Hello and welcome to episode 342 of AvTalk. I am Ian Petchnik, here as always with

Jason Rubinowitz. How's it going? Wait, this is the A340200 episode. This is the most underpowered episode

that we will ever have. In more way than one. Just wait till next week. We've got a good

jump coming. Jason, we record in the depths of business travel. And I want you to describe where you are

sitting today in order to make this episode happen. It seems like whenever I make my pilgrimage

to the corporate office in Dulles, it ends up being Wednesday is my busiest day where it's

hardest to get away. And today is actually our first day and are still

yet to be completed new corporate headquarters. So I am currently in an interior gymnastics room

inside the workout room, inside the lobby of the building, which our office is being built in. It is literally the only place

I could find that I had access to that could be quiet enough to record this podcast.

And for added authenticity, Jason is in fact wearing sweatbands. It's actually quite nice.

There are towels here and like it's nice and cold and you draw the lights.

Like, I've recorded this podcast in worse places than this. This is true. This is true. I think in

episode three, we actually had you crawl inside of an airplane. Ah, in Malta. That was fun, though.

So let's get to the news, because I know you have to get back to your day job.

I do. I'm here for actual reasons.

Actual reasons. On Sunday or early Monday morning local time, an Air Act 747400 veered off the runway in Hong Kong, struck a ground security vehicle that was stationed

along the northern perimeter road, pushed the vehicle into the bay, and followed it in.

Unfortunately, both occupants of that vehicle were killed.

The crew of the aircraft, all four crew members on board the cargo plane, escaped without injury.

This is just a bizarre one.

It's a wild story.

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