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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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Don’t stop now!

Flight Safety Australia reader - Feb 11, 2026

Tanks for nothing

And then I got high

The night I went over the edge

The still of the night

Flight Safety Australia reader - Nov 27, 2023 0
Illustration from a cockpit approaching a runway to land. While another plane is directly in front.

Aluminium overcast

Flight Safety Australia reader - Nov 7, 2023 1
Plane flying with ice particles overlay

The ice bucket challenge

Flight Safety Australia reader - Oct 3, 2023 0
An unsealed runway surrounded by bushland. A blue sky with scattered above.

Dog legs and goat tracks

Flight Safety Australia reader - Sep 21, 2023 0
Illustration of sky diver who has just jumped out of a small red aircraft

Lurching towards disaster

Flight Safety Australia reader - Aug 28, 2023 1
Photo of small red and white aircraft flying with land and water in the background

A tumble of numbers

Flight Safety Australia reader - Aug 7, 2023 4
Montage of several images overlayed to create an abstract image. Image includes a small aircraft, an aerial view of a desert landscape and some swiss cheese.

Alice, through the looking glass

Flight Safety Australia reader - Jul 11, 2023 1
Image of a glider.

Decision or design

Flight Safety Australia reader - Jun 14, 2023 0
Photo from above showing blanket of cloud cover

Stuck on top

Flight Safety Australia reader - May 24, 2023 2
Illustration of Piper Saratoga flying over a dark landscape with a small light visible on the ground.

Night fright

Flight Safety Australia reader - Apr 4, 2023 2
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