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What: Iran Air Airbus A300-600 en route from Frankfurt to Tehran
Where: Vienna
When: Oct 13th 2010
Who: 215 aboard
Why: The flight had diverted to Vienna for fuel, and was taking off when an indicator alerted for a fire in the right engine. (Passengers heard a loud report. )
The pilot aborted the takeoff, and passengers disembarked on to the tarmac.
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What: Jetstar Airbus A330 en route from Denpasar Bali to Melbourne
Where: Adelaide
When: Dec 19 2010,
Who: 226 passengers, 11 crew
Why: While en route, the right engine developed problems. Pilots announced to the passengers that they were experiencing engine problems.
The flight diverted to Adelaide and made a safe landing. Four hours after landing, passengers were provided alternative flights. However yesterday, weather in Australia also caused problems in Melbourne, including travel delays and at least one lightning strike.
Qantas has owned the jet since 2008, although it is new to the Jetsar fleet.
What: Cezanne Air Express Cessna 401A
Where: 10km west of Nairobi, Kenya
When: Oct 21, 2011
Who: 2 fatalities, 3 aboard
Why: The flight took off from Wilson Airport taking Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam papers to Marsabit and Lodwar and crashed. Witnesses describe the flight as spinning out of control before it crashed near a school. Kenya Red Cross Action team and Emergency Medical Services (Eplus Kenya) responded.
The pilot and two passengers were hospitalized at Karen Hospital. Two died from the crash, one at the hospital. One passenger is still alive in critical condition.
Extensive photos of the wreckage of this tragic event are available on facebook at Facebook Photos
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What: Jetstar Airbus A320-200 en route from Christchurch to Sydney
Where: Sydney
When: Oct 19th 2010
Who: 118 passengers
Why: While en route, passengers reported hearing a bang and seeing black smoke coming from an engine.
The pilot shut down that engine, and made a safe landing in Sydney. Maintenance confirmed that the engine seized.
A six member committee will be investigating the crash of the Air Blue Airbus flight ED-202. 152 people on board the Airbus A321 aircraft were killed when it slammed into a hill on July 28. The black box and cockpit voice recorder which was in the tail of the plane was recovered in the wooded Margalla hills after a three day search by twenty rescuers who had been hampered by heavy rain and inaccessibility. Major accidents are investigated jointly by the international aviation community; and the box appears to be in adequate condition, soon to be decoded in either France or Germany.
The box holds crucial details which will help determine the cause of the crash, and will be examined by international experts.
Pilot Pervez Iqbal Chaudhry was 61 years old, and suffering from diabetes and hypertension, and possibly suffering fatigue if he had observed prayers of the holy day preceding the crash.
Delta Air Lines flight 281 had to return and make an emergency landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington, on October 8.
Authorities said the airbus A330 aircraft had to turn back after one of its engines sustained damage due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-748 made an emergency landing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 28th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Istanbul, Turkey, to Mahe, Seychelles, was diverted due to an engine oil problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
