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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Thanks for your insight. I've watched enough episodes of Air Crash Investigation to know that no stone will be left unturned, and the data they can get out of the FDR and CVR is so comprehensive. The answer will come pretty quickly, i would imagine. Problem is the Americans will want to be...
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    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    This is absolutely the issue here. And the fact that Trump tore up Obama's negotiated deal. I don't know who is the looser cannon out of Trump and Netanyahu at the moment.
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Not Trump-related: Boeing does appear to have some kind of cloak of invincibility when it comes to airline safety. There have been so many losses of 737s in particular, and yet they haven't been grounded (other than the Max range, which are still dodgy, in my opinion). Concorde had ONE accident...
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    I wouldn't be very happy flying in Indonesia, where short-haul island-hopping is common, the "airlines" are very low-budget operations and the terrain of the aerodromes is terrifying, leading to high numbers of accidents.
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    I'm not sure there have, Tom. This is only the third incident in 2025 involving a plane bigger than about 20 seats. Of the previous two, one crashed on landing and the other caught fire before take-off. There are others that you can't mitigate for, like the one in Washington DC, where a...
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Seen a video which shows the plane gliding down to ground level rather than in a steep decline, suggesting engine failure rather than a stall. You can only imagine how hard the pilots were fighting to keep it in the air to avoid buildings, etc. Grim!
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Stuff coming out of India saying that the purchase by Tata in 2022 has been followed by numerous cost-cutting measures (which *could* involve maintenance and safety checks, of course). Owned 75% by Tata and 25% Singapore Airlines. Interesting that Singapore use Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to...
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Mayday call from pilot cited engine failure, according to some reports. GE Aerospace GEnx engines.
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Indeed, but can't rule out a technical issue causing a stall either.
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    Death List 2025

    I remember seeing him at the concert for the Queen's golden jubilee (or was it her birthday party?) at the Palace. He was dressed in a suit and tie and sat on the stage with a Bontempi organ. Didn't have a clue what was going on. Their sound back in the day was a quantum shift in the type of...
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    Things that annoy you

    3AM?? ;)
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    Things that annoy you

    Costa yeah!
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    Things that annoy you

    Nope, not 'avin' it! It's got to be the A46 Evesham by-pass. Solid in both directions more often than not!
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Trump has announced he's selling his Tesla. :ROFLMAO:
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    Things that annoy you

    Sorry, can we keep politics OFF this thread? There are plenty of other outlets on here for that, and i don't want to wade through the same set of antagonistic point-scoring as is on the other threads. Thanks
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Well exactly ... :D
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    When two egomaniacs fall out! At least while this is occupying Trump's time he isn't tanking the world's economy! Only Musk's!
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Starting when, exactly???
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    Womens football

    We all thought male footballers were drama queens ...!
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    Womens football

    I think losing means that the Lionesses have missed out on a particularly seeding for the qualification for WC27.
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