Lessons from Real Incidents

AIr 21 Boeing 767 after crashing at Miami International airport On 6 September 2026, 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 freighter operating on behalf of Amazon, arrived at Miami International Airport following a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The aircraft crossed the threshold of Runway 30 at high speed, made its first runway contact about 3,750 feet beyond the threshold and ultimately departed the end of the runway at around 113 knots. It continued beyond the airport b

The side of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 showing the missing door On 5 January 2024, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 departed Portland, Oregon, on what should have been an entirely routine flight to California. The Boeing 737 MAX 9 had climbed to around 16,000 feet when passengers heard a loud bang followed by an explosive rush of air as a section of the fuselage tore away from the aircraft. As you'd expect, oxygen masks deployed and loose objects were pulled from the cabin. The f