Taylor Rains

Aviation Reporter for @thisisinsider | 56 countries across all 7 continents 🎒🌎 all views are my own

[Edward Russell @ByERussell]

When AI customer service goes wrong. Norse Atlantic's heavy reliance on chatbots is a prime opportunity for scammers, writes @car0linehaskins. @WIRED https://t.co/QpUoe0viOf

[NTSB Newsroom @NTSB_Newsroom]

NTSB will hold a media briefing today at 1:30 p.m. ET on the March 22 collision involving Air Canada Express Flight 8646 (Jazz Aviation, CRJ-900) and a firefighting vehicle on Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport. 📍 LaGuardia Airport Terminal B upper-level corridor connecting Terminal B with the Terminal B parking garage.

Livestream link available here: https://t.co/9NK2O7mNfq

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@LukaDzin Hi Luka, I'm a journalist at Business Insider. Are you taking these videos? Can you provide any information? Are people ok? Please DM me or email: trains@insider, if you are willing to chat. Thanks.

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

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[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

Quick check: TSA PreCheck lanes are supposed to be down at airports, but some are still reportedly running. Has anyone seen theirs open or used it today?

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@AMikeBloomType What comes around goes around 👀

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@DavidBloomberg Is he throwing the challenge???

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@DavidBloomberg He’s just being downright rude 🫣

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@BB26GIRL @CBSBigBrother Saving my summer 🙏🏼

[Jon Ostrower @jonostrower]

This is incredibly upsetting to watch. Perhaps I’m being too extreme, but there’s a societal level breakdown on display here. The abject disregard for your fellow humans as we prioritize our stuff is devastating. Sure FAA could start fining people, but this is basic humanity.

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@jonostrower I’m just as shocked as you, Jon. If Aeroflot 1492 wasn’t warning enough to leave bags behind. And Emirates 521, the list goes on.

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@SpaethFlies This is awesome 🇦🇶✈️

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@DennisVerde It won’t be the same ❤️

[KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler @MCCCANM]

I understand a lot of people are wondering this right now, so here’s my answer:

Nothing.

Nothing is going on with aviation right now.

This stuff happens from time to time. The difference is that you just normally don’t hear about it, and you normally don’t get sustained news about it.

Because of the Japan crash & MAX, though, there is increased attention. So, you see it on your feed & in the news more.

There’s no indication that we’ve suddenly entered some period where mishaps have become more common. If you follow aviation, you realize there are lots of events like these every year…they just don’t normally make the news unless someone gets killed.

They do make it to our monthly safety summaries, though, and you start to understand that, even in a safety driven industry, nothing is perfect…because people are never perfect.

Safety is only partially about preventing things from happening. It’s also about recognizing things when they inevitably do happen & recovering from the thing.

Keep in mind there are about 45,000 flights everyday in the US alone…well over 2 million passengers a day. We’re doing fine, but for a few more weeks or months, you’ll probably hear about even the most minor aviation thing.

Like screws missing on an airplane. Or a wheel coming off after a tire change.

That doesn’t mean it’s never happened before, or that it’s suddenly happening a lot right now.

[Jon Ostrower @jonostrower]

BREAKING: United has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska jet, according to three people familiar with the findings. https://t.co/pcPx9I8Z0l (via @theaircurrent)

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

The Stanley cup saga 2.0. My iPhone case barely handles a fall from the kitchen counter.

[Seanathan Bates @SeanSafyre]

Found an iPhone on the side of the road... Still in airplane mode with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for #AlaskaAirlines ASA1282 Survived a 16,000 foot drop perfectly in tact!

When I called it in, Zoe at @NTSB said it was the SECOND phone to be found. No door yet😅

[David Slotnick @David_Slotnick]

Lots of comments on social media posts of ATC audio saying the (female) pilot sounds “frazzled” or not calm, with more blatant misogyny.

During depressurizations, pilots don bigger oxygen masks. She sounds calm and professional — while speaking loudly through a mask.

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@David_Slotnick In case anyone forgot, the captain of the SWA accident in 2018 was also a woman. Tammie Jo Shults.

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@jonostrower What a year it’s been Jon

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@Kyrinker ETOPS 180 is also pretty standard.

[Taylor Rains @trains_onplanes]

@Kyrinker Basically, ETOPS was created to let twin-engine planes fly long distances over water. It determines how far an aircraft can fly from the nearest diversion airport while running on one engine. You’ll typically see 120 minutes, but some are 370 minutes (A350).