Boarding Pass 158: The Jakarta Incident

Doug was in Hawaii for Thanksgiving but got out before Mauna Loa erupted. We discuss how volcanic ash affects aircraft engines and review some near-disasters where 747’s lost all 4 engines due to eruptions around the world. Also:

TSA screened over 2.5 million passengers last Sunday, the most since the start of the pandemic

Saudi Arabia announces the launch of RIA, a new airline based in Riyadh, to compete with the ME 3

New low fare airline Fly Atlantic will be based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and fly transatlantic

We look at the gaps in Boeing’s new product launches: 757 to 777 to 787 to ???.

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