The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard
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 basic details seems to be covered by The Hindu reporting and Firstpost s
Shortly after midnight local time on the 14th of May 2026, a medical flight en route to transport a patient crashed into terrain, killing all four on board. The NTSB has released their preliminary report. The aircraft was a 1979 Beech C90 King Air, registered in the US as N249CP and operating as an air
There s been some interesting reporting in the UK media about a near disaster over Canary Wharf involving the captain having to intervene (the horror!) after air data systems failed on approach, triggering a stall warning. Senior figures described how the plane almost suffered a ‘hull loss’ – aviation language for serious damage to or the
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. Coldfoot is remote: a tiny settlement about sixty miles north of the Arctic Circle with a population
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 cia.gov in 2019 and reprinted with permission. I did my best to recreate the images,
Last Saturday, the 4th of July 2026, a 22-year-old low-hour pilot departed for a flight with a flight instructor at Coronel Olmedo Airport in Córdoba, Argentina. Coronel Olmedo (SACD) is an uncontrolled airfield with a single unpaved runway (5/23) of around 4,000 feet/1,200 metres in length. The small airfield hosts a number of flight schools.
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. It was a good flying day, good visibility, scattered clouds at 4,300 feet with light wind. Both the pilot and the flight instructor had a free day and agreed to
On the 15th of June 2023, a light aircraft crashed into the runway at Aversi private airfield in Denmark. The aircraft, registered in Germany as D-EPRR, was a Cessna TU206G Stationair, a six-seater single-engine aircraft which had been converted to a turboprop (with a Rolls Royce 250 turboshaft) by Soloy Aviation Solutions. Later, it was
On the 15th of June 2026, a B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Edwards Air Force Base shortly after take-off. There were eight on board and no survivors. The B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range heavy bomber built by Boeing. It has eight jet engines mounted in four pods with a maximum takeoff weight of 488,000 pounds. The
On the 7th of June 2026, a Gulfstream G200 crashed at La Romana International Airport in the Dominican Republic, killing both pilots. The twin-engine business jet, registered in the US as N318JF, was owned by Aibonito Aviation, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It had arrived in La Romana to refuel as a part of