Ya, and if you spin the photo backwards you can hear it faintly saying "Des Moines"!
Dubuque photo with Chicago and Orion's Belt in the background [edited, not Des Moines]
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Air Canada 143. I believe they went 100 miles from 41,000.
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This makes me feel better (for some reason)
The city lights footprint looked very small. Which makes sense now that its actually Dubuque.
The city lights footprint looked very small. Which makes sense now that its actually Dubuque.
A wrong was righted on the internet in a fairly civil manner.
I guess I've seen it all now.
I guess I've seen it all now.
Yes but not really at play for a flight over land in the US. The most direct path will still keep the plane within minimums to an alternate; there are plenty of airports. That’s more for over-water routes.
It depends. Weather and winds is the biggest factor. Continental flights do not take enroute airports into account but always have alternates if the destination is not accessible for whatever reason.
ETOPS (Extended Twin Operations) or (Engines Turn or People Swim) is a certification that rates twin engine aircraft on their ability to operate on one engine en-route given in minutes it can fly away from a suitable airfield. For instance the A350XWB has an ETOPS 370 certification meaning it can fly roughly six hours from a suitable airfield making nearly any route possible on earth.
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There are ETOPS rules that apply to both the airline and the individual airplane as well in order to fly those overwater routes away from alternates. For example, the same mechanic can't do the same maintenance on both engines. Since the entire concept is predicated on the fact that a dual engine failure is so remote, they have to eliminate possibilities of the same failure affecting both engines. The airline then has to prove that actual engine reliability in service is maintaining a certain threshold (99.99+%...I don't remember the actual number).
It depends. Weather and winds is the biggest factor. Continental flights do not take enroute airports into account but always have alternates if the destination is not accessible for whatever reason.
ETOPS (Extended Twin Operations) or (Engines Turn or People Swim) is a certification that rates twin engine aircraft on their ability to operate on one engine en-route given in minutes it can fly away from a suitable airfield. For instance the A350XWB has an ETOPS 370 certification meaning it can fly roughly six hours from a suitable airfield making nearly any route possible on earth.
ETOPS - Wikipedia
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I believe this was the issue that Southwest got into a couple of years ago when they "accidentally" flew a non ETOPS 737 to Hawaii.
I picture her settling in after a long flight with a nice pint, opening up her Twitter and muttering to herself "what a bunch of ******* nerds."
It’s terrible that the media will write/report stories without having at least two sources verify the information. I guess that’s par for the course these days…
Ya, and if you spin the photo backwards you can hear it faintly saying "Des Moines"!
"Turn me on Des Moines, turn me on Des Moines..."
We have to be careful or the Register is going to start coming here and asking us to write their stories for them in exchange for a ****** umbrella.
It's all ok as long as she doesn't land her big-arse cargo plane at an airport with a runway that doesn't meet spec for the plane...
It's Away! Cargo Jet That Landed At Wrong Airport Takes Off
A Boeing 747 jet was supposed to land at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. Instead, it touched down at a small municipal airport across town. That was a problem: The runway there is much shorter than what the big jet typically needs on takeoff. But the plane is now on its way again.
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It's all ok as long as she doesn't land her big-arse cargo plane at an airport with a runway that doesn't meet spec for the plane...
It's Away! Cargo Jet That Landed At Wrong Airport Takes Off
A Boeing 747 jet was supposed to land at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. Instead, it touched down at a small municipal airport across town. That was a problem: The runway there is much shorter than what the big jet typically needs on takeoff. But the plane is now on its way again.
I still lived down there then. That was quite the day, took a different route to work just to see it.
