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Learn from the mistakes of others by reading first-person accounts of mishaps, bad situations and close calls.

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Things that go wrong in the night

Flight Safety Australia reader - Dec 16, 2024
road obscured by low clouds

Not my time to die

Aircraft flying over land in the sky

Fear for lunch

Beech Sundowner aircraft

Not very happy returns

Tanks for nothing

Flight Safety Australia reader - Jan 31, 2026 0
An aeroplane spraying a field, with an airspace map superimposed over the sky behind it

Mix-up in the salad bowl

Flight Safety Australia reader - May 20, 2026 0
clouds

Edging around the storm

staff writers - Jan 11, 2017 2
Abstract image of aircraft flying in the sky and a seatbelt

Belting along

Flight Safety Australia reader - Dec 5, 2022 1

Valuable lesson learned

Flight Safety Australia reader - Jul 11, 2018 2

Without ever leaving the ground

Flight Safety Australia reader - Sep 24, 2021 4
A cockpit with gauges and a GPS.

Perfectly gauged response

Flight Safety Australia reader - Apr 9, 2026 0

The needle and (nearly) the damage done

Flight Safety Australia reader - Sep 24, 2020 6

Time is ticking

Flight Safety Australia reader - Jul 14, 2017 11

Overly task focused

Flight Safety Australia reader - Jul 5, 2019 4
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