AvTalk Episode 316: The helicopter in the Hudson

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss what’s known so far about the crash of a Bell 206 in the Hudson River last week. We also break down the sequence of events after the crash that led to the FAA issuing an emergency grounding order for the helicopter operator.
Also this week, more tariff impacts as China reportedly tells its airlines to stop taking delivery of Boeing aircraft, while airlines are getting creative with ways to get around the tariffs. Ian geeks out over Airbus’ performance improvement package for the A330neo that increases the aircraft’s efficiency at low speeds. And Air New Zealand just can’t catch a break as it continues to struggle with engine issues on its A320neo and 787 aircraft.
Helpful links for this week’s episode

* Playback of Bell 206 N216MH
* FAA statement on grounding New York Helicopter Charter

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 316 of AvTalk. I am Ian Petchnik, once again here as always with
0:16.4	Jason Rabinowitz, back on my own microphone, where you might be able to hear me a little bit
0:21.9	better. We have not yet perfected our studio setup when we were in the same room at the same
0:26.6	time. It's more difficult than you would think. It is a bit more difficult. I think I was really
0:31.2	thrown off my game by the fact that the microphone stand tried to kill me last week.
0:35.1	It did. I saw it. I've had a talking, too, with the mic stand now, and it's much better.
0:39.5	You have an understanding.
0:41.0	We've reached an understanding, yes.
0:43.6	And I'm starting to look less swollen and bloody, which is always a good thing to aim for.
0:48.8	That's good.
0:49.4	I'm proud of you.
0:50.3	But it was nice to see you in person. Regular listening to the podcast will know that we're not often in the same room, but we'll see each other again next month, which is unusual.
1:02.0	But welcome.
1:02.8	So I hope you had a nice trip back home.
1:05.0	I did.
1:05.9	Chicago, this fair city.
1:07.5	Yeah, Chicago is great.
1:08.4	The weather, as soon as our conference ended, it turned out to be amazing, probably one of the
1:12.6	nicest days you've had in a very long time.
1:14.8	So I'm thankful for that.
1:16.8	I'm thankful that it only took us like 40 minutes of taxi to get out of O'Hare.
1:20.5	So that was nice.
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