A helicopter crashed into a cotton field in Williamson County, Texas, on August 21st.
The incident happened shortly after the aircraft took off from Georgetown Municipal Airport, Texas.
There were two people aboard at the time; both were killed in the crash.
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating.
Allegiant Airlines flight 175 made a safe landing at Phoenix- Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa, Arizona, on April 28th.
The aircraft, en-route to Arizona, was mid-air when the crew reported engine failure, and had to struggle hard to gain altitude before landing.
The plane landed successfully. All 137 people onboard remained unharmed.
The incident remains under investigation.
American Airlines flight AA-2023 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Des Moines International Airport, Polk County, Iowa, on March 18.
The Airbus A321-200, flying from Chicago, Illinois to Phoenix, Arizona, was mid-air above Iowa when the crew detected smoke in the cockpit, causing it to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 196 people onboard remained unhurt.
The incident is under investigation.
Delta Airlines flight DL-20 had to divert and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on September 24th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Newark, New Jersey, to Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, was diverted due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and five people aboard remained unharmed.
Pictured: Couger-owned Sikorsky S-61N Helicopter
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Contact photographer Phil Earle
What: Cougar Helicopter’ Sikorsky Helibus (twin-turboshaft) en route to offshore Hibernia oil field to bring down two passengers and 14 were going to the Sea Rose oil platform
Where: off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the Atlantic.
When: Thursday morning March 12
Who: 18 people aboard
Why: At 9:15 a.m., the Sikorsky pilot sent an SOS to Gander Newfoundland air traffic controllers. After the mayday, the helicopter ditched in the Atlantic. Two people were sighted but only one was recovered. Robert Decker, has been transported to St. John’s hospital. Searchers received signals from survival suits equipped with water-activiated locator beacons and integrated life vests.
The search has been hampered by a gale force warning. Visibility is 10 nautical miles.
Couger, Husky Energy and ExxonMobile have made statements to the press. The Hibernia oil platform is owned by ExxonMobil Canada, Chevron Canada Resources, Petro-Canada, Canada Hibernia Holding Corporation, Murphy Oil and StatoilHydro Canada Ltd.
The SeaRose oil platform in the White Rose oil and gas field is operated by Husky Energy and Petro-Canada.
Several different alerts on this plane went off immediately prior to the plane disappearing from the radar, including 1) issues with the windows on the co-pilot’s side of the plane; 2) two smoke alerts, the first one “SMOKE LAVATORY SMOKE” at 00:26 a.m. local time; 3) the second one “AVIONICS SMOKE” at 00:27 a.m. The second alert refers smoke in the avionics bay, which is located below the cockpit, and is where the electronics are housed.
This is also the same plane that was vandalised two years ago at Cairo Airport. In Arabic someone, presumably Cairo Airport workers, wrote on its belly, “We will bring this plane down.”
It is a special concern that the plane had flown to Eritrea.
The US State Department has a standing travel warning for Eritrea, and is quoted as saying “security at the Asmara airport ‘can be unpredictable,’ and had a ‘lack of efficiency and consistency” in screening passengers.'”
The search for Egyptair is still underway.
According to AV:
“on 2016/06/01, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Authority reported “Laplace” located pings presumably from one of MS804’s black boxes. The vessel “John Lethbridge” of DOS will be joining the search team to retrieve the black boxes. The BEA (FR)confirmed that Egyptian Authorities have confirmed a “signal that may come from one of the recorders” of flight MS-804. The BEA did NOT confirm that a black box has been located.”
Debris has been found.
At 2 pm on March 7, 2013, Delta Airlines Airbus A320-211 #N314US Flight 130 was just underway from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Detroit when it suffered a bird strike and left a trail of parts on the runway. None of the 130 passengers reported injury.
The flight was towed to the gate.
The flight was cancelled and takeoff aborted.
Passengers disembarked and were provided an alternative flight with a four hour delay.
Emergency services were on the scene, but there was no fire.
Serial number 160
Type 320-211
First flight date 14/01/1991
Test registration F-WWDZ
Plane age 22.1 years
Engines 2 x CFMI CFM56-5A1
