This Story will Make you More Afraid of Flying

If you are afraid of flying in an aeroplane, you might not like the recent 2nd near collision incident as reported by the Associated Press.

At the John F. Kennedy Airport, two airborne planes, one landing and the other taking off, came within a half-mile of colliding in the second such incident at the airport in a week, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

According to the report, a Delta Flight 123 (a Boeing 757) was arriving at the airport Friday when the pilot decided to abort his landing and execute a "go-around" — a routine procedure often used during heavy congestion. That caused the Delta flight to intersect with the flight path of Comair Flight 1520 (a Bombardier CRJ9), a regional jet that was taking off on another runway. Both planes came within 600 feet of each other vertically and a half-mile horizontally, the FAA said.

The first incident in the week occurs on saturday involved a Cayman Airways flight which was landing at JFK when the pilot decided to abort the landing a fly around the airport again as a LAN Chile jet was taking off. Their flight paths crossed, bringing the planes within about 200 feet of each other vertically and a half-mile horizontally.

According to the report, The FAA moved quickly to change takeoff and landing procedures at JFK on perpendicular runways — the kind of runways involved in both incidents.

If I were you, don't worry because such an incidents only occur at Airports with two perpendicular runways and usually occurs at very congested airport.

I admired the quick action taken by the FAA to ensure such an incident will not occur in the future. They only notice two near collision incidents and have taken a stern action by enforcing new procedures to change the way takeoffs and landings on perpendicular runways are sequenced.

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Biggest Helicopter

Boeing, partnering with Calgary, Alberta-based SkyHook International Inc., is developing a new helicopter JHL-40 which will be the biggest helicopter ever being designed. The helicopter will be able to carry a sling load of nearly 40 tons and transporting it up to 200 nautical miles (230 miles) without refueling.

The JHL-40's planned payload will be approximately twice the maximum load that the Mil Mi-26 (currently the world's largest helicopter) can lift.

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Malaysian Airline Aeroplanes

Referring to Malaysia Airline Going Places, there are several types of aircrafts being mobilised to transport passengers and cargo. The aircrafts were built either by Boieng or Aerobus.




B747-400P
Passenger Seating: 359
Engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4056
Length: 70.70m (321ft 11 in)
Wing Span: 64.90m (212ft 11in)
Height: 19.41m (63ft 8in)
Range: 12,964km (7,000 nm)
Maximum fuel capacity: 57,285 US Gallons
Cruising Speed: Mach 0.86 (918 km/h)




B747-400F
Engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4056
Length: 68.6308m (225ft 2 in)
Wing Span: 59.6392m (195ft 8in)
Height: 19.5072m (64ft)
Range: 4500 nm (max payload)
Maximum fuel capacity: 53,985 US Gallons
Cruising Speed: Mach 0.86 (918 km/h)


B747-200F
Engine: Rolls Royce Barnoldswick RB211-524D4
Length: 68.6308m (225ft 2 in)
Wing Span: 59.6392m (195ft 8in)
Height: 19.5834m (64ft 3in)
Range: 3700 nm (max payload)
Maximum fuel capacity: 53,985 US Gallons
Cruising Speed: Mach 0.84 (897 km/h)



B777-200
Passenger Seating: 282
Engine: Rolls Royce Trent 892
Length: 63.73m (209ft 1in)
Wing Span: 60.93m (199ft 11in)
Height: 18.76m (61ft 6in)
Range: 12,779km (6,900 nm)
Maximum fuel capacity: 47,380 US Gallons
Cruising Speed: Mach 0.84 (897 km/h)



A330-300
Passenger Seating: 294
Engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4168
Length: 62.883m (206ft 3.7in)
Wing Span: 60.30m (197ft 10in)
Height: 16.828m (55ft 2.5in)
Range: 7,964km (4,300 nm)
Maximum fuel capacity: 25,861.4 US Gallons
Cruising Speed: Mach 0.82 (875 km/h)



A330-200
Passenger Seating: 229
Engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4168A
Length: 58.38m (191ft 6in)
Wing Span: 60.30m (197ft 10in)
Height: 17.9m (58ft 8in)
Range: 12,224km (6,600nm)
Maximum fuel capacity: 36,747.6 US Gallons
Cruising Speed: Mach 0.84 (897 km/h)




B737-400
Passenger Seating: 144
Engine: CFM56-3C1
Length: 36.40mm (119ft 5in)
Wing Span: 28.90m (94ft 10in)
Height: 11.07m (36ft 6in)
Range: 2,963km (1,600 nm)
Maximum fuel capacity: 6,200 US Gallons
Cruising Speed: Mach 0.74 (797 km/h)


Fokker 50 and DHC-6 Twin Otter are used to service shorter routes in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak.