AvTalk Episode 394: The crash of N722BD

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss what the ADS-B data and initial NTSB investigation tell us about the crash Learjet 60 N722BD. We also touch on why this crash seems to have spawned so many maddeningly unhelpful conspiracy theories.

Also on this week’s episode, multiple aircraft have been affected by hoax bomb threats across Europe. And the NTSB releases its final report on a quadruple runway incursion at JFK Airport in New York. Famous for its pilot-ATC interaction, JFK is in a class of its own when it comes to complex airspace, runway, and taxiway configuration.

Madagascar is moving to trial against more than 30 defendants it says used their positions to fraudulently transfer 5 Boeing 777s to Iran.

And we see why, if you can get on one particular aircraft, there just might be nothing that beats a Jet2 holiday.

Click here for a transcript of this episode.

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