Air Canada flight AC-879 had to reject takeoff from Zurich, Switzerland, on February 26th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Toronto, Canada, when the left-hand engine stalled, forcing the crew to reject takeoff.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All two hundred and sixty-eight passengers and eleven crew members remained unharmed.
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What: United Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Chicago to Boston
Where: Logan International
When: Oct 23, 2012
Who: 144 passengers, 5 crew
Why: The pilot was on approach to Logan when he noticed a problem with his instruments.
The pilot informed ATC of instrument failures and pressurization issues. ATC cleared a holding pattern, until the pilot performed a visual landing.
The pilot taxied to the Terminal C gate at 12:42 pm. Below is the pilot’s audio.
Pilot audio
Pilot’s audio provided by http://www.liveatc.net
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What: Batavia Airbus A320-200 en route from Pekanbaru to Jakarta Indonesia
Where: Pekanbaru, Sumatra
When: Jul 15th 2010
Who: 179 passengers and 7 crew
Why: While en route, the left engine emitted several big bangs. The engine was shut down and the crew returned to Pekanbaru Sumatra where they circled to burn off fuel before making a safe landing. 42 passengers returned their tickets, and the rest, held over because of a “night curfew”, were provided hotel accommodations and flew out on an alternative flight the next day.
Six minutes after takeoff from Malta, an EasyJet Airbus A320 with a 150 passengers had an engine failure, shut down the affected engine, and returned to Malta. One source said there was only a technical problem and the shut down was just a precaution. No injuries were reported. Passengers described noises like retracting landing gear thumping louder and louder.
Passengers were held in the departures lounge.
The plane made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.
Passengers disembarked after the engine was checked. They were sent a replacement flight to take them to London with a five hour delay.
On a takeoff run, an Airbus 330 en route from Manchester to the Dominican Republic suffered an engine explosion.
The pilot aborted the takeoff. None of the 325 passengers aboard the Thomas Cook A330 were injured.
Passengers disembarked and the plane was inspected and for half an hour, the runway was closed. Emergency services were deployed.
How passengers were accommodated was not released.
On August 12, an easyJet Airbus A320-214 en route from Milan-Malpensa Airport to Lisbon took off okay, but pieces of the plane were falling.
The control tower spotted the debris on the runway.
After losing parts of the engine cowling, pilots made a safe, if dramatic landing back at the Milan-Malpensa. None of the 174 passengers and crew sustained injury, though most of them went through an emotional roller coaster, especially when a passenger screamed out that “A piece of the wing has gone flying.”
Pilots circled for twenty minutes before landing; then after landing safely, when pilots put engines into reverse, more stuff fell off the engine. Although fire engines were on standby, standby is all they had to do. Passengers and crew exited via the staircase.
In a genius of understatement, Easyjet confirmed “flight EZY2715 from Milan Malpensa Airport to Lisbon on 12 August returned from airborne shortly after take off due to a technical issue with one of the engines.”
Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
I don’t make a lot of comments, due to my copious free time, but I can’t resist. In the meantime while waiting for the updates, we are considering shipping easyJet some Superglue, or maybe a certified mechanic or two. In the words of mechanics everywhere, lefty loosie, righty tighty. I am no mechanic, but this smells to me like…dare I say it…
Maintenance! Maintenance! Maintenance!
Not to make light of the situation though–airline safety is no joke. We expect there will be public updates about the investigation into this incident.
Ural Airlines flight U6-3735 had to return and make an emergency landing at Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg, Russia, on May 13th.
The Airbus A321-200 flying to Antalya, Turkey, had to return due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
All 220 passengers and 8 crew members remained unhurt.
