ANOTHER BOEING. Plane passenger writes farewell note after Oxygen... masks drop and Boeing 737 falls nearly 26,000 Feet. Plane was operating under a codeshare agreement between Japan Airlines and its low-cost subsidiary, Spring Japan, departed from Shanghai for Tokyo.show more

#BREAKING : Japan Airlines flight drops 26,000 ft mid-air,... makes emergency landing. A Tokyo-bound Japan Airlines flight JL8696 made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport after dropping nearly 26,000 feet mid-air. The Boeing 737, operated by Spring Airlines Japan, was en route from Shanghai to Tokyo with 191 people on board. Around 6:53 PM local time, the aircraft suffered a sudden cabin pressure drop, forcing a rapid descent from 36,000 ft to 10,500 ft in 10 minutes. Oxygen masks were deployed. Passengers feared the plane would crash. No injuries were reported. #JapanAirlines #Aviation #FlightJL8696 #EmergencyLanding #KansaiAirport #Shanghai #Tokyo #Kansai #SpringAirlinesshow more

🚨 Spring Airlines Boeing 737 plummeted 26,000 feet mid-flight... after a pressurisation failure on its way from Shanghai to Tokyo Oxygen masks dropped, passengers panicked, some even wrote wills. The jet safely diverted to Osaka All 191 on board survived. The airline offered $104 & hotel stay. Probe on #Boeing #AviationSafety #Boeing737show more

The 23 year old and fourth Japan Airlines (Oneworld... Livery) Boeing 777-300ER, registered JA732J (Serial number:32430, LN:423), receives farewell at Tokyo Haneda Airport after its final flight in November last year. The aircraft in pristine white, has been deregistered in Japan and reregistered under FAA as N3243D and departed for Tucson, Arizona, in the United States, where it will be delivered to the new owner. #aircraftshow more

🚨#BREAKING: United Airlines Boeing 777 loses tire while taking... off from crushing multiple cars on the ground 📌#SanFrancisco | #California A United Flight 35, operated by a 2002 Boeing 777-222(ER) plane (N226UA), had to make a forced emergency landing after losing one or two tires during takeoff from San Francisco California en route to Osaka, Japan. The missing landing gear tires caused damage to multiple cars at San Francisco Airport. The United Airlines Boeing Flight UAL35 subsequently made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport and landed safely. the Federal Aviation Administration will be investigatingshow more

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 struck three deer while... landing at Kodiak Airport on Thursday morning, damaging the aircraft’s landing gear and prompting the cancellation of all scheduled passenger flights for the remainder of the day. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. as the aircraft was completing its landing rollout. Despite the unusual runway hazard, the plane was able to taxi safely to the terminal, and there were no injuries reported among passengers or crew. Video: Fuutii4312show more

❗️ Breaking: Footage from inside the airplane (Azerbaijan Airlines)... a few moments before it crashed in Aktau According to Russian media, one of the passengers threw these images to his wife as soon as he realized that the plane was falling. In the video you can hear people praying, and oxygen masks have already fallen out. Also there is shocking footage already after the crash of the airliner. People are asking for help and moaning in pain.show more

BREAKING: Ryanair passenger reportedly saved from being sucked out... the cabin after window fails during a flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen. According to local media Ryanair flight FR1879, a Boeing 737-8AS, returned safely to Greece on Friday after part of a damaged engine reportedly detached and struck a cabin window. A 61-year-old man, who is from Serbia upon the return of the plane, was taken to AHEPA and will undergo a CT scan to see if he has fractures. Speaking about the incident, the president of POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees), stressed that there was almost a tragedy, as a window was broken, the body of a passenger came out in the air and was restrained by his wife. The 61-year-old is currently at AHEPA with friction burns.show more

A woman in distress onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH2574... last Saturday met ‘a knight in shining armour’, in the form of Dr Chung Ghi Waie, a paediatric specialist at the Selesa Pacific Hospital. During the flight, Dr Chung was supposed to be winding down from a getaway to Japan, but a female passenger suddenly struggled to breathe, clutching her chest in pain. Dr Chung rose without hesitation in response to the call by the cabin crew – far from operating rooms and medical equipment, he helped stabilise the passenger and by the time the plane touched down in Miri, she was stable and able to breathe normally. Her mother and brother later flooded social media with gratitude, and netizens hailed Dr Chung as a ‘hero physician’.show more

✈️🚨 Passenger plane crashes in Russia’s Amur region —... over 40 people on board A Soviet-made Antonov An-24 aircraft operated by Angara Airlines disappeared from radar near the town of Tynda while attempting a second landing approach. Emergency crews later found the burning wreckage about 15 km from the airport. ⚠️ According to various reports, between 46 and 49 people were on board the plane — all of them died, including 6 crew members and 5 children. The aircraft, nearly 50 years old, had its airworthiness certificate extended until 2036. Russian authorities have opened a criminal case over violations of aviation safety rules resulting in multiple deaths. Just another reminder of what flying on half-century-old planes looks like — when "modernization" means paperwork, not safety.show more

🔴 Today’s strike in Sana’a was the result of... precise intelligence work, targeting a highly specific and unusual asset: A seemingly “civilian” Yemenia Airways empty passenger plane. This aircraft, under the guise of a commercial flight, had been covertly used by the Houthis for trips between Sana’a and Tehran, moving operatives for training in missile production and weapons development. Israeli intelligence had been tracking this plane recently, gradually closing the intelligence gap until there was no longer any doubt about its real function. Normally, the plane wasn’t docking in Yemen but in Jordan, making it harder to target. But today, in a rare move, it landed and remained at the Sana’a airport, creating a fleeting but valuable opportunity. Within 30 minutes of its landing, the window was exploited. Once confirmation came in that the aircraft had taken off from Jordan en route to Yemen, Israel scrambled several fighter jets, supported by additional aircraft types, to execute a clean, surgical strike while the plane was still on the ground. A textbook example of actionable intelligence turning into operational success - both the intelligence cycle and the strike itself are worth studying closely.show more

A Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank, California, safely landed... in Las Vegas after performing an emergency maneuver to avoid colliding with another aircraft on Friday. Minutes after Southwest flight 1496 took off from Burbank, it rapidly descended 475 feet to avoid hitting another plane — dropping from 14,100 feet to 13,625 feet, according to flight tracking data and passenger accounts. The other aircraft was identified as a Hawk Hunter with the N-number "N335AX," which was at approximately 14,653 feet when the Southwest flight had to make its emergency descent. Southwest airlines said in a statement, "The Crew of Southwest Flight 1496 responded to two onboard traffic alerts Friday afternoon while climbing out of Burbank, Cal., requiring them to climb and descend to comply with the alerts. The flight continued to Las Vegas, where it landed uneventfully. Southwest is engaged with the Federal Aviation Administration to further understand the circumstances. No injuries were immediately reported by Customers, but two Flight Attendants are being treated for injuries. We appreciate the professionalism of our Flight Crew and Flight Attendants in responding to this event. Nothing is more important to Southwest than the Safety of our Customers and Employees."show more

Southwest Airlines began Friday flying its first aircraft with... a secondary barrier to the flight deck designed to prevent intrusions. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 which was delivered in recent days - took off Friday afternoon from Phoenix to Denver, the airline said. Secondary barriers -- long sought after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks that exposed the risks of inadequate flight detect protection -- are crucial to aviation safety, pilots unions have argued. The flight is a milestone that marks the beginning of the roll out of the safety feature across the new U.S. commercial airline fleet in the coming years. Boeing and Airbus told media they have begun delivering airplanes with the barriers under the Federal Aviation Administration regulation announced in 2023 that took effect on Monday.show more

Breaking down what happened on China Airlines flight CI063... (Taipei to Vienna) on January 14, 2026... During takeoff from Taoyuan Airport, a tire tread from the main landing gear separated... a known occurrence with aircraft tires under high stress. The debris was flung upward and impacted the right wing, causing visible damage to the flaps and spoilers (no penetration to fuel tanks or critical structures). The passenger seated a Lufthansa aviation engineer, heard unusual sounds shortly after takeoff (around the time reaching Hong Kong airspace) and alerted the cabin crew. Initially told it might be normal, he persisted. When another pax overheard, he turned around, learned what was going on, and lent him his phone so he could show the crew takeoff video clearly showing the fresh damage. The assessment process took considerable time.. the crew consulted with the flight deck, maintenance teams on the ground, and dispatch while the engineer received periodic updates. With no critical warnings in the cockpit but visible structural damage confirmed, the captain elected to dump fuel and return to Taipei for safety. Aircraft landed without incident about two hours after departure. All passengers and crew were safe, and everyone was re-accommodated on later flights. Ground inspections later verified tire tread separation as the cause. The aircraft (B-18007, an A350-900) was removed from service for repairs, and Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration is investigating. The cautious decision to return was absolutely the right call, and the quick actions of an alert passenger plus thorough crew procedures prevented any risk from escalating. Aviation safety is layered for a reason. how much should passenger observations factor into in-flight decisions? Ever spoken up about something you noticed on a plane? Curious to hear experiences. ✈️ (Video from Pax seat attached... )show more

💥 The Chinese authorities have known for 4 years... that a pilot of a China Eastern Airlines jet — flight MU5735 — deliberately crashed the aircraft, killing all 132 aboard, according to data from the US. The data, released by the 🇺🇸 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), confirms earlier leaked US accounts that Flight 5735, a Boeing 737, was intentionally crashed into mountains in Guangxi in Mar 2022. The NTSB readings from the flight recorders show two pilots wrestling over the controls after both engines were shut down by hand, the automatic pilot was switched off and the jet was pushed into a nosedive as it cruised between Kunming and Guangzhou. In the face of public anger, Beijing has failed to publish a report. Last July the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration responded to an inquiry with a warning that “disclosure [about the crash] may, if released, endanger national security and social stability”. Beijing is under pressure from international aviation organizations to come clean over the disaster, which appears to have followed a similar pattern to suspected murder-suicide acts by airline pilots that have killed hundreds since 2014. The NTSB was asked to decode the flight recorders of Flight 5735 and transmitted its readings to China two weeks after their recovery in 2022. The US agency released extracts from its findings on Thursday in response to a Chinese citizen’s freedom of information request. “It was found that while cruising at 29,000ft, the fuel switches on both engines moved from the run position to the cut-off position,” the NTSB said. “Engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement.” Graphs of control inputs and the aircraft’s movement showed a pilot’s yoke pushing the aircraft into a steep dive and efforts by the other pilot to halt the dive. The two pilots were turning their yokes in opposite directions, commanding left or right rolls from the ailerons on the edges of the wings. The report said that a power failure had halted the data recorder after 90 seconds but the battery-powered crew voice recorder had continued. The agency did not reveal the contents, which it transmitted to Beijing at the time and said it had not stored a copy. Video from the ground showed the Boeing plunging vertically. The crew made no radio calls and no emergency radar code was transmitted. Previous Chinese reports have said that all systems appeared to have been functioning normally. Two months after the crash, a US investigator said “the plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit”. China removed all references to that report, including screenshots, from social media. Three pilots were on the flight deck. Captain Yang Hongda, Zhang Zhengping, the first officer, and Ni Gongtao, a second officer in training. Speculation in China has centred on Zhang, one of the airline’s most experienced pilots, who had recently been demoted from his captain’s rank.show more

Many inj¥red as U.S.-bound flight with 245 passengers makes... emergency return to Lagos United Airlines flight UA613, en route from Lagos to Washington, declared an emergency and returned to Lagos shortly after takeoff. Vanguard reports indicate that several passengers and crew members on the Boeing 787-8 sustained minor injuries during the incident. The flight, carrying 245 passengers, eight cabin crew, and three pilots, had to turn back while flying over Ivory Coast airspace. A passenger, speaking anonymously, revealed that the emergency occurred after seatbelt signs had been turned off. The aircraft safely landed back at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). The passenger said: “We had already been served our meals when the plane lost pressure and dropped. We noticed a sharp descent. I hit my head on the ceiling because of the impact. I became unconscious, but one person from the medical team came to attend to me in the middle of the turmoil. The sharp descent happened three times, causing some people to sustain injuries. We spent four hours on air. In the midst of the turmoil, the pilot said we were going to land in Ghana, but we eventually landed in Nigeria.” Clarifying the development, the airline in a chat with Vanguard, said: “Flight UA613 from Lagos to Washington D.C. returned to Lagos to address a technical issue. After landing safely, the aircraft was met by first responders to address reports of minor injuries to several passengers and crew.” 🎥: Vanguard Newspapersshow more

🙏 The morning of September 11th, 2001, started like... any other Tuesday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Lt. Heather Penney was running training drills in her F-16, perfecting maneuvers she'd practiced a thousand times before. Then everything changed. The radio crackled: all aircraft, return immediately. America was under attack. By the time she touched down, the Twin Towers had been struck. The Pentagon, just fifteen miles away, was burning. And intelligence reported another hijacked plane heading straight for Washington. Heather and her commanding officer got the order: suit up, get airborne, intercept that plane. But there was a problem. Their F-16s were loaded for training exercises, not combat. No live missiles. No ammunition capable of taking down a commercial airliner. Just practice rounds and fuel tanks. That's when the impossible order came through her headset: stop that aircraft by any means necessary. Heather understood immediately what those words meant. If she couldn't shoot down the hijacked Boeing 757, she would have to physically ram it with her fighter jet. A deliberate midair collision at hundreds of miles per hour. No ejection possible. No parachute. No survival. She was twenty-six years old. A fighter pilot for less than two years. The daughter of a United Airlines pilot who flew the same type of aircraft now being used as weapons. Her commanding officer's voice came through: I'll take the cockpit, you take the tail. They were dividing the target between them, ensuring the plane would go down even if one of them missed. Heather's response was two words: Roger that. She strapped in, fired up the engine, and rocketed into the sky over Washington, breaking the sound barrier above the capital, something normally forbidden. The sonic booms rattled windows across the city, a thunderous announcement that American fighters were responding. As she climbed toward intercept altitude, her mind raced through questions no training had prepared her for. What part of the fuselage should she aim for? What speed? What angle would guarantee the plane went down immediately? She scanned the skies, searching for United Flight 93. Searching for the target she would destroy with her own body. Accepting, with each passing second, that she was flying toward certain death. But she never found the plane. Because two hundred miles away, the passengers had already made their choice. They'd stormed the cockpit. Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field at 10:03 AM. Heather flew patrol over Washington for hours afterward, protecting skies that had already been saved by ordinary Americans who refused to be weapons. When she finally landed, her crew chief had tears in his eyes. He hadn't expected to see her again. 🙏show more

RHP Cole Leaman (Lehigh Baseball) is an arm I'm... really looking forward to following this spring. Fresh off a strong Sophomore season in which he worked a 2.31 ERA with 49 Ks to 23 BB across 46.2 IP. Showed some positive flashes on the Cape. While slightly undersized, Leaman has a strong and athletic build at 6' and 190-lbs. Has put on a lot of good weight over the last couple of years. Leaman has almost a "check point" delivery in which he takes a noticeable side step towards the 1B side, gathers himself and breaks into the rest of his motion. Lengthy arm stroke and attacks from a high-3/4 slot from a low release height. Leaman is a high-level athlete and a dynamic mover on the mound. Sits really well on his back glute and his lead leg block enables him to generate power and drive his back side through. Drop and drive delivery. Little bit of effort, but plenty of arm speed. Leaman's FB sits in the 91-94 range, but it was up to 96 this summer and 98 this fall. Jumps out of his hand from a ~5'3" release height and flashes riding life through the zone. Averaged 15" of carry this summer and 2,361 RPMs. Gets over the barrels of opposing hitters when located in the top-1/2 of the zone, which is where the pitch is at its best. Command can be erratic at times. Would give it a 55. Leaman's most-used off speed pitch is a high-70s-to-low-80s CB. Shape is inconsistent and it can get a little slurvy at times, but he snapped off a handful of really good ones between the spring and summer. When it's at its best, it will flash a bigger shape with sharp, downward tilt. Leaman will also mix in a low-to-mid-80s SL that's distinct in shape. Another pitch he's still gaining a feel for, but like his CB it's also shown big time flashes. Shape of it will vary, but it will sometimes flash plus with sharp, two-plane break (more sweep than depth) and essentially take a late, hard left turn. Rounds out his arsenal with a high-80s cutter and a mid-to-high-80s CH. The former is more intriguing than the latter. Curious to see how much he uses the cutter this spring, threw a couple this summer that had late glove-side life. Leaman has a very intriguing blend of athleticism and stuff, though he'll need to iron out his command and control in order to maximize his upside. As mentioned, it's a bit scattered right now and has hindered him in some starts. 5th-8th round type this July. (📽️: Falmouth Commodores)show more