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Martinique Honeymoon Medical Evacuation has Tragic Ending


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Contact photographer Fabrice Sanchez –

What: Transports Aériens Intercaraïbes Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III en route from St. Martin to Martinique
Where: French Antilles
When: May 5, 2012 2:45
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: Five minutes after takeoff, the plane crashed between Tintamarre Island and Le Galion Beach, close to Orient Bay, St Martin, French Antilles.

The TAI Air Ambulance Service flight was piloted by Bruno Le Jeune, and was transporting a male tourist cardiac patient from the St. Maarten Medical Center to Martinique.

The patient, Panagiotis Vryonides of Nicosia, was on his honeymoon when fell ill on the “Allure of the Seas” cruise ship. He was from Cyprus. His wife was in Antigua.

More than French and Dutch 100 emergency personnel searched for the bodies between Tintamare, Pinel Island, and Cul de Sac. Divers recovered plane parts that will be stored in Anse Marcel. Partial remains have also been recovered. Recovery operations are being hampered by tiger sharks.

Doctor Jean Michel Dudiot, and Gerard Omere the nurse were both from the SMUR of Martinique.

There had been originally another plane sent to transport the patient but it had had mechanical problems. Louis Constant Fleming Hospital has said that the plane was not sanitary enough for medical evacuations.


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Transasia Overheats over Taipei


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Contact photographer Dennis Chang

What: Transasia Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-500 en route from Taipei to Makung
Where: Taipei
When: May 2nd 2012
Who: 72 passengers
Why: Ten minutes after taking off, the pilots received an overheat indication from the left engine. They returned to Taipei and made a safe landing.


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Air France Airbus Data Error Leads to Emergency Diversion to Cork


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Contact photographer João Toste

What: Air France Airbus A340-300 en route from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Detroit
Where: Cork
When: May 2nd 2012
Why: While en route, the plane developed a technical problem and had to divert to Cork and make an emergency landing.

The technical problem involved transponder data. After maintenance, the plane was returned to service.


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Air Blue Emergency Landing in Karachi


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Contact photographer Stelios Ioannou

What: Airblue Airbus A319-100 en route from Karachi to Peshawar
Where: Karachi
When: May 4th 2012
Why: After take-off, the flight developed cabin pressure problems.

Pilots returned to Karachi and made a safe landing.


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Birdstrike over Norway


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Contact photographer Lukas Bogie

What: SAS Scandinavian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Tromso to Longyearbyen
Where: Tromso
When: Apr 30th 2012
Who: 180 aboard
Why: On taking off from Tromso, the flight suffered a number of bird strikes. Pilots returned to the airport and made a safe landing.

Passengers were able to leave within an hour and a half.


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DC-10 with Faulty Reverser Returns to Calgary


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Contact photographer Andre Oferta

What: Kelowna McDonnell Douglas DC-10 en route from Calgary to Hamilton
Where: Calgary
When: Apr 29th 2012
Who: 3 crew
Why: A flight from Calgary to Hamilton returned back in Calgary after an engine was shut down with a faulty “thrust reverser” part.


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Saudi Arabian Airlines Lands On Nose


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Contact photographer Ian Clarke

What: Saudi Arabian Airlines/Onur Air Airbus A300-600 en route from Madinah to Jeddah
Where: Jeddah
When: May 1 2012
Who: 10 crew
Why: Pilots had an indication of unsafe nose gear and landed without nose gear at Jeddah at 12:55. Emergency crew (reported as “civil defense but that could have been a translation error” sprayed the runway. The crew disembarked via slides. There were no injuries reported.

The flight was “a special flight from the western town,” with ten crew and no passengers. We assume a ferry flight.

The video shows mobile stairs that are up for the post flight check-up, but notice the steep angle of the slide at the rear of the plane.


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Airbus Bird Strike Delays Air India Flight


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Contact photographer Nishant Gambhir

What: Air India Airbus A321-200 en route from Kozhikode to Dubai
Where: Kozhikode
When: Apr 30th 2012
Who: 148 passengers and 6 crew
Why: Taking off out of Kozhikode India, the Airbus ingested a bird in the right engine, and bending the blades. Pilots dumped fuel, before making a safe landing back in Kozhikode. A replacement jet was provided.

A second Air India flight made an emergency landing in Kozhikode after suffering an oil leak.


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Emergency Landing in Verona


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Contact photographer Manuel Mueller

What: Lufthansa/Air Dolomiti Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-500 en route from Verona (Italy) to Munich
Where: Verona
When: Apr 28th 2012
Who: 34 passengers and 4 crew
Why: While taking off from Verona, the plane lost a nose wheel.

Pilots returned to the airport making a safe landing after they burned off fuel. Emergency services on standby in the event of a possible fire intervention were not needed.

A replacement plane was flown in to transport passengers.

According to initial investigations, the plane may have broken a pin that affixes the wheel.

De-Icing and Mechanical Failure Possible Causes for UTAIR Crash.


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Contact photographer Alexej


What: UT Air -ATR 72 en route from Tyumen to Surgut
Where: Siberia
When: April 2, 2012
Who: 39 passengers aboard, 4 crew, casualty numbers pending.

In the UTAIR crash, it has come out in the news no one de-iced the plane. This according to the airport’s deputy director, Vladimir Nyesmachny, who also told the media “Usually the captain of the aircraft makes the decision, as is his right.

A similar public statement regarding the lack of icing was made by Investigative Commitee spokesman Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee “At this moment, the most likely cause for the crash is the fact that the aircraft was not treated with deicer before flight.” However, on April 2nd, Markin had said that investigators considered technical failure as the most likely cause.

Andrei Martirosov, UTair’s CEO promises that from now on, UTair crafts would undergo “mandatory” deicing before flight.

Good idea Andrei.

Read More…


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Croatia Jet Lands in Zagreb Minus Engine


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Contact photographer Petar Meznarek

What: Croatia Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Vienna to Zagreb
Where: Zagreb
When: Apr 29th 2012
Who: 58 passengers
Why: The plane was on approach to Zabreb when the engine temperature became hot.

The left engine was shut down. Pilots made a safe landing. Croatia spokesman Davor Januši? said that the passengers were not at any time in danger.

The jet was temporarily withdrawn from service but back in rotation after ten hours and some replaced parts.


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More PIA High Drama over Karachi


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Contact photographer OlivierG

What: PIA Pakistan International Airlines Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 en route from Karachi to Bahawalpur
Where: Karachi
When: Apr 27th 2012
Who: Belligerent Passenger, 52 aboard
Why: While en route, economy class passenger Javed Ansari had words with a flight attendant. Those words included threats that sounded like hijack attempts to someone. The passenger told authorities that he “hurled a threat after a quarrel with attendants Sadaf Mansoor and Mehreen Fatima, but had no intention to hijack the aircraft.” Ansari was offloaded in Karachi and escorted away by Airport Security Force commandos and handed off to police. The flight was delayed almost three hours.

Xinhua news reported that Urdu TV channel ARY News said Ansari followed the attendants into the cockpit and asked the captain to divert the flight. This was reported as a foiled hijack attempt, where the pilot tricked the hijacker by claiming the plane had to return to Karachi for an emergency landing. Ansari says he was “joking.”


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United Visual Landing Without Instruments, Boston


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Contact photographer Jason Whitebird

What: United Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Chicago to Boston
Where: Logan International
When: Oct 23, 2012
Who: 144 passengers, 5 crew
Why: The pilot was on approach to Logan when he noticed a problem with his instruments.

The pilot informed ATC of instrument failures and pressurization issues. ATC cleared a holding pattern, until the pilot performed a visual landing.

The pilot taxied to the Terminal C gate at 12:42 pm. Below is the pilot’s audio.

Pilot audio

Pilot’s audio provided by http://www.liveatc.net

Romania FireFighting Helicopter Crashes, 5 Ukranian fatalities

What: Pecotox Air Kamov Ka-32 en route from Moldova to Turkey
Where: Ostrov Village, Romania
When: April 26, 2012
Who: 5 aboard, 5 fatalities
Why: Two civilian Ka-32 helicopters were flying to Turkey to be used to fight forest fires performing a visual flight in uncontrolled airspace. They were intending to stop at Ostrov MK Constanta Airport to refuel.

Everyone aboard the flight was Ukranian. A team of forensic prosecutors and criminal investigators headed by Marius Iacob, have arrived Thursday at the accident site, a remote region of eastern Romania. Specialists from the National Institute of Criminology of the General Inspectorate of Romanian Police are assisting.

After one helicopter crashed, the second landed safely, hoping to provide first aid for the victims. No one survived the crash.

The Soviet Kamov helicopter can 13 passengers and two pilots. Only five were aboard the crashed helipcopter.


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SAS OSLO-Newark Diverts to Bergen Down One Engine


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Contact photographer Andreas Wessel

What: SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Oslo to Newark,NJ
Where: Faroe Islands
When: Apr 22nd 2012
Who: 264 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine problems in one engine. Pilots shut it down, and diverted to Bergen Norway. Pilots made a safe landing in Bergen over an hour later, and passengers were delayed eight and a half hours.


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Cityhopper Hops Back to Amsterdam Minus One Engine


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Contact photographer John Gregory

What: KLM Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Amsterdam to Birmingham
Where: Amsterdam
When: Apr 21st 2012
Why: While en route, a leak in the right engine was detected. Pilots shut down the affected engine and returned to Amsterdam where they made a safe landing.

KLM Cityhopper received delivery of the plane on April 1 2010. It has CF34-10E6 engines. (GE)


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Delta Bird Strike Emergency Landing at JFK


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Contact photographer Alex Khan

What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from New York to Los Angeles,CA
Where: New York
When: Apr 19th 2012
Who: 172 passengers and 7 crew
Why: After taking off from JFK, the plane had a bird strike. A bird was ingested by a right engine, which caused an engine failure. Pilots informed ATC.

Passengers feared the worst as they saw the birds, heard the impact and smelled the smoke, but the cool headed pilot was able to make a visual landing while flying on one engine.

Matthew Kroll, told reporters”We were taking off and two seconds off the ground, the whole plane shutters and you hear this low growl. Then you smell the smoke in the cabin. People were relatively calm because it happened about three second after take-off. Everyone saw what happened and you could smell it. It was more dead bird than smoke. The pilot came out and said we have to circle back. It took about four minutes and we were back on the runway.”

The bird strike was taped by a passenger and has been incorporated into the reports below:

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Lufthansa Diverts to UFA, Passengers Wait and Wait


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Contact photographer Je89 W.

What: Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 en route from Shanghai to Frankfurt
Where: Ufa
When: Apr 18th 2012
Who: 311 passengers
Why: While en route, the cabin developed smoke which was reported as an unusual odor. Pilots diverted to UFA and made a safe landing. No fire was found. There’s no indication of how Lufthansa is handling passengers, baggage or compensation for inconvenience, but we hear passengers were in for a long wait.


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Virgin Australia Fuel Imbalance Lands Team in Brisbane


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Contact photographer John Richard Thomson

What: Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 en route from Coolangatta/Gold Coast,QL to Melbourne,VI
Where: Coolangatta
When: Apr 15th 2012
Who: Essendon Football Team
Why: The flight was en route when a problem developed with the fuel. Pilots diverted to Brisbane and made a safe landing. Emergency services met the plane on the tarmac. Virgin’s public statement said the problem was a minor maintenance issue.

The football team won against the Gold Coast Suns on Saturday night but ended up stranded in Brisbane. The spokesman for Essedon said “There was definitely no emergency. It’s probably been overplayed a bit.”

The flight was cancelled.


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Malaysia Airlines Engine Fails over Kuala Lumur


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Contact photographer Charles Polidano

What: Malaysia Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from Kuala Lumpur to London
Where: Kuala Lumpur
When: Apr 17th 2012
Who: 351 passengers, 21 crew
Why: After taking off from Kuala Lumpur, the engine exploded.

Or at least that’s what passengers felt when they heard a backfire or some other kind of explosion from one engine, and saw sparks and flames.

Pilots dumped fuel and returned to Kuala Lumpur where they made a safe landing.

A replacement jet was provided.


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Virgin Airbus Emergency Landing in London


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Contact photographer Mark McGrath

What: Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300 from London to Orlando,FL
Where: London
When: Apr 16th 2012
Who: 299 passengers and 13 crew
Why: The flight had taken off from Gatwick when the crew reported an indication of a cargo fire. Pilots returned to the airport, and made a safe landing on flat tires. (Flat tires can result from a heavy or fast landing.)

Passengers were evacuated by slide from the plane directly on the runway, at which time some scrapes and bruises occurred.

No heat or fire was found in the plane. It is not uncommon for de-icing fluid burning off an engine may set off an alarm.

In George’s Point of View


Better safe than sorry! A safe landing is a good landing. Good job by the pilots.


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Southwest Emergency Seattle-Saint Louis Diversion to Omaha


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Contact photographer Klaus Ecker

What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Seattle to Saint Louis
Where: Omaha
When: Apr 14th 2012
Who: 11 injured
Why: While en route, the plane lost cabin pressure, oxygen masks deployed, and pilots decided to divert to Omaha where they made a safe landing. However on arrival, eleven passengers needed medical attention. Nine of them were treated at the airport with minor injuries, but continued the flight.

A replacement Southwest jet completed the last leg on Saturday.


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London-bound Boeing Suffers Lightning Strike


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Contact photographer Tiago Palla

What: United Boeing 777-200 en route from San Francisco to London
Where: San Francisco
When: Apr 12th 2012
Who: 195 passengers aboard
Why: After taking off from San Francisco, the left side of the United Boeing 777 was struck by lightning. Passengers described the flash of light and the big bank. Oxygen masks deployed. No one was injured. Weather suspended other flights taking off from that airport until the storm blew through.

Pilots informed ATC, and dumped fuel before returning to land safely. The plane remained on the runway as officials inspected the aircraft. Passengers were put up in local hotels and scheduled to take an alternate flight Friday afternoon.


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Air Lingus Attempts and Attempts and Attempts to Land in Barcelona Before Running Out of Fuel


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Contact photographer Jens Breuer

What: Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200 en route from Cork to Barcelona
Where: Barcelona
When: Mar 14th 2012
Who: 56 passengers, 6 crew
Why: Pilots on approach to Barcelona aborted their approach at 10,000 feet due to the poor visibility. Barcelona ATC refused the pilots requests for a Category III landing forcing pilots on a holding pattern for thirty minutes, then on flight on a wild goose chase looking for somewhere else to land, until the pilots eventually were about to run out of fuel.

After pilots declared an emergency, Barcelona ATC cleared the landing. Spanish authorities are investigating.

(The wild goose chase? First the denial and holding pattern, then off to Valencia, but before arriving, Barcelona said visibility had cleared, so back to Barcelona, but no, visibility hadn’t cleared. Pilots diverted to Girona, but Girona was congested, so back to Barcelona, which was finally cleared to land on declaring emergency.)

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Air Tanzania Runway Overrun


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What: Air Tanzania de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q en route from Kigoma to Dar es Salaam via Tabora
Where: Kigoma
When: Apr 9th 2012
Who: 35 passengers and 4 crew
Why: Air Tanzania was taking off from Kigoma when it suffered an engine failure. Two passengers were hospitalized with shock but there were no other injuries reported.

Pilots rejected takeoff.

The jet overran the runway. Local news reported that the pilots “hit a pothole” which prevented the takeoff. It is not unusual for us to end up with conflicting reasons behind accidents. We do not know if the runway was soft after recent rains. It is up to the official investigation to reveal what happened. We are just delighted that the pilots landed the plane with no loss of life or serious injury.

The right engine separated, and the right wing incurred some damage; the nose gear collapsed. The plane has been written off with substantial damage. Unless Air Tanzania tells us otherwise, we believe this is the last de Havilland Canada DHC-8 in the fleet.

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