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The Importance of Ground Marshallers

The ground marshallers are very important to the safe and routine operation of any airport. In this article, you will find out how ground marshallers do their job, when they do their job, and what some the different signals mean. Lets dive in. An aircraft ground marshaller directs planes to designated parking spots using standardized hand […]

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The JetBlue A320 Incident

On the day of October 30, 2025, JetBlue Flight 1230 experienced a serious incident involving an uncommanded pitch-down event while cruising at 35,000 feet, injuring 15 people and requiring an emergency landing in Tampa. Investigations pointed to a malfunction in the Elevator Aileron Computer (ELAC) potentially triggered by high-energy cosmic rays affecting flight control data. […]

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The Boeing 777 in a Nutshell

If you have ever wanted to know about the Boeing 777 enough to explain to someone how it is unique, what are it’s technical specs, its variants, and what the massive 777 is powered by, you are in the right place. Lets start with the 777’s technical specs. The 777-300 had a length of 73.9 […]

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All about the Boeing 757

The Boeing 757 is often described by pilots and enthusiasts as a “sports car with wings.” Entering service in the early 1980s, it was designed to replace the aging 727, but it ended up carving out a unique niche that no other aircraft has quite managed to fill. Its legacy is defined by a rare […]

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Veteran Astronaut Don Pettit and Crewmates Return Safely After Long Space Station Expedition

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, have successfully completed their extended mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), returning safely to Earth on Saturday, April 19, 2025. The trio touched down in their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft in a remote area near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day science expedition. […]

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China’s “Starship”

A company from china is making a “reusable rocket” but it looks very familiar to starship. How will SpaceX handle them, and will they succeed? Cosmoleap is a Chinese startup that is working on a reusable rocket design. They used SpaceX’s mechazilla design to catch their booster and spaceship. The booster also has very similar […]

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Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore Stuck in Space.

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore are stuck in space. The 2 astronauts are test pilots and were given a mission to test the Boeing Starliner. The mission did not go as planned and the crew are now stuck on the International Space Station. Earlier the question was “Will it perform well?” The question now […]

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Air India A350 has got it’s Route.

The moment we have been waiting for, Air India’s A350 has a confirmed route. This route being a domestic flight from New Delhi to Bengaluru. This is a very short flight for the A350-900 as it is a widebody jet but Air India has to have their reasons. The new interior has also been showcased […]

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2 INCIDENTS IN A ROW! A Part of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 Gets Ripped Off of the Plane Resulting in a 737 MAX 9 Grounding

Yes you read it right. As if JAL 516 wasn’t enough, we have another incident with a 737 MAX 9 by Alaska Airlines. The aircraft’s door plug got ripped off mid flight causing a gaping hole in the aircraft. Fortunately no one was seated in that row (26) for this flight. A child in the […]

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JAL 516 collides with a coast guard Dash 8

There was recently an earthquake in Japan. It was rated as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, Many houses were destroyed, many buildings were taken down. Japan has been facing a lot of problems but to make things worse, a coast guard Bombardier Dash 8 and an A350-900 by Japan Airlines collided at Tokyo Haneda Intl airport. […]