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[NTSB Newsroom @NTSB_Newsroom]

NTSB issues its preliminary report for the ongoing investigation into the May 16 crash of a Downer 14-19-3 airplane in Forney, Texas: https://t.co/ChD929sHJ6

[NTSB Newsroom @NTSB_Newsroom]

NTSB issues its preliminary report for the ongoing investigation into the May 3 Boeing 767 impact with New Jersey Turnpike light pole while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport:

https://t.co/YjIla9e413

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

A passenger aboard Iberia A350 flight for Madrid recorded the moment a fire truck snozzle offering a water salute clipped the left wing of the aircraft. So unfortunate—a celebratory flight canceled, leaving them stuck in Ecuador.

[aircraftmaintenancengineer @airmainengineer]

🚨An Iberia Airbus A350-941, registration EC-NXD, was involved in an incident at Guayaquil International Airport when it struck a fire truck during a water salute ceremony.

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

In 1986, Robert Harris flew this Grob 102 Standard Astir III sailplane to a world altitude record of nearly 50,000 feet. Harris donated the Grob 102 to the Museum on this day in 1997.

[Breaking Aviation News & Videos @aviationbrk]

LUFTHANSA STATEMENT:

"Several staff ​members were injured during an incident on the ground at Frankfurt Airport at 12:45 p.m. (1045 GMT) today. Passengers had not yet boarded, crew members and ground staff were on board ⁠the aircraft at the time of the incident. We are currently investigating the exact circumstances with the relevant authorities." https://t.co/KZiKPs93TV

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Royal Navy crew killed in Devon helicopter crash named https://t.co/9DqFe5kjjI

[Reuters @Reuters]

Several people killed in plane crash in Croatia's Istria region https://t.co/481spR3hIK https://t.co/481spR3hIK

[The Straits Times @straits_times]

Several injured in Boeing 787 nose-gear collapse in Frankfurt https://t.co/1jLYvqtGxj

[Bloomberg @business]

A Boeing 787 airliner operated by Lufthansa suffered a collapsed front landing gear while parked at a gate at Frankfurt Airport on Thursday, likely causing damage to the almost factory-fresh airliner https://t.co/2LxKkdtT7f

[AAIB @aaibgovuk]

The AAIB has published its Annual Safety Review which provides an overview of occurrences notified in 2025 as well as the safety action taken or planned in response to investigations concluded in 2025

Read the review: https://t.co/Pg7PSeEuZJ

#AviationSafety #Aviation

[The FAA ✈️ @FAANews]

✈️ Traffic Report: High 🌬️ could delay flights at @DENAirport, @LASairport and @flySFO. ⛈️ delays possible at @iflymia, @FLLFlyer and @flyPBI. https://t.co/teUeDe1gXx

[AAIU IRELAND @aaiu_ireland]

The AAIU has published a Final Report of an accident involving an ATEC Zephyr 2000 aircraft (EI-GCT) that experienced an engine failure at Finn Valley Airfield, Co. Donegal on 7 September 2024 due to carburettor icing. The sole occupant was uninjured. https://t.co/CPamynISyf

[Aviation Safety Network (ASN) @AviationSafety]

A Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter, SP-MMO, crashed on the slopes of Mount Lubogoszcz in the Beskid Wyspowy Mountains, Poland. The pilot, who was the single occupant, was killed.
The helicopter had departed from Bodrogkeresztúr, Hungary, at 00:05 at night on a flight back to the home base in Poland.

[FL360aero @fl360aero]

Could have been a "water salute moment" but failing to obtain "formal approval" from the Regulatory body created a chaotic diversion of inaugural flight (SK969) by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), after a 17-year hiatus to Mumbai, India.

The Story:

After 17 years of discontinuation, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) restarted its flight operations to India on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) by launching a service from Copenhagen to Mumbai (BOM).

However, after four hours into the flight, the aircraft was forced to return when the crew was alerted that India's aviation regulator had not granted approval for the operation.

The Flight SK969, operated by an Airbus A330-343 aircraft (LN-RKM), was flying over Azerbaijan when the Air Traffic Control unit in Copenhagen (CPH)

instructed the cockpit crew to turn back.

The ground team at the Mumbai airport were surprised as they were preparing for the landing of the maiden flight, with a water cannon salute kept on standby to welcome the aircraft at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is required to provide written approval for any flight operation. However, according to aviation sources, the approval had not been granted.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS): “SAS completed all necessary operational and regulatory preparations for the launch following several months of planning and co-ordination. Based on ongoing discussions with the relevant authorities, SAS had every expectation that the remaining formal approval would be finalized while the flight was en route. As the approval was not finalized as anticipated, the flight could not continue as planned.”

Flight: https://t.co/0PIo5XWZgF

#airlines #flight

[Aviation @xAviation]

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Clearwater performs a precision low-pass message drop. These aircraft can also deliver life rafts, medical supplies, survival gear, dewatering pumps, flares, and other emergency equipment to vessels in distress.

📹: theeducatedcaptain

[AAIB @aaibgovuk]

A report has been published into a serious incident involving a Boeing 767-316F, G-DHLS, which suffered a roll control jam, Scottish Flight Information Region, 9 October 2025

https://t.co/ZCrLgJJ7du

#Aviation #AviationSafety #AccidentInvestigation

[AeroTime @AviationNews]

Emirates has promoted its first Emirati female pilots to the position of captain after starting on the cadet program.

Full story here: https://t.co/7dJmJTf5Vw

[Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel]

Any Plans For Direct U-28 Draco Special Ops Surveillance Plane Replacement Abandoned

There are signs now that the U.S. special operations community is on track to stop flying dedicated crewed surveillance planes entirely.

https://t.co/QVlWMuk2Ds