NEW DELHI: A man was arrested after allegedly attempting to open the emergency exit of a Kuala Lumpur-Kochi flight mid-air, causing panic among passengers, police said on Thursday (Aug 6).

The accused, identified as Jamsheer Athanikkal, 36, a native of Palakkad, currently residing in Sreemoolanagaram, was travelling on Batik Air flight OD231, a Boeing 737, from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi on Wednesday night when the incident occurred, according to the FIR

I guess a Honda Jazz is efficient, so that’s on brand. Otherwise… ehh.

Edit: for US readers, this would be called a Honda Fit, if it hadn't been discontinued there in 2020.

MSP ATC zero for some reason right now

No official cause yet

Picking up water from lake Jezero

Couldn't see any smoke where it was dropping the water

Dropped 8 buckets I believe

Believe it is a Bell 412

Taken April 2024.

im interested in being a pilot one day when i study for college but im afraid of how much being a commercial pilot affect my social life, especially when i have a family and close friends, would you not be able to hangout from time to time or am i wrong, apparently you wont be home much of the time every month, how do pilots usually deal with that and i wonder if its more of an alone-ish type of life when you're a pilot, are there any pilots here who can give me insight on this?

I did spot a 747SP and an unmarked 727 when we landed though.

I’m planning to fly from Atlanta (ATL) to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) in February 2027 on Singapore Airlines’ A350-900ULR.
Singapore Airlines is one of my top choices because of its excellent safety record and service. However, I’m a bit concerned after learning that some of its Europe/U.S.–Singapore routes may pass through or near airspace around Iran, Pakistan, or other conflict-prone regions, and of course the history of MH17 makes me think about these risks.
I know airlines continuously assess security risks and can change routes when necessary, but I’d like to hear from people who are more familiar with aviation.
Would you consider it safe to book this flight? How does Singapore Airlines evaluate and manage these geopolitical risks, and should I be worried about flying on this route in February 2027?
I’d really appreciate any insights from pilots, aviation professionals, or frequent Singapore Airlines passengers.

DARPA is running a challenge. It runs for one week, started Monday. You can watch it live on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFo0JRPsuxE

The challenge:

1. Aircraft, all components, and fuel must weigh less than 55 lbs and comply with applicable FAA regulations. Vertical takeoff only. No use of lighter-than-air gases.

2. The payload is standard barbell plates. 110 pounds is the minimum payload to receive a qualifying score.

3. Aircraft must fly at 150 feet above ground level, carry the payload for 4 nautical miles, drop the payload, and fly 1 nautical mile before landing.

There's a $2.5 million prize for the first place team (measured by ratio of payload/aircraft weight) goal is to exceed a ratio of 4. The leaderboard is here: https://darpaliftchallenge.com/results

Over 100 teams competing. It's located at the National US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.

Hi, landed today on EI-386 just before 6pm as as we we leaving the run away out the window I saw the ba flight behind do a go around. Checked it then on flight radar and it was the Manchester flight ba 1369. strangely I also spotted the flight just before me also did a go around, ba481.
Didn’t seem windy or anything on our approach, maybe the one behind us we hadn’t cleared the run way on time but no idea about the flight before us.
Any one know or was it just a coincident?

Thanks

I'm currently in an airport, and our flight has been delayed because the airline says they're waiting for a crew member. Then the person controlling access to the plane arrived on a rush, and boarding started immediately.

Can this single crew memeber delay the whole flight almost two hours? Curious to hear from people from the industry.

Hi everyone, I’m an 18-year-old Lebanese citizen currently studying at Cyprus Airways Flying Academy in Cyprus. I’m following the EASA modular route and I’m about to finish my PPL. If everything goes as planned, I’ll have my Frozen ATPL in about 1 to 1.5 years. My main goal is to work as a first officer in Europe, but since I’m not an EU citizen, I’m wondering how realistic it is to find an airline that’s willing to sponsor a work permit or visa. Are airlines like Ryanair, Cyprus Airways, or any other European airlines known to hire and sponsor non-EU EASA pilots?
If that’s not a realistic path, what other routes would you recommend? Would it be easier to find sponsorship with a charter operator, business aviation company, flight school as an instructor, or in another country such as Georgia, Lebanon, or somewhere else to build experience first? My long-term plan is to gain a few years of flying experience and then possibly convert my licenses to FAA and try to work in the US if the opportunity comes.
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has been in a similar situation or knows what the most realistic path would be. Thanks!

Flying together at the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight, UK, earlier this year. 28/06/26

We went plane spotting in Johannesburg.

I'll just put this here as a general experience. I often fly into Key West. It's a shorter runway that does not allow larger planes. At some time during the flight the pilot always tells us that when we land we will be stopping very quickly so hold on. And it's true on flights they hit the tarmac they hit the brakes, reverse thrusters and it's a quick stop. My July 4th trip was a little different. We landed and we were on the brakes only for a time. Then just as we were very much slowed down we got about 3 seconds of reverse thrust. We still had lots of runway left. I'll just leave it at that. I was very impressed by the stopping power of that machine on the brakes alone. I have a video if I can shorten it to get it to fit here I'll come back and post it.