AvTalk Episode 329: Planes where they shouldn’t be

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4.8 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

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
Data on close call in Mexico City
Air Force statement on Minot incident
NTSB report on Alaska crash

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 329 of AvTalk.
0:12.5	I am Ian Petchnik once again, here as always with Jason Urbanowitz.
0:18.6	Welcome back, Ian.
0:19.8	I hope your vacation was good and calming,
0:22.8	and that's definitely the case with your whole family in tow. Absolutely. Yes, I dragged my entire
0:27.9	family to London and then over to Ireland for our first international family vacation.
0:34.5	It was relaxing and not stressful at all. Everyone survived. You're back.
0:42.3	We didn't know what to do without you, so we didn't do anything at all. So I'm happy
0:46.1	you're back because I don't know how to do this podcast without you. So it's a good thing
0:51.2	you came back. Jason just sat in the room by himself and talked for an alley.
0:55.0	It all worked out. Just sat here. Yep. But you're back? We're back. How were airplanes?
1:00.5	Airplanes were good. I had a lovely time. My kids are now, this is their first international trip, and they are now harsh airline critics.
1:09.7	Ooh. So I'm waiting for my daughter to start pitching me credit cards and asking for referral
1:16.1	links at this point.
1:17.2	Tell me more.
1:17.8	What did they like?
1:18.5	What did they not like?
1:19.6	So we flew United from Chicago to London and they were not impressed.
1:25.7	Oh.
1:26.3	What is that?
1:26.7	A 763?
1:28.2	That is a 763.
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