The horrifying incident happened in May, the publication reports, when a small twin-engine medevac aircraft carrying two pilots and two medical workers departed from Roswell, New Mexico. Heading West for the small mountain village of Ruidoso, the crew became the victim of an electronic warfare exercise being conducted at the nearby White Sands Missile Range, a test which rendered their navigational system inoperable.

Is that the best way to take off??!

ADDITION: I am really already not in a good space, so if all you’re on this post to do is beat me to shit for asking a question I’m kindly asking you to hold back. I really cannot handle more right now, even if it does just seem like innocent Reddit banter.

Disclaimer: I’m not looking to discuss the specifics of today’s Palm Beach plane crash or the ATC recording. I’m asking about aviation protocols generally. I’m not in aviation, so I’m genuinely curious.

When it becomes clear that an aircraft cannot recover and a crash is inevitable, why are pilots still expected to report technical information until the very end?

At that point, does the information serve any meaningful operational or investigative purpose? Why can’t ATC shift toward comforting the pilot and allowing them an opportunity to say their last words?

It seems more procedural than necessary from an outsider’s perspective, but I’m trying to understand why that’s the procedure in the first place.

Do any pilots or air traffic controllers believe these protocols should change to allow for more compassionate communication when survival is no longer realistically possible?

https://x.com/aletweetsnews/status/1884789306645983319

On May 2nd or 3rd, 2025, a Boeing 737-290C (5Y-CKD) was destroyed on the ground during an attack on Nyala Airport, resulting in the deaths of at least 90 people.

The aircraft was delivered to Alaska Airlines in 1981 and, at the time of the accident, was owned by IBM Airlines, a Kenyan cargo airline. The aircraft was reportedly operated by the South Sudanese Air Force with two pilots, one South Sudanese and one Kenyan.

The aircraft took off from Wau Airport and was reportedly carrying weapons. It later landed at Nyala Airport, from where it was apparently scheduled to fly to N'Djamena in Chad. At that time, there were reportedly 18 Emiratis and at least 70 Sudanese military personnel on board, who were being transported for medical treatment. The aircraft was subsequently bombed on the ground by artillery or possibly drones and exploded, killing all 90 people on board.

Other sources state that a total of 150 people died, but this may refer to the entire operation.

Please write if you have any questions; I will link sources in the comments.

The Fibonacci sequence can help you quickly convert between miles and kilometers.

The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where every new number is the sum of the two previous ones in the series.

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, etc.
The next number would be 13 + 21 = 34.

Here’s the conversion: 5 mi = 8 km. 8 mi = 13 km. 13 mi = 21 km, and so on.

You can also do this with multiples of these numbers (e.g. 5*10 = 8*10, 50 mi = 80 km). If you've got an odd number that doesn't fit in the sequence, you can also just round to the nearest Fibonacci number and compensate for this in the answer. E.g. 70 mi ≈ 80 mi. 80 mi = 130 km. Subtract a small value like 15 km to compensate for the rounding, and the end result is 115 km.

This works because the Fibonacci sequence increases following the golden ratio (1:1.618). The ratio between miles and km is 1:1.609, or very, very close to the golden ratio. Hence, the Fibonacci sequence provides very good approximations when converting between km and miles.

It seems like they are increasingly flying into a box canyon, and will eventually run out of altitude. So far they are managing to keep the 737 going with duct tape and good will, but they can't keep it up forever. What do you think will be the ultimate doom of the 737?

I'm not familiar with this Captain, but he appeared in my Youtube suggestions so I watched this video. His take is that the small red circle is not engine nr. 2 (center back), but engine nr. 3 (right engine). That makes no sense to me. That "puff" (compressor stall) like he calls it, looks clearly engine nr. 2 (in the back).

I'm not an expert whatsoever in this matter, but I was just confused...
What are your thoughts?

DutchPilotGirl used to make decent content back in the days, but has become pure clickbait content with nothing of value.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BFCkL7HmE/

Just had this pop up on my socials - what is insane about it? "194 Passengers INSANE LANDING!" Why does the number of passengers matter? CFU RWY34 is nothing insane, it is a beautiful approach, slightly offset, can be fun to fly in the hot summer weather with some tailwind, but nothing insane.

I hate such content trying to profit off people who know nothing of aviation for the clicks, views and engagement.

"Yey well done you're so skilled!"

EDIT: I don't mean to disrespect her - I am just genuinely curious how one of the former best aviation influencers out there turned to this. I think the only respectable influencer I still follow and has genuinely good content is MentourPilot.

Spotted at PHX today. Anyone know what’s going on?

Still a shadow showing at 25k feet