What: Wingspan Inc Single engine Marchetti SF-260 aerobatic plane en route from Santa Monica Airport
Where: Santa Monica Airport at the west end of the runway
When: 5:05 p.m. Wednesday Jan 28
Who: The victims were Paulo Emanuele, general manager of the airliners.net website. and Martin Schaedel a consultant to FareCompare, an airline fare comparison.
Why: The plane departed Santa Monica Airport runway 21 and began a left turn for noise abatement, then turned back to the right descending at a 70-80 degree angle.The plane appeared to lose power and crash on the west end of the runway.
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Poland: Lot’s Emergency Landing
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Contact photographer Michal RaczynskiWhat: Eurolot Polish Airlines Eurolot ATR 72 en route from Krakaw to Warsaw
Where: John Paul II Balice International Airport, Warsaw Poland
When: April 29 2010
Who: 27 passengers and 4 crew
Why: In mid flight, the pilot detected cabin pressure problems, and had inconsistent readings. He reduced his altitude to handle the cabin pressure, and told ATC he would be crash-landing; however, the landing was normal. Emergency Landing in Zurich
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Contact photographer YudaWhat: Swiss International Airlines Airbus A330-200 en route from Zurich (Switzerland) to Nairobi (Kenya)
Where: Zurich
When: Feb 15th 2010
Who: 175 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the plane could not retract the flaps. The plane entered a holding pattern and burned off fuel before landing safely in Zurich.Turbulence Strikes Outside of DC
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Contact Photographer Jason BissonWhat: United Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Los Angeles Washington DC
Where: United Airlines B752
When: Sep 8th 2009
Who: 177 passengers
Why: Prior to landing at Dulles, the plane’s “fasten seat belt” sign flashed. The plane experienced turbulence; the turbulence was severe enough that galley carts fell over and spewed drinks on passengers, and a passenger was caught by turbulence coming from the bathroom, where she was flung about the plane, sustaining enough injury that on landing she was sent to the hospital for examination.- airliners.net | Boeing | Diversion | Emergency | flap problems | Germany | Sun Express
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Contact photographer Timo JägerWhat: Sunexpress Boeing 737-800 en route from Antalya to Dusseldorf
Where: Dusseldorf
When: Oct 28th 2011
Why: Coming in to Dusseldorf, the crew discovered a flaps problem on the 737.They aborted the initial approach and circled while they attempted correction.
They made a fast landing on the second attempt.
The outgoing flight was detained a couple of hours as repairs were performed on the flight.
USAF Helicopter Crash in the UK
The USAF Pavehawk Sikorsky HH-60G that crashed on January 7 2013 at about 19:00 GMT on a training flight in Marshland near Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk in the UK during training exercises transporting munitions, killed the crew of four aboard. The helicopter impacted in a nature reserve.
A second helicopter flew in as a rescue unit, but there were no survivors. Local witnesses heard and saw the helicopter flying low. It was initially believed the helicopter had ditched in the North Sea. No one on the ground was injured.
The names of the victims have been released: Capt Christopher S. Stover, Capt Sean M. Ruane, Technical Sergeant Dale E. Mathews and Staff Sergeant Afton M. Ponce. The commander of their unit said that Captains Stover and Ruane were pilots, while Tech. Sgt. Mathews and SSgt Ponce were acting as special mission aviators and “The Liberty Wing feels as though it has lost members of its family, and we stand by to support one another and these airmen’s families during this difficult time.”
An investigation is underway.