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What: Avianca Brasil Fokker 100 en route from Florianopolis to Sao Paulo
Where: Congonhas
When: Jul 11 2010
Why: While on approach to Congonhas, the plane developed hydraulic failure. The flight diverted to Guarulhos where it made a safe landing.
Swiss International Air Lines flight LX-1422 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Belgrade, Serbia, on December 24th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Zurich, Switzerland, to Nis, Serbia, was diverted due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. All one hundred and seventy-three people aboard remained unharmed.
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What: JAT Airways Boeing 737-300 en route from Istanbul Ataturk to Belgrade
Where: Sofia
When: Dec 20th 2009
Who: 56 passengers
Why: While en route, the right engine developed vibration. It is not noted whether or not the engine was shut down, but the flight diverted successfully to Sofia and made an emergency landing.
There’s no indication what accommodations were made for passengers.
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What: ACT Airlines Airbus A300B4-200 en route from Bahrain to Bagram
Where: Afghanistan
When: Mar 1 2010
Who: 5 crew
Why: On landing, the left main gear collapsed, and the plane landed on its left wing, rear fuselage and right main gear. It remains to be seen if it was a high speed landing, or a collapse due to hydraulic failure. Substantial damage was incurred, but fortunately there were no injuries reported.
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What: An Air Canada Embraer ERJ-170-200 en route from Halifax to Ottawa
Where: Ottawa
When: Jan 19th 2010
Why: While en route, the plane developed a hydraulic issue. The crew requested to land in Ottawa, and made a safe landing.
Pictured: An AeroStar Taxi Aereo Cessna 310Q. This is not reg # PT-JCZ that was involved in the crash, but this is another AeroStar Cessna 310
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What: AEROSTAR Cessna 310Q
Where: Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport
When: Dec 26 2009
Who: pilot, 4 passengers
Why: On landing at Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport, the pilot experienced problems with the landing gear.
The plane made a belly landing but there were no injuries reported. The runway was closed briefly.
No injuries! Safe landing! Always good to hear.
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What: Spanair Airbus A321-200 en route from Las Palmas to Madrid
Where: Las Palmas
When: Aug 19 2010
Who: 194 people on board
Why: After take off, the flight was underway when the engine made a big bang, and an engine began sparking. The pilot shut down the engine and returned to Las Palmas where they made a safe landing. A replacement jet was provided.
It was good to hear the Spanair jet made it back to Las Palmas safely. I could not help but be reminded of Spanair flight JK 5022, which crashed with 172 aboard.
Although the CIAIAC, the Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents Investigation Commission, published their opinion on 6 October 2010, the final conclusion did not discuss why the alarm did not go off for its abnormal takeoff configuration, why one thrust reverser was deployed and other abnormal and/or pre-existing abnormalities. A cause of that incident may have been Trojans in Spanair’s central computer. La computadora no operaba correctamente por unos programas ‘troyanos’.
For the 194 aboard the Las Palmas flight, they at least had a safe landing. Not so for the 172 victims of Spanair flight JK 5022.
