Air Traffic Control Airline V Speed 
Fear of Landing
MAY 9, 2025
The most recent case, when Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 experienced extreme turbulence in May 2024, led to thirty passengers injured and one death by a passenger who suffered a heart attack. Before that, the most recent turbulence-related passenger flight with a fatality in the NTSB database was United Airlines flight 826 in 1997.
Fear of Landing
JULY 25, 2025
The owner and operator, Saurya Airlines, is a Nepalese domestic carrier founded in 2014 with a single Bombardier CRJ 200. That morning, the first officer was first to arrive in the cockpit, while Saurya Airlines personnel loaded the cargo. Saurya Airlines CRJ200ER 9N-AME as photographed by Shankar S. in 2019 (CC BY 2.0)
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Fear of Landing
AUGUST 2, 2024
The eleven-year-old Boeing 777-300ER, owned by Latam Airlines and registered in Brazil as PT-MUG, was operating flight LA8073 from Milan to São Paulo, Brazil. Once safely off the ground, the flight crew climbed to 5,000 feet and informed Air Traffic Control that they would be returning to the airport to have the aircraft checked over.
Fear of Landing
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
On the 9th of July 2024, flight LA8073, operated by the Chilean airline LATAM, departed from Milano Malpensa for a passenger flight to São Paulo, Brazil. These V-speeds need to be calculated for every flight. The key take-off speeds are V 1 , V 2 and V R. The captain checks the loadsheet and signs it.
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