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Pilot

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

https://t.co/uRTTwkXbXi

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

@MarioNawfal 2002, Sknyliv, Ukraine. Su-27 flown by two experienced display pilots. The inquiry found failure to respect the flight plan and unbriefed maneuvers. 77 dead, over 500 injured. Deadliest air show accident in history

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

To those cheering this pass:

the Blue Angels themselves stated the jet flew lower than standard profiles. Applauding a deviation is exactly how normalization of deviance begins.
Every pilot below was among the best in the world. Skill has never repealed physics, which is why minimums are written in blood.
1988, Ramstein, Germany. Three jets of Italy’s national demonstration team collided mid air during a display. 70 killed, hundreds injured.
1994, Fairchild AFB. Lt Col Bud Holland, 5,275 hours, chief of Standardization and Evaluation. The investigation cited his repeated disregard for procedures and leadership’s failure to stop him. Four killed. The textbook case of normalization of deviance.
2002, Sknyliv, Ukraine. Su-27 flown by two experienced display pilots. The inquiry found failure to respect the flight plan and unbriefed maneuvers. 77 dead, over 500 injured. Deadliest air show accident in history.
2007, Beaufort. Blue Angel LCDR Kevin Davis died after a G induced blackout during a rejoin.
2011, Reno Air Races. Jimmy Leeward, about 13,000 hours. NTSB cited untested modifications at speeds never flown before on that course. Eleven killed, over 60 injured.
2015, Shoreham, UK. An ex-RAF fast jet pilot and airline captain, but only about 35 hours on the Hunter. Investigators found the jet was too low to complete the maneuver. Eleven killed on the road below.
2016, Smyrna. Blue Angel Capt Jeff Kuss, no prior violations in his record. The Navy found pilot error with fatigue contributing, a Split-S begun too low. Killed.
2018, Nevada. Thunderbird Maj Stephen Del Bagno, 3,500 hours, former F-35 evaluator pilot. G-LOC at 8.56 G. Killed.
2025, Dubai Airshow. Wing Commander Namansh Syal, Indian Air Force, killed during a display maneuver.
Wing commander Nouman Akram(OC Sqn), F-16, most experienced on type,Sher-Afgan trophy holder, crashed coz of low hi of split S.
Not every crash above was a violation. Some happened in fully authorized maneuvers. That is the point. Even when everyone follows the rules, the margin at low altitude is razor thin. Celebrate a deviation instead of debriefing it, and you are spending margin that was never there.
The recurring words in these reports: evaluator, standardization, best of the best. The recurring findings: too low, too fast, not in the program.

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

Agreed, the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, and aerobatic pilots are the best of the best, no doubt. And I am confident this pass was pre-planned and fully authorized, not a violation.

My point is a broader one. Skill has never been a license to go below minimums. Aviation history includes plenty of accidents involving the finest pilots, which is exactly why we say checklists are written in blood. I have never met a professional pilot, no matter how skilled, who would knowingly operate outside SOPs.

What concerns me is seeing people celebrate moments like this without understanding normalization of deviance. When a deviation is repeated and applauded, it slowly becomes the new normal, and that path ends in disaster. Then we find ourselves saying it again, checklists are written in blood.

[The Old Curmudgeon @Pokeycorky]

Let’s be clear!
This wasn’t some over-credentialed bus driver flying in and out over Maho Beach in their 155mph 500,000lb. Boeing 777,
This maneuver was performed by one of the Top 0.1% of highly skilled Navy Fighter Pilots in a high tech F-18 Fighter Jet.

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

Forever iconic

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

On one hand, this seems very cool, but even for the best of the best “blue angels “ i am very sure this is not something as per SOPs,maneuver profile. Too low and too dangerous. Checklist are written with 🩸 blood.

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

This seems to be extremely low, probably not part of blue angels maneuvering profile.
Dangerously low…

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

The most saddening part is that this is becoming a new normal.
He was Muslim later. He was a human being first, probably a father, son, or a husband.
Violence is any form in any part of the world regardless of religion,region,race must not be normalized.

[Linda Mamoun @mamoun_linda]

So a man walked up to a Muslim employee at a kiosk in a mall yesterday, asked for water, and as the employee turned he stabbed him 15 times, saying he “intends to kill Muslims” and is planning mass casualty events.

Anti-Muslim hate crimes keep happening and no one even blinks.

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

@mattyxb This isn’t gonna work in phoenix coz you for sure don’t want 110+F air in your car

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

@MCCCANM 😅😅😅

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

Only @Ryanair 😁😁😅😅

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

@xadeejourno Meanwhile the whole world to pakistani passport:😅

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

SUTLAJ
Satluj is more than a film it honors Jaswant Singh Khalra’s courage and brings a painful, often-silenced chapter of Punjab’s history into the light.
Its ⁠ban in India makes it even more important to watch, question, and understand the truth it asks us not to forget.

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

@sama tricked @tim_cook 😂

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

When you’re good at what you do

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

@elonmusk @yacineMTB That’s not your style, but your style is: “Enemies of enemies are friends.” (To bring down OpenAI, Elon will promote Anthropic regardless.) Good style.

[Saad @AirlinePilotmax]

I will be blunt here. This is a Search and Recovery Mission, not a Search and Rescue Mission.
K2 Airways flight KTA1732, a Boeing 737-4M0(BDSF) freighter registered AP-BOI, operating Sharjah to Karachi with five crew on board, entered a terminal descent profile over the Arabian Sea approximately 155 nautical miles west of Karachi at 16:21 UTC on 07 July 2026. The final SSR and ADS-B data point captured the aircraft at 1,100 feet AMSL with a vertical rate of minus 22,400 feet per minute. That figure is not survivable.
Preliminary tracking indicates an initial loss of altitude, a brief recovery climb, and then a second and catastrophic loss of altitude consistent with a nose down departure from controlled flight. The crew had earlier reported navigation difficulties, and the sector traversed a documented GNSS interference environment shortly after departure from Sharjah.

Any aircraft impacting the sea surface at that rate of descent is transformed into debris on contact. The likelihood of intact fuselage sections is remote, and the recovery operation will now focus on locating the wreckage field, retrieving the flight recorders, and preserving any surface debris for the accident investigation authority.

My thoughts are with the five crew members and their families. The Pakistan aviation community will feel this deeply.

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

BREAKING: K2 Airways cargo flight KTA1732 (Boeing 737-400 freighter, registration AP-BOI) has gone missing.
The aircraft, carrying 5 crew members, was en route from Sharjah (UAE) to Karachi, Pakistan. It lost contact with air traffic control approximately 155 nautical miles west of Karachi after reporting a navigational system issue. Radar showed a rapid, uncontrolled descent.
Search-and-rescue operations are now underway in the Arabian Sea / Gulf of Oman region near Ormara, involving Pakistan’s Navy, Air Force, and other assets.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the crew and their families.
More updates as official information becomes available.
#K2Airways #KTA1732 #Aviation #Pakistan #SearchAndRescue

[WanderLens @naturebeauty760]

4th of July celebrations Fireworks in New York 🇺🇸

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

Happy july 4th
250th birthday

[𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 🇺🇸 @Euzarsiph]

Happy 250th birthday to America 🇺🇸