Air New England Flight 248, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashed near Camp Greenough, a Boy Scout camp in Massachusetts. The flight was on approach to Barnstable Municipal Airport. There were ten passengers and two crew members aboard. Only the pilot died. After impacting the ground, one of the passengers, 19-year-old Suzanne Mourad went for help. In 2009, another passenger, Robert Sabbag, wrote a book entitled Down Around Midnight about the crash.

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Ultralight Pilot Walks Away from Crash

On January 21, 2013, a Rotax 447 ultralight was flying, clipped treetops and crashed after takeoff.

The pilot, Randy R. Roman took off at 2:45 pm and shortly later crashed on Mendoza road in Manatee County.

The pilot was uninjured but the ultralight was a total loss. After crashing his homebuilt ultralight, reports say Roman called his wife and asked for his toolbox, without letting on anything was out of the ordinary.

He attributed his crash to “the corrosive effects of ethanol in his fuel caused…the fuel cap to flake off into the tank and plug a fuel line.”

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JetBlue Flight Rejects Takeoff From Fort Lauderdale

JetBlue flight B6-2801 had to reject takeoff from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 20th.

The Airbus A321-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Los Angeles, California, when the crew received a gear indication and rejected takeoff.

The plane safely returned to the apron. Everyone aboard remained safe.

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Pilot Feared Dead after F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes in Arizona

An F-16 fighter jet crashed in a remote area near Bagdad, Yavapai County, Arizona, on January 21.

The jet that took off from Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix, was carrying a student pilot from Taiwan when it went down. Authorities said the pilot was practicing air-to-air combat with an instructor as part of training.

According to Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus, commander of the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke, “All indications lead me to believe that the pilot did not survive the accident…But until we have 100 percent confirmation, we will continue search efforts.”

The cause of crash is not clear at the moment.

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Qantas Flight Makes Emergency Landing at JFK Airport

Qantas flight QF-9554 had to return and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on July 29th.

The plane took off for Chicago, Illinois, but shredded some tires during departure.

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

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New FAA Rules Coming

The British Airways Boeing 777 crashed on Jan. 17, 2008, in icy weather with 136 travelers and 16 crew members aboard.

The reason why it crashed is that the flow of fuel to both of the plane’s engines was cut off by ice that accumulated on prior flights in cold air at high altitudes. The plane was flying at minus 29 degrees Fahrenheit over Siberia.

These are the significant just-released details behind the FAA’s move to adopt new safety rules (Pilot procedures and in-flight throttle settings) regarding planes flying in cold weather. Fuel systems might even be changed to adapt to the problem of water (which accumulates in fuel) freezing inside the fuel system.

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United Airlines Plane Returns to California due to Fuel Shortage

united airwaysUnited Airlines Flight 869 returned to San Francisco International Airport, California, on the night of October 10.

The plane, heading towards Hong Kong, had to make emergency landing due to fuel shortage.

The plane landed safely.

Everyone aboard remained safe.

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