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SPIRIT AIRLINES
If youve ever seen this in real life, its expensive and messy. -DR
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Foam party at the Spirit Hangar!
A fire suppression system was accidentally triggered at Spirit Airlines’ maintenance hangar in Detroit on July 4, likely due to a lightning strike nearby. The hangar and five Airbus jets were flooded with corrosive foam, forcing Spirit to remove several aircraft from service for inspection. While no injuries were reported and flights were unaffected, the cleanup and potential damage could cost the airline a pretty penny.
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Spirit Airlines ranked fourth for on time arrivals among U.S. carriers in the DOT’s latest Air Travel Consumer Report covering January through June 2025, at 78.34% on time. Hawaiian led the list, followed by Southwest and Delta, with Spirit ahead of larger rivals like American and JetBlue. The strong showing comes as Spirit faces serious financial pressure, including a fresh bankruptcy filing and a deep restructuring. The airline has been cutting routes and exploring asset sales while working to keep operations reliable.
Context: DOT counts a flight as “on time” if it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule. Rankings are updated monthly.
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Spirit Airlines Flight 1300 from Fort Lauderdale to Boston on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 was urgently instructed to turn 20 degrees right near Long Island, New York, to move away from Air Force One en route to London. The flight, operated by an Airbus A321, continued and landed safely in Boston.
Controller audio captured on LiveATC includes emphatic prompts to the Spirit crew, including:
“Spirit 1300 turn 20 degrees right vector traffic in descent.”
“Pay attention Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees right.”
“Spirit 1300 turn 20 degress right now. Spirit wings turn 20 degrrees right now.”
“Spirit Wings turn 20 degrees right IMMEDIATELY.”
“20 degrees right Spirit Wings 1300 pay attention.”
“Spirit 1300 traffic’s off your left wing by six mi.. er 8 miles, 747 I’m sure you can see who it is, it’s flight level three two zero maintain three three zero… keep an eye out for ’em white and blue.”
“Spirit thirteen hundred Boston Center one three four point zero. I gotta talk to you twice every time.”
“Spirit Thirteen Hundred Boston one three four point zero. Pay attention, get off the iPad!”
The FAA said its preliminary review shows the aircraft maintained required separation; preliminary tracking indicated the jets were on converging paths with a closest horizontal spacing of about 11 miles. The exchange was first flagged by aviation watcher xjonnyc and later reported by multiple outlets.
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