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    Qatar Airways Plane makes Safe Landing in Pakistan after Bird Strike

    qatar airwaysQatar Airways flight QR-628 made a safe landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, Pakistan, on May 10th.

    The Airbus A330-300, flying from Doha, Qatar, was on approach to the runway when it ingested a bird.

    The plane landed safely.

    All passengers and crew members onboard remained unharmed.

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    AH5017 Air Algerie First reported missing. 116 Aboard in McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Crash in Niger

    On July 24, 2014, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 leased from SwiftAir and flown for Air Algérie disappeared fifty minutes into the flight between Ouagadougou Airport and its destination in Algiers, Algeria. Pilots requested a route change request due to weather.

    The hundred and ten passengers and six Spanish crew members were aboard. Algiers is a transit point for Lebanese flying home to Beirut. Twenty Lebonese were aboard, including Fadi Rustom and Joseph Hajj from Aintoura, and Omar Ballan from Ghazir. About fifty French may be aboard also.

    The most recent report is that the plane crashed in Niger, according to Elnahar TV.

    Mali is unstable, but an airline spokesperson said unofficially “the fighters have shoulder-fired weapons which could not hit an aircraft at cruising altitude.”

    METAR Weather report:
    01:00 UTC / 01:00 local time:
    DFFD 240100Z 23008KT 9999 FEW020 BKN100 26/23 Q1015 NOSIG
    02:00 UTC / 02:00 local time:
    DFFD 240200Z 22006KT 9999 TS FEW020 FEW033CB BKN100 25/23 Q1014 TEMPO 4000 TSRA

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    Lufthansa Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Barcelona

    Lufthansa flight LH-1835 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Barcelona, Spain, on September 9th.

    The Airbus A321-100 plane heading from Malaga, Spain, to Munich, Germany, was diverted due to an indication in the cockpit.

    The plane landed safely. All one hundred and eighty-eight passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.

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    Airbus Engine Failure in Sumatra


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Aldo Bidini

    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.

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    Nigeria working toward ICAO Standard

    Long known for substandard aviation, changes seem to be in Nigeria’s future.

    Nigeria’s airports are slated to be revamped to meet international standards according to Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation. Safety and security are intended to be the new priority, as they aim for “zero” accidents.

    Infrastructure and services are also slated to be improved.

    The ICAO’s AFI plan is part of the Third Pan-African Aviation Training Coordination Conference.

    The conference is organized by the ICAO Comprehensive Regional Implementation Plan for Aviation Safety in Africa (AFI Plan) in cooperation with the aviation regional organizations in the AFI Region, and hosted by the Government of South Africa will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 27 to 29 July 2011.

    The agenda for the conference is here.

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    Hot Phone on Shanghai Flight

    What: Air China Airbus A330-300 en route from Beijing to Shanghai
    Where: Shanghai
    When: May 25th 2011
    Who: passenger
    Why: While en route, passengers smelled smoke in the cabin. The source was pinned down to an overhood bin, and turned out to be a passenger’s camera battery which caught on fire. The flames were between seven and eight inches.

    The battery was isolated and the fire extinguished in the lavatory.

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