Trivia 2015 (miscellaneous news)

[Passenger]

The cargo area at Dublin Airport was the scene of a tiger kidnapping this morning:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/du ... 55693.html

[sn26567]

Unusual:

The EU Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc will have a Twitter chat on the EU Aviation policy on 8 December from 14:00 to 15:00 CET. Follow her on @Bulc_EU and tweet your questions using #AviationChat !

[sn26567]

Bird strikes are very common in aviation, but a dog strike?

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 performing flight TK-1450 from Porto to Istanbul with 68 passengers, landed on Istanbul Ataturk Airport's runway 05 when a dog crossed the runway and was hit by the aircraft. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. The aircraft did not sustain damage but needed a good wash.

http://avherald.com/h?article=490520b6&opt=0

[Passenger]

Bird strikes are very common in aviation, but a dog strike?

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 performing flight TK-1450 from Porto to Istanbulwith 68 passengers, landed on Istanbul Ataturk Airport's runway 05 when a dog crossed the runway and was hit by the aircraft. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. The aircraft did not sustain damage but needed a good wash.

http://avherald.com/h?article=490520b6&opt=0

And what about this incident, also reported tonight?!
http://avherald.com/h?article=49052366&opt=0

[sn26567]

And what about this incident, also reported tonight?!
http://avherald.com/h?article=49052366&opt=0

[Passenger]

And what about this incident, also reported tonight?!
http://avherald.com/h?article=49052366&opt=0

Imagine you see 40 of these on the runway where you have to land:


photo Wikipedia

[jan_olieslagers]

I should think a low-pass (or a couple of them?) ought to scare them off?
Worse about boars is their tendency to make holes, also on grass runways: not so long ago, the Ulmodrome at Maillen (EBML) had to be closed for this reason.

[convair]

...Worse about boars is their tendency to make holes, also on grass runways: not so long ago, the Ulmodrome at Maillen (EBML) had to be closed for this reason.

Quite boring indeed!

[Passenger]

Belly landing for a BAE 125 Hawker 800 (N164WC) at Palm Springs, after landing gear failure:

[Passenger]

Dog strike:

Bird strikes are very common in aviation, but a dog strike?
A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 performing flight TK-1450 from Porto to Istanbulwith 68 passengers, landed on Istanbul Ataturk Airport's runway 05 when a dog crossed the runway and was hit by the aircraft. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. The aircraft did not sustain damage but needed a good wash.
http://avherald.com/h?article=490520b6&opt=0

Wild pig strike:

And what about this incident, also reported tonight?!
http://avherald.com/h?article=49052366&opt=0
Imagine you see 40 of these on the runway where you have to land:

Boar - photo Wikipedia

And now a deer strike:
A Dash-8 had a deer strike while landing at Santa Rosa (California):
http://avherald.com/h?article=4905d22b&opt=0

[sn26567]

The crew and passengers of a Lufthansa flight today from Frankfurt to Belgrade overpowered a Jordanian man with a US passport who interfered with a cabin door, threatening to bring the plane down. The passengers are said to be players of the Voivodina handball team. The man was arrested by police upon the arrival in Belgrade.

[sn26567]

This morning some crazy passenger opened the door of Volaris flight VOI714 (MEX-CUN) to leave the plane (still on the ground)

[sn26567]

The current problems of Volkswagen are known. They need money. Thus Volkswagen will sell its VIP A319, serial 1212, as part of a broader plan to rein in costs.

[sn26567]

The Empire State building of New York illuminated in the Qatar Airways burgundy colours to celebrate the move of the airline's US headquarters into the building:

[sn26567]

An intruder fast asleep in Angela Merkel's bed on board of the German Government's A319

Volkan T. was reported on Tuesday to have been fast asleep in a bed used by Chancellor Angela Merkel when police boarded the government jet where he had partied in his underpants, high on drugs. She wasn't there. Prosecutors have yet to find a motive.

The security breach took place on the night of July 25 and criticism of the police and air force has intensified in recent days after it emerged how easily he managed to get on board, and that it took police almost four hours to secure the plane by removing him.

Volkan T. is believed to have been under the influence of marijuana and ecstasy while he partied around the plane, causing €100,000 in damage by spraying fire extinguisher foam around the luxury interior, deploying an emergency slide and damaging the surface of a wing. He also fiddled with cockpit controls and could technically have taken off, investigators said.

Full story in Der Spiegel: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zei ... 18792.html

[Homo Aeroportus]

An intruder fast asleep in Angela Merkel's bed on board of the German Government's A319

.... he had partied in his underpants, high on drugs.
She wasn't there. Prosecutors have yet to find a motive.

This is her private life !
She perfectly had the right not to be there !!



H.A.

[FLYAIR10]

USA's three biggest airlines ban "hoverboards"

American, Delta and United announced that they would no longer allow these things aboard their planes.

Poorly labeled, powerful lithium-ion batteries powering hoverboards are the issue as per Delta airlines statement.Delta reviewed hoverboard product specifications and found that manufacturers do not consistently provide detail about the size or power of their lithium-ion batteries.

Delta said it found that the strength of the batteries in hoverboards “often” exceeded government limits for what’s allowed onboard an aircraft. “While occurrences are uncommon, these batteries can spontaneously overheat and pose a fire hazard risk,”

Other airlines are taking the same measures.

It's amazing how these 'toys' are already that popular to trigger a concern and a ban with airlines..

Source:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/fl ... /77110988/?

[sn26567]

SWISS has designed a special livery for its first Boeing 777-300 to be delivered in January 2016:

[luchtzak]

SWISS has designed a special livery for its first Boeing 777-300 to be delivered in January 2016:

[sn26567]

SWISS has designed a special livery for its first Boeing 777-300 to be delivered in January 2016

It seems after all that the information was premature: the livery of the first 777 will match that of the rest of the SWISS fleet, says SWISS in a tweet today.