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    However, if the North Koreans had decided to go cheap on the charter rates, you get what your cash gets ....... :D

    Come to think of it, riding on P.R.Chinas metal is probably the safest bet for young Kim. If you check his routing, the flight tried to stay on Chinese airspace and Vietnamese airspace (another socialist nation) for as long as possible.

     

    It goes to show that China is still influential when it comes to the business of their North Korean brethren. It is quite possible that China is footing the bill for the 747-400 transport. By the way, B-2447, a 23 year old B747-400, has headed back to Beijing after delivering young Kim to Singapore.

     

    Trump has arrived in Singapore on the same day but at night.

    Looking at it, of course Kim would fly on the Air China 747 as that is much newer than his VIP soviet plane. Believed too that China have offered or Kim have requested China's assistance in providing the 747 and likely that Kim or NK is not paying for it - just like for Kim stay in St Regis is picked by by the S'pore govt.

    His IL-62M (P-885) has arrived in Singapore too.

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    Apparently the Supreme Leader did not want to be seen arriving in a smaller narrowbody (IL-62) when it's a given that POTUS will drop in on the big mamma AF1

    So he rather get a lift on Comrade Xi's ride instead, said comrade being all too keen to remind all that he is paying attention to all that is unfolding in his backyard

    That is what I read la .....

    Haha except Comrade Xis ride is no longer the good old B747-400. B747-8i rego B-2479 (Air China) is the new VIP transport for the Chinese commies. It seems Comrade Xi is not even letting young Kim to use their older VIP toy, B-2472, a B747-400 in Air China livery.

     

    Heard their IL-62M is not allowed to land in The Lion City? If they wanna size up POTUS, they should consider be the first A380-800 ACJ operator...

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    Air Koryo IL-62 (P-885) is currently off the coast of Mersing, heading south.

     

    P-885 is VIP configured, so it is likely that the leader is inside.

    The CA B747-400 is not VIP configured, so it may have been a flight to ferry the other officials, while Kim Jong Un might be inside the IL-62M.

    Can anyone here track the movement of Trump's Boeing VC-25 (747-200B) Air Force One?

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    exactly. since they are priced the same I used to consciously avoid MI whenever possible. But after a while it no longer mattered because of how short the flight was and that was when timing became the determining factor.

     

    Wonder if their turquoise colour seatings will be changed to SQ seat fabric colours?

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    Sichuan Airlines co-pilot "sucked halfway" out of cockpit, captain says

     

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The co-pilot of a Sichuan Airlines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday was "sucked halfway" out of the plane after a cockpit windshield blew out, media reported, citing the aircraft's captain.

    Liu Chuanjian, hailed a hero on social media after having to land the Airbus A319 manually, told the Chengdu Economic Daily his aircraft had just reached a cruising altitude of 32,000 feet when a deafening sound tore through the cockpit.

    The cockpit experienced a sudden loss of pressure and drop in temperature and when he looked over, the cockpit's right windshield was gone.

    "There was no warning sign. Suddenly, the windshield just cracked and made a loud bang. The next thing I know, my co-pilot had been sucked halfway out of the window," he was quoted as saying.

    The co-pilot, who was wearing a seatbelt, was pulled back in. He suffered scratches and a sprained wrist, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said, adding that one other cabin crew member was also injured in the descent. None of the plane's 119 passengers was injured.

    Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2018/05/15/sichuan-airlines-pilot-was-sucked-halfway-out-of-window-captain-says/#u6XZCUqIvSVKLIyL.99

     

     

  18. Posted · Edited by S V Choong · Report reply

    Well, if you are to believe the MH folks at BKI, more specifically those managing their lounge there, 9M-MTA has now morphed (regressively perhaps ?) to a hitherto unidentified A300 variant :D

    skWWES5.jpg

     

    Wow, this could possibly the A300 model which I saw during my childhood in MAS office in Kota Kinabalu.

     

    There is also a cut-away model with seatings and etc. Along with a DC-10 IIRC?

    Just checked. 9M-MTA is flying and she is being utilised regularly.

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    Couldn't agree more on this :D

     

     

    Some people just have the unbelievable sense of entitlement with them.

     

    She is lucky that she was on fairly gentle South East Asian airlines, which I think she took advantage of. Had it been a mainland carrier, she will be blacklisted from traveling for 3 years or taken away by force to a custody.

     

    It's good that a Samaritan actually stood up to the woman.

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