PASSENGERS DID BELIEVE THEIR AIRCRAFT WOULD CRASH

Posté le 18 janvier 2012 de Toni G.

Scary flight onboard British Airways BA 0206 – It happened over the Atlantic Ocean at 35,000 feet on Friday January 13, 2012 at 03.00 AM.

The passengers were given the scare of their lives by an emergency message which said that the aircraft was about to crash into the ocean, and that they have to brace themselves for impact. It just was not true, as the message was pre-taped, and was sent-out by mistake. The flight attendants dashed into the cabin to calm down the panic surging. Then, an announcement added that such warnings – if re-iterated – should be diregarded.

British Airways has apologized to the people who were onboard BA 0206 for this incident. Watch the video:

Heathrow on Bank Holiday Evening

Posté le 23 octobre 2011 de Toni G.

Cours d’anglais aéronautique sur FCL ANGLAIS

RAF fighter aircraft – TORNADO GR4s at RIAT 2011

Posté le 18 juillet 2011 de Toni G.

Solid-as-a-rock A380 aircraft struck… by lightning!

Posté le 22 mai 2011 de Toni G.

It is not uncommon for aircraft to be struck by lightning but this super heavy Emirates Airbus A380 got hit by a jagged bolt of lightning right over the pilot’s seats.

A huge amount of electric energy must have passed through the airframe of the aircraft during its approach at London Heathrow last week. Amazingly the commercial aircraft escaped damage, and nobody was hurt.

Is it any wonder this airplane may sustain such a stress in a clap of thunder? The size and the nature of the A380 airframe seems to be the right solution to such hazards. Thanks to its thick metal structure, the plane behaved as a perfect Faraday cage:

Discrimination in the skies? UK’s Air Passenger Duty explained

Posté le 26 mars 2011 de Toni G.

Every passenger departing the UK has to pay a fee. It varies depending where you are flying to, and where you are sitting on the plane. APD – Air Passenger Duty – is divided into four categories or bands based on the distance between London, and the final destination. Watch the video about this « banding system » hereafter: