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    Antonov Impacts in Russia, 4 Survivors


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    Contact photographer Dmitriy Pichugin

    What: Local carrier FGUPKAP twin-engine Antonov An-28 en route from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Yelizovo to Palana
    Where: Palana village, Russia
    When: Sept 12, 2012 12:28 p.m.
    Who: 12 passengers, 2 crew, ten fatalities
    Why: The plane was scheduled to land in Palana village, but lost contact with ATC and crashed in a cedar forest on a hill 10 kilometers away from the intended landing site. A thirteen year old boy who survived is now comatose. The three other survivors are in critical condition.

    A recovery helicopter landed as close as possible to the wreckage; but rescue personnel had to navigate through rough topography to reach the wounded.

    Originally nine bodies were found, and five injured people, but one child died of injuries.

    FGUPKAP, the carrier is owned by the state. Minister of Health Tatiana Lemeshko Kamchatka participated in a conference regarding the crash, and reported on the status of the 4 surviving passengers. The ministry is sending September rescue personnel and doctors to Palana on September 13.

    Weather conditions, human error or technical malfunction may be the cause. Officials announced that the families of the fatalities will be getting 200,000 rubles in compensation.

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    Helicopter Update: 16 Passengers All Lost

    The Bond website is temporarily suspended.

    Helpline phone number for relatives is 01224 836479

    Pilot Paul Burnham, 31, from Methlick, Aberdeenshire
    Co-pilot Richard Menzies, 24, of Droitwich Spa, Worcs.
    Oil workers from Aberdeen; Raymond
    Brian Barkley, 30
    James Costello, 24,
    Vernon John Elrick, 41
    Alex Dallas, 62,

    Oil workers
    Doyle, 57, of Cumbernauld
    James John Edwards, 33, of Liverpool,
    Nairn Ferrier, 40, of Dundee,
    Nolan Carl Goble, 34, of Norwich,
    Gareth Hughes, 53, of Angus,
    Warren Mitchell, 38, of Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire,
    David Rae, 63, of Dumfries,
    Leslie Taylor, 41, of Kintore,
    Aberdeenshire
    Stuart Wood, 27, of Newmacher, Aberdeen.

    The name of one Latvian victim has not been released.

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    Air Canada Flight Returns to Toronto Pearson International Airport

    Air CanadaAir Canada flight AC015 had to return and make an emergency landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario, Canada, at 11:30 a.m. on November 3.

    The Boeing 777, heading to Hong Kong, was returned after a cargo door indicator light turned on.

    The plane landed safely and none of the 349 passengers aboard was hurt.

    The passengers were shifted to another aircraft which took them to their destination

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    S Dakota Medical Helicopter Bird Strike

    What: (new) Avera Careflight helicopter
    Where: S Dakota
    When: November 2, 2009
    Who: Pilot Craig Hilzendager and EMT Terry Willis
    Why: While en route, the new helicopter had a bird strike (specifically duck) that shattered the helicopter cockpit window, and injured the EMT.

    The landing was simplified by night vision goggles which made it possible for the pilot and EMT to be able to see the ground.

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    Montreal Airport Fire


    A Royal Air Maroc Boeing 767-36NER, Flight 206 from Casablanca, Morocco, had touched down at 4:30 p.m.. While the plane was being loaded, the belt loader caught fire.

    Two hundred fifty passengers evacuated by slide. Several were injured in the evacuation, and seven suffered smoke inhalation, five of whom were hospitalized. The plane is out of service.

    The fire in the belt located by the jet’s cargo door was reported at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport at 4:47 pm on Nov 4, 2013.

    An investigation is underway.

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    Cessna Crash Kills Hunter, Pilot

    A Cessna U206F Stationair owned/operated by Wilderness Aircraft I LLC went missing east of Donnelly, Idaho while en route from McCall Municipal Airport and the Salmon River Basin. Three planes had been making the 12 minute flight but only two made it to the destination. The Idaho Army National Guard helicopter who were searching in an inaccessible area cancelled due to bad weather and mountain snow. The search resumed on Thursday when the wreckage was found on the side of a steep mountain.

    The pilot and two passengers were going to the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.

    Hikers to the wreckage discovered that pilot Dan Wilson and passengers Steve Hall and Mike Wolf had not survived the crash. It took rescue workers two hours to hike to the wreckage 7,800 feet up the mountain.

    The NTSB will be investigating.

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