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Contact photographer Markus Hahn
What: Cimber Air Aerospatiale ATR-72-500 en route from Copenhagen to Aalborg
Where: Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen
When: May 18th 2010
Who: 63 passengers and 4 crew
Why: After takeoff, the plane lost a nose wheel when a wheel fell off after an axle broke. The plane returned to land at Kastrup. The landing was safe, and the passengers were rebooked on a subsequent flight.
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What: Australian Jetstar (division of Qantas) Airbus A330-200 en route from Japan to Australia (Osaka Kansai to Bilinga Gold Coast)
Where: emergency landing on the island of Guam
When: June 10th
Who: 203 mostly Japanese passengers and crew
Why: When a fire broke out in the cockpit when the plane was over the Pacific Ocean, one of the pilots used a fire extinguisher to control the fire.
Passengers debarked normally.
The plane is only two years old; and will be held in Guam as the incident is investigated. 4 investigators will be sent to examine the aircraft.
Photo: A LAPA – Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas
Boeing 737-2T4C/Adv photographed in July 2000, not the ill-fated LV-WRZ
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Contact photographer James Richard Covington
Relatives of victims disrupted the Argentine court when a two-year long trial ruled 6 LAPA (Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas) officials were not negligent. The operations manager and the 737 airlines chief both received three-year suspended sentences. Neither is currently employed in those positions.
35 survived the 1999 crash; 65 were killed. On August 31, 1999, the LAPA Boeing 737 crashed at Buenos Aires, Argentina while taking off on a regularly scheduled passenger flight to Cordoba, Argentina. Witness reports indicate the pilot had aborted the takeoff. The airplane departed the airport property, crossed a highway, and came to rest on a golf course. There were 101 persons on board. The flight failed to take-off, broke through a perimeter fence and burst into flames on a golf course.
The investigation attributed the crash to pilot error and found LAPA and air force deficiencies also contributed. The Argentine Air Force controlled civil and commercial aviation until 2009.
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Contact photographer Tamas Martenyi
What: Tarom Romanian Air Transport Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 en route from Hungary to Romania
Where: Budapest
When: June 17, 2011
Who: 34 passengers and 4 crew * corrected
Why: After taking off from Budapest, the right engine made abrasive noises, and began smoking. The engines power turbine failed followed by the gearbox. The plane was stopped on taxiway. * corrected
The pilot shut down the engine, and returned to the airport where they made a safe landing. The plane was shut down on the taxiway.
Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
Pictured: United Airlines Airbus A320-232
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What: United Airlines Airbus A320-200 from San Juan Puerto Rico to Chicago
Where: over the Atlantic
When: Oct 31st 2009
Who: 120 on board
Why: While en route, the crew experienced problems with their right engine and diverted to Jacksonville. They changed their destination again to Orlando,FL and landed safely an hour later.
Pictured: An ALPA Hughes 500D (369D), Medellin Colombia
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Contact photographer Andres Dallimonti
What: Servicio Aéreo de Ibagué Hughes 369D
Where: Pitalito, Colombia
When: Dec 29, 2009
Who: 1 fatality (2 or 3 aboard.)
Why: One of the people aboard died in the crash which occurred in an area between two Pitalito neighborhoods. The Air Society Ibague helicopter apparently originated in Ibague, capital of Tolima. Its destination is unknown. Witnesses say the helicopter made strange turns in the air, but the pilot managed not to strike any houses.
There have been reports of one and two individuals injured.
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Contact photographer Alejandro Hdez Leon
What: Canadair BOMBARDIER CRJ-200ER registration EC-IKZ en route from Madrid to Santander-Intl
Where: Santander-Intl
When: 24. Feb.2009
Who: 44 passengers, 4 crew
Why: One engine apparently flamed out on approach. Another report said both engines flamed out and one was restarted. The CL-600-2B19 Regional jet made a safe landing on runway 11.
