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@AirplaneCentral Dang

Just now on SW Flight #1496 Burbank to Las Vegas. Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport. Myself & Plenty of people flew out of their seats & bumped heads on ceiling, a flight attendant needed medical attention. Pilot said his collision warning went off & he needed to avoid plane coming at us. Wow.

We are continuing to process data from receiver sources individually. Additional processing confirms #AI171 departed using the full length of Runway 23 at Ahmedabad. RWY 23 is 11,499 feet long. The aircraft backtracked to the end of the runway before beginning its take off roll.

🔴 #BREAKING | Qatar Airways has reached an agreement with Boeing for 160 aircraft. The order is worth US$200 billion according to the US administration. The deal was announced during the U.S. President’s visit to Doha earlier today. #Airways #News

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DAMNING NEW INFO on Thursday near misses involving two DCA flights and an Army Black Hawk. FAA says helo “did not proceed directly to the Pentagon” and instead “took a scenic route around.” Closest distance to Republic 5825 was “0.4 miles and 200 feet.” This involved *the very same* Army unit involved in the fatal DCA midair collision.

Our full coverage of the event: flightlines.co/p/31-mcas-beau…

To celebrate tax day, here's a picture of an F35 hovering at the MCAS Beaufort Air Show this past weekend.

@LtColAMacBride @BuzzPatterson Cool site 👍

@BuzzPatterson So why do we have more Taxiway and Grass than Runways? Because we want more incidents, accidents, delays, lost flights, hight costs & fares… A Smart Airport has only runway and ramp Uses dynamic digital lighting systems integrated with individual aircraft MyCaptain.biz

Whoah. Captain screwed up big time.

@theGeorgeShouse @BuzzPatterson 😂

@BuzzPatterson That’s when the tower starts flirting with you and trying to give you their number to call them. I always tell them no thanks I’m married.

Interesting that 6 was also removed. Curious what this means for similar corridors in other parts of the country.

Catching a falling rocket is still damned impressive. Just a remarkable engineering feat. Congratulations to the 1,000s of engineers at SpaceX who broke their minds working on that.

Read the latest Flightlines for our review of the current state of ATC privatization: flightlines.co/p/30-privatize…

AI could shrink those gate delays. FAA notes weather costs billions yearly. Journal of Air Transport Management found 30% delay cuts in simulations.

AI isn’t perfect, Google data shows 5% prediction errors. Still FAA trials cut weather incidents 20% per NASA.

AI is revolutionizing ATC, predicting weather to cut delays. FAA says weather causes 70% of delays, AI could slash that by 30% per studies.

Watch Starship's eighth flight test → spacex.com/launches/missi… twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Read more: media.uk.norwegian.com/pressreleases/…

Norwegian has announced an agreement to buy ten Boeing 737-800 aircraft that are currently a part of its leased fleet. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025.

@SpaceX Just have to wait a bit longer..

Now targeting to launch Starship's eighth flight test as soon as Wednesday, March 5 → spacex.com/launches/missi…