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Air Safety, Air Traffic Control, Boeing, British Airways, communication, Editorial, Lufthansa, Norway, Norwegian Air, proximity, Scotland, UK

About Close Calls

After making note of the Oct 31 near miss in Oslo, I remembered this 100 foot close call of two Boeing 747’s over Scotland. This occurred in late June, when a Lufthansa pilot was climbing, and a British Airways flight were 24.3nm apart on converging courses. A STCA (Short Germ Conflict Alert)

The Oslo near miss could have been prevented if the repetition protocol have been observed.

The Scotland near miss had two planes
(DLH418 Lufthansa Boeing 747-830, D-ABYC Frankfurt (FRA) – Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD))

and

(BAW87 British Airways Boeing 747-436, G-BNLM London-Heathrow (LHR) – Vancouver (YVR))

on a collision course 100 feet Vertical/3.9 nm Horizontal and 1100 feet Vertical/2.8nm from impact. The study of the event concluded that actions of both the pilots and the controller contributed but that the pilots avoiding ATC instructions caused the proximity issue.

The added pressure of reporting incidents such as these should help pilots and air traffic control to avoid similar events in the future. It will do so ONLY if adequate attention is paid to the mistakes, if alternative/better responses are deter mend, if the resulting studies are closely attended, and if protocol is adjusted to reduce the possibility of such problems re-occurring. On some level, the protocol worked, because these incidents were not collisions. However, they were closer than they should be. All I can say about this event is that it is a good thing that mistakes are reported.

avionics, Boeing, British Airways, Russia

Boeing Emergency Landing in Irkutsk


On August 28, 2013, a British Airways Boeing 747-436 en route from Heathrow to Beijing was en route when it developed ‘overheated avionics’ and had to divert to Irkutsk, Russia where it made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

It was an emergency landing, but the Russian Ministry called the landing a crash-landing.

There were 289 passengers and eight crew aboard.(According to British Mail, 16 crew.)

There were 120 rescue personnel, 34 vehicles including the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

British Airways, compensation, Damages, Editorial, UK

Passengers denied fair compensation’ by British Airways


Here’s the situation–after the problematic Oslo flight, British Airways paid for food and hotel accommodation for stranded passengers who had been on the flight, but they deny further compensation. This is apparently British Airways attitude in regard to “thousands of passengers” impacted by the closures caused by the BA flight, according to Travel Weekly.

BA’s cancellation of 200 flights after the Oslo flight issue led to Heathrow’s brief closure (of two runways.) 200 flight cancellations affects a whole lot of people.

In this case, the European Commission’s new guidelines are going to be tested. Clyde and Co. said if the closure was a bird strike, BA would probably be off the hook, but if it was due to faulty maintenance, that’s their responsibility.

In my opinion, BA deserves all the ass kicking they get and a whole lot more for their laxity in accepting responsibility. I hope the passengers all sue for their damages. Maybe, just maybe a lawsuit will send a message to the operators of huge airline companies.

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BA Airways emergency landing with Engine fire

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A British Airways Airbus A319-100 was en route from London to Oslo when it developed an engine problem.

Passengers heard a loud explosion, and saw smoke from the right engine. Apparently the engine doors blew off.

During takeoff, the casing of the left engine ‘came away’ and the right engine exploded when the plane made a quick return, landing in London.

Good thing that Emergency services were on standby to extinguish the engine fire.

Passengers and crew made an emergency evacuation via emergency slides.

None of the 5 crew and 75 passengers were injured.

The ABC News video below suggests a birdstrike that is purely speculative


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British Airways, Disruption, Disruptive Passenger, Diversion, USA

British Airways Diverts to Orlando with Drunken Englishman

BA2202 flight passenger Sean Jude Kelly was drunk aboard his flight from Cancun Mexico. Normally, he is a moneybroker from Kent. But after a week in Cancun drinking, he became a hooligan.

On the flight home, he started threatening (278) passengers.

Three hours after taking off from Cancun, the British Airways captain detoured to Orlando Florida, where Kelly was arrested (before or after?) attacking a female Orlando police officer. Kelly is now being held in jail.

Flight attendants said Kelly spat at them, and fought other passengers. He drank half a 750ml bottle of Stolichnaya Vodka aboard the plane, and prior to boarding had taken anti-anxiety meds.

Speaking from my fantastic hotel in Cancun…
There’s plenty of rest and relaxation to be had in Cancun without spending the week in a bottle…

Boeing, British Airways, Diversion, fumes, Medical emergency, Nevada, Video

British Airways Sickened by Fumes in Cockpit Diverts to Las Vegas


On Feb 14, 2013, an hour into the British Airways (Boeing 747-400) Los Angeles to London flight, the crew smelled smoke in the cockpit. Fumes made the flight crew sick. The captain put on the oxygen mask as they diverted to Las Vegas, where they made a safe landing at 10:20 p.m. Thursday.

British Airways provided hotel accommodations for the passengers overnight, and alternative flights the next day.

British Airways says the fumes were not smoke-related. Early indications seem to be a ‘fault with the number three engine.’ Passengers were frustrated by perceived chaos and lack of information once they were on the ground in Las Vegas. Emergency medical services checked over the flight crew on landing; they were hospitalized.

Last week, a Heathrow-Philadelphia BA Boeing 777 with 158 passengers made an emergency landing in Canada after toxic oil fumes were reported on the flight deck. That plane made the unscheduled stop at Goose Bay, in Newfoundland, in temperatures of -30C.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279971/Boeing-747-Second-BA-jet-forced-make-emergency-landing-toxic-oil-fumes-leak-cockpit.html#ixzz2LCjZX6hC
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In George’s Point of View


It happens more frequently than one would expect that a plane has problems with fumes.

Fumes in a closed air system, fumes that sicken the flight crew–isn’t this something that needs to be investigated? It seems like healthy air–or at least breathable air–is an essential part of flying. It’s not like you’re going to have a happy landing if you’ve suffocated on the way, or if your pilot passed out on the flight. I don’t care if it is cheap aftershave, or de-icer burnoff–whatever it is, let’s hope they get to the root of this too-frequent problem once and for all.

See Video Below

British Airways, Disruptive Passenger, Diversion, France

British Airways Stormed by Middle Aged Drunk Women


Two drunk women caused a British Airways flight Gatwick to Tunis flight to divert to Lyon. At 30,000 feet, the women smoked in the bathroom, and exhibited disruptive behavior, refusing to sit, attempting to get into the cockpit, and threatening to “track down and kill” the family of a BA stewardess.

They were arrested in Lyon, where gendarmes tossed them in the drunk tank overnight, and sent them back.

British Airways may ban them from flying BA flights.


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Boeing, British Airways, Diversion, smoke, UK

BAE Smoke in Cockpit Returns to Edinburgh

What: British Airways Boeing 767 en route from Edinburgh to London
Where: Sanquhar
When: Dec 11, 2012 12:45
Who: crew (2 pilots)
Why: Fifteen minutes after taking off, the BAE flight developed smoke in the cockpit and returned to Edinburgh. No passengers were aboard the flight.

Emergency services were on standby.

The flight made a safe landing at 12:55 pm

Airbus, British Airways, Collision, de-icing, Sweden, Video

Airbus Struck by Truck



What: British Airways Airbus A320-200
Where: Stockholm Arlanda Sweden
When: Dec 5, 2012
Who: 0 fatalities
Why: The British Airways Airbus A320 by an icing truck. Fortunately the Airbus was on the ground at the time.

Tweets say that heavy snowfall at the Arlanda Airport has passengers waiting for flights for hours

There was apparently no visual damage to the plane, but as it must be inspected prior to flying, the flight was cancelled.

Snow Clearing at Arlanda Airport, Sweden

Boeing, British Airways, stowaway, UK

BA Stowaway Dies in Landing Gear Bay

What: British Airways Boeing 747-400 en route from Cape Town to London
Where: London
When: Aug 23rd 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: It has not been released whether the stowaway found in the plane’s landing gear bay died from exposure or lack of oxygen. Temperatures at 30,000 feet are between -40 and -50ºC. The body was found by crew at Heathrow and is presumed to be the trespasser who evaded pursuers in the Cape Town International Airport. Police were called at 6.25am when the body was found.


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Boeing, British Airways, Canada, Emergency, instrument panel, pitot tubes

BA Instrument Failure over Calgary


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Contact photographer Phil Debski
What: British Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from London Heathrow to Calgary
Where: Calgary
When: Mar 5th
Why: On approach to Calgary, the crew of British Airways Boeing G-BNWY lost most of their instruments. The data stream loss appears to have been related to the pitot tubes.

With assistance from ATC, the pilots made a safe landing.


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British Airways Emergency Landing in Amsterdam


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Contact photographer Rafael Alvarez Cacho

What: British Airways Airbus A321-200 en route from London to Amsterdam
Where: Amsterdam
When: Mar 2nd 2012
Why: While landing in Amsterdam, communications became disrupted between two landing pilots.

The crew of the British Airways flight made a cautious safe landing ten minutes after radio problems began.

The plane was able to perform the return flight as scheduled.

British Airways, unresolved

British Airways Message Terrifies Transatlantic Passengers

 


What: British Airways Miami to London
Where: en route
When: Jan 14 2012
Why: Passengers got the fright of their lives aboard the British Airways flight when a tape warning passengers to brace for an emergency water landing played in the cabin. The incident occurred three hours into the flight, and caused passengers significant psychological trauma. The fight attendant responded within thirty seconds, but the captain never came on with an explanation of how the pre-recorded message was activated.

A flight attendant came on the intercom and apologized for the mistake. This is the second time (that we know of) the recording has been played on a British Airways flight.


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Lightheaded Pilots Make Emergency Landing at Heathrow


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Contact photographer Tomasz Konopinski

What: British Airways A321 en route from London Heathrow to Glasgow
Where: London
When: Dec 20th 2011
Who: pilot and co-pilot
Why: After takeoff, pilots declared an emergency when they became lightheaded. They returned to Heathrow and made a safe landing. The problem was reported as a technical fault due to fumes or pressure problems in the cockpit. On declaration, pilots called for oxygen which was brought by cabin crew; and oxygen masks were apparently not released for the passengers. The flight made a safe landing. Paramedics were the first aboard, attending to the pilots.

The replacement jet provided for the passengers took them to their destination with a three hour delay,


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Boeing, British Airways, Diversion, Emergency, engine shut down, oil pressure, Portugal

British Airways Engine Shut Down over Atlantic


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Contact photographer Gary Claridge-king

What: British Airways Boeing 777-200 en route from Santa Maria Azores Islands (Portugal) to London Heathrow
Where: Atlantic
When: Oct 19th 2011
Why: While en route to Portugal, one of the plane’s four engines (right engine) had to be shut down after experiencing a problem with the oil pressure. The flight diverted to Lisbon, and made a safe landing.

The same plane had had a similar problem on October 16th, and had diverted at that point to Santa Maria.


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Air Safety, British Airways, Editorial

British Airways: Take This Class and Please Don’t Die on Our Plane

Take This Class and Please Don’t Die on Our Plane. That will be £125. Thank you for not dying on British Airways.

British Airways has a problem.

It seems that they developed a class for British Petroleum. You see, BP sends their staff to remote locations which are only served by airlines on the EU banned list. As we described it on the last article the last time we talked about it, these poor BA employees ended up on flights on planes that skydivers wouldn’t touch with a ten foot parachute.

Anyway, this class they worked up must now be like a friday night paycheck burning a hole in their pocket. You see, they keep trying to market this class as a product. Like the guy who gets stuck with a warehouse full of Widgets. The first time we heard this, the class was being offered for purchase, and the purpose of the class was to teach aviation safety and how to behave during a crash to increase your likelihood of not dying on their plane.

We think the whole thing is kind of fishy, since the plane is not supposed to crash. Landing safety is the airline’s responsibility, not an option. I wouldn’t keep writing about this but I keep getting notices about this class.

So they’re now looking for a new market, and they’ve found it. They announced that the£125 four hour class on how to survive a plane crash will be available for FREE. Or actually, only free to passengers who want to pay in mileage points, i.e. rich people. So. Rich people can pay in points (or perks) to get a lesson on how not to die. If anyone else wants to be safe, you’re going to have to ante up the cash.

We are not really arguing against the class, if they want to provide it. Maybe it will make some people feel safer. (Though probably not. Why would you take a course in how to crash if you thought you were going to land safely? It’s probably going to be full of white-knuckled flyers anyway.) We just believe that, since arriving safely is the responsibility of the airline, that the class should be for free. After all, we don’t charge school students for fire drills.

British Airways, Disruptive Passenger, Sentence, UK

British Airways Says No Means No Flying High While Flying High, Drunk Businessman Does UK Time for Drunk and Disorderly

Convicted of being drunk on an aircraft, and sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court in west London on September 23 after getting drunk on beer and bourbon with friends in Phoenix, and drunker aboard a British Airways Phoenix-London Boeing, Mortgage consultant Timothy Bradley propositioned a woman, shouted, verbally threatened the pilot, and brandished glass.

Judge Richard McGregor-Johnson was not amused.

In business class, no less.

He was arrested when flight 288 arrived at Heathrow.

He’s paying for it now, and is one month into his three month sentence.

I only have one thing to say to Timothy Bradley (who may have to look into another line of work when he gets out.)

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain


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Boeing, British Airways, Diversion, Emergency, smoke, UK

British Airways Emergency Diversion to Shannon


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Contact photographer Giovanni Verbeeck

What: British Airways Boeing 777-200 en route from London Heathrow to Boston,MA
Where: Shannon
When: May 23rd 2011
Who: 221 passengers
Why: En route over the Atlantic, smoke developed in the cockpit and the pilots declared emergency and diverted to Shannon.
(There is some speculation that the smoke was ash drawn into the cabin.)

The smoke increased on descent, but the pilot made a safe landing. The smoke is being blamed on an undesignated mechanical problem.

Above FL200, the atmosphere was (reported as) clear of Grimsvotn ash.

Passengers were provided hotel accommodations until the replacement flight arrived (May 24.)


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British Airways Diverts to Tamanrasset


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Contact photographer Mark Kwiatkowski

What: British Airways Boeing 747-40 en route from Lagos Nigeria to London
Where: Tamanrasset Algeria
When: Feb 27th 2011
Who: 301 passengers, 16 crewmembers
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine trouble with an air bleed valve.

The crew shut down an engine and diverted to Tamanrasset Algeria where they made a safe landing.

A maintenance crew was dispatched to Tamanrasset. The replacement jet and the repaired plane were both in London less than 24 hours later.


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British Airways, Diversion, smoke, USA

British Airways Crew-only Flight Home Interrupted

What: British Airways en route from Boston to London
Where: Logan International Airport
When: Jan 31, 2011
Who: 13 crew
Why: After taking off for London, smoke was reported in the cabin. Pilots returned to Logan and made safe landing at 8:16 am. Maintenance determined that oil from an auxiliary power unit for an air conditioner was the problem.


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British Airways Flight Encounters Turbulence


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Contact photographer Rudy Chiarello

What: British Airways Boeing 747-400 en route from London Heathrow to Vancouver
Where: Vancouver
When: Jan 5th 2011
Who:
Why: While en route, the plane encountered severe turbulence with wind shear so extreme, the crew temporarily lost control of the plane. However they established control, and made it to Vancouver where they landed safely.


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British Airways, Canada, Emergency, Medical emergency

Medical Emergency Diverts BA Flight to Winnipeg

What: British Airways en route from Heathrow to Phoenix
Where: Winnipeg
When: December 23, 2010
Who: 1 passenger
Why: While en route, a passenger suffered a medical emergency.

Pilots diverted to Winnipeg where they made a safe landing. The unidentified passenger was transported by paramedics to a hospital in Winnipeg.


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British Airways Cargo Fire


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Contact photographer Wayne Campbell-CYYZ Aviation Photography

What: British Airways Boeing 777-200 en route from London to Tel Aviv
Where: Brussels
When: Nov 18th 2010
Why: While en route, the crew received a fire alert. The flight diverted to Brussels a quarter of an hour after the alert occurred. A package was removed from the plane, and later returned to London where the cargo was transferred onto an alternative flight.


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British Airways Engine Surge Cancels London Flight


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Contact photographer Neil Guinea

What: British Airways Boeing 747-400 en route from Vancouver,BC to London
Where: Vancouver
When: Nov 13th 2010, 2:00 a.m.
Who: 262 on board
Why: While underway, the left engine surged and the temperature exceeded normal. The standard protocol is to shut down the surging engine and land. The crew returned to Vancouver where they made a safe landing with Richmond Fire and Rescue Services, BC Ambulance and emergency airfield services on standby. The plane safely taxied to the gate. Passengers were delayed overnight, accommodated in hotels and alternative flights.


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British Airways Door Ajar Aborts flight


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Contact photographer Galen Burrows

What: British Airways Boeing 747-400 en route from London to New York
Where: London
When: Oct 2 2010
Who: 296 aboard
Why: The plane took off, spent eleven minutes in the air and returned to make a safe landing in London.
After takeoff, a warning light notified the crew that a door was not firmly closed.

Passengers were rebooked on an alternative flight. The problem in the plane was traced not to an open door but a sequence glitch which occurred when a door handle moved enough to set off an alarm, and was logistically unable to be secured.

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