Airplane News: RedBull FAA Trouble. China Eastern Update, Cessna Crashes on Bridge, Joby Update.

Join Greg as we look at this weeks airplane news. We will cover four stories. The RedBull Plane Swap pilots have had their certifications revoked, very interesting. We finally have an update on the China Eastern crash that happened a few weeks ago. A Cessna crashed on a bridge in Miami, FL where bystanders can be seen helping pilot and passengers out of the wreck (drone footage). Finally, Joby has met the noise requirement for their eVTOL.

The FAA has revoked the pilot certificates of both red bull pilots due to their attempted plane swap

The pilots were also fined $4932

“The FAA revoked the pilot certificates of the two pilots involved in the unauthorized Red Bull plane swap stunt on April 24, 2022, in Arizona,” the agency said in a statement. “The attempted stunt resulted in the crash of one of the two single-engine Cessna 182 aircraft. The lead pilot requested an exemption for the stunt from the FAA, which the agency denied.”

https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/faa-regs/faa-revokes-pilot-certificates-for-red-bull-plane-swap-stunt

Reports state that preliminary data of the 737-800 crash in China was an intentional act by someone at the controls of the aircraft.

China Eastern stated that the pilot’s health, family conditions, and financial situations were good and that a cockpit intrusion wasn’t possible.

China Civil Aviation officials have yet to state a cause, but U.S.-based investigators state that data from the blackbox suggest the plane responded to control inputs from the flight deck.

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/data-points-to-intentional-crash-of-china-eastern-boeing-737-800

A small plane crashed onto the Hauler Inlet Bridge in Miami-Dade county Florida, killing one person.

The plane, carrying a pilot and two passengers, struck an SUV on the bridge, causing substantial damage to both vehicles.

The pilot and one passenger were able to escape the plane but one person was not.

The mother and two toddlers in the SUV were transported to the hospital for evaluation.

https://tampa.cbslocal.com/2022/05/15/small-plane-crashes-into-florida-bridge-killing-one-person-and-injuring-five/

Joby Announced this week the their eVTOL has met the company’s noise goals

Testing was completed in California in September of last year in partnership with NASA.

Results showed that Joby’s aircraft register 45.2 dBA from an altitude of 500m at 100kts.

“We will use this data to help us understand the vehicle’s performance characteristics, the acoustics profiles, as well as information that will help us develop modeling scenarios… …Not just one or two flights per day, but at the scale that we predict these vehicles will begin flying when used by the public.” - said Shivanjli Sharma, acting lead for NASA AAM.

https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/evtols-urban-mobility/joby-evtol-meets-noise-targets