AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

On this episode of AvTalk, we discuss the Coronavirus response, as authorities and airlines try to stop its spread. Kobe Bryant and his daughter are among those killed in a helicopter crash in California this past weekend. And Boeing’s 777X takes flight for the first time. Coronavirus repsonse Travel to and from China is being […] The post AvTalk Episode 76: The Coronavirus Response appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we begin the year on a somber note to discuss the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 in Tehran and the effects of prohibitions by certain countries on flights in Iran and Iraq. We also dig in to some of the new documents released by Boeing regarding the 737 […] The post AvTalk Episode 75: The downing of PS752 appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

Happy New Year! On this episode of AvTalk we look back at some of our favorite conversations from 2019. We’ll be back with the first new episode of 2020 on 17 January. Mark Vanhoenacker We start by revisiting episode 56 and our conversation with Mark Vanhoenaker, a first officer with British Airways and a recent […] The post AvTalk Episode 74: Our favorite conversations from 2019 appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, Boeing halts production of the 737 MAX, Harbour Air’s electric Beaver takes flight, and we run down the list of airlines that didn’t make it through 2019 and a few that could join that list very soon. Boeing halts production of the 737 MAX from January Boeing announced this week […] The post AvTalk Episode 73: Boeing halts production of the 737 MAX appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, our reaction to United Airlines’ surprise order for 50 Airbus A321XLRs, an escape slide escapes mid-air, and the list of airlines to not survive 2019 grows longer. Escaping escape slides A Delta 767 lost one of its over-wing escape slides on approach to Boston last week. The slide landed in […] The post AvTalk Episode 72: United’s Single Aisle Surprise appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this week’s episode, our resident numbers expert Gavin Werbeloff joins us to make sense of the orders from this year’s Dubai Airshow. We also say goodbye the first A380 to be dismantled and take a look at a few of the more ridiculous ideas to enter the world this week. Southwest 1380 The NTSB […] The post AvTalk Episode 71: Firm Orders appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

On this episode of AvTalk, we chat with Ian Matthews—a Flight Maintenance Engineer for a US-based cargo airline. Plus, a pilot makes a big mistake in Amsterdam, more pickle fork cracks, and we may see another Icelandic airline flying soon. Fat fingers in Amsterdam Sitting at the gate prior to departure from Amsterdam, the pilot […] The post AvTalk Episode 70: Fat Fingers in Amsterdam appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

Return to service — if? when? On this special episode of AvTalk, we welcome back The Air Current editor-in-chief Jon Ostrower for a discussion on the state of the 737 MAX’s return to service and what we’ve learned this month with the release of numerous reports, including the Joint Authorities Technical Review and the final […] The post AvTalk Episode 69: A special 737 MAX update appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

We unfortunately won’t have a new episode for you this week, but we will be back with a special episode next week that covers a lot of what has happened in the past few weeks, including an analysis of the just released final report on the crash of Lion Air flight 610. We’ll also have […] The post ANNOUNCEMENT: No AvTalk episode this week, special episode next week appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.

Cracked pickle forks have been found on dozens of inspected 737NGs, the 737 MAX’s road to return remains a winding one, and we welcome back Andrew Poure who fills us in on the hot new cargo route from Colombo to Columbus and what he learned in flight dispatcher school. Cracked pickle forks After inspections of […] The post AvTalk Episode 68: Cracked Pickle Forks appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog.