Pilots wear sunglasses for the same reason surgeons wear gloves: their working environment exposes a critical biological asset to an occupational hazard that ground-based workers simply do not face at equivalent intensity. At sea level, the Earth’s atmosphere filters a substantial proportion of the sun’s ultraviolet output before it reaches human eyes; the Hong Kong...

Aviation accounts for approximately 2.5 percent of global CO₂ emissions and roughly 4 percent of total climate forcing when contractions from condensation trails are included. Despite being a relatively modest share of the global total, this represents the hardest-to-decarbonise segment of the transport sector, because the energy density of jet fuel is approximately 43 megajoules...

ICAO attributes approximately 75 percent of all aircraft accidents to lapses in human performance, and within that category, the loss of situational awareness ranks among the most frequently cited contributing factors in accident investigations across the world. The term entered formal aviation parlance in the late 1980s, when psychologist Mica Endsley — who would later...

ADSBexchange is the world’s largest community-driven network of unfiltered Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), Mode S, and Multilateration (MLAT) flight data feeders — a cooperative of volunteers who operate receivers at their homes and businesses worldwide, streaming live aircraft position, altitude, ground speed, and identification data to a central platform that displays it to anyone, without...

When Ukraine Russia War started in 2022, little did we have any idea that in a matter of four years, the world would see escalation in tensions such as a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 landing in Venezuela, US’ threats to take over Greenland, the Israel-Palestine conflict that left the Ben Gurion Airport closed for foreign airlines...

On November 13, 2025, the Indian Air Force (IAF) officially operationalized the Mudh-Nyoma Air Force Station in eastern Ladakh, at an elevation of approximately 13,700 feet. Air Chief Marshal A. P. Singh inaugurated the upgraded facility by landing a C-130J transport aircraft on its new runway, marking an important addition to India’s military infrastructure along...

The history of Lukla Airport (LUA) stretches back in the 1970s, when the original runway was gravel with a sparse grass covering. A siren would warn of an approaching aircraft so the cattle could be cleared. This was also the case when the first aircraft landed in Lukla. Cattle had to be cleared off the...

On 4 November 2025, Embraer officially cancelled its long-mooted development of a 70- to 90-seat next-generation turboprop aircraft, confirming that the project is no longer merely deferred but terminated. The decision was announced during the company’s third-quarter earnings call, with CEO Francisco Gomes Neto stating that the firm currently “has no project or initiative in...

Nepal imported aircraft spare parts worth $28.74 million in the first two months of fiscal year 2025/26, a 357.7 percent increase from $6.13 million in the same period last year, according to NepseTrading. The rise is the highest among all major import categories tracked by Nepal Rastra Bank for the period. Nepal’s aviation sector is small...