Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Giovanni Verbeeck What: US Airways B767 from Paris to Charlotte Where: Bangor Maine When: May 22, 2012 Who: 179 passengers, 9 crew Why: Around noon on May 22, two F-15 fighter jets scrambled to intercept a US Airways plane where a French woman from... »
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What: Miles Flying Service AT80 AIR TRACTOR AT-802A Where: Paragould Arkansas When: May 23, 2012, 11:35 a.m Who: 1 severe injury, 1 fatality Why: Two agricultural planes, a Beech Grove Grumman G164C and a Miles Flying Service AIR TRACTOR AT-802A collided in midair during an aerial application (crop-dusting) activity. The planes flew from Craighead... »
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Congratulations to Springfield-Branson National Airport for a successful disaster. A successful disaster drill, that is, for airport, Willard, and Springfield fire departments and Cox and Mercy hospitals. This year staged a mock airplane on fire that had to be put out, and then actors in the wreckage portraying victims. At the old terminal, 20... »
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What: Air Mauritius A340 en route from Melbourne to Perth Where: Melbourne When: May 22, 2012, 2.55pm Who: 181 passengers, 13 crew Why: While flying north of Millicent, a soft drink can with a spelling similar to BOMB was found on a drink tray. Initially police said the can was wrapped with paper apparently... »
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What: UPS Cargo Airbus en route from Louisville to Tulsa Where: Tulsa International Airport When: May 22, 2012 5:40 a.m. Who: 2 Crew Why: En route, the plane flashed a landing gear warning. Pilots made a safe landing in Tulsa but had to be towed. The runway was closed for thirty minutes. Below see... »
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National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman announced the selection of John DeLisi as the new Director of the Office of Aviation Safety (OAS). Mr. DeLisi will assume his new position on June 2, 2012 following the retirement of Tom Haueter, the current director. “It gives me great pleasure to announce John’s... »
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