Archive for category METEO

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT FALLOUT

Dec 4

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Accidents, Australian, Civilians, Earthquake, Firefighting, Floods, Japan, LISTEN, Mud, NRBC, Nuclear, PLS 2 / SLP 2, PRONOUNCE, Radioactive contamination, READ, Water | No Comments

Firefighters, as well as military personnel might be involved in a CRO (Crisis Response Operation – WARNING as this acronym has many other meanings in the military).

To whom it may concern, a short vocabulary review could be useful in case of (let’s hope you won’t deal with it) either natural disasters or a nuclear powerplant accident.

For instance:

“Fallout” is used in the headline above, and it means “consequences” but it also means “fallout” like in “radioactive/radiological fallout” (retombees radioactives/radiologiques)
NRBC (Nuclear, Radiological, Biological, and Chemical) or CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear)
Meltdown scenario = scenario de fusion du coeur du reacteur
Plume of smoke = Panache de fumee
Tidal wave, tsunami = Tsunami
Earthquake, quake = Tremblement de terre
Tremor = Secousse, replique
Shake, shaking = Secousse
Mud slide (prononcez [meud slaïd])/Land slide = Coulee de boue/Glissement de terrain
Flood/Flooding (prononcez [fleud] ou [fleuding]) = innondation
Fire/Arson = Incendie/Incendie criminel

…and so on. Watch, and listen carefully to the following video:

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HURRICANE Irene to reach NEW-YORK

Aug 26

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in American, Floods, LISTEN, PLS 3 / SLP 3, Storm, USA, USAF, WC-130, Weather, Weather, Wind | No Comments

A pilot risking his life onboard a 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J Weatherbird weather reconnaissance aircraft, observed the hurricane in the eye of the storm and reported winds at around 100mph today:

New-York braces for what could be the most destructive hurricane since 1938 maybe 1821. South and North Carolina are beginning to feel the effects of Irene. As showed in the videos hereafter, Irene might cause widespread damage particularly by flooding well beyond the coastal cities such as Virginia Beach; Norfolk; Atlantic City, as well as Kill Devil Hills, the site of the Wright Brothers National Memorial close to Kitty Hawk:

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Rio-Paris Flight 447 Crash Analysis

Jul 31

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A330, Brazil, British, FCL 1.028, FCL 1.200, Flight AF 447 crash, France, Hum. Fact., ICAO levels, Icing, LISTEN, Misc., On board, Pilots, PLS 2 / SLP 2, READ, Storm, Weather | No Comments

Special thanks to Thierry Hermas who teaches English radiotelephony at the French Air Force Academy (EOAA Salon de Provence). Indeed, he has analyzed, and compiled some extracts of the Air France Flight 447 reports issued by the BEA (Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile – Flight safety investigations and analyses bureau www.bea.aero) for training purposes.

CLICK HERE:

In addition to this document, Mr Hermas suggested two videos about the Rio-Paris crash which happened on June 1, 2009. The video hereafter is the first of a series of four:

The second video is available here: http://www.france24.com/en/20110527-air-france-flight-rio-paris-pilots-crash-brazil-airbus

Here is another video about a few extracts of the cockpit audio transcript translated into English:

Tags: A330, A330-203, Accident, AERO & MILITARY PUBLICATIONS, AF 447, Airbus, Atlantic, BEA, Co-pilot, Copilot, Crash, Emergency, FCL 1.028, FCL 1.200, FDR, First officer, Flight SAFETY, Flying, Icing, LISTEN, Paris, Pilots, Pitot, PLS 2222, PUBLICATIONS, READ, Reports, Rio de Janeiro, Sea, Situation, Situational awareness, Speed, Stall, Storm, Thierry Hermas, Transcript, Video, Weather

Argentine and Uruguayan flights cancelled due to volcanic ash

Jun 9

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Air TRAFFIC, Argentina, Ash, British, Chile, Clouds, LISTEN, Passengers, PLS 2 / SLP 2, READ, Uruguay, Volcano, Weather | No Comments

An ash blanket has covered Buenos Aires today June 9, 2011.

The Puyehue – a Chilean volcano – has been erupting since June 4, and as a result, all the aircraft have been grounded, as well as all the flights have been cancelled at the main Buenos Aires airports – Ezeiza International Airport (also Ministro Pistarini International Airport); Jorge Newbery Airport; and Ástor Piazzolla International Airport. Flights have been cancelled in Uruguay at Carrasco International Airport.

Traffic troubles had begun in Argentina on Tuesday, then the flight resumed on Wednesday. A huge ash cloud is still hovering over the Argentine capital at FL 290 (9,000 m). The cleaning operation are going on.

Watch the video hereafter:

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On what may have caused AF flight 447 crash

May 29

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A330, Accidents, American, Brazil, Cabin crew, Cockpit, Flight SAFETY, France, Icing, Instrumentation, LISTEN, Misc., Passengers, Pilots, PLS 3 / SLP 3, READ, Sensors, SPEED | No Comments

As the Flight Data Recorder (FDR); the CSMU (Crash Survival Memory Cockpit); and the CVR – Cockpit Voice Recorder – have been recovered from the shell of the Air France Airbus A330-203 registered F-GZCP, we may learn more about the crash that happened to the flight AF 447 in the Atlantic Ocean between Rio de Janeiro GaleÃ£o and Paris Charles de Gaulle on May 31, 2009.

According to the French BEA – air accident investigations bureau – report, the aircraft was plunging at a speed of 10,912 feet per minute; a ground speed of 107 knots; with a pitch attitude of 16.2Â° nose-up; a roll angle of 5.3Â° left; and a magnetic heading of 270Â° when the recordings stopped.

It has been deemed by aviation pundits that the pitot tubes might have failed due to icing at FL 380. However, no piece of evidence but the weird speed indications has demonstrated that these probes were actually icing. Moreover, there is no pitot tube mentioned in this report. This tragic accident killed all the people – cabin crew members; passengers; and pilots – on board. There were 228 of them. May they rest in peace.

Tags: A330, A330-203, AERONAUTICS, AF 447, Air France, Airbus, AIRCRAFT, Aircrash, American, ASI, Atlantic, Attitude, Aviation, BEA, BRAZIL, Brazilian, Cabin crew, Charles de Gaulle, Cockpit, Crash, Crashes, CSMU, CVR, Death toll, F-GZCP, Failure, FCL 1.200, FDR, FL380, Flight Data Recorder, Flight level, Flight SAFETY, FRANCE, French, Galeao, Icing, Indications, Instrumentation, Investigation, LISTEN, NEWS, Ocean, Passengers, Pilots, Pitch, Plane crash, PLS 3333, READ, Report, Rio de Janeiro, Sea, Sensors, Speed, Stall, Video, VSI

Volcanic ash posing a threat to flight safety

May 22

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in Ash, ENGINES, France, Iceland, LISTEN, Misc., PLS 2 / SLP 2, READ, Scotland, Spain, UK, Volcano, Weather | No Comments

Sunday 5/22/2011 – Breaking news:

The Grimsvötn volcano began erupting yesterday. It is located underneath the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in southeastern Iceland. As it has been sending ash into the skies up to flight level 650 i.e. 65,000 ft or around 20 kilometers or 12 miles.

The European fleets might be grounded due to the spreading of an ash cloud which is forecast to drift over Scotland on Tuesday – May 24, 2011 – and expected to reach France and Spain by Thursday or Friday. Here is an interesting short documentary about how the scientists examine the volcanic ash, and how they determine that it can pose a threat to aircraft.

Watch the video:

Volcanic Ash – When is it a Threat to Airflight? par NewsLook

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