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FAA makes changes in DC following NTSB’s urgent safety recommendations
The NTSB released its preliminary report on the mid-air collision at DCA as well as two urgent safety recommendations to the FAA. In its report, the NTSB notes between 2011 and 2024, “at least one TCAS resolution advisory (RA) was triggered per month due to proximity to a helicopter. In over half of these instances, the helicopter may have been above the route altitude restriction.”
The FAA has now acted, removing helicopter routes 4 and 6 in the area around DCA. Read the full preliminary report, the urgent safety recommendations report, and see the comparative helicopter charts on our blog.
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No LUV for a broken Heart
Southwest Airlines announced a slew of changes this week, the biggest of which is the end of 2 free checked bags with every ticket. But the changes go much deeper, leaving us to ask the question on this week’s podcast: Is Southwest just like any other airline now, but worse?
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The holiday fleet
Jet2 is already the UK’s third largest airline and has been expanding its fleet, taking on the A321neo as it phases out the 757. We take a look at the airline’s current fleet and where you can find the airline’s aircraft and their various liveries on Flightradar24.
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We can’t promise better weather, but we can help make the forecasts better
Weather data transmitted from aircraft via ADS-B data collected by Flightradar24 is now being used by the UK’s Met Office to improve their global forecast models — improved accuracy and range are just a few of the benefits.
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ON THE WATER WITH GABE AND ANNA SOPHIA
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Sometimes to go planespotting, you need to hire a boat
Fresh off the inaugural ANA flight from Stockholm, Gabe and Anna Sophia go on a quest to find a boat for a special planespotting adventure in Tokyo Bay. The following day it’s off to the Haneda Airport observation deck to see how many people already have Flightradar24 downloaded on their phone.
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HELP US INCREASE FLIGHT TRACKING COVERAGE
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A single receiver can make a huge difference
- Apply to host a receiver.
- We review your application, and if approved:
- We send you a free ADS-B receiver kit,
- AND give you a free FR24 Business subscription!
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Korean Air unveils its new livery
Korean Air unveiled its refreshed brand identity this week, including a new livery. This is the first 787 to wear the new livery.
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AVIATION PHOTO OF THE WEEK
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A Etihad Airways A380 departing Singapore.
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Don’t try to go through airport security with a turtle in your pants
This is not advice we thought anyone needed to hear, but apparently it would have been good for one man last week.
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JOIN THE FLIGHTRADAR24 NETWORK
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Step-by-step instructions to build and set-up and ADS-B receiver
If you’ve been considering sharing flight data with Flightradar24, but thought maybe it’s too difficult, this video has step-by-step instructions for building and setting up a raspberry pi ADS-B receiver. And remember, sharing ADS-B data with us gets you a free Flightradar24 Business subscription!
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Help us track more general aviation aircraft
Our new UAT software is live! If you live in North America you can now contribute 978 MHz tracking data with a second DVB-T stick on your existing Raspberry Pi. Click on the UAT tab on the Share your data page for instructions on how to set up your receiver.
UAT is used in North America by smaller aircraft that fly at lower altitudes, mostly general aviation.
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