War shuts down Middle East airspace
3/6/202644 min
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Iranian response with an eye on the effects on commercial aviation. Airspace closures, flight cancellations, reroutes, diversions, and how airlines are coping with the rapid changes.
Also on this week’s episode, another emergency evacuation with passengers carrying their baggage, the FAA steps in between United and American in Chicago, investigators issue their final report on LATAM’s 2024 inflight upset, and Lufthansa’s 100th anniversary livery 747 comes home to Frankfurt.
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First 90 secondsIan Petchenik· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to episode 360 of AVTalk. I am Ian Petchenik, here as always with Jason Rabinowitz.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:17
Ian, you jinxed it.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:19
I did. I'm sorry.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:20
You did. You did. I merely alluded to the fact that there was the potential of possibly having the chair of the NTSB on this week. You just said it outright, and you know you can't do that.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:33
I tempted the wrath of the thing high atop of the whatever, and look where we are. So yeah. Sorry.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:41
What we mean to say is- [laughs] ... that interview is postponed once again.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:46
Postponed.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:46
Turns out that Jennifer Homendy is a busy person in a busy, important position, and sometimes things unbelievably more important than us come up, so- Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:57
Just other things.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:58
Yeah, we, we don't know why. Yeah, other things come up. It's no telling how important they are, but hopefully we will be able to reschedule in the near future this time and get that interview finally conducted. But not for lack of having everything else to talk about.
Ian Petchenik· Host1:15
Oh, boy. You mentioned last week, "Hey, should we talk about the ramp-up of all the US military aircraft and equipment going to the Middle East?" And we said, "Ah, nah, nothing's happened yet, so we don't really have anything to talk about." Something's happened, and now