aviation safety
• airline news
• aircraft configurations
• fuel shortage
• investigation

Keywords

• collision
• La Guardia
• NTSB
• United Airlines
• Qatar Airways
• Finnair
• A320neo
• aviation news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NTSB, United Airlines, Qatar Airways, Finnair

Products: A320neo

Places: New York, La Guardia Airport

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