The moment Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300ER TC-LJA, flight TK6 from Chicago ORD, aborted its landing at Istanbul Airport, caught from Turkish Airlines flight TK1408, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 (TC-LCT) arriving from Vilnius, today. Parallel approaches can make for some seriously cool footage. 📹: ManTuzas

He randomly has an expensive Rolls-Royce RB211 engine from L-1011 TriStar sitting in his backyard! Goes ahead and cranks it up, wonder what the neighbours think. 📹: gasturbine101

As if they couldn't end the day without one more... TAROM Boeing 737-700 performs a spectacular low pass during the 16th edition of the Bucharest International Air Show (BIAS 2026) at Băneasa Airport in Bucharest, Romania. 📹: shalau

One of the notable features of the Lockheed Martin KC-130J Super Hercules is its ability to use reverse thrust, thanks to its turboprop engines. Caught this “QB” Marine Aerial Refueler here in Nairobi performing a power-back maneuver. The pilots are taking it nice and easy. One important “don’t” during a power-back is never use the brakes to stop the aircraft — doing so can risk tipping the aircraft onto its tail. Instead, the pilots smoothly transition back to forward thrust and carefully bring the aircraft to a stop, then taxi normally.

The fire appears to have started on the lower-left side of the forward fuselage, just forward of the nose landing gear bay. This area provides access to the equipment bay, where the crew oxygen cylinder is located. It's possible that the crew oxygen cylinder was being replaced by maintenance, but the exact cause has not been confirmed. You can see the ladder to access the hatch. Aviation-grade oxygen requires strict handling precautions. Oxygen-enriched environments can greatly increase fire risk, so personnel must: • Keep hands, clothing, tools, work areas and equipment clean and free of petroleum-based materials. • Keep oxygen away from ignition sources such as heat, sparks and open flames. • Keep oxygen away from flammable materials, fuel, paint thinners, solvents and anything else that can burn. The investigation will determine, for now just my thoughts.

A FlyArystan A320 caught fire at Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan during routine maintenance work. According to the airline, an Air Astana employee was injured in the incident and received medical assistance. Investigations are underway to determine what caused the fire.

Turbulence can look violent from inside an airplane, but aircraft are built to handle it. The wings have huge surface areas, so they respond differently and more quickly to updrafts and downdrafts than the fuselage. That flexing is expected—and the wings are engineered with substantial safety margins to withstand the loads turbulence can impose. That wing flex you see is by design. Video shows JetBlue A321 hitting turbulence.

FAA MOVES TO FIRE 2 LA GUARDIA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AFTER DEADLY COLLISION Per WSJ, Federal aviation officials have determined that two LaGuardia air-traffic controllers left work about an hour before their shifts ended on March 22, shortly before the deadly runway collision involving Air Canada Express Flight 8646 and a firetruck. The FAA is moving to terminate the two controllers, according to people familiar with the matter. Their early departure meant the two controllers remaining in the tower had no additional backup while handling an exceptionally heavy workload. LaGuardia was handling more than twice its usual traffic volume that night amid thunderstorms and major disruptions. The collision killed both pilots aboard the Air Canada Express regional jet and seriously injured six others, including a crew member, passengers and workers on the ground, according to the NTSB. The practice of controllers leaving before the end of their shifts is known as an “early shove.” Current and former controllers describe it as a longstanding practice that has sometimes been tolerated by managers. The FAA considers it a form of timecard fraud. The investigation into the controllers’ departures comes as the FAA takes a tougher stance on alleged timecard and leave-policy abuse. The agency has moved to terminate more than 10 controllers this year over similar allegations, though termination cases can take time and may ultimately result in lesser penalties or reversals. Importantly, the NTSB has NOT concluded that staffing levels or the controllers’ early departures caused or contributed to the collision. The investigation remains ongoing. The sequence that night was already highly complex: thunderstorms disrupted operations, a United crew twice aborted takeoff and declared an emergency, while a controller cleared a responding firetruck to cross a runway where Air Canada Express 8646 had also been cleared to land.

Images of several Boeing 747s at the Mojave Air and Space Port aircraft scrapyard back in 2018. There was a time when the Jumbo Jet was the singular icon of aviation and the crown jewel of any airline fleet. Back then, you had to have the Queen of the Skies in your fleet. 📸: pttmnn

G-AXDN was the first Concorde to be fitted with the iconic droop nose and glass visor that became standard on all subsequent production aircraft. This pre-production Concorde could lower its nose by 17.5°, compared with 12.5° on production models. It is also the fastest Concorde ever recorded, reaching Mach 2.23 at 63,700 ft during testing in March 1974. Concorde needed a drooping nose because its delta wing was highly efficient at supersonic speeds but generated less lift at low speeds. This meant Concorde had to maintain a high angle of attack during landing, pitching the nose upward and severely restricting the pilots' forward visibility. The droop nose solved that problem, lowering the cockpit's line of sight during takeoff and landing while allowing the aircraft to maintain the high angle of attack needed for lift. That high-speed, low-speed compromise also contributed to Concorde's high takeoff speeds and the need for afterburners during departure. Today, G-AXDN is preserved at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge,UK. 📹: Spartan_exr

This has to be one of the most memorable moments a parent can experience. These parents had the honour of watching their own son at the controls of a Boeing 747-400, taking off from the very island he calls home — Puerto Rico. 📹: hrplanespotter

Rare footage of a Russian Il-76P firefighting aircraft flying extremely close to the camera with 42 tonnes of water onboard and full flaps during takeoff from Constantine the Great Airport (INI) in Niš, Serbia. Russia has deployed the heavy firefighting aircraft to help Serbia battle the massive wildfire in the Deliblatska Peščara nature reserve, where more than 3,500 hectares have been affected. 📹: Low-Software3675

This has to be one of the most memorable moments a parent can experience. These parents had the honour of watching their own son at the controls of a Boeing 747-400, taking off from the very island he calls home — Puerto Rico. 📹: hrplanespotter

British Airways crew arriving from Heathrow noticed something the Delta pilots heading to LAX couldn’t see and got them sent back to the gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. “We just noticed a plastic bag was sucked through your right-hand engine.” Great call from the BA crew, but that’s a nice trick for sneaking into the queue. 📹: theaviationcircle