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On This Day in 1999: A Grounded Air Botswana Pilot Stole an ATR 42 and Circled the Airport for Two Hours, Threatening to Crash Into His Employer’s Building. He Eventually Landed but Rammed Two Parked ATR 42s, Destroying All Three Aircraft and Killing Himself.
On October 11, 1999, a shocking incident at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone, Botswana, devastated the national airline’s fleet after a pilot deliberately crashed a stolen passenger aircraft into two parked airliners. The incident killed one person, the pilot himself, but left Air Botswana facing a major operational crisis. The aircraft was an…
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Egyptian Flynas Flight Attendant, 28, Dies After Riyadh Airport Attack Kills 12 and Injures More Than 300, as Egypt Condemns Deadly Strikes on Saudi Arabia
A 28-year-old Egyptian flight attendant working for Saudi airline flynas has died from injuries sustained during Saturday’s attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The victim, Azza Ramzy Mohamed Hassan, from Egypt’s Beheira governorate, was wounded inside the airport terminal during the attack. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry confirmed her death on Sunday and…
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WWII Ground Crew Woman Margaret Horton Accidentally Takes Flight Clinging to Spitfire’s Tail in 1945, Survives an Entire Airfield Circuit Before the Pilot Makes a Safe Landing
During World War II, in 1945, Margaret Horton was working as ground crew at RAF Hibaldstow in Lincolnshire, England, when an extraordinary accident unfolded. Horton had been sitting on the tail of a Supermarine Spitfire while it was being taxied, a routine practice to prevent the aircraft from bouncing. But the pilot unexpectedly accelerated onto…
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On This Day in 1984: Aeroflot Tu-154 Crashed Into Runway Maintenance Trucks After Sleeping Controller Failed to Clear the Runway, Killing 178; Investigation Exposed Negligence, ATC Failure and Major Airport Safety Violations
On October 11, 1984, Aeroflot Flight 3352, a Tupolev Tu-154B-1 registered CCCP-85243, was approaching Omsk Airport in the Soviet Union during a scheduled domestic journey from Krasnodar to Novosibirsk. The aircraft carried 170 passengers and nine crew members. What should have been a routine stopover turned into a catastrophe because maintenance vehicles were occupying the…
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Trump Says “We’ll Find Out” on US Response After Deadly Missile Strike on Riyadh Airport Kills 12 and Injures Over 300, Including an American Citizen
A deadly missile strike hit a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, killing 12 people and injuring more than 300, according to Saudi officials. The victims reportedly included four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshi nationals and individuals from Palestine, the United States, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Sudan. An American…
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Thailand’s Queen Suthida Flies Soloin JAS 39C Gripen Fighter Jet After Weeks of Training, Completing a Major Aviation Milestone as King Presents Her with Honorary Insignia
Thailand’s Queen Suthida has completed her first solo flight in a Saab JAS 39C Gripen fighter jet, taking to the skies over Surat Thani in southern Thailand on October 8. The 48-year-old Queen reportedly spent weeks preparing for the flight, including accumulating around 10 hours in a two-seat Gripen before flying the single-seat fighter solo.…
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On This Day In 2006: Atlantic Airways Flight 670 Overran a Norwegian Runway After Spoilers Failed, Killing Four as the Aircraft Slid Down an Embankment and Burst Into Flames
On October 10, 2006, Atlantic Airways Flight 670, a British Aerospace BAe 146-200A registered OY-CRG, crashed while landing at Stord Airport, Sørstokken, in Norway. The accident killed four of the 16 people aboard, including three passengers and one crew member, while 12 others survived. The aircraft was operating a charter flight for employees of engineering…
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Piper Cherokee N4388J Makes Emergency Landing Near Hill Air Force Base. ATC Struggles to Locate Aircraft Until Aviat Husky Pilot Joins Search and Finds It!
A Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, registration N4388J, experienced an in-flight engine-related emergency on October 8, 2026, forcing the pilot to make a precautionary forced landing near the north gate of Hill Air Force Base in Utah. After the aircraft went down, air traffic control initially struggled to locate its exact position. With uncertainty surrounding the aircraft’s…
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UAE Says Flydubai Co-Pilot Took Two Flights to Tel Aviv to Familiarize Himself With Airport Before Alleged 9/11-Inspired Plot, Attacking Captain With Crash Axe and Sending Boeing 737 MAX Plunging 16,000 Feet
The UAE says an Omani flydubai co-pilot planned to seize a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in a suspected suicide attack on September 30. According to UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi, the suspect allegedly attacked the captain with a crash axe while the Boeing…
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On This Day In 1961: Derby Aviation Dakota Struck Mount Canigó in Darkness, Killing All 34 Aboard- A Navigation Mystery Exposed Dangerous Charts, Low Safety Altitude and a Fatal Course Deviation
On This Day In 1961: Derby Aviation Dakota Struck Mount Canigó in Darkness, Killing All 34 Aboard—A Navigation Mystery Exposed Dangerous Charts, Low Safety Altitude and a Fatal Course Deviation On 7 October 1961, a Derby Aviation Douglas Dakota IV, registration G-AMSW, crashed into Mount Canigó in the French Pyrenees while operating a passenger flight…
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