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Sandhi Yudha

Sandhi Yudha

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The wings and tyres of the MC-21 seems to be sanction-proof now. The development of tyres started actually already in 2016.



Today a KLM Boeing 777 had to RTB/return to the airport of departure, Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), because of a technical problem on engine nr.1. On the other side of the world, another Boeing of KLM, this time a 787, had also technical problems and was also forced to do the same and return to Tokyo.
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Vliegtuig KLM maakt voorzorgslanding op Schiphol vanwege vlammen uit motor

Een vliegtuig van KLM moest zaterdagmiddag een voorzorgslanding maken op Schiphol omdat er vlammen uit de motor kwamen. Het gaat om vlucht KL877 met als bestemming de Indiase stad Mumbai. Niemand raakte gewond.
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This is really a disgrace if this is all true.

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Sandhi Yudha said:
This is really a disgrace if this is all true.

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This can be complicated. I remember many years ago there was a coffee maker, IIRC in an AWACS, which was supposedly massively overcharged for. It turned out that the USAF had written a specification for it that took many thousands of words, specifying that it should remain functional in conditions that might have destroyed the aircraft. Boeing had to design such a coffee maker & test it. Most of the crazily high price was in the very expensive design & testing, spread across a very small production run.

I have no difficulty in believing that Boeing overcharges, but US military procurement can make things that one would expect to be cheap very expensive indeed. They can demand extreme performance, whether it's needed or not, so a unique product is needed, & exhaustive testing for everything, & often, only buy small numbers.

P.S. I've just noticed something else. Imagine a custom-designed piece of equipment, made in one small batch. You have to buy all the spares you're ever going to need in one go, or make provision for manufacture of new spares. Either is costly. In 2020 the USAF issued a requirement for a new coffee maker for the E-3, because spares for the old one were no longer available. ;)
 
Sandhi Yudha

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In this article we can see a short video of a Mandarin Airlines ATR 72-600 which was forces to make an emergency return landing at Kaohsiung International Airport in Taiwan after the engine cover from its left PW127 became loose.
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VIDEO: Mandarin Airlines ATR 72-600 Makes Emergency Landing in Kaohsiung After Engine Cover Incident | Cedar News

Mandarin Airlines ATR 72-600 makes an emergency return landing at Kaohsiung International Airport in Taiwan after its engine cover became loose on departure.
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Last week on 15 May, a new airline had its inaugural flight. It was a remarkable flight with only 95 passengers, and the passengers, paying $2300 for the ticket were not really impressed by the service and facilities.

Global Airlines Limited is a British airline with a planned fleet of four Airbus A380 aircraft. The company purchased its first aircraft in May 2023 and claims to be the first new Airbus A380 owner in eight years. Until now, that aeroplane, 9H-GLOBL which is a former China Southern A380-841 with registration number B-6140 and serial number MSN0120 is the only one in the fleet.


 
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