What: SkyWalker II ultralight training aircraft
Where: Idar-Oberstein, Germany
When: August 3, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 1 fatality
Why: An 18 year old pilot crashed in an ultralight training aircraft in Idar-Oberstein. The pilot died on impact.
His 23 year old passenger was injured seriously, and transported via medical helicopter to University Hospital Homburg.
An investigation is underway. NO cause for the crash has yet been determined.
A privately owned Schempp-Hirth Arcus E glider had taken off from Sisteron Theze Airport and was near Faucon-de-Barcelonnette in the Ubaye mountains, France, when they disappeared on Sunday.
The two German glider pilots on the glider were both killed. They disappeared Sunday and were found near Faucon de Barcelonette. The 51 year old pilot was experienced.
They took off on Sunday and disappeared. THe last contact with them was at two in the afternoon.
There were strong winds and storms at the time of their disappearance.
Lufthansa flight LH-16 made an emergency landing in Hamburg, Germany, on June 16th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Frankfurt, Germany, was descending toward Hamburg when the crew requested emergency assistance due to smell of smoke in cockpit and cabin.
The plane continued for a safe landing. The passengers were examined by medical teams at the airport while four crew members were taken to hospital.
On August 27 2013, a Flugschule Dortmund operated Piper PA-32R-301T Turbo Saratoga SP took off from Langeoog Airport to Arnsberg in Germany. Eight people were aboard. THe pilot reported engine problems, and his communication with ATC cut off.
The plane crashed in Wickede Germany in a field 1nm east of the runway.
Witnesses saw the plane above the forest, and it descended with a cloud of black smoke.
The pilot, another man, two women and a child died on impact. Three children survived, two of whom met rescue workers at the scene, and one who was taken from the wreckage. The wreckage was located south of the Ruhr near the boat house on the Ruhr meadows
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What: Lufthansa Airbus A320-200 en route from Frankfurt to Moscow
Where: Frankfurt
When: Apr 2nd 2011
Who: 80 passengers
Why: Engine exhaust increased in temperature. The pilots returned to Frankfort where they made a safe landing. Passengers were provided a replacement flight 3 hours later.
June 17. 2013
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Lufthansa flight LH-144 had to return and make an emergency landing in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 1st.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Nuremberg, Germany, but had to turn back after an unusual odor was noticed in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
