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Cathay Pacific Flight Returns to Auckland After Bird Strikes

Cathay Pacific flight CX-198 had to return and make an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on January 10th.

The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Hong Kong, China, but had to turn back due to multiple bird strikes.

The plane landed back uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.

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Airbus shutdown in Manila


Pictured: Air Macau Airbus A319-132
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What: Air Macau Airbus A319-100, en route from Macau to Manila Philippines
Where: Manila.
When: Apr 12th 2009
Who: 102 passengers and 4 crew
Why: Just before landing on runway 06, the crew had to shut dow an engine. The plane landed safely.

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Southwest Airlines Plane Diverts to New Jersey Due to Engine Issue

southwest_airlines_logoSouthwest Airlines flight 3348 made an emergency landing in Newark, New Jersey, on April 29th.

The plane, heading from Long Island MacArthur Airport, New York, to Baltimore, Maryland, was diverted due to an issue with one of the engines.

The plane landed safely. All 131 passengers and 5 crew members remained unharmed.

A replacement plane was arranged for the passengers.

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American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Minneapolis

American Airlines flight AA-892 had to divert for an emergency landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 24th.

The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted due to indication of an unsafe thrust reverser.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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Is a Four Year Prescription a Bandaid for the Airbus Glass Cockpit? Not Shatterproof

According to the NTSB, “on January 25, 2008, a United Airbus A320, registration N462UA, experienced multiple avionics and electrical failures, including loss of all communications, shortly after rotation while departing Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark (EWR), New Jersey. The flight returned for landing at EWR and electrical power was restored to the cockpit after landing when the flight crew selected the AC Essential Bus button. There were no injuries to the 107 passengers and crew aboard the airplane and no damage to the airplane. The airplane was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 and was a regularly scheduled passenger flight to Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado.”

Note that this was a glass cockpit. (A glass cockpit has digital instrument displays rather than analog.)

In case of electrical failure, new Airbus models have backup systems and backups for the backups for their glass cockpits, but 50 episodes of multiple electrical failure have been recorded in the Airbus A320 (A318, A319, A320 and A321) according to AP. Obviously not all Airbus models are new.

In 2009, the EU issued an order giving airlines four years to make the fixes so that pilots don’t end up losing all their electrical systems. The FAA issued the order in 2010. France reported 48 failures of 5 of 6 displays in 2008.

The NTSB has suggested to the FAA that the optional fix be mandatory, but currentlyAirlines are not required to tell the Federal Aviation Administration when the repairs are made, and they can’t afford to automatically immediately ground planes when a bulletin is issued. Is this safety Russian-Roulette style?

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Hawaiian Airlines Plane Returns to Hawaii due to Engine Problem

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-43 had to return and make an emergency landing at San Jose International Airport, California, on April 18th.

The Boeing 767-300 heading to Honolulu, Hawaii, had to return due to a problem with one of its engines.

The plane landed safely.

All 252 passengers and 11 crew members remained safe.

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