Episode 158 - The Jakarta Incident

Aired on December 5, 2022

Doug was in Hawaii for Thanksgiving but got out before Mauna Loa erupted. We discuss how volcanic ash affects aircraft engines and review some near-disasters where 747’s lost all 4 engines due to eruptions around the world. Also:

• TSA screened over 2.5 million passengers last Sunday, the most since the start of the pandemic

• Saudi Arabia announces the launch of RIA, a new airline based in Riyadh, to compete with the ME 3

• New low fare airline Fly Atlantic will be based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and fly transatlantic

• We look at the gaps in Boeing’s new product launches: 757 to 777 to 787 to ???.

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Landing at Seoul

Jin Air 777 at ICN