AvTalk Episode 384: And we’re back
About this episode
The episode discusses various aviation incidents and news updates following a week away.
After a week away, there’s much to discuss on this week’s episode of AvTalk. We start in Munich, where the Runway 26L took a great deal of abuse. We discuss the Vietnam Airlines 787 runway overrun and tail strike , followed two days later by a Lufthansa A380 touching down before the threshold on the same runway. We also examine what happened aboard Air India A320neo VT-EXO, which briefly lost pressure across all three hydraulic systems, causing an upset that injured nearly two dozen people. Plus, American puts two aircraft with the same call sign on the same frequency—again—and investigators say an unqualified passenger may have been flying a Phenom 100 that overran a wet runway. Elsewhere, a ramp worker is killed during the pushback of a French bee A350 in Montreal, a Frankfurt Airport employee dies from a rare case of malaria, and a Qantas A380 flies to Dallas and back with a maintenance light left inside its wing. We also discuss rising runway incursions in Australia, the return of the Delta–Aeromexico joint venture, Eurowings’ new Premium BIZ seats, the FAA’s war on plastic cups, United’s orphaned 737 MAX 10 seats, and American’s plan to bring seatback screens…
Topics covered
- aviation incidents
- airline operations
- runway safety
- aircraft maintenance
- aviation news
Keywords
- Vietnam Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Air India
- runway overrun
- A380
- A320neo
- runway safety
- aviation news
- airline operations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Vietnam Airlines, Lufthansa, Air India, American, French bee
Products: A320neo, A350, A380, 737 MAX 10, Premium BIZ seats
Places: Munich, Dallas, Montreal, Frankfurt Airport, Australia
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