AA 5324 in DC Feb 2025

AA5342 mishap investigation Dear NTSB Investigators:   Important points related to AA 5342 mishap investigation:   1. From the time the CRJ flight crew accepted and was assigned the River visual Approach to RW 1, and later Circling to RW 31, FAA ATC no longer considered the flight to be operating under FAR IFR rules,Continue reading “AA 5324 in DC Feb 2025”

Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge Disaster March 26,2024

Four things: (A) super-large freight or tanker vessels, even at just steerage way of 5-10 knots, have huge kinetic energy, way more in excess to the design collision strength of bridge pedestals built 40+ years ago; (B) Ship board steering and engineering casualty are not unheard of, they occur, albeit rarely, but the consequences ofContinue reading “Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge Disaster March 26,2024”