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Day: <span>January 21, 2012</span>

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Sacramento Bird Strike

What: United Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Sacramento to Houston
Where: Sacramento
When: January 21, 2012 6:00 a.m.
Who: 0 injuries
Why: On takeoff, the plane suffered a bird strike which damaged an engine. The plane landed, and passengers disembarked. Passengers were provided alternatives, but the United Airlines Boeing is out of commission until repairs can be made.


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Southwest Airlines Pressurization issue over Baltimore

What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-500 en route from Baltimore,MD to Newark,NJ
Where: Baltimore
When: Jan 21st 2012
Why: At 10,000 feet, the flight developed pressurization problems.

Pilots returned to Baltimore over ATC’s suggestion that they continue. They made a safe landing.


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UTAir Left Engine and Reserve Pilot Shut Down.

What: UTair Boeing 757 en route from Bangkok to Novosibirsk
Where: en route
Who: 1 fatality
Why: While en route, one of the crew became ill, and the pilot intended to land in Chengdu. However, three things occurred: reserve pilot Sergei Golev, 44, had a heart attack. A cardiologist who was a passenger tried to revive him. Golev died before landing in Chendu. The pilot continued on to Novosibirsk.

Golev was the reserve pilot aboard in case the pilot or first officer became ill.

On the Jan 20th, a UTAir AN26 diverted to Novosibirsk (Noyabrsk) with engine trouble.

In George’s Point of View


Of course I wasn’t there on the flight where Sergei Golev died so I don’t have first hand detail; but it does seem to me the protocol would (or should) be to divert ASAP so that the sick individual could get care. Who knows if heroic efforts might have saved his life? Did the cardiologist or UTAir happen to have a defib machine? I guess we’ll never know.

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