AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

On this episode of AvTalk, what we learned from the first of three days of investigative hearings by the NTSB into January’s crash at DCA. Russian investigators peel the layers of problems that led to the crash of a Gazpromavia SuperJet. An American Airlines 737 suffers a landing gear problem and fire in Denver. In our strange new series there’s more animal-related aviation news this week and in honor of our 330th episode, Ian gives Jason a pop quiz on the Airbus A330. HELPFUL LINKS FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODE * NTSB investigative hearings [https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Pages/DCA25MA108-InvHearing.aspx] * Russian investigator’s report on the SuperJet crash [https://mak-iac.org/en/rassledovaniya/rrj-95lr-100-ra-89049-12-07-2024/] * American Airlines 737 playback [https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/aa3023#3b703e10] * OIG announcement [https://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/46879] * Nordwind flight to Pyongyang [https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/n46107#3b73439e] THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Thank you so much for listening to AvTalk! Like the podcast? Have suggestions for future shows? Let us know by leaving a review or comment on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Reviews on iTunes not only help us make a better show, they help more people find the podcast! Want to send us additional feedback, just email us [podcast@fr24.com]. And tell that friend who asked you for a podcast recommendation that AvTalk is the one they want to listen to next. ---------------------------------------- Please click here for a transcript of this episode [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AvTalk_330_transcript.pdf]. The post AvTalk Episode 330: Acceptable deviation? [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast/avtalk-330/] appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog].

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Ian returns from Europe and Jason returns from sitting and staring at the wall for a brand new episode. We discuss the conversation around the Air India flight 171 preliminary report, a close call in Mexico City, and another in Minot, North Dakota. Plus, things are looking up for airlines awaiting Boeing 737 MAX deliveries, the NTSB issues a final report that raises questions about moose meat and the Ship to Theseus, and someone smuggles a turtle onto a flight. HELPFUL LINKS FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODE * Air India flight 171 preliminary report [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking-news/major-incident/air-india-171-crashes-shortly-after-take-off-from-ahmedabad/] * Data on close call in Mexico City [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviation-news/aviation-safety/landing-aeromexico-connect-e190-overflies-delta-737-in-mexico-city/] * Air Force statement on Minot incident [https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/07/22/air-force-says-b-52-crew-wasnt-told-of-passenger-jet-before-near-miss/] * NTSB report on Alaska crash [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Report_ANC23FA074_193053_7_23_2025-3_44_09-PM.pdf] THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Thank you so much for listening to AvTalk! Like the podcast? Have suggestions for future shows? Let us know by leaving a review or comment on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Reviews on iTunes not only help us make a better show, they help more people find the podcast! Want to send us additional feedback, just email us [podcast@fr24.com]. And tell that friend who asked you for a podcast recommendation that AvTalk is the one they want to listen to next. ---------------------------------------- Please click here for a transcript of this episode [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AvTalk_329_Transcript.pdf]. The post AvTalk Episode 329: Planes where they shouldn’t be [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast/avtalk-329/] appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog].

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Indian investigators narrow the focus of their investigation on the crashed 787’s fuel cut off switches. Lufthansa has quite the week with a damaged A340 in need of an unpressurized transatlantic ferry flight, a diverted 747 in South America, and a loose cat locked in a lavatory. A young pilot flies to Antarctica without authorization, raising the ire of the Chilean government. A man is ingested by a Volotea A319 engine in Milan and the NTSB releases its preliminary report on the close call between a Delta A319 and a flight of T-38s in Washington DC. HELPFUL LINKS FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODE * The Air Current’s report on the AI171 investigation [https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/ai171-investigation-fuel-control-switches/] * Lufthansa A340 unpressurized transatlantic ferry flight [https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-aihz#3b278e14] * Unauthorized flight to Antarctica [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviation-news/pilot-detained-by-chile-after-unauthorized-flight-to-antarctica/] * Volotea flight in Milan [https://x.com/flightradar24/status/1942545242814619785] * NTSB Delta—T-38s preliminary report [https://t.co/MK8LISIHjQ] THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Thank you so much for listening to AvTalk! Like the podcast? Have suggestions for future shows? Let us know by leaving a review or comment on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Reviews on iTunes not only help us make a better show, they help more people find the podcast! Want to send us additional feedback, just email us [podcast@fr24.com]. And tell that friend who asked you for a podcast recommendation that AvTalk is the one they want to listen to next. ---------------------------------------- Please click here for a transcript of this week’s episode [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AvTalk_328_Transcript.pdf]. The post AvTalk Episode 328: Lock the cat in the lav [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast/avtalk-328/] appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog].

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Indian investigators have downloaded the data from AI171’s recorders. Chinese authorities decline to release a report on China Southern flight 5735, citing threats to “national security and social stability.” A report on the Heathrow power station fire makes clear that it should have never happened. And a US Air Force base is being overrun by squirrels… again. HELPFUL LINKS FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODE * China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 data and report announcement [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking-news/major-incident/china-eastern-airlines-flight-5735-crashes-en-route-to-guangzhou/] * BBC summary of Heathrow transformer fire report [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2eznzp0w7ko] * Mexicana’s first E195-E2 [https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11749393] * EASA’s take-off performance monitoring system (TOPMS) proposal [https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/notices-of-proposed-amendment/npa-2025-01] * Task & Purpose’s piece on squirrels at Minot Air Force Base [https://taskandpurpose.com/news/minot-air-force-base-squirrels/] THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Thank you so much for listening to AvTalk! Like the podcast? Have suggestions for future shows? Let us know by leaving a review or comment on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Reviews on iTunes not only help us make a better show, they help more people find the podcast! Want to send us additional feedback, just email us [podcast@fr24.com]. And tell that friend who asked you for a podcast recommendation that AvTalk is the one they want to listen to next. ---------------------------------------- Click here for transcript of this week’s episode [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AvTalk_327_Transcript.pdf]. The post AvTalk Episode 327: Overrun by squirrels [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast/avtalk-327/] appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog].

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss all that has happened in Middle East airspace over the past week—from the US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities and elaborate diversion flights to the Iranian retaliation against US bases in Qatar and the subsequent airspace restrictions to the fragile cease fire and the gradual opening of airways. We also ponder why nearly two weeks after the crash of Air India flight 171, investigators have still not reviewed the data from the flight data recorders even as both were recovered just days after the crash. And the NTSB holds its probable cause board meeting for the mid-cabin exit door plug blowout aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282, find that Boeing’s safety culture and the FAA’s lax oversight contributed to the door plug’s ejection from the aircraft as it passed 15,000 feet last January. HELPFUL LINKS FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODE * The B-2 tanker diversion [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking-news/special-aircraft-tracking/how-the-world-tracked-the-b2-diversion-flights/] * NTSB probable cause summary for Alaska 1282 [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking-news/major-incident/alaska-airlines-737-9-max-exit-door-separates-in-flight/] THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Thank you so much for listening to AvTalk! Like the podcast? Have suggestions for future shows? Let us know by leaving a review or comment on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Reviews on iTunes not only help us make a better show, they help more people find the podcast! Want to send us additional feedback, just email us [podcast@fr24.com]. And tell that friend who asked you for a podcast recommendation that AvTalk is the one they want to listen to next. ---------------------------------------- Click here for a transcript of this week’s episode [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AvTalk_326_Transcript.pdf]. The post AvTalk Episode 326: Diversions and diversion tactics [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast/avtalk-326/] appeared first on Flightradar24 Blog [https://www.flightradar24.com/blog].