Safety incidents

73347 events · last 30 days

SkyMeter detected 73,347 flight safety events across the global tracked fleet in the last 30 days, with Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (LEMD) recording the most (2,166). The breakdown: 23,594 returns to field, 16,566 unstable approaches, 2,853 go-arounds, 730 stall warnings, 490 speed exceedances, and 276 rejected takeoffs. SkyMeter classifies these events from raw ADS-B trace data using deterministic detectors: go-around from altitude / vertical-speed reversals after final approach, unstable approach from gate-by-gate stability scoring against per-runway statistical envelopes, and stall / overspeed from broadcast IAS / Mach against per-type speed envelopes. Counts reflect detected events, not adjudicated incidents.

TOTAL
73,347
last 30 days
GO-AROUNDS
2,853
missed approach
REJECTED TAKEOFFS
276
aborted on roll
UNSTABLE APPROACH
16,566
stability flag
RETURN TO FIELD
23,594
commercial · dep=arr
EMERGENCY SQUAWKS
163
7500: 1 · 7600: 33 · 7700: 129

Breakdown by type

Share of total events

TOTAL 73,347
Go-arounds 2,853 7%
Rejected TO 276 1%
Unstable approach 16,566 38%
Return to field 23,594 54%
Hijack (7500) 1 0%
Lost comms (7600) 33 0%
Emergency (7700) 129 0%

Detection is complicated. ADS-B is imperfect. Gaps, ghost signals, coverage dead zones, missing airport metadata, training patterns, parallel-runway activity, and unfamiliar aircraft types all create false positives. These are signals worth reviewing, not official incident reports.

Recent incidents

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10:52 PM
7/25/2026
? EmergencyDescent
34,100ft493kt290°/11kt G14
12:56 AM
7/23/2026
? EmergencyDescent
28,596ft514kt323°/13kt G12
4:48 PM
7/22/2026
? EmergencyDescent
29,038ft428kt276°/7kt G6
4:43 PM
7/22/2026
? EmergencyDescent
35,092ft490kt255°/7kt G9
5:37 PM
7/21/2026
Unstable approach
1,146ft181kt160°/13kt
4:57 PM
7/21/2026
? EmergencyDescent
31,565ft456kt126°/7kt G12
11:20 PM
7/20/2026
? EmergencyDescent
29,659ft438kt319°/12kt G12
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