AvTalk Episode 294: Please don’t shoot at the planes

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s AvTalk, at least three aircraft are struck by bullets while trying to landing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Spirit Airlines could soon file for bankruptcy after Frontier walks away from a potential merger. And Colombian cargo carrier Aerosucre has yet another close call, striking the ILS array at the end of the runway while trying to depart Bogota.
Helpful links for this week’s episode

* Spirit Airlines flight 951 hit by bullets
* FAA NOTAM restricting US flights in Haiti below 10,000 feet
* Aerosucre 727 strikes ILS array
* Apple AirTag find my bag coming soon
* 99% Invisible’s podcast on Spirit Halloween

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 294 of AvTalk. I am Ian Pettnick here, as always with.
0:16.6	Yes, Sir Abedowitz. Hello, Ian. How are you? Hello, Jason. I'm well. I'm just back from the vaccine jabbings. So I'm sitting here with some
0:26.7	sore arms. But as we alluded to last week, I am nowhere near as sore as you are, good sir.
0:32.5	How are you doing? Yes, I feel like I have been punched in the face by an oral surgeon because it's basically what happened.
0:40.2	I had a couple of wisdom teeth removed last Thursday, and I am still very much feeling it.
0:45.8	Do not recommend.
0:47.7	Are you feeling less wise?
0:49.6	Every day.
0:51.2	That's a preexisting condition, though.
0:55.0	All right. Let's get into the aviation news. This week, three aircraft from three separate
1:04.6	airlines, at least so far that we know of, were struck by gunfire while attempting to land in Port of Prince Haiti.
1:13.7	What?
1:14.6	That's not good.
1:15.9	That's not good at all.
1:17.4	No.
1:17.9	But the crazy thing is, I think we talked about this.
1:20.2	It's not the first time.
1:21.9	This has happened before.
1:23.5	Recently, too.
1:24.4	Do you happen to recall who it was?
1:26.1	It was a SmartLink's A321, but I'm not sure who they were operating for.
1:32.4	On behalf of, yeah.
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