Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Mark McEwan What: Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd. Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma Mk2+ Where: 24 nautical miles off the coast of Aberdeen, North Sea When: May 10, 2012 Who: 16 passengers, 0 fatalities Why: The Bond helicopter was en route from Aberdeen Airport to the... »
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What: Bourgault Industries Piper PA-28 Cherokee What: Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer amphibious plane Where: Brieux, Saskatchewan When: May 12, 2012 Who: 5 fatalities Why: Two men and a boy were aboard the Piper PA-28 en route from Calgary to St. Brieux to pick up plane parts; and a woman and man were aboard the amphibious... »
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Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer JangSu Lee – What: Air India Boeing 777 en route from Frankfurt to Chicago Where: Bucharest When: May 12, 2012 10:25 Who: 303 passengers and 17 crew Why: The flight was en route over Romania when a door warning went off, alerting the pilot... »
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What: Policía Nacional del Perú Mil Mi-17 helicopter en route from Mazamari to Satipo Where: Peru When: May 9 2012 Who: 1 fatality, 18 injuries Why: While attempting an emergency landing on the banks of the Tambo River after one of the helicopter blades broke off in flight, the police chopper crashed near the... »
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Before the Sukhoi Superjet smashed into a ledge on Wednesday, killing 45 people and raining debris down the slopes of Mount Salak, I had never heard the term “joy flight.” The “joy flight” is the airline equivalent of you going down to the Ferrari dealership and taking a test drive. Or it would be... »
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