Bob Baron, Ph.D

@bobbaron.bsky.social

President at The Aviation Consulting Group, LLC. Extensive experience as a pilot, educator, and aviation safety advocate.

2026-07-10: Malta Air/Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (9H-QEU, *2008, #FR1879 LGTS-EDJA) safely returned to Thessaloniki Intl AP(LGTS), Greece after engine #2 failed during ascent at 16000 ft. Engine shrapnel penetrated a passenger window, causing severe injuries to a passenger due to sudden decompression.

There are intoxicated passengers, and then there are intoxicated passengers who light up cigarettes in flight. Don't be that passenger! Note: This happened a few years ago on a Spirit Airlines flight. Quick action by a passenger and flight attendant!

A plane carrying a delegation of the Minister of Mines crashes upon landing at Kolwezi airport in the capital of Lualaba District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2025-11-17: AirJet Angola Embraer ERJ-145 (D2-AJB, *2001) ran off the side of runway 29 on landing at Kolwezi AP(FZQM), DR Congo, and its tail caught fire. On board was a government delegation of ~20 people travelling from Lubumbashi, all of whom evacuated safely. avherald.com/h?article=52...

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