AC8646 collides with an ARFF truck on the runway
3/27/20261 hr 3 min
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss what we know so far about the collision between flight AC8646 and an airport fire truck at New York’s La Guardia Airport. We walk through the sequence of events provided by the NTSB and analyze some of the initial areas where investigators are focusing their efforts.
In Los Angeles, Jason is joined by Ned Russell and Jon Ostrower to recap the news from United Airlines’ big reveal, including new aircraft configurations, features, and a new aircraft name. Plus, it was the unscripted comments just as much as the sc...
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First 90 secondsIan Petchenik· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to episode 363 of AvTalk. I, Ian Petchenik, here as always with Jason Rabinowitz.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:16
Ian, we find ourselves recording on a Tuesday again. We have to stop doing this.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:21
We do indeed. Circumstances have brought us once again to recording on a Tuesday, and the circumstances were originally good. They were because you are in Los Angeles along with a host of other wonderful people enjoying- I think all the wonderful people are here, except for you, for some reason. Good catch. Good catch. I'm enjoying the dulcet tones of spring break with my children. But you are in Los Angeles as a guest of United Airlines because they've unveiled a whole host of things to their aircraft, onboard product, and route network, and all sorts of things that we are going to talk about later in the show. You've got a segment coming up with some good folks from earlier today there.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host1:05
Yes.
Ian Petchenik· Host1:06
Then we come to the other reason we're recording on a Tuesday, which is the collision between a CRJ-900 and a airport rescue firefighting truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. So let's get into that story. We're a few days removed from that crash,