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Boeing Begins Fuselage Assembly for First 747-8 Intercontinental

EVERETT, Wash., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing began fuselage assembly of the first 747-8 Intercontinental at the factory in Everett, Wash. Mechanics loaded panels for the 31-foot, 8-inch (9.6 m) long front section of the new airplane into the assembly tool. The panels are part of section 41, the area of the fuselage that houses the flight deck on the upper deck and the forward passenger cabin on the main deck, an area that most airlines typically configure with first class seating.

The 747-8 Intercontinental is the new, high-capacity 747 that offers airlines the lowest operating costs and best economics of any large passenger airplane while providing enhanced environmental performance. Boeing has 109 orders for the 747-8 — 33 for the 747-8 Intercontinental and 76 for the 747-8 Freighter. The first 747-8 Intercontinental is scheduled to deliver in late 2011.

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    Aviation Events recorded this weekend

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 00:01:00Z
    Regis#: ASA769
    Aircraft Make: BOEING
    Aircraft Model: 737
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: Unknown
    Damage: None
    LOCATION
    City: CHICAGO
    State: Illinois
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: ALASKA AIRLIINES FLIGHT 769 BOEING 738 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, DIVERTED DUE TO UNKNOWN ODOR IN THE CABIN, 3 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES, AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, CHICAGO, IL

    Date: 14-JUL-13
    Time: 22:45:00Z
    Regis#: UAL408
    Aircraft Make: AIRBUS
    Aircraft Model: A320
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: Unknown
    LOCATION
    City: HOUSTON
    State: Texas
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 408 AIRBUS A320 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND 1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURY, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOUSTON, TX

    Date: 13-JUL-13
    Time: 20:28:00Z
    Regis#: N3734H
    Aircraft Make: BOEING
    Aircraft Model: 737
    Event Type: Incident
    LOCATION
    City: JACKSONVILLE
    State: Florida
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: N3734H DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 8957 BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, NO INJURIES, DAMAGE UNKNOWN, PASSENGERS DEPLANED VIA STAIRS AND BUSSED TO TERMINAL, JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION, JACKSONVILLE, FL

    Date: 12-JUL-13
    Time: 11:51:00Z
    Regis#: JIA444
    Aircraft Make: CANADAIR
    Aircraft Model:
    Event Type: Incident
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: ROANOKE
    State: Virginia
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: US AIRWAYS PSA FLIGHT JIA444, CRJ2 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT ROANOKE, VA

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 23:05:00Z
    Regis#: FEDEX399
    Aircraft Make: BOEING
    Aircraft Model: 757
    Event Type: Incident
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: MEMPHIS
    State: Tennessee
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: FEDEX FLIGHT 399 BOEING 757, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF FLAP UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, MEMPHIS, TN

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 17:14:00Z
    Regis#: N1016S
    Aircraft Make: MOONEY
    Aircraft Model: M20J
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: MONTAGUE
    State: California
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, MONTAGUE, CA

    12-JUL-13
    Time: 17:00:00Z
    Regis#: N104DG
    Aircraft Make:
    Aircraft Model: KITFOX
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Unknown
    LOCATION
    City: SMOKETOWN
    State: Pennsylvania
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A CORN FIELD OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, NEAR SMOKETOWN, PA

    12-JUL-13
    Time: 23:00:00Z
    Regis#: N32EM
    Aircraft Make: SCHEMPP HIRTH
    Aircraft Model: DISCUS B
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: MOUNDHOUSE
    State: Nevada
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR MOUNDHOUSE, NV

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 23:15:00Z
    Regis#: N328CM
    Aircraft Make: MOONEY
    Aircraft Model: M20F
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: APALACHICOLA
    State: Florida
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, APALACHICOLA, FL
    INJURY DATA
    Total Fatal: 0

    12-JUL-13
    Time: 19:30:00Z
    Regis#: N6101H
    Aircraft Make: STEARMAN
    Aircraft Model: C3B
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: EVERETT
    State: Washington
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, EVERETT, WA

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 00:38:00Z
    Regis#: N72100
    Aircraft Make: BEECH
    Aircraft Model: 36
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: CADIZ
    State: Kentucky
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING STRUCK A DEER, CADIZ, KY

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 21:31:00Z
    Regis#: N93957
    Aircraft Make: CESSNA
    Aircraft Model: 185
    Event Type: Incident
    LOCATION
    City: KENAI
    State: Alaska
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING FLIPPED OVER, POLLY CREEK AREA ON THE BEACH, NEAR KENAI, ALASKA

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 23:12:00Z
    Regis#: N9608G
    Aircraft Make: CESSNA
    Aircraft Model: 206
    Event Type: Incident
    LOCATION
    City: DILLINGHAM
    State: Alaska
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED ON THE TUNDRA, NEAR DILLINGHAM, ALASKA

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 20:00:00Z
    Regis#: N123HP
    Aircraft Make: BELL
    Aircraft Model: 206
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: INYOKERN
    State: California
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: N123HP BELL 206 ROTORCRAFT ON LANDING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, INYOKERN, CA

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 04:30:00Z
    Regis#: N1374H
    Aircraft Make: AERONCA
    Aircraft Model: 15AC
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: Unknown
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: TALKEETNA
    State: Alaska
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, TALKEETNA, ALASKA

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 23:59:00Z
    Regis#: N1837B
    Aircraft Make: LUSCOMBE
    Aircraft Model: 8
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: ROSE HILL
    State: Kansas
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, ROSE HILL, KS

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 15:30:00Z
    Regis#: N5176N
    Aircraft Make: STEARMAN
    Aircraft Model: E75
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: BOZEMAN
    State: Montana
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, BOZEMAN, MT

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 01:15:00Z
    Regis#: N544WK
    Aircraft Make:
    Aircraft Model: HAWK
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: Minor
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: SAN SIMON
    State: Arizona
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTAL DAKOTA HAWK, STRUCK POWERLINES AND CRASHED INTO AN ORCHARD, 5 MILES FROM SAN SIMON, AZ

    15-JUL-13
    Time: 02:10:00Z
    Regis#: N66409
    Aircraft Make: BEECH
    Aircraft Model: 35
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: MEDFORD
    State: Oregon
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED, MEDFORD, OR

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    Norwegian Air International Flight Returns to Dublin After Bird Strike

    Norwegian Air International flight D8-1842 had to return and make an emergency landing in Dublin, Ireland, on July 19th.

    The Boeing 737-800 Max plane took off for Newburgh, New York, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.

    The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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    Co-pilot accused of hijacking Ethiopian Airlines flight


    The Eithiopian Airlines Boeing 757 flown from Addis Ababa to Geneva instead of its intended destination Rome was commandeered by its co-pilot, who was seeking asylum in Geneva.

    The co-pilot told ATC the plane was being hijacked, and after he landed, climbed down a rope from the cockpit, and told ground police forces that he was the hijacker.

    Ethiopia, which has a reputation of targeting journalists, opposition and minorities, has a deteriorating human rights record, and owns Ethiopia Airlines. Charges against the co-pilot could result in a twenty year prison sentence.

    No one was injured in the hijacking, but two Italian fighter jets “escorted” the plane to Geneva. Two hundred and two people were aboard.


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    Smoking Engine in Turks and Caicos Islands

    On Oct 23, an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) to Miami reported a fire in the cockpit, a smoking engine and a loss of fuel. With smoke in the cockpit, and a hot engine, pilots made a safe landing when they diverted to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

    None of the 169 passengers and 6 crew reported injury.

    Some sources reported “There was no fire anywhere” but other sources say there was an engine fire. American Airlines sent a replacement flight which made it to Miami Tuesday.

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  • ICAO Press Release: ICAO holds initial meeting on New volcanic ash contingency plan

    ICAO is furthering progress on the development of an internationally-harmonized safety risk management framework to provide for the safety of air transport operations in airspace contaminated by volcanic ash.

    The European and North Atlantic Regional office of ICAO will host a preparatory meeting tomorrow to begin the process of amending the regional volcanic ash contingency plan following the unprecedented disruptions caused by the recent eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano on 14 April,

    Stakeholders from the air transport and scientific communities will lay the basis for a more comprehensive meeting on 8-10 June, with the objective of delivering a revised North Atlantic Volcanic Ash Contingency Plan by 14 June.

    The results of the meeting will be incorporated into the work of the International Volcanic Ash Task Force established by the Council of ICAO on 29 April 2010.

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    LA: Near Collision


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Peter Nowacki

    What: Westjet Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Vancouver to Los Angeles
    Where: Los Angeles
    When: Jul 24th 2010
    Who: 115 aboard
    Why: After an averted landing, the pilot was positioning to circle for a second approach (revectoring) and the flight crew received a TCAS warning to climb.

    The Cessna 182 was on its same altitude. The Boeing climbed and successfully achieved lateral separation.

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