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🇮🇩 ATR 42-500 CRASH CONFIRMED | INDONESIA AVIATION SAFETY UNDER QUESTION!! Indonesian SAR teams have confirmed aircraft debris scattered across Mount Bulusaraung, Pangkep Regency, South Sulawesi, from the ATR 42-500 that crashed on approach to Makassar–Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport. According to the SAR Mission Coordinator, debris was found at multiple points, including the tail section located south of the lower slope, confirming a wide debris field. ⚠️ A crash during approach in mountainous, fog-prone terrain once again raises serious safety concerns: Terrain and weather risk management Approach planning and execution Oversight of state-chartered operations CFIT risk mitigation Indonesia has seen this pattern before. Difficult terrain + marginal weather + weak oversight = repeated tragedy. Condolences are not safety measures. Enforcement, accountability, and hard limits are. ✈️ How many more aircraft before safety comes first? #IndonesiaAviation #AviationSafety #ATR42

Fighter Jet Makes ‘Hard Landing’ at Pune Airport; Video of the Incident Surfaces Flight operations at Pune Airport were suspended for nearly 11 hours after an Indian Air Force fighter aircraft made a hard landing due to landing gear failure, blocking the runway late Friday night. A minor fire was quickly brought under control, and both pilots were reported safe. The prolonged disruption led to multiple flight cancellations and at least eight diversions to other cities, causing inconvenience to passengers. Services resumed in phases on Saturday morning after thorough safety inspections, with authorities prioritising passenger safety before restoring operations.

The runway at Pune Airport was temporarily unavailable following an incident involving an IAF aircraft. Runway repair work has since been completed on a war footing, with safety maintained as the top priority throughout. Departure operations will resume from 07:30 AM, and arrival operations will commence from 08:00 AM. Air traffic in Pune is expected to gradually return to normal over the course of the day. @MoCA_GoI @AAI_Official @aaipunairport

🇮🇩 13 April 2013. Bali. A brand new aircraft. Just 142 hours total time. Lion Air Flight 904 — a Boeing 737-800 — should have been one of the safest flights in the sky. Instead, it ended up in the sea, just short of the runway at Ngurah Rai International Airport. 108 people onboard. Everyone survived. But here’s what actually happened: The runway wasn’t in sight below minimums. Weather turned bad. Fast. The approach became unstable. And still… they continued. By the time the go-around was called — it was already over. Let’s be clear. This wasn’t some old aircraft. This wasn’t a technical failure. This was decision-making breaking down at the worst possible moment. Aviation doesn’t rely on luck. But on that day — luck saved 108 lives. Next time? There may be no second chance. ✈️ Safety isn’t when everyone survives. It’s when this never happens in the first place.

#OTD in 2013: Lion Air Flight 904, a B-737, crashes in Bali (Indonesia). No fatalities on the 108 aboard, 46 injured. On approach, jet impacted sea 0.6 mi from runway. Enquiry noted crew actions attempting to land in bad weather, aborting the maneuver too late. #aviation #aviationdaily #aviationsafety #aviationhistory #avgeek

#OTD in 2010: Merpanti Nusantara Flight 836, a B-737, crashes in Rendani (Indonesia). All 110 aboard survive, 44 injured. On landing, jet did not stop safely, left runway into a creek. Media stated weather was likely a factor (As of 2024, Final report unavailable to public). #aviation #aviationdaily #aviationsafety #aviationhistory #avgeek

But this isn't new: Similar short circuit fire hit Chennai T2 departure hall just months ago (Jan 2026), causing evacuation & smoke chaos.

🇮🇳 Electrical short circuit → Fire in Mumbai Airport T1. Smoke everywhere, systems down, passengers panicking. Officials call it 'minor' and say ops unaffected. But recurring short circuits in a high-traffic hub? This isn't acceptable. Serious questions on maintenance & fire safety standards needed. Enough with the 'quickly controlled' excuses. #MumbaiAirportFire

Today in India A fire broke out at Terminal 1 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai this evening, reportedly caused by an electrical issue. The blaze was quickly contained with no reported injuries, and airport operations remain unaffected. 📹Hindustan Times

Avoidable ground incident: A ground vehicle collided with a parked IndiGo aircraft at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, India on Tuesday. The vehicle allegedly hit the engine of an IndiGo plane while it was parked at Kolkata airport. Although no one was injured in the incident, the plane suffered Minor damage to engine area. The IndiGo plane, an Airbus 320 model, was parked at stand number 51 of the Kolkata airport, bound for Guwahati from Kolkata. Boarding had not yet begun due to the delay in arrival of the flight staff. Sources said that the vehicle had stopped near the plane at that time and the driver got out of the vehicle without applying the handbrake. The vehicle then rolled over and hit the engine of the parked plane. #aircraft

Ground vehicle collides with a parked IndiGo A320neo at Kolkata Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, India. In a statement, Indigo said, "A third-party unmanned vehicle on the apron moved and came in contact with a parked IndiGo aircraft. The aircraft has been grounded and is undergoing thorough inspections and necessary maintenance before it is cleared for operations. We will be closely working with the authorities to investigate this."

🇮🇩 This is not just a “ceiling collapse.” This is a system failure. At Soekarno-Hatta International Airport — a flagship airport meant to represent Indonesia to the world — the ceiling at Terminal 3 collapses after heavy rain. Not an earthquake. Not a rare disaster. Just rain. Passengers are seen running. Water is cascading from the roof like a waterfall. And this is happening in one of the busiest terminals in Southeast Asia. Yet the response? “Only a brief disruption.” This is the normalization of failure. • Basic infrastructure unable to handle predictable weather • Safety risks dismissed with PR statements • No visible urgency, no accountability • A pattern Indonesia’s aviation sector knows too well Let’s be clear — heavy rainfall in Jakarta is not exceptional. It’s expected. So what does it say about construction quality and oversight when a modern terminal cannot withstand it? And more importantly — What if this happened minutes earlier, directly above a crowded boarding gate? Operator PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia will call it “under control.” But the footage tells a different story — one of systemic negligence being exposed in real time. This is how disasters give warnings before they strike. Ignoring them is a choice. ✈️ Safety isn’t proven when nothing happens. It’s proven when systems hold — even under stress. Today, they didn’t. 🎥Courtesy: r.grnda_/ (Threads) #AviationSafety #Indonesia #SoekarnoHatta #SafetyFirst

OTD in 2009: an Indonesian AF F-27 [A-2703] crashes in Bandung (Indonesia). All 24 aboard die. On approach, aircraft went out of control and hit a hangar. Media reported presence of 20-knot crosswinds on the region, which may have been a factor. More info below ⬇️ 🧵

OTD in 1981: Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 206, a DC-9 with 50 aboard on a domestic route, is hijacked and diverted to Bangkok (Thailand). On the 3rd day of the incident, Indonesian Special Forces stormed plane, losing one. 5 hijackers and the pilot also perished. (More info⬇️ )

OTD in 1991: an Indian AF HAL 748 [H-1513] crashes in Bengaluru (India). All 28 aboard die. On take-off from Yellahanka AFB, plane reached 165 ft before stall and going down in a field. Cause: Loss of control following engine failure for unknown reasons. (More info⬇️ )

BREAKING: Colombian Air Force plane carrying 110 people crashes near Puerto Leguízamo - local media

Video shows the Colombian Air Force C-130 losing altitude shortly before the crash. x.com/aviationbrk/st…

Air Canada Express CRJ collides with fire fighting truck on landing in New York La Guardia (LGA).

New daylight images show the full extent of damage to Air Canada Express flight AC8646 and the firefighting vehicle. Some of the latest pictures from the scene show debris hanging from the nose of the plane, while the emergency vehicle involved in the crash lies a few metres away on its side.