Spirit Airlines Ceases Operations
5/6/20261 hr 13 min
Spirit Airlines shuts down, aircraft technicians are in short supply, Sonex reopens while WACO closes, China Eastern Flight 5735 was intentionally crashed, NTSB’s United 1382 final report, United 169 truck strike, ground vehicle transponders, and the Jeju Flight 2216 accident in South Korea.
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First 90 secondsMax Flight· Host0:00
This is the Airplane Geeks Podcast. We aim to educate and inform you, explore and expand your passion for aviation and entertain you a little along the way. In the news this episode, Spirit Airlines shuts down. Aircraft technicians are in short supply. Sonex reopens while Waco closes. China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was intentionally crashed. The NTSB released the United Airlines 1382 final report. United Flight 169 struck a truck on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport. The New York Port Authority will install transponders on all ground vehicles. And the Jeju Flight 2216 accident in South Korea. All that and more coming up right now. [plane taking off] Welcome to the Airplane Geeks Podcast. This is episode 892 of the show where we talk aviation. I'm Max Flight, and with me is our main man, Micah, co-host of The Journey Is The Reward podcast.
Micah· Co-host1:19
Wonderful to be here, and, uh, yeah, The Journey Is The Reward podcast and the Airplane Geeks and APG, we're having a meetup pretty soon. Looking forward to that, hoping to see some people. We'll tell you about that a little