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Holding patterns for airports in dusty regions are particularly potentially damaging to aircraft engines, analysis of dust ingestion at 10 airports worldwide has found. Arrival holds contributed over ...

A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330-900neo spent nearly four hours flying repeated holding patterns over southern India during a recent flight from Jeddah to Medan, drawing widespread attention online.

If you’ve ever sat on a plane wondering why the pilot announced that you’d be landing soon but seemed to be flying in circles with no runway in sight, you’ve probably been in a holding pattern.