Humdhoon

[Humdhoon @humdhoonalee]

Any fool with a bit of luck can find himself born into power. But earning it for yourself, that takes work.

[Breaking Aviation News & Videos @aviationbrk]

TUI Airways Boeing 737-8K2 (G-TUKS) grounded in Palma de Mallorca after it was damaged during a tail strike incident earlier today.

[Fahad Naim @Fahadnaimb]

SQ114 did it again at KLIA 😬
Just 8 days after one 737 MAX 8 (9V-MBN) burst both tyres on landing and blocked the runway, yesterday’s same flight (9V-MBA) had another double tyre burst.
This time the crew got it off the runway faster, but it still caused go-arounds and brought out the fire trucks. Everyone safe both times.
Same short Singapore-KL route, two different planes…

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

Raising a collapsed nose of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

On 8 March 2018, Boeing 787-8 BBJ N507BJ suffered a nose gear collapse at Moses Lake, Washington, while undergoing maintenance and VIP conversion work. This was a result of the NLG downlock pin being accidentally installed in the apex pin inner bore, which is adjacent to the correct hole for the downlock pin in the NLG lock link assembly. When the gear-up command was issued, the nose gear retracted and the aircraft dropped onto its nose. The aircraft sustained significant damage to the forward fuselage and engines.

As a result, Boeing issued a service bulletin to mandate installing an insert into the NLG lock link apex pin inner bore. The insert prevents the NLG downlock pin from being inserted in the apex pin bore instead of the adjacent NLG downlock pin hole.
NLG: Nose Landing Gear
📹: WhatYouHaventSeen(YouTube)

[aircraftmaintenancengineer @airmainengineer]

Always have to read “Warnings” and “Cautions” in the Aircraft Maintenance Manual. If not, things like this one can happen or even worse.

[Fahad Naim @Fahadnaimb]

This is the reality of being a headset tech in aviation.
Storm, heavy rain, fog... doesn’t matter.
He’s standing under the nose, plugged in, guiding the aircraft during pushback while the rest of us stay dry.

[Fahad Naim @Fahadnaimb]

🛫 2026 and everyone’s hyping Starlink WiFi on planes like we’ve entered the future...
Meanwhile, half the airlines are still rocking this 90s-era Rockwell Collins System Control Unit to play safety videos and boarding music.

[FL360aero @fl360aero]

Recently, an Airbus A320 passenger plane was forced to make an air turn back (ATB) to Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport due to serious damage to its fuselage.

The incident took shape while pilots were attempting to avoid an active thunderstorm during their climb, but unexpectedly encountered a hailstorm. The crew decided to abort the flight and return to Katowice Airport of Poland on Tuesday, April 21st.

The worst damage was to the forward fuselage, wing edges, and stabilizers. Damage was also recorded in the radar dome area, affecting the weather radar antennas and glide path system.

Visual credit: LS Technics

#aircraft #aviation

[Fahad Naim @Fahadnaimb]

SWISS A330 from Delhi to Zurich aborted takeoff after left engine fire. Quick reject, emergency evacuation via slides. Six passengers hospitalized with minor injuries. 228 people on board. Crew did a solid job.

[Francisco Cunha @OnDisasters]

ANA 787 tail strike damage in Houston, past February (The occurrence isn´t "new", but I hadn´t seen the pictures yet) ℹ️Uretsky Aviation

[aircraftmaintenancengineer @airmainengineer]

After a full landing gear replacement, one key check is a gear swing. That means cycling the gear up and down on jacks to verify rigging, clearances, indications, and system performance before the aircraft goes back into service.

On a big jet like the A330, it’s a serious operation. The “butter machine” reputation doesn’t come by accident. Reliable landings depend on properly serviced and rigged gear. Typically, landing gear is removed for overhaul around the 10-year mark, depending on cycles and program requirements.

With only_fancowl , check out him for more ✈️

[Breaking Aviation News & Videos @aviationbrk]

A taxiing SpiceJet Boeing 737 collides with a parked Akasa Air 737 at Delhi international airport, resulting in damage to both the aircraft.

No persons were injured in the incident, that took place around 2:15 pm. The right winglet of the SpiceJet aircraft suffered damage, while the left-side horizontal stabilizer of the Akasa Air plane was hit. The Spicejet plane had returned from Leh and was pulling into the gate when the incident occurred. The Akasa plane involved in the incident was due to fly to Hyderabad.

[Chauhan @Platypuss_10]

A Kuwait Airways Boeing 777-300ER came dangerously close to a stall during landing at Amsterdam Schiphol.

An excessive flare initiated too high led to airspeed loss and sink, with the tail-strike protection system stepping in to prevent further pitch-up.

[FL360aero @fl360aero]

More visuals from the location which shows the L1 door being completely misaligned due to the impact.

#aircraft

[Fahad Naim @Fahadnaimb]

Damn… take a close look at the state of this China Airlines A350 door.

An Airbus A320 passenger door already runs you about $700,000–$800,000 USD. Scale that up to the bigger, more advanced composite A350 door (plus hinges, seals, actuators, and the full surrounding frame/fuselage structure) and you’re easily looking at a million dollars or more just for the door itself.

Now the real work begins: full heavy inspections of the entire door surround and adjacent structure to make sure nothing else was compromised. This is gonna be a proper heavy maintenance job.... expensive, time-consuming, and the jet will be out of service for a while.

Ground handling stuff like this always hits different. One small slip and you’re staring at seven-figure repairs on a multi million $ airplane.

Context :This is the left forward passenger door on their A350-900 (B-18902) that got wrecked today at Melbourne Airport. The plane rolled backward while it was still hooked up to the aerobridge on flight CI58 to Taipei. No passengers on board, but the damage to the hinges is nasty... and the aerobridge took a hit too. Flight cancelled on the spot.

[FL360aero @fl360aero]

A China Airlines Airbus A350-941 aircraft -(B-18902, MSN 57) received major damage to the passenger door after it rolled backwards while in contact with the Aerobridge at Melbourne Airport (MEL), Australia few hours ago.

The aircraft was scheduled for a departure to Taipei (TPE) via flight CI58 on 14 April, which stands canceled as of now.

Due to the ground incident, the Left forward passenger door has received damage at hinges in addition to the damage to the Aerobridge.

#aircraft #aviation

[Breaking Aviation News & Videos @aviationbrk]

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."

[aircraftmaintenancengineer @airmainengineer]

Think you know the A350 flight deck?✈️ Let’s see how many of these acronyms you can name before the pilots do.
With captainchris

[Boeing Airplanes @BoeingAirplanes]

✔️Fully loaded
✔️High speed
🌡️ Brakes reached 2,500° F (1,371° C)
🛑 Full stop

The 777-9 met the moment with maximum brake energy testing at @EdwardsAFB - proving it can safely stop under challenging conditions after an aborted takeoff.

Learn more: https://t.co/wo4fMChQCr

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

Real talk.