There are some incidents that do not make big headlines but carry lessons that stay with you forever. One such event happened not too long ago, on September 6, 2024, when a wide-body twin-engine jet, on descent during a perfectly normal night flight, suddenly hit severe turbulence that injured several people onboard. I read that…

The Beginning On October 6th, 1979, everything changed for aviation in the Maldives. That afternoon a DC-10 touched down at Malé International Airport, what we now call Velana International Airport. The airport had been built with the Boeing 707 and DC-8 in mind, but by then those aircraft were already fading away. Up until that…

The drone light show at Velana International Airport was meant to be a proud moment for all of us. It was part of the celebration to open the new passenger terminal at the airport. But just as the show was about to finish, things started going wrong. Some drones lost control and fell into the…