British Airways flight BA-242 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 17th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a pressurization issue.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Although the Malaysia Airlines has denied reports of a beacon, the Malaysian navy has said publicly they have tracked the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Flight MH370, and has dispatched a plane, two helicopters and four vessels i addition to the Philippines three navy patrol boats and one surveillance plane. Chinese ships and aircraft are on standby with eight ships belonging to the Nanhai Rescue Bureau and the Hainan Maritime Safety Administration, and a supporting air fleet. Boeing expressed their concern and are sending a team to assist the investigation.
Meanwhile, in spite of the airline telling the public the whereabouts are unknown, families are being told to take their valid passports to KLIA airport before 6 pm for MAS travel arrangements to the crash site.
If the plane is down (and even if it is magic thinking, we are still hoping it landed safely somewhere), search and rescue is still within the “24-hour golden window” in which it is more likely to find survivors. Eighty% of the family members have been contacted by Malaysia Airlines, according to Malaysia Airlines at the conference at Sama Sama Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, March 8, 2014.
The plane that is missing is registration number 9M-MRO. In September 2012, the plane was on the ground and suffered an airfield incursion when it collided with a China Eastern Airlines’ Airbus.
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Contact photographer Agustin Anaya
What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Los Angeles to Dallas Texas
Where: Abilene
When: Aug 2 2011, 11:30 pm
Who: 112 passengers
Why: While en route, the engine developed problems. The pilot diverted the flight to Abilene, and made a safe landing. Mechanics inspected the engine. Some passengers waited in the airport, and others at local hotels. The replacement jet arrived 11 hours later.
George’s Point of View
Continental Pilot Craig Lenell’s quiet but dramatic death is going to be all but overlooked in the media buzz over the Air France Airbus catastrophe. None of his passengers even knew he’d died. In an interview, his Lenell’s wife called him the “kindest, gentlest man” she ever knew. His last communication to her had been a promise to bring her chocolates.
You never know what you’re going to get.
The 32 year veteran of Continental Airlines was also an Vietnam vet who served in the Air Force.
The first officer and (what is probably) the international relief officer took over when the captain became incapacitated. It was sheer luck that a cardiologist was on board. And even though he was unable to save the captain’s life, Dr. Julien Struyven’s accidental presence on that flight may be a comfort to the captain’s wife and family. At least they won’t be asking “what if a doctor had been on board? What if there had be a defib on board?” Because on this flight there was a doctor, and a defibrillator. Perhaps it was just the captain’s time.
Maybe one man’s death aboard a flight that did not crash isn’t going to be a headline for more than a day, but you can bet that the people aboard that Continental Flight 61 from Brussels to Newark–those passengers who are alive now because Continental did something right–they won’t ever forget.
Convicted of being drunk on an aircraft, and sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court in west London on September 23 after getting drunk on beer and bourbon with friends in Phoenix, and drunker aboard a British Airways Phoenix-London Boeing, Mortgage consultant Timothy Bradley propositioned a woman, shouted, verbally threatened the pilot, and brandished glass.
Judge Richard McGregor-Johnson was not amused.
In business class, no less.
He was arrested when flight 288 arrived at Heathrow.
He’s paying for it now, and is one month into his three month sentence.
I only have one thing to say to Timothy Bradley (who may have to look into another line of work when he gets out.)
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
Etihad Airlines flight EY-207 returned and made an emergency landing at Jaipur International Airport, Rajasthan, India, on May 10th.
The Airbus A319-100 flying to Abu Dhabi, UAE, had to return due to an engine problem.
The plane landed safely.
All 106 people aboard remained unhurt.
KLM Airlines flight KL-1681 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 1st.
The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Barcelona, Spain, but had to return immediately afterwards due to an engine failure caused by multiple bird strikes.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
