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#DYK vehicles with flashing green lights are responding volunteer firefighters? Flashing green lights mean pull over and yield as if it were an ambulance, fire truck, or police car to ensure a quick response time in the event of an emergency.
#firesafety
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@okiefrommn @airlinevideos No, that's basically what Oneworld does, very bland. Skyteam liveries are the best.
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@airlinevideos Black but get that star alliance symbol off the tail and leave the airlines own logo.
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Two different Star Alliance liveries took off from LAX during Tuesday’s Airline Videos Live broadcast! Which tail color do you prefer, white or black? ✈️🖤🤍
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Ok, here’s what I know:
- First, nobody really knows anything. The pilots probably have some idea, but they may not know, either.
- I’ve seen no indication the plane was in distress beforehand.
- The Tower controller audio sounds normal. Canada has had an ATC shortage just like the US, but there is no indication that played a role here.
- The runways had compacted snow, but read mostly as “condition 5”, which is not that bad as far as being slippery (it’s a 0-6 scale, 6 is dry, 5 is wet *or* some coating of snow / other contaminant).
- The winds were strong & gusty. There are multiple sources for wind data; the ATIS was reporting stronger winds than Tower & a slightly different direction, but both were strong.
- The airplane may have been near its “crosswind limit” depending on which weather source you use. That doesn’t necessarily mean anything, though.
(Crosswind limits are the extent that the airplane was tested & certified to, not an absolute limit. You could exceed them, but it would be tough explaining why you chose to)
- Whatever happened, it happened quick.
- It’s unusual to see airplanes end upside down, but when you do there is usually more casualties & a big fire. Lucky, and fire services seem to have responded pretty quickly.
- The NTSB will assist (since it’s a US airline), but Canadian authorities will lead the investigation.
- The jet is a regional CRJ 900, being called Delta but it’s operated by a different company. That relationship is complicated.
- Regionals are sometimes seen as a stepping stone to major airlines with inexperienced pilots building time to be competitive for a job at the majors, but that isn’t always the case. Many regional pilots are quite happy to stay at the regionals & have 10,000 hours or more.
- The two high profile accidents (DCA) were both regional jets, yes, but I see no pattern or connection there with the evidence available; these are very different crashes.
I try not to speculate on these things, though it’s very tempting; not because I know anything, but because pilots are kind of built with a desire to know how something can happen, and now, so we don’t do the same. “If it can happen to that crew, it can happen to me”. I don’t always follow that rule as close as I’d like, but I’m going to do my best to avoid speculating.
Politics should stay out of this. I highly doubt any political policy had anything to do with this.
Is this stuff happening more frequently lately? Well, we’ve certainly had a bad stretch. Some of it is more exposure, and until recently that’s all I thought it was.
That does NOT mean I think something is going on, though. We might go the next few months with absolutely nothing happening (which would be remarkable) and even out the year thus far. You can run the numbers any way you want to on this stuff, and I expect you’ll see scary graphs…but then it all flattens out over a longer axis. How to lie with statistics kind of thing.
I’m not concerned about flying for the moment, but yes, this has been a little unusual. It’s just still too early to say the safety system is broken; zero accidents is the goal, but it’s not possible in the real world. Obviously, we’ll be looking at this stuff carefully at the airlines to eliminate any weaknesses or trends we can ID, but every crash is different.
That said, would I put my kids on one of these airplanes tomorrow? Yes, I would. Would I worry about it? The logical side of my brain wouldn’t, but humans aren’t strictly logical. I wouldn’t say I’d be worried, but I’d notice it & think about it – it can’t really be helped & it’s understandable.
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A Delta flight carrying roughly 80 passengers from Minnesota appears to have crash landed at Toronto Pearson Airport. No casualties have been reported as of this time. Numerous photos and videos have been released showing passengers safely exiting the plane, which flipped upside down. At least 8 people are injured, paramedics say.
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Windrows - piles of snow left by plows at driveways, sidewalks, and intersections - are a natural part of snow clearing. While they can be frustrating, they are unavoidable. If a windrow is on your property, please shovel carefully, pace yourself, and help a neighbor if you can.
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#HamOntSnow Reminders: Parking off the street helps our snow crew clear snow more effectively, especially in residential neighbourhoods. Where possible, please park your car off the street this weekend. hamilton.ca/snow
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Gulf moisture transport is already looking prolific, and the Colorado surface low has not yet begun to intensify. This influx of moisture is expected to contribute to significant snowfall across Southern Ontario and Quebec, especially on Sunday. #ONstorm
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@nft_anthropy @WxOntario1 Nobody knows lots of variability in the models. Because I want pure snow and not a tossed salad, I'm probably getting the tossed salad.
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@WxOntario1 I am confused ... will niagara get rain/mix or all snow?
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@dn280 @ngmodelsglobal you know you want to. This and the Korean Air A350-900 next round.
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@StormsOnErie Models are frustratingly all over the place. I'm getting on a sloppy mess in my area. It's rare I get a good old fashion snow storm.
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Both the ECMWF and HRRR models are holding onto their forecasts.
There will be snow, rain and freezing rain.
We'll pretty much have to wait and see.
The line between above and below freezing temps will be right over us so even a tiny move means very different outcomes.
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The top two snowiest Februarys on record for Toronto (YYZ) are February 2008 (76.8 cm) and February 1950 (66.5 cm). So far this year, the total stands at 46.4 cm. By the end of the weekend, we could be challenging the record for the snowiest February on record. #ONStorm
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@fl360aero Keep us posted when it rolls out painted. Here's hoping for another amazing Panda Livery.
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Scheduled for a delivery to Sichuan Airlines, an unpainted Airbus 350-941 passenger plane with flight number AIB97NQ arrived at Tianjin Binhai Airport from Toulouse, France.
The extra wide-body Aircraft will enter the Airbus Tianjin plant for follow-up completion and delivery procedures as scheduled.
This is the first such aircraft of this variant to enter China this year to complete the pre-delivery work.
Sichuan Airlines had placed an order of 10 Airbus A350 XWBs at the Farnborough Airshow in July 2018.
📹 Courtesy: 新华社印尼
#aircraft #aviation
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@blizzardof96 Any chance of a last minute adjustment south and east? I'm south of Hamilton and would rather it not rain, or should I hold out for the weekend system to stay all anow?
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Models coming into better agreement on 15-25cm of snow for the GTA beginning Wednesday around 4-5PM and continuing through early thursday morning. Expecting significant impacts on travel. #ONstorm
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@ECCCWeatherON Any chance this slide a bit further souther and and east? let's say a track over Erie up to Buffalo? Also, the weekend storms looks to have more moisture to work with?
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