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Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 nose gear up landing at Nassau (Bahamas):




http://avherald.com/h?article=495f0c2b&opt=0

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Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 nose gear up landing at Nassau (Bahamas):

Second YouTube:



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Report Aviation Herald:
http://avherald.com/h?article=495f0c2b&opt=0

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Second nose gear up landing in two days, second time a safe landing:

Bek Air Fokker 100 in Kazakhstan:



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http://avherald.com/h?article=496046e7&opt=0

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At this very moment, there is a cycling tour going on: Gent-Wevelgem.

Live coverage on tv, thanks to F-GHUV / Beech E90 King Air (ASR-236):
https://www.flightradar24.com/ASR236/938d8e9

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Travel advice from the Israëli Government to their citizens: "if you are in Turkey now, leave that country as soon as possible".

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-cal ... urkey-now/

edited / to be added: "...because we have been told of an imminent terrorist attack against Israëli tourists..."

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Minor incident for the 737-400 that was once OO-VED (Virgin Express):

http://avherald.com/h?article=496150fe&opt=0

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A Chinese first-time-passenger opens the toilet door...

http://mashable.com/2016/03/29/chinese- ... bxUPSF7GqT

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The world is changing. IranAir stewardesses in the 1960ies :

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Indeed ,the world is changing. IranAir stewardesses today :roll:

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Jacqueline Galant, Belgium's secretary for Mobility (and thus aviation), resigns.

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sn26567 wrote:The world is changing. IranAir stewardesses in the 1960ies :

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Which newspaper would dare to publish this photo?

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Passenger wrote:Jacqueline Galant, Belgium's secretary for Mobility (and thus aviation), resigns.
Belgian transport minister resigns over accusations she ignored lapses in security at Brussels airport. If true, this is a serious accusation. She cannot be accused of being responsible for the terror attack in the departure hall of Brussels Airport, but she probably could have done more to prevent it.

I will not comment further, as this would become too political!
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Passenger wrote:Jacqueline Galant, Belgium's secretary for Mobility (and thus aviation), resigns.
Belgian transport minister resigns over accusations she ignored lapses in security at Brussels airports. If true, this is a serious accusation. She cannot be accused of being responsible for the terror attack in the departure hall of Brussels Airport, but she probably could have done more to prevent it.

I will not comment further, as this would become too political!
It looks more like a European security report about lapses in "aviation security" on all Belgian airport. Thus not only Brussels Airport, but also the others. And not about the access, but more about security/safety for flights, staff access, aircraft, luggage checks, access to aircraft, cargo checks and things like that.

Without repeating another discussion: this week, we've seen what efforts it takes to check all passengers entering the public entrance of an airport with very reduced capacity. Those controls were impossible to do when the airport was on full force, till three weeks ago.

No government can prohibit that religion-driven extremists enter an aerodrome with a bomb in their luggage. We have (they have) prohibited that extremists entered the vulnerable part of the aerodrome though.

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Passenger wrote: No government can prohibit that religion-driven extremists enter an aerodrome with a bomb in their luggage. We have (they have) prohibited that extremists entered the vulnerable part of the aerodrome though.
Indeed, no Government, no policemen, no soldiers can do anything against fanatism.

Education may be a solution.

Political quarrels, union strikes, ... are useless and so typical of the Belgian politics.

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Another Hoax?

French company, Zapata Racing has invented the world’s first flying hover-board.
In a stranger-than-fiction video released last Saturday, the company showed off it’s first working prototype during its first untethered, fully autonomous flight test.
Called the FLYBOARD® Air, the device is powered by a secretive propulsion pack that is strapped on the back of the pilot.
According to the company website:
“Zapata Racing has achieved the dream of all men and offers you the first video of Franky Zapata flying on the innovation Flyboard® Air. The Independent Propulsion Unit represents 4 years of hard work.”
The company is keeping very tight-lipped about the technical details because there will be a lengthy government approval process required before it can be sold commercially, and they don’t want to give away any secrets to potential competitors before the approval process is completed.
Zapata claims that the FLYBOARD® Air can reach altitudes of 10,000 feet with a top speed of 150 km (93.2 miles) per hour and fly for up to 10 minutes before refueling.
Zapate Racing says that the FLYBOARD® Air will not go on sale in 2016 because it will still be in prototype development and government safety and airworthiness approvals for every nation in which it will be sold.
Can you imagine the head-scratching that will be going on at the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)? And they thought they had problems with personal drone technology?
Now multiply that times dozens of national air-safety agencies which will all have to grant approvals of safety and air-worthiness before the FLYBOARD®can go on sale in that nation?
The FLYBOARD® Air is gyro-stabilized, driven by a small, yet powerful turbine engine that feeds its high-pressure air, ducted-fan thrusters for propulsion.
The device is controlled by a hand-held controller strapped to the wrist of the pilot.
Zapata Racing has been known for its innovative water-born products based off of jetski technology.
The company is led by Franky Zapata and is based in Marseille, France.
Zapata first came into the spotlight when he first won the French National Jetski Racing Championship in 1996, followed by his first European-wide championship in 1999, and finally the world Championship in 2007.
He has been manufacturing and selling the Flyboard since 2012, which uses high pressure water from a jetski engine, pumped through a 100-foot hose that allows water-powered flight.
I’m still reporting from Washington. Good day.

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A flight bound for San Francisco was turned back to Sydney on Sunday afternoon when an "unusual odour" was detected onboard

UA870 787 SYD-SFO

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Unruly passengers: the Dutch ABL Inspection has published its figures for 2015.

ABL reports some 700 incidents at airports and in aircraft:
37% about agressive behaviour or not following instructions
35% about smoking
28% abuse of liquor and/or drugs

In brief: "...De grootste groep unruly pax vertoont agressief gedrag of volgt bijvoorbeeld aanwijzingen niet op (37%), gevolgd door passagiers die roken (35%) en overmatig gebruik van alcohol en/of drugsgebruik (28%). De meeste voorvallen vinden plaats op de lange afstanden, vooral met rokers. Op vluchten van het Verenigd Koninkrijk naar Nederland en van Nederland naar Spanje worden de meeste meldingen gemaakt van unruly pax..."

Most inflight reports are on long haul flights, including smoking reports. Most reports are on flights between the U.K. and the Netherlands, and on flights between Spain and the Netherlands.

(ABL = Analysebureau Luchtvaartvoorvallen van ILT = de Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport)

Full story:
https://www.ilent.nl/actueel/ruim-700-i ... toren.aspx

More details & the figures are in this pdf document:
https://www.ilent.nl/Images/ABL%20Infor ... 374692.pdf

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BMI Regional, which flies exclusively the small ERJ-135 and -145 aeroplanes, is eyeing larger aircraft within the next 18 months, in an effort to grow capacity in some of its existing markets and for new route development.
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A very lucky escape: look at the photo's at the end of this report:

http://avherald.com/h?article=4978aed0&opt=0

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Alitalia signed a MOU with Air Malta and the government of Malta to complete a comprehensive due diligence with the possible intention of becoming a 49% shareholder in the Maltese airline. Air Malta will cease talks with other airlines and start detailed discussions.

Another member for the Etihad partner airlines?
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