Category: Accidents and Incidents
The Anatomy of an A350–CRJ Collision at Atlanta
On the 10th of September 2024, an Airbus A350 took the tail off of a Bombardier CRJ at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, USA. Delta Air Lines flight 295 was a scheduled international service from Atlanta to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan being flown that day by an Airbus A350-941 registered in the US…
Read more… 30 Oct 26
Why KLM Cut the Steering Cables on Two Perfectly Functional Boeing 737s
Last month, we looked at the night of 28th of November 2004 at Barcelona Airport. KLM 1673 ran off the runway at high speed, stopping just short of a canal. We focused there on the experience on the runway and the evacuation. This week, I want to consider the events leading up to the runway…
Read more… 9 Oct 26
An Altercation in the Cockpit
Flydubai flight FZ1073, callsign SKYDUBAI 1073, was a scheduled passenger flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Tel Aviv, Israel, also sold under the codeshare Emirates flight EK2120. On the 30th of September, the flight was scheduled to depart Dubai International Airport at 02:45 UTC (06:45 Gulf Standard Time) for the three and a half…
Read more… 1 Oct 26
Hawk T2 Ejection and Crash at RAF Valley
On the 23rd of September 2026, a Royal Air Force Hawk T2 jet trainer crashed near Pencarnisiog, Anglesey. The Hawk T2 is the RAF’s designation for the BAE Systems Hawk 128: an aerobatic two-seat trainer with a glass cockpit whose controls are designed to resemble the Typhoon’s. The Hawk, based on a design from Hawker…
Read more… 25 Sep 26
KLM 1673 Veers Off the Runway with Full Right Rudder
On the 28th of November 2004, a Boeing B737 ran off the runway at Barcelona Airport. The weather had been good at Barcelona that evening. The flight crew agreed to land with flaps set to 30°, autobrakes setting 2 and standard reverse thrust, all within standard operational procedures. As they approached, the landing gear lowered and…
Read more… 18 Sep 26
Amazon Cargo 767 Overrun at Miami
On the 6th of September 2026, 21 Air flight 7598 landing at Miami International Airport overran the runway, killing five people. The aircraft was a 32-year-old Boeing 767-300 wide-body airliner converted for cargo, registered in the US as N1997A. That day, the aircraft had flown Cincinnati-Miami-San Juan with two flight crew aboard. I have not…
Read more… 11 Sep 26
Accident Analysis
Social Media Influencers Weigh Down Aircraft
The fatal crash at Scottsdale Arizona took place directly after take-off. The passengers were a self-proclaimed crowd of social media influencers. The jet-setting influencer who had organised the flight, had…
Fatal SR22 Stall on Final at Barwick LaFayette
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…
Demystifying
How Important is Having a Sterile Cockpit?
This question was posted to r/flying by a private pilot who wanted to know: do airline pilots ever engage in small talk about irrelevant things during taxiing, run-up, takeoff, and…
Someone has to write the TAF
It turns out that there a person sitting there deciding what the weather is going to do. Which seems obvious, except that I had somehow never asked msyelf who “someone”…
History
The CIA's Shark Screen
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…
The First Jet to Land on an Aircraft Carrier (Deliberately)
“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…
Fun Stuff
Bird Strikes, Balloon Landings and Falling in Love with a Boeing 777
The exciting news on Fear of Landing this week was a huge scare about critical vulnerabilities in PHP. PHP is widely used on the web, including in WordPress, which is…
Petrified, Petrified, Petrified
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…
