Alaska Airlines flight AS-959 made an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, on May 13th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Phoenix, Arizona, was on short final to PDX airport when the crew reported a possible fire on-board.
The plane landed safely and was attended by emergency services.
All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: British Airways Boeing 777-200 en route from London to Toronto
Where: Toronto
When: Apr 25th 2010
Why: Over Toronto, the crew reported an engine problem and had to shut down the right engine. The flight made a safe landing.
The cause has possibly been attributed to a crack in one of the engine’s parts.
While testifying at the coroner’s inquest before Lagos State Coroner Mr. Oyetade Komolafe, Tony Usidamen of Dana Air revealed that the Dana plane (registration number 5N-RAM) that crashed in Lagos in June 2012 had its engine replaced after a bird strike while outbound from Lagos on April 19, 2010.
Records indicate 5N-RAM also had hydraulic leaks on May 23 at Murtala Mohammed Airport.
On the June 3rd, the plane was making it’s third round trip and crashed close to it’s destination airport.
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) investigator is Mr Emmanuel Dialla. His preliminary report said that the first sign of trouble came 17 minutes after the plane was airborne at 2.58pm, following a “non-normal” engine condition. According to the CVR at 1543:27 hours (3.43pm), the Captain informed the FO, “we just lost everything, we lost an engine. I lost both engines”…
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Several American Airlines flights had to be grounded on April 28 due to a software glitch in pilot iPads.
The airline has been using Apple’s tablets since 2012 as a replacement of conventional flight bags and manuals for pilots. However, the recent glitch in a third-party iPad application delayed several flights.
An airline spokesperson was quoted saying, “We experienced technical issues with an application installed on some pilot iPads…This issue was with the third-party application, not the iPad, and caused some departure delays last night and this morning…Our pilots have been able to address the issue by downloading the application again at the gate prior to take-off and, as a back-up, are able to rely on paper charts they can obtain at the airport…We apologise for the inconvenience to our customers.”
On January 12, a Hawaiian Airlines crew had to put on their oxygen masks after Flight 226 developed smoke in the cockpit. Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717 was en route from Honolulu to Kahului when a fire developed in a cargo bay. Pilots managed a safe landing. Evidence of a fire was found in one of the cargo holds. The source of the fire/smoke was an e-cigarette with lithium batteries packed in a passenger’s luggage. The TSB bans E-cigarettes and battery chargers in checked luggage but no criminal charges have been filed. The cargo area sustained enough damage that the return flight was cancelled.
LATAM Cargo Chile flight UC-1507 suffered a bird strike near Amsterdam, Netherlands, on January 24th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 777-200 freighter plane, flying from Miami, Florida, was on final approach to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
An Army National Guard helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on January 22.
The Blackhawk helicopter was returning to Fort Indiantown Gap after a training flight when an engine chip warning light came on, forcing the pilots to land in emergency.
There were 2 pilots and 1 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
