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Germania Flug flight GM-3225 had to return and make an emergency landing in Pristina, Kosovo, on June 14th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back after a phone battery started emitting smoke.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Wizz Air flight W6-4351 had to make an emergency landing in Budapest, Hungary, on February 26th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Orio al Serio International Airport, Italy, was diverted after the crew received unreliable airspeed indication.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and four people aboard remained unharmed.
Aer Lingus flight EI-109 had to return and make an emergency landing in Dublin, Ireland, on August 31st.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-412 had to return and make an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on June 11th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Seoul, South Korea, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a possible flight control problem.
The plane landed safely. There were 314 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Next time you fly on a US airline, you should think about those 9 U.S. airlines that outsource most of their aircraft maintenance. You’d think you wouldn’t have to worry about it because we all trust on that national resource, the FAA. The FAA is primarily responsible for the advancement, safety and regulation of civil aviation, as well as overseeing the development of the air traffic control system and commercial space travel.
But it’s time to supervise the supervisors. A government report on the FAA has turned up some unhappy details.
The FAA is behind on their supervision.
25% of that outsourced maintenance is farmed out to overseas contractors.The Federal Aviation Administration is supposed to track who and where maintenance is outsourced to. The responsibility for maintenance falls to hundreds of repair companies all over the world.
Currently the government is investigating the outsourcing practices of AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, America West Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines.
However, unlike the aforementioned airlines,American Airlines handles most of its maintenance in-house.
Repair facilities are subject to yearly government inspection at least once a year. One of the problems is that inspections are not up to standard, and not conducted by qualified inspectors; and the inspections have been as much as five years apart.
Gulf Air flight GF-19 had to return and make an emergency landing in Bahrain, on January 24th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, but had to turn back due to an issue with the slats.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
