Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Alexej What: UT Air -ATR 72 en route from Tyumen to Surgut Where: Siberia When: April 2, 2012 Who: 1 delayed identification Why: Today Russia’s Ministry of Transport suspended UTAir at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport for permitting 4 ATR-72s to depart without de-icing and anti-icing... »
What: RAF Boeing Chinook HC2 (CH-47D) en route from Naval Air Facility El Centro Imperial Valley, California Where: Arizona When: April 7 2012 7.30pm BST Who: 7 injured Why: A UK Chinook made an emergency landing “mishap” in Arizona, about fifteen miles from Yuma. Seven aboard the helicopter were examined at El Centro Regional... »
Contact photographer Ammann Martin What: Air Tanzania de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q en route from Kigoma to Dar es Salaam via Tabora Where: Kigoma When: Apr 9th 2012 Who: 35 passengers and 4 crew Why: Air Tanzania was taking off from Kigoma when it suffered an engine failure. Two passengers were hospitalized with shock but... »
What: helicopter en route to Fachi Where: Tenere desert, Nigeria When: April 9 2012 Who: 6 fatalities Why: The helicopter chartered by CNPC oil was lost over the Tenere desert. The wreckage was found by the military. The occupants (two french crew, four chinese passengers) died in the crash. CNPC has not released a... »
What: US Navy – VFA-106 $29 million McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet twin-engine supersonic fighter plane en route from Naval Air Station Oceana Where: Virginia Beach When: April 6 2012, 12:00 pm Who: 40 apartments damaged, no fatalities, 5 injures Why: Going 170 mph, a student pilot was in the front seat of the two-seat... »
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Milan, Italy to East Midlands Where: Frankfurt When: Apr 4th 2012 Who: 134 passengers Why: Fifteen minutes after takeoff, while over Lugano Switzerland, the cabin lost pressure, deploying oxygen masks. Pilots made a Mayday announcement heard by... »
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Steve Brimley What: Emirates Airlines Airbus A380-800 en route from Bangkok to Hong Kong Where: Hong Kong When: Apr 7th 2012, Why: Passengers on the Emirates flight disembarked on to the runway after a fast landing where two main tires burst. Passengers smelled the... »
