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Air India Sudden Descent Injures 24
2+ day, 32+ min ago (1426+ words) On the 4th of August 2026, Air India flight AI2379 was en route from Phuket to Delhi when the aircraft suddenly and unexpectedly descended (“suddenly plunged”) 300 feet, resulting in multiple injuries. It isn’t completely clear what happened but the best source for the…...
Forced Down North of the Arctic Circle
3+ week, 1+ day ago (628+ words) Despite the name, Coldfoot Airport, Alaska was pretty warm on the morning of the 22nd of June, 2026: a pleasant 17°C/63°F with a mild breeze of 5 knots and good visibility. It was a great day for flying. The aircraft was a…...
The CIA’s Shark Screen
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1101+ words) Today we have a guest post from the CIA! In their archives, researching something completely different, I found the answer to a question I never thought to ask. I immediately knew you’d be interested too. It was originally published on…...
Fatal SR22 Stall on Final at Barwick LaFayette
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (964+ words) On the 20th of March, 2025, a Cirrus SR22 crashed in LaFayette, Georgia during an instructional flight, killing both the pilot and the flight instructor. That afternoon, the pilot flew the Cirrus SR22, registered in the US as N969SS, to Barwick LaFayette Airport to pick…...
There Is a Parachutist in Front of You
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (858+ words) In the right seat was a flight examiner with 22,500 hours, of which 390 hours were on type. The student was a commercial pilot for piston-engined aircraft with 950 flight hours. He was also an experienced parachutist. That day, the pilot was flying…...
Fatal Gulfstream G200 Crash in the Dominican Republic
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (266+ words) Videos of the landing show the aircraft veering off of the runway. The undercarriage collapses and the left-hand engine is ripped away. The jet then burst into flames. Both pilots were killed in the fire, the aircraft was destroyed. Warning:…...
The Pilots, the Probes, and the AF447 Verdict
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1467+ words) On the 21st of May 2026, the Paris Court of Appeal convicted Airbus and Air France of involuntary manslaughter for their roles in the crash of Air France flight 447, ruling that both companies were “solely and entirely responsible” for the deaths of…...
The First Jet to Land on an Aircraft Carrier (Deliberately)
3+ mon, 22+ hour ago (838+ words) “The Vampire was the first jet to land on a moving aircraft carrier deliberately.” This quote from Airshow Luke, our MC at the Legacy of Liberty airshow, made me almost lose sight of the jet. Not because I doubted the…...
Fuel Switches in the Cutoff Position on China Eastern flight 5735
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (773+ words) On the 21st of March 2022, a Boeing 737 passenger airliner crashed into a mountain. This was China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 flying from Kunming to Guangzhou in the People’s Republic of China. All 132 souls on board perished in the crash. This was the…...
The Man in the Right Seat at Prestwick
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1870+ words) The Piper Archer II was owned by a local flying club and had a full engine overhaul just over a year ago, in January 2023, accumulating about 150 operating hours on the new engine. Here’s a video of the aircraft in better…...