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Southwest Jets Collide at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

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    Two In One Day

    What: experimental plane
    Where: Healdsburg Municipal Airport
    When: Thursday, May 21 10:58 a.m.
    Who: Pilot
    Why: A quartering wind caused the pilot to veer off the runway and into the Funsten Ranch vineyard grape vines. Plane owner/pilot was not injured when his homebuilt crashed.

    Then…a mere six hours later…same place…

    What: low-wing, single-engine Mooney
    Where: Healdsburg Municipal Airport
    When: 4:55 p.m
    Who: pilot
    Why: Right after take-off, the Mooney went to partial power, passed a home and powerlines, then skidded on its belly into the vineyard where this Mooney also crash-landed on grapevines by the Mazzocco Winery

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    SkyWest Airlines Plane Continues for a Safe Landing in Colorado after Cracked Windshield

    SkyWest

    The Canadair CRJ-200, heading from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Denver was descending toward the runway when the crew reported a small crack in the windshield.

    SkyWest Airlines flight OO-5974/UA-5974 continued for a safe landing at Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado, on March 21.

    The plane landed safely.

    All 54 people on board remained unhurt.

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    Cessna Lands On Ice

    What: 1972 Cessna 150L registered to a flight school in Wheeling, en route from the Chicago Executive Airport
    Where: on the ice of Grays Lake near Route 120 and Lake Street, Lake County, IL
    When: early Tuesday evening 4:30 p.m. Feb 17 2009
    Who: pilot and one passenger were aboard. Neither was injured.
    Why: The plane was experiencing engine problems and the pilot determined he would not make it to land at nearby Campbell Airport. Rescue crews left the pilot waiting for a mechanic.

    The plane belongs to Flight Center at Service Aviation, Inc. of Wheeling.

    Rumor is it got up to 40 degrees Tuesday so let’s hope the pilot got that Cessna off the ice before it melted–

    36°F
    Current: Overcast
    Wind: S at 6 mph
    Humidity: 74%
    Tue
    40°F | 32°F

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    Southwest Airlines Plane Rejects Take Off after Bird Strike

    southwest_airlines_logoSouthwest Airlines flight WN-364 had to reject take off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on October 21st.

    The Boeing 737-700 plane was accelerating to take off for Baltimore, Maryland, when the crew reported a bird strike and rejected take off.

    The plane safely returned to apron. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

    The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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    Kenn Borek Air Update

    The flight that went missing on January 23, 2013, the Kenn Borek Air de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter en route from the South Pole to Terra Nova Bay has been found.

    Wreckage of the plane was found after it impacted terrain half way between South Pole and McMurdo Station.

    The two helicopters that reached the crash site on Jan 26th could not land. They surveyed the area.

    Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand said that
    The site of the crash is at a height of 3,900 metres (13,000 feet) at the northern end of the Queen Alexandra Range. The aircraft wreckage is on a very steep slope, close to the summit of Mount Elizabeth. It appears to have made a direct impact that was not survivable.

    The airline has the following release posted on their site:


    PRESS RELEASE – KENN BOREK AIR LTD. – JANUARY 25, 2013

    Friday evening Calgary time, a C130 Hercules aircraft of the New York Air National Guard made visual contact with the overdue aircraft in Antarctica. The sighting was confirmed approximately thirty minutes later by a Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Twin Otter aircraft deployed in a search and rescue (SAR) role. The crew of the SAR Twin Otter reports that the overdue aircraft impacted a steep snow and ice covered mountain slope. No signs of activity are evident in the area surrounding the site, and it appears that the impact was not survivable.

    Due to the terrain and ongoing weather conditions, the SAR Twin Otter was unable to land near the site. Subject to favourable weather conditions, helicopter crews and mountain rescue personnel will attempt to access the accident site Saturday morning Calgary local time.
    Further updates can be obtained directly from the Wellington Rescue Coordination Centre.

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    Colombia Chopper Crashes

    What: Aviheco Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III en route from Bucaramanga to Sardinata
    Where: El Alto, Lourdes, Norte de Santander Colombia
    When: May 23, 2011 4 pm
    Who: 2 aboard, both fatalities
    Why: Pilot Rodrigo Javier Acosta and tech Jorge Velez Valbuena died in the Aviheco helicopter crash in Colombia. The helicopter may have been struck by lightning or taken down by other storm related condition. The wreckage went down in an area known as “Los Cables” on the “La Aguadita” farm in the village of El Alto. The helicopter was on a reconnaissance flight sponsored by an oil company with local wells . The bodies have been recovered by the Civil Defense commission.

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