Trivia 2016 (miscellaneous news)

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A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 registered A7-BCC has collided with a mast during taxi in Namibia.

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Photo Credit: Tanzie Mokhatu

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'Tour de l'EuroMétropole' is finished. In the air, Sotravia finished first.

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[Passenger]

A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 registered A7-BCC has collided with a mast during taxi in Namibia.

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Photo Credit: Tanzie Mokhatu

A local newspaper (in Afrikaans) reports that the damage to the 787 was "cosmetic", and according to FR24 the return flight took off 3 hours later. It's unclear from the report in the newspaper how the aircraft was guided to its parking space. I haven't been at Windhoek Airport for the last 10 years, so I don't know how the airport looks today. But ten years ago there was soo much open space (just like in the whole country) that one doens't need a follow-me car.

Article in Afrikaans:
http://www.republikein.com.na/nuus/eina-my-vlerk/

FR24:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a7-bcc

The flag mast however didn't survived the collision:


Photo: Die Republikein - http://republikein.com.na

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This beautiful SWISS Avro RJ100 is no more. It flew back to the lessor in NWI. It will be missed.

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Flyer sues Emirates after sitting next to obese passenger

Italian Attorney Giorgio Destro says being forced to suffer “spillover” from the overweight flyer seated next to him on a nine-hour flight is ample grounds for restitution.

Emirates passenger Giorgio Destro was not pleased with the seating arrangements on a recent Emirates Airlines flight from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Dubai International Airport (DXB). The estranged Gold Member passenger alleges that the overweight passenger seated next to him on the flight made his trip a living hell.

Destro recounted his ordeal to the Italian newspaper Il Mattino di Padova, “For nine hours, I had to stand in the aisle, sit on seats reserved for the cabin crew when they were free, and in the final phase of flight resign myself to suffer the ‘spillover’ of the passenger at my side.” The Padova-based lawyer explained that he was so disturbed by the unpleasant flight that he later made the decision to sue the airline in an Italian courtroom. The attorney even took a selfie of himself seated next to the enormous seatmate in a bid to document his alleged suffering.

The litigious flyer told the Daily Mail that he was asking for more than $10,000 in restitution and damages as a result of the cramped flight. Destro says that he asked to be relocated to a seat next to a less massive passenger, but was informed that the flight was full. A spokesperson for the airline declined to comment on the incident, citing the ongoing lawsuit.

Destro told reporters that he felt compelled to take the airline to court after Emirates officials declined to apologize or otherwise compensate him as a result of the unpleasant experience. As it stands now, the case is scheduled for an initial hearing on October 20 in a Padova courtroom.

http://www.flyertalk.com/articles/flyer ... enger.html

[Stij]

Flyer sues Emirates after sitting next to obese passenger

Seriously? Look at the picture he took as evidence http://mattinopadova.gelocal.it/padova/ ... refresh_ce Not fun for sure, but he'll never get his 10.000$!!!

On the other hand: 10 seats abreast on a 777... the reason I avoid Emirates...

Stij

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Flyer sues Emirates after sitting next to obese passenger

Seriously? Look at the picture he took as evidence http://mattinopadova.gelocal.it/padova/ ... refresh_ce Not fun for sure, but he'll never get his 10.000$!!!

On the other hand: 10 seats abreast on a 777... the reason I avoid Emirates...

Stij

Is it so rare Air France has the same configuration....

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10 seats abreast on a 777... the reason I avoid Emirates...

Stij

Is it so rear Air France has the same configuration....

About half of the airlines operating the 777 have now 10-abreast, but there is still a little 50% who still have the 3-3-3 layout. I have vowed not to fly a 10-abreast 777 (or a 9-abreast 787 for that matter). At least long-haul!

[jan_olieslagers]

Is it so rear ...

Would you rather have it up front?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[lumumba]

Is it so rear ...

Would you rather have it up front?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

It's fixed

[Stij]

Is it so rare Air France has the same configuration....

I don't fly AF either (also because of CDG and the TGV joke)

Cheers,

Stij

[lumumba]

Is it so rare Air France has the same configuration....

I don't fly AF either (also because of CDG and the TGV joke)

Cheers,

Stij

You are right about that it's when I have no other choice...

[Yuqu12]

I read somewhere on facebook that Jet Airways wants to start using a 777 for thier routes to AMS. Could someone confirm this? That would mean that they are doing better there than at BRU.

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I read somewhere on facebook that Jet Airways wants to start using a 777 for thier routes to AMS. Could someone confirm this? That would mean that they are doing better there than at BRU.

Sure they do better than in Brussels they are integrated in Skyteam completely not like in Brussels.
For example they stop to fly to Newark but they code share with KLM .
If Air India was not in Star Alliance than Jet would be,they tried to do so but the integration of Air India in Star was already to far.
They try to reject them I don't remember the reason they give but they had big problems with the Indian government after.
They did a step back ....

[Passenger]

Qantas 737-800 go-around at Melbourne on 8th October:

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At CDG airport Terminal 2E, there are currently important disruptions in luggage sorting system (damage caused by fire). Passengers from Skyteam flights are kindly requested to contact their airline to organise luggage delivery. Groupe Aéroports de Paris apologises for any inconvenience caused and is taking actions to get back to normal activities.

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Additional controls on all roads and public transport to Berlin airports (TXL & SXF) due to terrorist hunt. If you fly from there, be there well in advance!

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PH-HKM Piper PA-34 emergency landing at Amsterdam Lelystad Airport yesterday (9th Oct). The pilot announced that the noise landing gear failed to lock, and Tower confirmed this during a visual check.

http://www.hv-almere.nl/2016/10/video-v ... d-airport/

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Hamburg Airport has now been named after deceased former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, in a very low profile way as he did prefer.

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Aer Lingus EI120 incident at Orlando today.