German investigators probe Lufthansa Boeing 787 nose gear collapse in Frankfurt
German aviation investigators have opened an inquiry into the nose gear collapse of a Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 at Frankfurt Airport, an incident that left several crew members and ground workers with minor injuries. The aircraft was parked at a gate and preparing to operate flight LH450 to Los Angeles when the incident occurred at approximately […]
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United Co-Pilot Warned Captain Of Low Approach Before Boeing 767 Hit Truck
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has just released its preliminary report about that bizarre accident we saw roughly a month ago, where a United jet struck a truck on the New Jersey Turnpike, and it highlights just how avoidable this incident was…
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The Dassault Mercure: The French Boeing 737 Twin
Design Origins Although the short-range, low-capacity segment of the market was saturated with twin-jet designs, inclusive of the Sud-Aviation SE.210 Caravelle, the British Aircraft Corporation BAC-111, the McDonnell-Douglas DC-9, the Boeing 737, and the Fokker F.28 Fellowship, Dassault-Breguet believed that a larger twin, accommodating at least 150 passengers and operating over sectors no longer than […]The postThe Dassault Mercure: The French Boeing 737 Twinappeared first onAvgeekery.
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