Image: 123RF An Air Transat Airbus A330 What are the chances of landing safely on some islands if both engines fail while flying over the ocean? To have two engines fail on a plane is extremely rare. Amongst others, there were 2 such incidents – one was caused by a flock of wild geese at …
Slithering snake on board Airbus A320 caused plane to divert In my last posting (see here), I mentioned that there is a check list for every emergency on board the plane. Now I must confess that there is none for ‘Snake on board cabin’! That was exactly what happened a few days ago day when …
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Loss of Braking memory action involves 8 steps What is the first thing to do in case of an emergency on a plane? I shall answer this Quora question from a pilot’s perspective. Pilots will follow this mantra, ‘AVIATE, NAVIGATE, COMMUNUICATE’ when encountering an emergency. They are taught to aviate, a pilot’s jargon to mean …
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Source: Starboard76 John Travolta flying his own Boeing 707 What is the largest plane you can you fly with a private pilot license? A private pilot license (PPL) is basically the most basic of the 3 flying licenses and it restricts a pilot from operating any plane over 12,500 lbs. However, actor John Travolta was …
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