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What: Aerosvit/Dniproavia Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Dnepropetrovsk to Moscow
Where: Moscow
When: May 5th 2012
Who: 22 passengers
Why: While landing in Moscow, halfway down the runway the plane veered right and stopped on soft ground. No injuries or damage to the plane was reported. The Embraer was formerly owned by Alitalia Express, along with another Embraer, UR-DNS.
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What: Agni Air Dornier 228-101 en route from Katmandu to Lukla
Where: Bastipur, ~18nm SSW of Kathmandu, Nepal
When: Aug 24, 2010
Who: 14 aboard, 14 fatalities. 11 passengers, 3 crew (At one point there was an announcement of an additional passenger whose nationality was unknown. This is unconfirmed.)
Why: Due to poor weather conditions in Katmandu, the crew diverted to Simara Airport. ATC lost contact at 7.30 am. The plane’s generator had been causing problems and it failed, then the backup generator failed. Without a generator, the pilot is flying blind, without avionics. The flight crashed at 9000 feet in a hillside near Bastipur in Shikhapur.
Other reports say the engine failed.
The casualties were Capt. Lucky Shah, co-pilot Sophia Singh, flight attendant Sahara Sherpa, and passengers R Rijal, P Humagain, P Bhote, K Rai and P Sherpa.
Six foreigners were aboard:four Americans: Irina Shekhets (30), Levzi Cordoso (49), Heather Finch (40), and Kendra Fallon (18), one Japanese: Yuki Hayashe (19) and a Brit: Jeremy Taylor (30) .
This is monsoon season, and the area is remote, and roads many roads are blocked due to landslides. Villagers report scattered plane parts and body parts, and rescue teams are en route.
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What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Detroit to Dallas Ft. Worth
Where: Chicago
When: Feb 13th 2012
Why: While en route, the plane developed a problem with cabin pressure.
When the pressure could not be controlled, the pilots descended until pressure adjusted, then diverted to Chicago where they made a safe landing.
The passengers were booked on to alternative flights. The plane is being examined.
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What: Neptune Aviation Services Inc.Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune
Where: Iron County, Utah
When: June 3, 2012, 1 pm
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: While fighting a fire east of the Utah/Nevada border, two fire fighting pilots working with the Ely division of the Bureau of Land Management lost their lives.
The plane was carrying 2000 gallons of water and 1,600 gallons of fuel, and was approaching the fire when it crashed in rocky terrain.
Pilot 48-year-old Todd Tompkins, and co- pilot, Ronnie Chambless, 40 were on their second run dropping retardant on the fire when the plane went down.
No probable cause of the accident has been released.
Japan airways registration JA623J. The incident occurred on JA624A
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What: ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from Singapore to Tokyo
Where: South China Sea
When: Oct 9th 2011
Who: 176 passengers and 10 crew
Why: During breakfast, the flight encountered turbulence which injured five aboard. Those injured included three of the crew.
Wake turbulence has been suggested. If so, details will show up in the investigation.
The flight made a safe landing in Tokyo.
US Airways Embraer 135 twin-engine regional jet with 49 aboard en route from Windsor Locks Connecticut to Pittsburgh was en route when a fire occurred in the jet’s auxiliary power unit.
The pilots returned to Windsor locks and made a safe landing.
Passengers disembarked and were provided alternative flights.
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What: Helios Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Larnaka Airport to Ruzyn? International Airport
Where: Marathon, Greece
When: August 14, 2005
Who: 115 passengers and 6 crew
Why: Before take-off the crew failed to set the pressurisation system to “Auto,” which is contrary to standard Boeing procedures. Minutes after take-off the cabin altitude horn activated as a result of pressurization. It was, however, misidentified by the crew as a take-off configuration warning, On August 14, 2005, a Helios Airline Boeing 737-300, registered in Cyprus as 5B-DBY crashed into rolling terrain north northeast of Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (LGAV), Athens, Greece. The nearest town to the crash site was Gramitikos, Greece. The aircraft had departed Larnaka Airport, Cyprus, two hours and 57 minutes prior to the accident.
The NTSB team joined investigators from the Greek Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board, the Boeing Company, and CFM, the aircraft’s engine manufacturer. The crash was caused by pilot incapacitation due to hypoxia brought about by depressurization, leading to fuel starvation. 121 died in the crash.
