Fear of Landing

MAY 17, 2024

On board were two flight crew, five cabin crew and 106 passengers. VASAviation has published the interactions between the flight crew and the controller from LiveATC.net in case you want to follow along. The aircraft was a twenty-four year old Airbus A320-214 registered in Switzerland as HB-IHY. Back to the incident.

Knot 52

Knot Runway UTC Cabin Crew 52

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 3, 2025

On the 25th of December 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243, a scheduled passenger flight from Baku, Azerbaijan to Grozny, Russia, crashed on approach to Aktau International Airport in Kazakhstan with 62 passengers and five crew on board. The flight crew requested an NDB approach to Grozny and were cleared for approach to runway 26.

Weather 101

Weather Airline Airlines Approach 101

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 31, 2025

Flight 5342 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Wichita, Kansas on final approach for runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). , The collision took place at 20:48 local time (01:48 UTC) and has been reported at less than 200 feet altitude. There were no survivors.

Air Traffic Control 99

Air Traffic Control Approach UTC Final Approach 99