Asia’s Fuel Panic: Airlines Burning Cash as Oil Hits $195

Asia’s Fuel Panic: Airlines Burning Cash as Oil Hits $195

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Jet fuel just did something it hasn’t done in a decade. In a matter of weeks, it doubled. Airlines across Asia woke up in mid-March facing a crisis: the Strait of Hormuz—through which nearly 20 percent of the world’s crude oil flows—was becoming a war zone, and every...
Lightning Strikes Your Plane Twice a Year

Lightning Strikes Your Plane Twice a Year

Mondo dell'aviazione

A blinding flash. A sound like the earth splitting open. Your coffee cup rattles. The cabin lights flicker. Then everything goes back to normal. Most passengers sleep through it. Statistically, commercial aircraft get struck by lightning roughly once or twice every...
Both Engines Fail at 40,000 Feet — Now What?

Both Engines Fail at 40,000 Feet — Now What?

Mondo dell'aviazione

It shouldn’t be survivable. Two massive turbofan engines—the only things keeping a 600,000-pound aircraft aloft—both quit simultaneously at 40,000 feet. No thrust. No electrical power. Dead silent cockpit except for the wind screaming past the fuselage. It’s the...