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Air France Crisis Over Mumbai
photographer Sergio Cardona On March 11, 2013, an Air France Airbus A330 en route from Mumbai to Paris developed an engine problem. The pilot shut down the engine and returned to Mumbai. There were almost two hundred passengers aboard the flight. None of them reported injury. Passengers disembarked, and were provided accommodations as an... »
Cessna Emergency Landing Key Largo
On Feb 24, 2013, a Cessna 336/337 en route from North Perry Airport Hollywood Florida to Florida Keys Marathon Airport went down in Biscayne Bay, Bayfront Park in Homestead after the pilot lost power. There were four people aboard. After the plane was upside down, the pilot and passengers came out from under the... »
Woman Dies in Venezuela Crash, Survivors Rescued
On Feb 2, 2013, a privately owned Beechcraft 58 Baron with six aboard crashed in the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela. The flight had taken off from Puerto Ordaz Airport and was en route to DelCaribe Gen S Marino Airport but suffered a complete loss of engine power. The pilot declared an emergency due to... »
Med View Emergency Landing, Lagos
On January 27, 2013, a Med View flight was en route from Lagos to Abuja when it developed sudden problems in one engine. Passengers panicked when they heard a boom at 12:30, and the plane began to fly unsteadily. 73 passengers were aboard the twelve o’clock flight that had started fifteen minutes late at... »
Easyjet Airbus Engine Shut Down in Malta
Six minutes after takeoff from Malta, an EasyJet Airbus A320 with a 150 passengers had an engine failure, shut down the affected engine, and returned to Malta. One source said there was only a technical problem and the shut down was just a precaution. No injuries were reported. Passengers described noises like retracting landing... »
Polet Airlines Makes Emergency Diversion after engine Failure
On Sat Jan 12, 2013, Polet Airlines Saab 340 engaged in flight 770 was en route from Belgorod to Moscow when the left engine developed engine failure. The pilots made a safe landing in Voronezh at 21:04. 17 passengers and 3 crew were aboard. There were no injuries reported. Passengers were provided an alternative... »
Crash in Brazil Totals Ultralight
On January 2, 2013, a Condor MB ultralight was over rural Luziânia Brazil when the engine shut down. The ultralight crashed in a forest and was damaged beyond repair. Pilot Alberto Rossi Junior, and his son Lucas Ferreira Rossi, survived, and were taken to a Brasilia hospital. Military police and the Fire Department respnded... »
Aviatrans Emergency Landing in Chelyabinsk after engine failure
On December 26, 2012, an Atran-Aviatrans Antonov 12BP en route from Chelyabinsk to Vorkuta with eight crew aboard made an emergency landing in Chelyabinsk after an engine failed. Pilots landed safely 15 minutes after take-off due to a malfunction of the fourth engine. The plane is undergoing inspection. No injuries were reported and no... »
Two Die in Russian Flight School Engine Failure
What: Sasovskoye Civil Aviation Flying School Yakovlev YAK-18T Where: Petelino, Russia When: Nov 7, 2012 Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities Why: On November 7, 2012 at 2:36 pm, on the Petelino landing pad the Yak-18 RA-44302 Sasovskoye (Sasovo) flight school MTU CR FATA plane was in an accident. The crew performed accounting and training... »
Fed Ex Crash in Wichita
What: Federal Express turboprop Cessna Caravan Where: West 47th Street South, Wichita Mid-Continent Airport When: Nov. 6, 2012 Who: 1 fatality Why: Pilot Brian Quinn had taken off from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport but turned back, declaring Mayday, after developing engine trouble, with “oil on the windshield.” The pilot landed in a grass field, crossed... »
