On this episode of Avtock, we get an update on the investigation into the crash of

Suratov Airlines flight 703.

Two airlines suffer engine incidents. We explain why London City

Airport closed for a day and we learn once and for all how to use a metar.

Hello and welcome to episode 25 of Av Talk, I am Ian Petchnick here as always with

Jason Rabinowitz, hello.

And we begin the show on a very somber note.

This weekend ended the 440 day streak of a non-fatal airplane crash.

Jet-powered commercial aircraft.

Yeah, we have to be specific, but it was one of the longest streaks,

if not the longest streak in modern history the longest

streak yeah so a a Saratob Airlines flight 703 crashed not long after takeoff from Moscow headed towards Orsk, which is southeast of Moscow.

Unfortunately, no one on board survived and the Russian authorities released a preliminary set of data this morning that pointed towards some

icing conditions that may have contributed to the crash.

So... But as with all air incidents like this we don't know.

They don't know.

They will, they will in due course could take years. They'll do their investigation. They'll figure out what happened and as we know from years past it's never just one single thing that causes an accident.

So we'll have to wait and see what the authorities say

caused this.

And I'm almost going to guarantee it wasn't just icing.

It never is.

Well, yeah, there's, you know, never just one factor, of course, but we will see as it comes out.

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