What: Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900 en route from Seattle to Austin
Where: Austin TX
When: July 31, 2012 23:04:00
Why: While passengers were deplaning at the gate, the APU of the 373 caught on fire.
The fire was quickly extinguished. No injuries were reported. The wiring for the APU fan may have been involved.
The incident reportedly occurred on the ground. THe extent of the damage is not known.
On January 25, 2013, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 with 114 aboard en route from Istanbul-Atatürk was on approach to Izmir Turkey when the plane is reported to have suffered an engine fire in the right engine.
A report is circulating that the plane was struck by lightning.
Many of the passengers were reported to be in a panic, saying the plane was vibrating the whole flight, describe the loud noise of the strike, and also the smell of burning
The pilot made a safe landing on one engine.
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Not sure what to think of the music added to the video below, which makes it most un-news-like. There’s no actual video of the plane landing, just a light making a line in the sky.
Examination of salvage floating off the coast of Australia revealed riveted sheet-metal that is not believed to be part of the missing plane, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has said.
The matter was found 6 miles east of Augusta. The search has been ongoing since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370’s disappearance on March 8, guided by data, hampered by bad weather.
The search is continuing based on analysis of the location of the pings that were detected before the black boxes’ pinger battery ran out. It had been expected to last 30 days. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing had been en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing and veered far off course for unknown reasons, leaving a puzzle perplexing international authorities.
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What: Boeing 787 Dreamliner test flight
Where: Laredo, Texas
When: Nov 9, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Who: 42 person crew on board
Why: Boeing is performing flight tests with Rolls-Royce and with General Electric engines.
During the test flight, the pilots made an emergency landing. This was sue to smoke in the cabin attributed to electrical problems in the aft electronics bay; and this disabled the primary flight displays in the cockpit.
The crew disembarked via slides on to the runway with one injury.
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United Airlines flight UA-818 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Santiago, Chile, on December 25th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Houston, Texas, was diverted due to electrical problems.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-1422 had to return and make an emergency landing in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 16th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for San Jose, California, but had to return shortly afterwards due to cabin temperature problems.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty-seven passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
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What: United Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Washington to Moscow
Where: Azores Islands
When: Apr 21 2010
Who: 170 passengers
Why: While en route, the crew noted the smell of smoke, and diverted to the Azores (Terceira) to make a safe landing. Eu citizens were bussed to accommodations promptly; non EU were tied in paperwork at the airport for hours, straightening out their visas.
