What: Táxi Aéreo Palmas Embraer EMB-810C (PA-34) en route from Ilheus to Brasilia
Where: lhéus, Brazil
When: Sept 24, 2012
Who: 3 aboard
Why: The Brazilian Air Force is looking for a plane reported missing on September 24.
The last contact was with ATC at Jorge Amado Airport in Ilheus, Bahia south. Contact was lost after take-off.
Dec 16 2012-An instructor and student of Rangel Escola de Avião Civil were injured during a training flight in a Robinson R-22 when it crashed at 19:30 near the Guarapiranga Dam in Sao Paulo Brazil.
The hard landing was close to 15796 M’Boi Mirim road in the Garden Angela, in jungle terrain and destroyed the helicopter. Passengers were conscious when the rescue team arrived. Three fire vehicles responded.
The instructor and the student pilot were admitted to Hospital das Clinicas and Hospital São Luís. The student’s head injuries are supposed to be not serious.
The Fire Department and “Team Eagle” helicopter and Military Police responded to the scene.
TAAG Angola Airlines flight DT-747 suffered a bird strike near Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil, on January 6th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 777-300 plane flying from Luanda, Angola, was on approach to Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The flight that went missing on January 23, 2013, the Kenn Borek Air de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter en route from the South Pole to Terra Nova Bay has been found.
Wreckage of the plane was found after it impacted terrain half way between South Pole and McMurdo Station.
The two helicopters that reached the crash site on Jan 26th could not land. They surveyed the area.
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand said that
“The site of the crash is at a height of 3,900 metres (13,000 feet) at the northern end of the Queen Alexandra Range. The aircraft wreckage is on a very steep slope, close to the summit of Mount Elizabeth. It appears to have made a direct impact that was not survivable.”
The airline has the following release posted on their site:
PRESS RELEASE – KENN BOREK AIR LTD. – JANUARY 25, 2013
Friday evening Calgary time, a C130 Hercules aircraft of the New York Air National Guard made visual contact with the overdue aircraft in Antarctica. The sighting was confirmed approximately thirty minutes later by a Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Twin Otter aircraft deployed in a search and rescue (SAR) role. The crew of the SAR Twin Otter reports that the overdue aircraft impacted a steep snow and ice covered mountain slope. No signs of activity are evident in the area surrounding the site, and it appears that the impact was not survivable.
Due to the terrain and ongoing weather conditions, the SAR Twin Otter was unable to land near the site. Subject to favourable weather conditions, helicopter crews and mountain rescue personnel will attempt to access the accident site Saturday morning Calgary local time.
Further updates can be obtained directly from the Wellington Rescue Coordination Centre.
Pictured: A JetBlue Airways Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW 190AR
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Contact photographer John E. Jauchler
What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from New York to Nashville
Where: New York
When: Jan 6th 201
Who: not available
Why: After takeoff, the plane developed vibration. The pilot turned around; some runways were unavailable due to wind conditions; another flight circled so this flight could make a safe landing. The fight was cancelled. Maintenance discovered the engine cowling was missing.
Royal Jordanian Airlines flight RJ-800 veered off runway at Sulaimaniyah International Airport, Iraq, on March 4th.
The incident happened when the Embraer ERJ-175 plane was coming from Amman, Jordan.
There were 30 people aboard at the time; the airline confirmed that none of them were injured.
Republic Airlines flight YX-4488/AA-4488 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, Morrisville, North Carolina, on October 28.
The Embraer ERJ-170, flying from Philadelphia, to Jacksonville, had to make an emergency landing due to smoke in cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 69 people aboard remained safe.
