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recent bookmarks from jmTui plane in ‘serious incident’ due to software bug2021-04-09T08:21:32+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/09/tui-plane-serious-incident-every-miss-on-board-child-weight-birmingham-majorca?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
jmA software mistake caused a Tui flight to take off heavier than expected as female passengers using the title “Miss” were classified as children, an investigation has found.
The departure from Birmingham airport to Majorca with 187 passengers on board was described as a “serious incident” by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
An update to the airline’s reservation system while its planes were grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic led to 38 passengers on the flight being allocated a child’s “standard weight” of 35kg as opposed to the adult figure of 69kg. This caused the load sheet – produced for the captain to calculate what inputs are needed for take-off – to state that the Boeing 737 was more than 1,200kg lighter than it actually was.
]]>flight aviation bugs risks software flying tui titles i18nhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:fc94152fdea8/Reduction in risk from inward travel with/without a negative COVID-19 PCR test2021-01-06T10:28:04+00:00
https://twitter.com/dazult_pdempsey/status/1346583436811759621/photo/1
jmcovid-19 travel flying medicine sars-cov-2 pcr twitter graphshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:1846d78634e0/Internal FAA review envisaged one fatal crash every 2-3 years with 737-MAX2019-12-11T13:50:27+00:00
https://www.wsj.com/articles/internal-faa-review-saw-high-risk-of-737-max-crashes-11576069202
jmU.S. regulators decided to allow the [Boeing] 737 MAX jet to keep flying after its first fatal crash last fall, despite their own analysis [...] The November 2018 internal Federal Aviation Administration analysis, expected to be released during a House committee hearing Wednesday, reveals that without agency intervention, the MAX could have averaged one fatal crash about every two or three years, according to industry officials and regulators.
]]>faa fail regulation us-politics boeing safety 737max flying accidentshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:05ffdcdda3b2/John Barnett on Why He Won’t Fly on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner2019-12-03T10:51:13+00:00
https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/john-barnett-on-why-he-wont-fly-on-a-boeing-787-dreamliner/
jm“When I worked on the 747, the 767, the 777 in Everett, those are beautiful planes. And the people there fully understood what it took to build a safe and airworthy aircraft. I hate to throw the entire label over the whole product line. But as far as the 787, I would change flights before I would fly a 787. I’ve told my family — please don’t fly a 787. Fly something else. Try to get a different ticket. I want the people to know what they are riding on.”
]]>business flight flying safety boeing danger 787 john-barnett whistleblowershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:42ae4123e4bb/The many human errors that brought down the Boeing 737 Max - The Verge2019-05-02T14:12:33+00:00
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/2/18518176/boeing-737-max-crash-problems-human-error-mcas-faa
jmHad anyone [at the FAA] checked, they might have flagged MCAS for one of several reasons, including its lack of redundancy, its unacceptably high risk of failure, or its significant increase in power to the point that it was no longer just a “hazardous failure” kind of system.
When asked for comment, the agency said, “The FAA’s aircraft certification processes are well established and have consistently produced safe aircraft designs.”
Boeing defended the process as well. “The system of authorized representatives — delegated authority — is a robust and effective way for the FAA to execute its oversight of safety,” a spokesperson told The Verge.
But that system only works when someone actually reads the paperwork.
]]>mcas boeing 737max fail safety faa flying regulationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:82291b43c7a6/Flight Rights2018-07-11T13:27:45+00:00
https://www.flightrights.ie/
jmconsumer aviation flights ryanair aer-lingus ireland rights flyinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:8bd4102f430d/Mozilla Employee Denied Entry to the United States2017-06-28T13:14:02+00:00
http://gizmodo.com/mozilla-employee-denied-entry-to-the-united-states-1796465566
jm“I can’t think of a single valid reason why they would deny me travel, so what concerns me is that somehow someone did and then I’m worried that I’ll get trouble fixing that issue,” Stenberg said. “I’m a little worried since border crossings are fairly serious matters and getting trouble to visit the US in the future would be a serious blowback for me, both personally with friends and relatives there, and professionally with conferences and events there.”
]]>curl travel mozilla esta us-politics usa immigration flyinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:7222ea751044/The Airplane Seating Arrangement that Triggers 'Air Rage'2016-05-03T13:29:15+00:00
http://gizmodo.com/the-airplane-seating-arrangement-that-triggers-air-rage-1774254543
jm
As lead researcher Katherine DeCelles explained to Gizmodo, airplanes are like a miniature version of class-based society. “It’s a small world of the greater society that we live in, though one that’s greatly concentrated,” she said. Traveling by plane is stressful enough, but DeCelles believes that seating inequality on airplanes often serves as “the straw that breaks the camel’s back,” and that air rage can be partly explained and understood through the lens of social inequality.
]]>air-rage first-class flying air travel anger economyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:484d2f39eddc/What Are the Worst Airports in the World?2015-09-01T08:45:16+00:00
http://priceonomics.com/what-are-the-worst-airports-in-the-world/?curator=MediaREDEF
jmairports comparison via:boingboing flying travel ranking world skytraxhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:ec76d940450c/Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves?2014-11-14T14:57:02+00:00
http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crash#
jmairlines automation flight flying accidents post-mortems af447 air-france autopilot alerts pilots team-leaders clipper-skippers alternate-lawhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:404d98e6a267/FlightAware MiseryMap2014-02-17T23:25:02+00:00
http://de.flightaware.com/miserymap/
jmvia:postwait misery air-travel travel flying ord weather mapshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:c2dbacdd6604/Air France 447 Flight-Data Recorder Transcript - What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 - Popular Mechanics2011-12-08T15:55:06+00:00
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877
jmaviation crash flight flying autopilot stalls warnings alarms ui af447 risks automationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:cc02b8859dac/Travel Hacks: What are the best travel hacks? - Quora2011-04-06T13:28:46+00:00
http://www.quora.com/Travel-Hacks/What-are-the-best-travel-hacks
jmquora travel howto tips flying hackshttps://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:05ebb43105b9/Socializing the Weather2009-08-17T21:11:30+00:00
http://ithurtstonotbreathe.blogspot.com/2009/08/socializing-weather.html
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