Your senses don't work correctly in the air as they do on the ground. The fluid flow in your inner ear which assists with spatial orientation doesn't work as intended. Without any visual references you will not notice a change in speed.

(Written on 10/11/2022)(Permalink)

Exactly, the waiting 3 months is likely time to gather documentation and evidence

(Written on 10/10/2022)(Permalink)

CVR would've been overwritten starting the next flight leg

(Written on 10/10/2022)(Permalink)

They haven't been voted out of ICAO, just the governing council body.

(Written on 10/08/2022)(Permalink)

If part serials don't match Boeing or Airbus records, they won't be allowed in EASA or FAA countries, regardless of sanction status.

(Written on 07/01/2022)(Permalink)

With Russia seizing and re-registering leased aircraft (stealing them), no leasing company will ever do business with them again. Russian airlines would have to buy them with straight cash.

(Written on 06/24/2022)(Permalink)

monkey pox isn't even that particularly nasty relative to COVID, and is spread via close physical contact, so is much less contagious.

(Written on 06/11/2022)(Permalink)

China has banned Boeing and Airbus aircraft from Russian airlines from entering. So it seems China has told Russia this is their mess and are on their own.

(Written on 06/08/2022)(Permalink)

Sounds like a reserved special-use flight number

(Written on 06/02/2022)(Permalink)

It's a national icon for them. It would be like if the Statue of Liberty got destroyed, we would rebuild it.

(Written on 05/26/2022)(Permalink)