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    Delta Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Springfield

    250px-Delta_logo.svgDelta Airlines flight DL-1447 had to return and make an emergency landing in Springfield, Missouri, on October 23rd.

    The plane took off for Atlanta, Georgia, but had to return shortly afterwards after flames were seen emitting from the left engine.

    The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.

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    Turbulence Injury over LA

    What: Skywest Embraer en route from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
    Where: Los Angeles
    When: Dec 6th 2012
    Who: 1 injury
    Why: While landing in Los Angeles, the flight encountered turbulence.

    The pilot made a safe landing, but one flight attendant was injured by turbulence.

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    Aviation Week

    Just a note:

    There’s an Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture show in Oshkosh right now, AKA The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration.

    Here’s the website (Click the link or image)


    World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration

    And Scott Walker, 45th governor of Wisconsin has declared this week to be Wisconsin Aviation Week.

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    Wheeling Plane Misses Apts


    A TennAir LLC Beechcraft Super King Air 200 #N92JR out of Clarksville TN developed a problem, and diverted to Wolf Road, just shy of flying into the Foxboro apartments.

    At 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, the plane stopped half on the street, barred from hitting the apartment complex by a stand of trees. A couple of eleven year olds witnessed the force landing and ran into their apartments in anticipation of an explosion that didn’t happen. They did get interviewed about the accident.

    The pilot had trouble with the plane and managed to get on the ground without injuring any one.

    He survived, although not quite at the airport in Wheeling Illinois. THe extent of damage to the plane was not released.

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    Firefighting Helicopter Crashes in Portugal

    What: Empresa de meios aereos Kamov Ka-32A11BC
    Where: Lagoa de Vale de Figueiras, Portugal
    When: Sept 3, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: While filling a bucket during a firefighting expedition, a Air Media Company (EMA) chopper in Lagoa de Vale de Figueiras, Portugal went down.

    The two aboard were injured. There were no fatalities. The two firefighters have been hospitalized.

    The helicopter had been engaged in fighting the fire in Ourém which has been raging for 24 yours.

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    UPS Crash in Birmingham Alabama


    A UPS Airbus A300F4-622R cargo jet en route from Louisville to Birmingham International Airport was on final approach to runway 1-8 when it crashed in Birmingham. The two pilots aboard sent no warning message, and died on impact.

    There is no indication yet if something in the cargo contributed to the crash, or if there was mechanical failure or some other factor involved.

    Visibility was 10 miles and there was a 700 ft cloud ceiling.

    KBHM 140953Z 34004KT 10SM FEW011 BKN035 OVC075 23/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02330222

    METAR KBHM 14th @ 0953Z, wind from 340 at 4 KT, visibility 10 statute miles, Sky: few clouds at 1100, broken at 3500, overcast at 7500, temperature 23, dewpoint 22, altimeter 29.97 inches, remarks: automated report w/precipitation discriminator, sea level pressure 1014.1 Mb, temp 23.3 dewpoint 22.2

    An NTSB team is flying in to begin the investigation.

    The UPS burst into flames on impact in a low population density area. There were numerous explosions after the plane was burning.

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