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Stormy Weather Leads to Emergency Landing in Tocumen
On May 21, 2013, a Copa Airlines Boeing 737-7V3 a flight from Guayaquil, Ecuador landed in the rain at Tocumen International Airport in Panama. The plane skidded off the runway, and sustained damage getting mired in soft ground. Engine 2 sustained damage as the right engine impacted soft ground The plane was towed to... »
Lufthansa Engine Emergency in Poland
On May 21, 2013, a Lufthansa Bombardier CRJ took off at 6 a. m. from Katowice Poland and developed an engine problem. Pilots returned to Katowice and made a safe landing reportedly with an engine fire. The affected engine was shut down. The plane landed at approximately 7 with about an hour spent in... »
Guntersville Plane Crash
A plane crashed in Guntersville Alabama. The pilot was the only person aboard when the engine stalled, and he ditched in a lake near Lake Guntersville Marina and Guntersville Sailing Club. The pilot extricated himself from the plane and was rescued by fisherman. Alabama Marine Police and Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the... »
Beech Crashes in Big Bear Lake
The Beech A36 Bonanza crashed in Big Bear Lake had been cleared for landing when it crashed in Big Bear lake. The four people aboard were slightly injured. The plane lost power, and the pilot told ATC that the plane was not going to make it to the airport. The NTSB is investigating. »
Crashed, Stolen, Force Landings on April 1 No Joke
On April 1: A privately owned Reims Cessna F172E with two aboard made an emergency landing in Nome, Norway after an engine failed. Neither of the two aboard reported injury. An Ultralight suffered a mechanical failure in south Surrey, BC crashed and sustained damage. The pilot parachuted out into a field of blueberries, and... »
Aerial Banners Hard Landing in Panama City Florida
An Aerial Banners Inc pilot flying a Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee B impacted terrain near Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Panama City Florida on or near Vinson Road, but pilot James Land only received minor injuries. The pilot suffered cuts to his head and was hospitalized. Bay County Fire and Rescue, and deputies of BCSO... »
Piper Crash in Castalla Alicante
On March 19, 2013, an Aeroclub de Muchamiel Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior en route from Spain’s MUTXAMEL airport had three people aboard when it suffered some kind of mechanical problem, possibly engine failure. A fourteen year old girl, Belen, along with her father, Jose Antonio Perez, and uncle Ricardo died in the crash at... »
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... »
Emergency Landing in Karachi
On Feb 20, 2013, a Pakistan International Airlines – PIA Boeing 747-367 with 465 aboard was en route from Karachi to Jeddah when the pilots reported a fire indication on engine 2. Pilots shut down the affected engine. The pilots diverted back to Karachi where they made a safe landing. They were in the... »
Air France Flight Lands with Engine Shut Down
Air France Airbus A319-100 was en route from Paris to Hamburg with 93 passengers and 5 crew when an engine failed. The engine was shut down. Pilots landed safely in Hamburg. Passenger booked on the return flight were provided an alternative flight. »
