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9 Killed as Sightseeing Plane Crashes in Alaska

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    Plane Carrying Girls Volleyball Team Makes Rough Landing in Alaska

    A twin-engine Piper Navajo aircraft, carrying the girls volleyball team from Koliganek, Alaska, had to make a rough landing at King Salmon airport, Alaska, on December 10.

    The plane, transporting the volleyball team for state tournament in Anchorage, had to land in emergency after its landing gear got damaged during take-off from Koliganek.

    The aircrafts’ landing gear buckled after it touched the runway and skidded some 1,000 feet before coming to stop.

    All the passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

    Team’s Assistant coach Anastasia Ishnook said, “Our girls are really strong…They kept it together…The pilot was really nice…He said he was sorry it happened today but he couldn’t have had better passengers.”

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    Fort Carson Black Hawk Crashes in Douglas County

    helicoptersaop1A military chopper made a hard landing in U.S. Forest Service land, south of Rampart Range Road and Colorado 67, in Douglas County, Colorado, on September 2.

    The 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter took off from Fort Carson and was on a routine training flight when it went down.

    There were 4 soldiers on-board at the time; all of them were injured. They were taken to Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs.

    The incident is being investigated.

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    Pia Jet Struck by Catering Truck

    What: PIA Pakistan to Manchester
    Where: Allama Iqbal International Airport Pakistan
    When: October 24, 2012
    Who: 203 aboard (183 economy class passengers, 16 business class and four infants)
    Why: After passengers had boarded for the 11:45 a.m. flight to Manchester, and the plane was about to taxi for take off, a catering van drove onto the tarmac and into the parked aircraft, damaging the door of the plane.

    Passengers disembarked and had to wait at the airport for hours until 7:30 when the replacement plane for PK 709 left for Manchester.

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    American Airline Diverts again. Really?

    What: American Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Dallas to Orange County
    Where: LAX
    When: October 6, 2012
    Who: 162 people aboard
    Why: American Airlines had another emergency Saturday, with a Dallas-Orange County flight making an diverting to LAX’s longer runways. The emergency diversion was needed due to a wing flap problem. Flaps help brake the plane. We’re glad they made it down safely.

    We have thought of suggesting a new tag line: If it is American, it must be maintenance. Optimistically speaking, maybe all this trouble, which is likely bankruptcy related, is temporary.

    Emergency vehicles were on the scene. Passengers disembarked and were provided an alternative flight with working flaps.

    We hope the seats were bolted in.

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    Seaplane Crash Injures 2 Near Lake Idamere

    A seaplane crash near Lake Idamere Park, outside of Tavares city in Florida injured the pilot and the only passenger on board.

    The incident took place just before 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 10. According to the Tavares city officials, the pilot was attempting to land the plane on Lake Idamere but miscalculated the distance and landed it in a wooded region near the lake park’s parking lot located on County road 448.

    The pilot suffered from a back injury while the passenger was shifted to Florida Hospital Waterman with minor injuries.

    According to the official website of the Federal Aviation Administration, the crashed plane was registered to Coastal Alliance Inc. of Ventura, CA and was manufactured by Progressive Aerod.

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