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Ajar Door Disrupts Continental Flight
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Andrew Compolo What: Continental Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Port of Spain ,Trinidad/Tobago to Houston,TX Where: Port of Spain When: Aug 16 2011 Who: 155 passengers and 6 crew Why: After takeoff, the crew noted an indication that a door was open. The... »
Open Door Plane Lands at Burlington International Airport
What: United Express/Atlantic Southeast Airlines en route from Burlington International Airport to Washington-Dulles in Virginia Where: Burlington International Airport, Vermont When: Jan 24, 2010 6:45 a.m. Who: 43 passengers Why: While en route, the pilot was having trouble steering; a light indicated that a passenger door was open. A “Phase 5 Emergency” was declared,... »
Australia’s CAA Investigation Points to Baggage Handlers
The April 9 emergency landing of Eagle Air/Air New Zealand Beech 1900D en route from Auckland to Whangarei, attributed to an open rear cargo door, has been blamed on untrained baggage handlers who did not lock cargo doors. The hatch flew open on takeoff. See the link to a photograph of the open door... »
Emergency: Air India Hard Landing at Thiruvananthapuram
What: Air India A-330 en route from Thiruvananthapuram to Dammam Saudi Arabia Where: Thiruvananthapuram When: Nov 10, 2010, 6 pm Who: 82 passengers including two infants Why: The flight had a normal takeoff, but forty minutes into the route, the pilot received a sensor warning about the plane’s doors. The jet returned to the... »
Biman Bangladesh Brake Fire, Emergency Evacuation
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Dn280 What: Biman Bangladesh Airbus A310-300 en route from Kuwait to Dhaka Bangladesh Where: Kuwait When: Oct 14 2010 Who: 229 passengers Why: During take-off, an indicator displayed that a cargo door was open, so the take-off was aborted; braking caught the wheels on... »
British Airways Door Ajar Aborts flight
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Galen Burrows What: British Airways Boeing 747-400 en route from London to New York Where: London When: Oct 2 2010 Who: 296 aboard Why: The plane took off, spent eleven minutes in the air and returned to make a safe landing in London. After... »
Ethiopia Flight Makes Cautionary Landing
What: Ethiopian airplane Boeing 737-800 Flight 407 en route from Addis Ababa to Beirut Where: Beirut International Airport When: June 17 2010 Who: 78 passengers Why: The flight returned to the airport because of an “undisclosed technical problem.” Crew noticed a door was rattling and had been closed improperly. (It is unclear if that... »
Delta: Gear Doors Open
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Andy Egloff What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 en route from Minneapolis to Saint Louis Where: Minneapolis When: Jun 7th 2010 Why: After takeoff, the crew had a technical problem, was alerted to landing gear doors open, and made a flyby to visually determine... »
Emergency Landing in Auckland
What: Air New Zealand/Eagle Airways Beech 1900D en route from Auckland to Whangarei Where: Auckland When: Apr 9 2010 Who: 9 passengers and 3 crew Why: While en route, the left cargo door opened. The crew landed the plane back at the airport. There were no injuries. George’s Point of View »
American Airlines Cargo Door Ajar
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Misha Tyukin What: American Airlines Boeing 767-200 en route from New York JFK to Los Angeles Where: Dulles, Washington When: Apr 6th 2010 Who: 152 passengers Why: While en route, the systems detected an indication that a cargo door was “not fully secure”. The... »
