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keithd
30-06-09, 08:39 AM
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090630/twl-yemen-airliner-crashes-off-comoros-w-3cd7efd.html

best be avoiding them for a while then! :(
Mr Speirs
30-06-09, 09:16 AM
I wonder what the maintainence budget is like on Yemen airways :)
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 09:20 AM
uh oh. Im on Easy Jet on Friday :S
Spiderman
30-06-09, 10:18 AM
Oh dear. More sad loss of life.
We still dont know what brought the other one down do we? Or did i miss it on the news?
keithd
30-06-09, 10:22 AM
Oh dear. More sad loss of life.
We still dont know what brought the other one down do we? Or did i miss it on the news?

not officially no. they've called off the search for bodies now, but continuing the search for the black box, which will emit (or transmit?) a signal for up to 30 days after an accident. Which has to be getting close to now i should imagine
Owenski
30-06-09, 10:51 AM
A todler has been found alive.
Viney
30-06-09, 11:38 AM
uh oh. Im on Easy Jet on Friday :SIts ok, they run Boeing 737 or 757's.
Raf
30-06-09, 12:36 PM
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090630/twl-yemen-airliner-crashes-off-comoros-w-3cd7efd.html

best be avoiding them for a while then! :(

If you read the BBC News article the safety regulators had concerns about the airline's maintenance and they haven't flown in the EU since they were asked about it when one of their flights landed in France. I believe they were due for a chat with the EU safety people in order to establish just how bad things were. (Read maybe they were on their way to be black listed).
anna
30-06-09, 01:15 PM
This year hasnīt really been good for planes, there have been quite a few since the american pilot managed to save his plane.

:(
Bedhead
30-06-09, 01:50 PM
I have them as my alarm clock every morning, I live right next to George Best airport, I'm just hoping they never lose an engine on takeoff.

Good the we 'un was found alive, tough things kids!:p:p:p
Essex of Essex
30-06-09, 02:05 PM
Its ok, they run Boeing 737 or 757's.

Easy are predominently a fly by wire airbus operator, they still have some 737-700 aircraft, the only time they have 757 machinery is on charter to cover shortages.
plowsie
30-06-09, 02:09 PM
Sad to see this again. Amazing a toddler has been found though.
Easy are predominently a fly by wire airbus operator, they still have some 737-700 aircraft, the only time they have 757 machinery is on charter to cover shortages.
Being a dumbass here, does that mean, like, renting?
Essex of Essex
30-06-09, 02:49 PM
Sad to see this again. Amazing a toddler has been found though.

Being a dumbass here, does that mean, like, renting?


Yes, some companies specialise in having aircraft available for short term rental, by the flying hour complete with crew, they sit and wait for other operators to have problems and then operate for them at vast expense. For a longer term shortage an airline will rent just the aircraft and fly it themselves but this needs to be a type the airline is authorised to operate, so for Easy an Airbus 319 could be flown this way but a 757 would have to come with the crew.