I'm watching YouTube when I'm on a treadmill, and two channels dominate my playlist - Mentour Pilot and Disaster Breakdown. Both are dedicated to aviation incidents and accidents, explaining what happened and why. Even though I'm a nervous flyer, I find this kind of content rather soothing - it's the unknown that scares me the most.

Chloe from Disaster Breakdown released a great video yesterday. I watched it this morning, and even though it felt like a regular episode, little details quickly started adding up, until I asked myself: "Hold on a second, is this... [spoiler]?" Yep, she quietly dropped one of the best April 1 jokes I've seen! So I wanted to share it and recommend her channel.

I saw this aircraft with a flight number 'TEST' a couple of days ago. It didn't go anywhere, it was probably technicians who were performing some routine checks on the ground. Still, I haven't posted here in a while, so I decided to share 😄

Aviation professionals say that a fire on board is one of the most dangerous emergencies that can occur during a flight. While I don't have any expertise in this area, I concur that being burned alive is something I'd prefer not to experience. Recently, a passenger's bag with a power bank and e-cigarettes ignited during boarding, forcing an emergency evacuation. This made me wonder: what would happen if my phone or laptop caught fire while the aircraft was airborne?

Today, aviation accidents are quite rare, especially in small countries like Estonia with our relatively low volume of air traffic. Nevertheless, one event resurfaced in my memory a few days ago. What made it interesting for an average person like me was the fact that the involved aircraft landed on the then frozen Ülemiste järv, which isn't only a lake next to the Tallinn Airport but also the main source of water for the city.