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JetBlue Flight Returns to Long Beach Airport

jetBlueJetBlue flight 1416 had to return and make an emergency landing at Long Beach Airport, California, at about 9:30 a.m. on September 18.

According to airport spokesperson, Kerry Gerot, the plane, heading to Austin, Texas, was diverted for landing back after its second engine got overheated and the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.

The Airbus A320 landed uneventfully and all 142 passengers and 5 crew members exited through emergency slides.

According to local fire department officials, 4 passengers suffered from medical issues and one of them was shifted to hospital with complaint of shortness of breath.

Actor Jackson Rathbone was also aboard the flight along with his wife and son. He tweeted “I grabbed my son and jumped down the inflated ramp, my wife following… We left all our personal effects onboard. Who cares. We were alive.”

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    The Airbus A320-200 plane was accelerating to take off for Frankfurt, Germany, when the crew received an indication of an open cargo door and rejected take off.

    The plane safely returned to the apron.

    Everyone aboard remained safe.

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    Medical Emergency Yesterday: Media Potshots Tomorrow


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    What: Aeroflot A332 en route from Havana to Moscow
    Where: 320nm southeast of New York
    When: Oct 8th 2009
    Who: full plane
    Why: While en route and still south east of New York, a German passenger became ill. The crew asked to divert to New York but instead landed in Toronto Canada.

    They were not cleared to land in NY.

    George’s Point of View

    The report says that a crew “talking very good English” reported the medical crisis. Simply based on the way that is phrased, one might assume that perhaps that English wasn’t quite as well-spoken as the claim asserts. Or perhaps there may have been weather issues. Or traffic issues. (When does New York NOT have traffic issues?) Or perhaps we are simply living in a post 9/11 America.

    At least, we are told that the German passenger who had suffered vomiting appears to be recovering nicely.

    I am sure in the days to come, this non-event (after all, nothing seriously untoward happened) is something that will be investigated and published. It is too ripe an opportunity for U.S. detractors to miss aiming some kind of anti-American propaganda toward.

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    Crazed Co-pilot’s WindShield Downs GoJet at KCI

    What: United/GoJet Airlines en route from St. Louis regional jet en route to Denver
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    Who: Seventy-five people on board.
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    Double Helicopter Crash on Kauai

    What: Heli-Usa helicopter
    Where: Kauai, Hawaii
    When: 03 10, 2007, 1:05 pm
    Who: four fatalities, 3 injuries
    Why: As a tour was ending, after experiencing hydraulic problems, a helicopter crashed at the the northwest end of Princeville airport a hundred yards from the terminal. A description of the wreckage indicated that the front of the helicopter was torn off, the tail was snapped off, and the rotors were broken. First responders attempted to save the four fatalities.

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    Four injured were taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. One died en route.

    Nine miles away….

    What: Smokey Mountain Helicopters out of Delaware. It’s the parent company of Inter-Island Helicopter
    Where: North shore of Kauai, Hawaii
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    Family Lost in Swamp Crash


    What: Roadside Ventures LLC Pilatus PC-12/47 en route to Kansas
    Where: Tiger Creek Swamp area, Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida
    When: June 7, 2012, 12:36
    Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities
    Why: After taking off from Fort Pierce, the plane returning the Bramlage family from Bermuda began having trouble at 28,000 feet, and crashed in a remote area in Florida in an area of the Tiger Creek Preserve reachable by helicopters and all-terrain vehicles. The remains of the pilot 45-year-old Ronald,his wife Rebecca, 15-year-old Brandon, 11-year-old Bo, and 8-yea- old Roxanne have been recovered. Thirteen year old Boston is missing. There is a gaping hole in the plane, and the NTSB and FAA is speculating that Boston may have been sucked from the plane while in the air.

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    Origin St Lucie County Intl (KFPR – track or info)
    Destination Freeman Field (3JC – track or info)
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    Date Thursday, June 7, 2012
    Duration 4 hours 36 minutes
    Status result unknown (?) (track log & graph)
    Distance Direct: 1,239 sm Planned: 1,253 sm
    Scheduled Actual/Estimated
    Departed 11:30AM EDT 12:05PM EDT
    Arrival 03:10PM CDT 03:41PM CDT (?)
    Speed 233 kts
    Altitude 26,000 feet

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    Air Canada Fire Alert


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    What: Air Canada Jazz Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Victoria to Calgary
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    When: Jan 5th 2010
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