| | | |

Aerolineas Argentinas Flight Diverts Due to Cabin Smoke

Similar Posts

  • | | | | | |

    Final Report on Sikorsky Incident

    When a Bristow S-76 Helicopter with eight passengers and two crew fishtailed as it was flying from from Humberside Airport to a gas platform in the North Sea, the helicopter made a precautionary landing. The crew smelled smoke in the cockpit at the time.

    The investigation concluded that an electrical short had occurred in a wiring loom.

    The incident occurred on Sept 26, 2012.

    The report is below:

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | |

    Delta Flight Dumps Thousands of Gallons of Fuel before Landing in Emergency at Atlanta Airport

    DeltaA Delta Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 21.

    The plane was on its way to Narita, Japan, with 316 people aboard when one of its 4 engines failed. The pilots then turned the faulty engine off and decided to return to Atlanta for emergency landing.

    The aircraft dumped thousands of gallons of fuel in the air over Lake Allatoona to shed off extra weight, before it safely landed at the airport. No one was injured.

    The passengers were transferred to another plane which took them to their destination.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | | |

    RusLine Plane Returns to Samara due to Landing Gear Problems

    RusLineRusLine flight 7R-607 had to return and make an emergency landing at International airport “Kurumoch”, Samara Oblast, Russia, on December 6.

    The Canadair CRJ-200, heading to Krasnodar, Russia, had to return when the crew failed to retract its landing gear.

    The plane landed unhurt.

    All 33 passengers and 3 crew members remained safe.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | |

    Ryanair Boeing Slat Trouble; Diverts to Tegel Airport, Berlin


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact Photographer Patric Borg

    What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Stockholm Skavsta to Berlin
    Where: Tegel Airport (Berlin)
    When: Aug 5th 2009
    Who: 140 passengers
    Why: Due to weather and slat trouble, the crew diverted to Tegel for a safe landing.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • |

    Michigan College Cessna Incident


    Click to view full size photo at Airport-data.com
    Contact photographer Mel II

    What: Northwestern Michigan College Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG
    Where: Cherry Capital Airport, Traverse City Michigan
    When: Dec 8, 2009
    Who: pilot
    Why: During a training exercise, the pilot failed an attempted “touch and go.” The plane sustained minor damage. There’s no report of pilot injury.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • |

    Continental Boeing Crashes and Burns on Takeoff


    What: Continental Airlines Boeing 737 flight 1404 Denver to Houston Registration N18611
    Where: Denver International Airport on runway 34 Right
    When: 20 DEC 2008 18:18 local time
    Who: 107 passengers 5 crew (at least 38 injured, nothing life-threatening) Ten passengers were taken to Denver Health. 15 passengers were taken to the Medical Center of Aurora. University Hospital in Aurora took in eight. Four passengers were taken to Swedish Hospital
    Why: The plane suffered a runway excursion at runway 34R during takeoff, slid into a ditch and caught fire after the crash. The #1 engine separated from the wing and the undercarriage collapsed. There was a 31 knot (36 mph) crosswind.
    Passengers debarked on emergency slides as the plane burned. 38 people were taken to 4 Denver hospitals with injuries ranging from broken bones to bumps and bruises. Fire burned the right side of the plane. Two patients at University of Colorado Hospital initially listed in fair condition were downgraded to critical condition with fractures.

    By the time the passengers had evacuated, the fire had spread inside and started melting the luggage compartments.

    Debris remained on the runway, with the plane about 200 yards away and its landing gear and left engine shorn off.

    The plane’s first flight was 1994-05-31.It has 2 CFMI CFM56-3C1 engines.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.