🛩🌪 vortex [ˊvɔ:teks] noun (pl - vortices [ˈvɔːtɪsiːz], - vortexes [ˈvɔːteksɪz])

Wingtip vortices are tubes of circulating air which are left behind by the wing as it generates lift.
Wingtip vortices form the major component of wake turbulence and also pose a severe hazard to light aircraft, especially during the landing and take-off phases of flight. The intensity or strength of the vortex is a function of aircraft size, speed, and configuration (flap setting, etc.). The strongest vortices are produced by heavy aircraft, flying slowly, with wing flaps extended.
If a light aircraft is immediately preceded by a heavy aircraft, wake turbu-lence from the heavy aircraft can roll the light aircraft faster than can be resisted by use of ailerons. At low altitudes this can lead to an upset from which recovery is not possible. Air traffic controllers ensure an adequate separate between departing and arriving aircraft, particularly where a heavy aircraft is preceding a light aircraft.

🛫 A tail strike occurs when the aft fuselage (tail) of an aeroplane comes in contact with the runway during either takeoff or landing. Statistically, the majority of tail strikes occur on landing. Tail strikes most often occur as a result of human error although environmental factors, such as strong gusty winds, can increase the potential for an event.
Causal Factors
• Improperly Set Elevator Trim or Mis-Trimmed Stabiliser
• Rotation at Incorrect Speed
• Excessive Rotation Rate
• Improper Use of the Flight Director
• Unstabilised Approach
• Crosswinds
• Wind shear
Effects
Any tail strike can cause substantial damage to the aft fuselage of the aircraft which can be time consuming and expensive to repair. Beyond the cost of the repair itself, further expense will be incurred as a result of schedule disruption and the loss of the aircraft for the duration of the repair interval.

🌪 🛩 The incident took place on Wednesday, October 26th. The plane flew from Santiago (Chile) to Asuncion (Paraguay). Due to bad weather, the crew was forced to land at the airport in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu.
After the weather improved, the flight departed for Paraguay. During the flight, a thunderstorm began again and the aircraft lost part of the fuselage. It is noted that even one of the aircraft’s engines failed.
According to Latam representatives, weather conditions caused external damage to the aircraft. All passengers and crew members arrived in Paraguay safely.

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👨‍✈️🛩 Pilot Incapacitation is the term used to describe the inability of a pilot, who is part of the operating crew, to carry out their normal duties because of the onset, during flight, of the effects of physiological factors.
Incapacitation may occur as a result of:
• Hypoxia
• Smoke or fumes
• Food poisoning or food allergy.
• Being asleep.
• A medical condition such as a heart attack, stroke or seizure, or transient mental abnormality.
• A bird strike or other event causing incapacitating physical injury.
• A malicious or hostile act such as assault by an unruly passenger, terrorist action or possibly malicious targeting of aircraft with high powered lasers by persons on the ground.

A British Airways flight from London to Athens was forced to make an emergency landing in Zurich after the first officer fell unconscious in the cockpit.
The captain of the flight had decided to make an airborne return to London as the plane passed over Zagreb in Croatia, according to reports. However, he was forced to make an immediate landing in Switzerland as the condition of the co-pilot deteriorated rapidly.
The flight touched down at the Swiss city without any incident and eventually left for its original destination nearly six hours later. It reached Athens nine hours after taking off from the Heathrow airport.

👨‍✈️🛩 If the single pilot of a small aircraft becomes incapacitated, then the safety of the flight is liable to be severely compromised and loss of control may result. However, for the two pilot case typical of larger transport aircraft, incapacitation of only one of the pilots is unlikely to present a significant risk given the attention which pilot training, especially for low minima precision approaches, is usually required to give to the implications of single pilot incapacitation. Loss of separation or airspace infringement may be a secondary effect of total crew incapacitation or side effect of the additional workload imposed upon the remaining crew member.

An Air Canada Airbus A220-300 (BCS3), registration C-GMZR, performing flight ACA1199 / AC1199 from Miami International Airport, FL (USA) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (Canada) was in final approach at Toronto when the crew initiated go around. When the controller asked about the reason of go around the pilot reported that one passenger had run into the toilet 😁. After the second approach the aircraft landed safely on runway 24L.

🛩 A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, performing flight FR-5542 from Liverpool to Dublin, landed on Dublin's runway 28L at 16:30Z. The aircraft suffered the failure of parts of the nose gear, veered left off the runway temporarily, managed to get back onto the centerline and attempted to vacate the runway via high speed turn off S5 about 1700 meters/5600 feet down the runway, but came to a stop inside the runway strip. The next arrival was instructed to go around. After coming to a stop the crew queried tower whether there was any smoke or fire, tower responded that there was no smoke or fire at that time, emergency services were responding. Tower instructed all stations to maintain radio silence advising they had a failure on the runway.