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    Air India Airbus Jammed Landing Gear, Jammed Brakes, Jammed Runway

    What: Air India Airbus A310-300 en route from Thiruvananthapuram India to Dammam Saudi Arabia
    Where: Thiruvananthapuram
    When: Nov 10th 2010
    Who: 82 passengers including 2 infants
    Why: After takeoff, the flight developed problems with a landing gear. The pilot burned off fuel, and made a hard but safe landing, but the brakes jammed. The disabled plane had to be towed, tying up the runway for several hours.

    The plane was grounded after the emergency landing. Passengers were accommodated on other flights or sent to local hotels.

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    Indigo Plane Hits a Wild Boar During Departure from Visakhapatnam Airport

    Indigo flight 6E-742 made an emergency landing in Visakhapatnam, India, on November 12th.

    The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Hyderabad, India, but hit a wild boar during departure.

    The crew subsequently turned back and landed safely at Visakhapatnam Airport. All one hundred and fifty-nine people aboard remained unharmed.

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    Smoke Warning Prompts IndiGo Flight to Make Emergency Landing in Indore

    IndiGo AirlinesIndiGo flight 6E-496 made an emergency landing at Devi Ahilyabai airport in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, on March 11.

    The crew declared emergency after a warning system indicated smoke in the cargo area. The flight was en-route from Mumbai to Indore at the time.

    The plane landed uneventfully, around 4 minutes before its scheduled landing time. All 181 passengers remained unharmed.

    Investigation into the incident is underway.

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    Air India Flight Delayed by Leaky Fuel Tank

    What: Air India en route from Ahmedabad to Delhi
    Where: Sanganer airport, Jaipur India
    When: November 17, 2010, 7:15 am
    Who: 129 passengers
    Why: The pilot en route to Delhi did not have enough fuel to reach his destination, and diverted to Jaipur where he made a safe landing with emergency services on standby. The airport said he had enough fuel, but that the plane had developed a fuel leak. Passengers waited for six hours for the leak in the fuel tank was repaired and were provided hotel accommodations.

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    Gulf Air Airbus Skids into Mud On landing in Kochi.

    What: Gulf Air Airbus A320-200 en route from Bahrain to Kochi, India
    Where: Kochi
    When: Aug 28th 2011, 3.55 am
    Who: 137 passengers and 6 crew, 8 injuries
    Why: On landing in gusty wind and severe rain at Cochin International Airport, the plane skidded to the right and slid ten meters from the pavement into mud. The nose was damaged, and according to some reports, interfered with the operation of the slides; some slides were brought to the plane. Those who were injured were the ones who jumped. Said Muhamad, 47, sustained a fractured right ankle, left rib and left elbow and is recovering at Little Flower Hospital.

    One report says flight 270 hit an air pocket and overshot (or landed too far down) the runway. It may have been simple turbulence.The approach appears to have been too fast on the slick runway. No mention has been made of the runway surface, or if the runway had been resurfaced.

    According to Said Muhamad, the flight crew apparently did not adequately direct passengers, or explain what was going on, which may be why he did not wait for slides, and just jumped off the plane.

    The Metars:
    VOCI 282300Z 00000KT 4000 HZ FEW005 SCT015 OVC080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG
    VOCI 282130Z 29005KT 3000 HZ SCT010 SCT080 26/24 Q1008 NOSIG

    Passengers disembarked quickly after it appeared (to them) that the pilot had lost control. Evacuation occurred promptly, after “Mayday!” “Evacuation!” was shouted in the plane’s cabin.

    Reports conflict as to the success of the emergency slides which did not apparently deploy perfectly, and some people jumped from the plane. There were 8 injured, one with extreme fractures.

    Evacuation was reported to be in more than twenty seconds. (though I interpret that to mean that the evacuation began within twenty seconds of landing—one can hardly picture 137 passengers and six crew members making it out of a disabled plane within twenty seconds.)

    The interior of the plane smelled like some kind of fumes, and the pilot was described as being in shock.

    Although the English video says otherwise, the flight originated In Bahrain, and landed in Kochi.

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    NTSB ASSISTS GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IN AVIATION ACCIDENT

    National Transportation Safety Board
    Washington, DC 20594

    September 3, 2010

    The National Transportation Safety Board will dispatch an aviation investigator to assist the government of United Arab Emirates in its investigation of the crash of a United Parcel Service (UPS)-operated cargo plane, a Boeing 747-400.

    On September 3, the aircraft, en route to Cologne, Germany, crashed near the international airport in the emirate of Dubai shortly after takeoff.

    NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman has designated senior air safety investigator Bill English as the U.S. Accredited Representative. His team will include NTSB specialists in
    the areas of human performance, fire, operations, and systems. The team will also include technical advisors from the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, UPS, GE and
    Independent Pilots Association.

    The investigation is being conducted by the General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates, which will release all information on the progress of the investigation. The agency’s phone number in Abu Dhabi is (971) 2 405-4501/4445 and the agency’s email address is:
    accid@gcaa.ae.

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