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Contact photographer Gerry Hill
What: Flybe Dash 8-400 en route from London to Isle of Man
Where: Manchester
When: Dec 16th 2009
Who: 45 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane received a smoke alert, and diverted to Manchester, where they made a safe landing.
Passengers were provided hotel accommodations when the rest of the flight was cancelled.
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Contact photographer Yuda
What: Porter Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Montreal to Toronto
Where: Toronto
When: Dec 3rd 2009
Who: 52 on board
Why: On approach to Toronto, about ten minutes before landing, the crew received indication of a technical problem.
The flight made a safe landing with emergency standing by.
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Contact photographer Kazuteru Sugawara
What: ANN All Nippon Network de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Osaka Itami to Niigata
Where: Itami Airport, Japan
When: Dec 8th 2009
Who: 22 on board
Why: After takeoff, the plane could not retract the gear. The crew decided to return to Itami Airport where it made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative flight to Niigata.
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Contact photographer Bill Campbell
What: Seair Seaplanes De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. 1 en route from Tofino to Vancouver
Where: Lyall Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
When: Nov 29 2009 4:10 p.m.
Who: 8 aboard, 6 fatalities
Why: After departing Lyall Harbour on Saturna Island, the flight crashed on departure. Two people—a male pilot and a female passenger— were rescued from the water. Rescuers had a difficult time dealing with near-zero visibility and strong currents
Fatalities included Vancouver doctor Kerry Telford Morrissey and her baby daughter, Sarah, and a California couple Richard Bruce Haskitt, 49, and Cindy Schafer, 44, with a cottage on Saturna, Catherine White-Holman, 55, of Vancouver; and Thomas Gordon Glenn, 60, of White Rock.
TSB investigators supervising the recovery are offering counseling to relatives, and recovery workers.
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Contact photographer Masanori Nagayama
What: Amakusa Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Amakusa to Fukuoka
Where: Amakusa Japan
When: Nov 3rd 2009
Who: not available
Why: While en route not long after take-off, indicators revealed a rudder problem. Within a quarter hour of leaving, the flight returned to the airport. Landing and debarking was without incident.
Pictured: Air Nostrum (Iberia Regional/Denim Air)
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q Dash 8
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Contact photographer Pablo Napoli
What: Air Nostrum Dash 8 Q-300 en route from Barcelona to San Sebastian
Where: El Prat, Barcelona
When: October 22, 2009
Who: 31 passengers, 3 flight crew
Why: While en route, the Dash 8 developed a problem with its nose gear and returned to Barcelona for an emergency landing. The plane landed safely with the front landing gear retracted, and after they debarked, were provided an alternative Air Nostrum flight to continue to their destination.
Pictured: Air Canada Jazz De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8
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Contact photographer Marian Musil
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Cranbrook,BC to Vancouver,BC (Canada)
Where: Vancouver
When: Oct 20th 2009
Why: While descending to land, a fire in the cockpit ensued. Although the fire was managed, the outer left windshield shattered. The plane landed safely, without reported injury.
Pictured: A US Airways/ Mesa Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-8-202 Dash 8
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Contact photographer Tom Lowther
What: US Airways Express/Mesa Airlines de Havilland-8 twin-engine turboprop en route from Grand Junction to Phoenix
Where: Durango-La Plata County Airport
When: October 5, 2009
Who: 31 passengers.
Why: While en route, the plane lost an engine. The engine failure was due to an oil-pressure problem, though it is not clear from our report whether or not the engine actually failed, or what is more likely, that the pilot shut it down. The plane diverted to Durango and landed safely; some of the passengers were able to fly out on the next flight to Phoenix.
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Contact photographer Michael Durning
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Quebec to Ottawa Canada
Where: Ottawa
When: Sep 28th 2009
Who: 38 on board
Why: While descending to land, the plane struck turbulence. The crew momentarily lost control of the plane, but landed safely shortly afterwards.
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Contact photographer Marian Musil
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from from Toronto to London Canada
Where: Toronto
When: Sep 23rd 2009
Why: Immediately after takeoff, the left engine had to be shut down. The flight returned to Toronto and landed eleven minutes after takeoff.
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Contact Photographer Richard Austen
What: Horizon Air de Havilland Dash 8-400 (Alaska Airlines) en route from Seattle Bellingham
Where: Bellingham
When: Aug 16th 2009 11:50PM PDT (arrival)
Who: 76 passengers and 4 crew
Why: There were no reported problems during the 32 minute flight; however, while landing at Bellingham, the plane overran the runway. No injuries were reported and the plane was towed to the terminal after a delay of 6-8 hours.
Pictured: A Frontier Airlines-Lynx Airlines De Havilland Dash flying out of Denver
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Contact Photographer John E. Jauchler
What: Lynx Aviation de Havilland Dash 8-400 (Frontier Airlines) flight en route from Fargo to Denver
Where: Fargo Hector International Airport
When: Aug 16th 2009
Who: 74 passengers 5 crew
Why: After a bird strike on take-off, the Frontier Airlines plane was cleared to return to the Fargo airport and repaired; but on the subsequent flight, the plane’s landing gear doors did not close after the gears were retracted on the initial climb, sending it back to maintenance.
Pictured: A Papua New Guinea Airlines De Havilland Twin Otter
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Contact Photographer Steve Bond
Update:
Those aboard the plane were Australian and Japanese tourists. The missing plane was located in “very, very difficult terrain” just north of the village of Isurava in dense and rugged terrain more than 5,000 feet above sea level. Two two Blackhawk helicopters from Australia have been supporting the search, and an aero-medical evacuation unit is on a Hercules aircraft en route to the area.
The missing Australians include Matthew Leonard, 28, Max Cranwell, Kelly Weir, Max Harris, Euan Comrie and Peter Holliday.
What: PNG (Papua New Guinea) de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en routefrom Port Moresby to Efogi and further on to the Kokoda Trail
Where: New Guinea
When: Aug 11th 2009
Who: 11 passengers and 2 crew
Why: The plane never arrived at Port Moresby, and is missing during heavily overcast weather conditions. The last radio contact was on approach to Kokoda, which was aborted.
Pictured: A Papua New Guinea Airlines De Havilland Twin Otter
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Contact Photographer Steve Bond
What: PNG (Papua New Guinea) de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en routefrom Port Moresby to Efogi and further on to the Kokoda Trail
Where: New Guinea
When: Aug 11th 2009
Who: 11 passengers and 2 crew
Why: The plane never arrived at Port Moresby, and is missing during heavily overcast weather conditions. The last radio contact was on approach to Kokoda, which was aborted.
Pictured: A Merpati Twin Otter plane
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Contact Photographer Vector Grafix
A search plane reported sighting the wreckage of the plane 20 nautical miles from Oksibil on a mountain at 9300 feet.
Update:
Fifteen bodies arrived at Sentani Airport, Jayapura on Thursday afternoon and taken to the Bhayangkara Kotaraja Police Hospital for autopsy. Two of the 12 passengers were babies.
What: Merpati Nusantara Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 en route from Jayapura to Oksibil Indonesia
Where: 20 nautical miles from Oksibil Indonesia
When: Aug 2nd 2009
Who: 13 passengers and 2 crew
Why: Initially the weather was reported to be foggy, but 2 hours after the flight, thunder storms were reported. The tower has not been contacted since 10:35 and although the flight was due at 11:05, it never arrived.
State owned PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines is sent out another twin-otter to search for the missing plane. The search was hampered by continued bad weather.
The flight was lost while passing through the Jayapura to Oksibil route
Pictured: A Merpati Twin Otter plane
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Contact Photographer Vector Grafix
What: Merpati Nusantara Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 en route from Jayapura to Oksibil Indonesia
Where: unknown
When: Aug 2nd 2009
Who: 13 passengers and 2 crew
Why: Initially the weather was reported to be foggy, but 2 hours after the flight, thunder storms were reported. The tower has not been contacted since 10:35 and although the flight was due at 11:05, it never arrived.
State owned PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines is sending out another twin-otter to search for the missing plane. It was lost while passing through the Jayapura to Oksibil route
What: Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Bergerac (France) to Edinburgh
Where: Edinburgh
When: Jul 29th 2009
Who: 54 people on board
Why: On approach to Edinburgh, the crew noted a hydraulics problem and spent twenty minutes in a holding pattern while the problem was resolved. The plane landed safely.
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Contact Photographer Darren Wilson
What: Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Cardiff
Where: Exeter
When: Jul 27th 2009
Who: 51 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane was struck by lightning. The flight diverted to its base of operations in Exeter where it landed safely one hour and 45 minutes later. Passengers were transferred to an alternative plane which took them to their destination.
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Contact Photographer Fred Seggie
What: FlyBe de Havilland Dash 8-400 Paris’ Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cardiff
Where: Gatwick
When: Jul 24th 2009
Who: 46 passengers and 4 crew
Why: Twenty minutes after a haze filled the cabin of the Flybe jet, the plane made an emergency landing in London. No injuries were reported and the smoke has been attributed (so far) to a generic mechanical problem. The flight caused a dozen diversions and a dozen delays while the plane obstructed the runway.
What: US Airways/Mesa Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-200 en route from Phoenix AZ to Flagstaff AZ
Where: Flagstaff
When: May 20th 2009
Who: two passengers and one crew member
Why: The plane encountered turbulence on approach to Flagstaff during which two passengers seatbelts failed, and they collided with an attendant. After landing, all three were hospitalized.
George’s Point of View
I don’t know what good it is for me to constantly be harping to passengers on the merits of keeping the seatbelt fastened and obeying the signs when the seatbelts don’t work!
Contact photographer Galen Burrows
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100, en route from Sudbury to Pearson,ON
Where: Sudbury
When: May 12th 2009 21:07 (eighteen minutes)
Who: 21 on board
Why: While en route, the oil pressure and ITT indicators came on for engine number two just before it made a big “bang.” The pilot shut down engine two and returned to Sudbury for a safe landing
George’s Point of View
Contact photographer David Marshall
What: Dehavilland DHC-8-202 en route from Guaymas, Mexico to Phoenix
Where: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
When: April 20, 2009
Who: The captain, first officer, flight attendant, and 14 passengers
Why: The plane struck a ground power unit with the right propeller while taxiing to parking. NO injuries were reported.
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Contact photographer Ryan Coulter
What: Horizon Air flight 2246 de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from LA to Reno
Where: Sacramento
When: 7:10 p.m. April 7
Who: 5 passengers (out of 40) plus one flight attendant.
Why: When several passengers reported injuries resulting from turbulence experienced over Yosemite. Turbulence was so severe that Individuals not buckled in literally bumped into plane’s ceiling. The plane diverted to make an emergency landing at Sacramento International Airport so that the six affected individuals could be examined.
George’s Point of View
Wear Your Seatbelt.
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Contact photographer Mark Kryst
What: Continental Airlines Colgan Air de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Newark to Montreal .
Where: Burlington,VT
When: Apr 3rd 2009
Who: 33 passengers and 4 crew
Why: The pilot and crew reported high temperatures, requesting diversion to Albany, NY. They shut down the left engine but decided against Albany because of weather (severe precipitation), and landed instead at Burlington,VT.
George’s Point of View
Emergency landings are always a cause for concern. The pilot who responds with a cool head and skill in an emergency situation is to be commended.
What about the maintenance of the plane? Who chose to fly instead of maintain, or to maintain in half-measures? Someone needs to look into this–
Air New England Flight 248, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashed near Camp Greenough, a Boy Scout camp in Massachusetts. The flight was on approach to Barnstable Municipal Airport. There were ten passengers and two crew members aboard. Only the pilot died. After impacting the ground, one of the passengers, 19-year-old Suzanne Mourad went for help. In 2009, another passenger, Robert Sabbag, wrote a book entitled Down Around Midnight about the crash.
