If it was a rocket fairing, why didn’t it burn up on re-entry?
2016-01-24
H2As soon as my last article was put online, someone asked me, “If it’s space debris, surely it would have burnt up upon re-entry. IRead More →
Sorry Captain, you don’t want to depart because of WHAT?
2016-01-20
This morning I opened my Facebook and saw a post in one of the aviation groups which annoyed me, but is a problem in Indonesian aviation,Read More →
Deraya cargo BAe-ATP PK-DGB runway excursion at Wamena
2015-03-04
Photos are circulating around the internet this afternoon of a BAe ATP in Deraya colours, registered PK-DGB, slewed off the runway at Wamena airport (WMX)Read More →
TK726: Runway excursion at Kathmandu
2015-03-04
A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 was landing at Kathmandu Tribuvan International Airport in Nepal when it left the runway and came to rest between runwayRead More →
The world is beautiful from above but… Don’t be stupid with drones!
2015-03-04
It looks like my blog this week is mostly covering Malaysia with the upcoming 1st anniversary of MH370’s disappearance. However, I certainly didn’t expect toRead More →
How often do large aircraft go missing over the past 50 years?
2015-03-03
The 1st year anniversary of MH370 is coming up fast and outside the developments of the search effort, we haven’t had much progress since theRead More →
GE235 aftermath: Addressing a ticking timebomb?
2015-02-07
On the same day as Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council released it’s preliminary information into the crash of flight GE235, TransAsia Airways has issued orders forRead More →
TransAsia Flight 235: Could lack of callouts lead to confusion and error?
2015-02-06
It looked like something that you’d only see in movies, but this is a real tragedy. TransAsia Airways’ Flight GE235, operated by an ATR72-600 (registration B-22816), tookRead More →
Lombok Praya airport closed for 45 hours after Garuda ATR went off runway
2015-02-05
On 03 February, Garuda Indonesia ATR72-600 PK-GAG operating flight 7040 from Denpasar (DPS/WADD) to Lombok (LOP/WADL) suffered a runway excursion upon landing. The aircraft landed atRead More →
QZ8501: Circuit breakers and pilot seats – Turning snowballs into avalanches
2015-02-02
When the National Transportation Safety Committee revealed the factual information on the QZ8501 accident, their 18 point press release and the questions and answers madeRead More →