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Day: <span>December 5, 2011</span>

Day: December 5, 2011


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airliners.net, Blackhawk, Colombia, wind shear

Military Chopper Goes Down in Colombia


Pictured: A Colombian Army Blackhawk
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Rogier Westerhuis

What: Colombian Blackhawk
Where: San Jeronimo mountains
When: Dec 3 2011
Who: 4 soldiers, 4 crew
Why: The chopper crashed in the San Jeronimo mountains. No one aboard was seriously injured. The team had been deployed to support a fight against FARC, a group of drug traffickers.

The chopper had just refueled and caught a crosswind. There was minor damage that is reparable.

Crash, Lost, lost communication, private, SOCATA, USA, weather

Colorado Mountain Crash, 2 lost in Mountain Snow, 2 Recovered

What: Private Socata TB21 Trinidad TC en route from Durango to Aspen
Where: Silverton, CO
When: Dec 3 2011
Who: 4 aboard
Why: Forty minutes after leaving Durango for a Christmas party in Snowmass Village., the plane crashed into mountains near Silverton Colorado. Hampered by inclement weather, searchers had to deal with nearly a foot of snow between Saturday and Sunday in the mountains at 11,000 above sea level.

The bodies of Jenna Rich and Tyler Black were found and recovered, and are headed for autopsy.

The search continues for two more bodies. The four adult passengers have all been reported as deceased. Three of those aboard were employees of Alpine Bank, and the fourth aboard was a spouse.

The debris field of the crash covers more than a mile.


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American Airlines, Boeing, Diversion, engine failure, engine shut down, Texas

American Engine Emergency Landing in Lubbock

What: American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Dallas to Los Angeles
Where: Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
When: Dec 4, 2011, 10:00 a m
Who: 175 aboard
Why: The flight was en route when it developed problems with one of its engines. Apparently it ingested something in one of its right engines (or “encountered an unknown obstacle”) disabling the right engine.

The pilots made a safe landing in Lubbock. We assume alternative arrangements were provided for the stranded passengers.

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