Fear of Landing

MAY 24, 2024

A few seconds later, at 07:49 UTC, “all hell broke loose” as passenger Andrew Davies said to CNN. The aircraft diverted to Bangkok, where it landed safely at 08:45 UTC (15:45 local time). Flightradar24 have commented that many analyses are including the descent from 37,000 to 31,000 feet as caused by the turbulence.

Turbulence 98

Turbulence UTC Weather Airlines 98

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The flight departed normally from Leipzig Halle Airport at 02:08 UTC (03:08 local), operating as flight QY5690/BCS18D. At 03:28 UTC, ninety minutes into the flight and on final approach to Vilnius, the aircraft crashed near Liepkalnis Hill. Vilnius International Airport serves the capital of Lithuania, located just 5.9

Runway 104

Runway Approach UTC Knot 104

Fear of Landing

JUNE 13, 2025

As per ATC, the aircraft departed from Ahmedabad at 1339 IST (0809 UTC) from Runway 23. Today, the Flight Data Recorder was recovered, which, assuming it is readable, will give us the key metrics of the take off and the descent. It gave a MAYDAY call to ATC, but thereafter no response was given by the aircraft to the calls made by ATC.

Runway 121

Runway Lift UTC Cabin Crew 121

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 25, 2024

J28243 took off from Baku at 03:55 UTC time and was flying to Grozny. In video footage, the plane can be seen entering a steep descent toward Aktau and even banking to the right. Given for how long the plane had been flying, was it out of fuel (I doubt it, since the angle of descent likely wouldnt be that steep)?

Jet 127

Jet Descent Airlines Airline 127

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 26, 2024

J28243 took off from Baku at 03:55 UTC time and was flying to Grozny. In video footage, the plane can be seen entering a steep descent toward Aktau and even banking to the right. While the aircraft was on approach to Aktau, it entered a steep descent and banked, crashing into the ground.

Jet 62

Jet Airlines Airline Descent 62