Air Safety #OTD by Francisco Cunha
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Air Safety #OTD by Francisco Cunha
@OnDisasters
Author of "IDN 1851 - The Santa Maria Air Disaster" as seen on NG Mayday - ACI; Tweets #OTD Safety Occurrences (Crashes/Incidents) and other aero miscellanea






OTD in 2016: Flydubai Flight 981, a B-737, crashes in Rostov (Russia), all 62 aboard die. Jet went down following aborted landing. Inquiry pointed wrong aircraft configuration and crew actions causing loss of control, noting loss of situational awareness in nighttime in IMC.🧵 1/10 (More Info ⬇️ )


🚨 Breaking: Iran has hit a U.S. F-35 Lightning II fighter jet.

Iran released footage of targeting and hitting an F-35 This is the first ever direct hit a US F-35 takes in combat. If downed, this is a major development. CNN, citing a US official, reported that an F-35 damaged by Iranian fire made “emergency landing.”


Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions. But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken

USS Missouri fires her 16 inch guns - Summer 1987

#OTD in 1937: Amelia Earhart disappears on the Central Pacific on a flight from Lae (New Guinea) to Howland Island. Piloting an Electra 10 with navigator Fred Noonan, she was attempting an around the world flight. Likely cause was a navigational error coupled with radio issues.












