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    Yellowstone Crash, One Fatality, One Survivor, Cause Unknown


    On August 12, 2013, an Avery Enterprises Beech E35 Bonanza crashed at Yellowstone Airport, Montana. The nose of the plane is smashed.

    Emergency responders included Gallatin County deputies, the Hebgen Basin Fire District and Forest Service personnel. The sheriff’s office is protecting the site until the arrival of the NTSB.

    67-year-old Andrezej Furmanski died in the crash. Another victim, Kevin Avery, was taken to a hospital in Idaho Falls. Avery owns Avery Enterprises, registered owner of the plane.

    The plane crashed on the north end of the West Yellowstone airport runway. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. The Big Sky Trail adjacent to the airport was temporarily closed.

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    Ukraine Airbus Runway Overrun


    Pictured: A Wizz Air Airbus A320-232
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    Contact photographer Jan Menzl

    What: Wizzair Ukraine Airbus A320-200 from Venice to Kiev
    Where: Kiev, Ukraine
    When: Dec 29th 2009
    Who: 154 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: On landing at Borispol Airport, the plane skidded off the runway.
    Both engines incurred damage; however there were no injuries.

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    Russian Tatarstan Airbus Ends Up in Kazan Airport Snowbank

    What: Tatarstan Airlines Airbus A319-112
    Where: Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
    When: Dec 1, 2012 8:30 am
    Who: 109 passengers
    Why: Preparing for take-off to go to Moscow at 8:30, the Tatarstan Airlines Airbus overran the runway, ending up in a snowbank. The problem according to LifeNews was ice on the runway.

    No passengers were injured. A wing is mired in the bank of snow, tying up the runway for takeoffs and landings.

    The flight was delayed until 13:00 Moscow time. The incident is under investigation.

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    TAROM Plane Veers Off Runway at Chisinau International Airport, Moldova

    TAROM flight RO-207 veered off the runway while landing at Chisinau International Airport, Moldova, on June 4th.

    The incident happened when the plane was coming from Henri Coanda International Airport, Romania.

    There were 39 people aboard at the time; all of them remained uninjured.

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    Kolavia Flight 348 Burns on the Runway, 34 Injured, fatalities increasing


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    What: Kolavia (Kogalymavia) Tupolev TU-154B2 from Surgut to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia)
    Where: Surgut
    When: Jan 1st 2011
    Who: 116 passengers and 8 crew
    Why: While preparing for takeoff, an engine caught fire; it started burning while taxiing on the runway, and the fire spread to the fuselage.

    Passengers were evacuated in a cloud of thick black smoke, while panic ensued.

    The plane completely burned on the runway. After the evacuation, there was an explosion. Emergency services could not put out the fire. One burned passenger’s body was found.

    Initially reports were that one passenger was killed, two were burned, 32 were injured. 34 were hospitalized, 4 of whom in critical condition. On the latest update, the number of fatalities was increased to 3.

    27 were hospitalized with problems due to poisoning due to combustion products. Two men had moderate leg injuries, and a child with carbon monoxide poisoning is in intensive care. The Russian pop group Na-Na was aboard and lost their possessions in the fire.

    A criminal probe had been opened into a possible violation of air transport security rules.

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    Saudi jet accident on runway


    On April 28, 2013, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 777-368ER HZ-AK16 struck a pole. According to another report, “The accident was caused after a chain connecting the aircraft to the vehicle snapped as it was pushing the plane back to prepare for takeoff”

    One engine and a tire was damaged by the impact.

    The accident occurred on the runway. Passengers disembarked and were sent home. Saudi Arabian flight information shows flight SV1036 leaving the gate at 15:02 and arriving at Riyadh at 21:06. This was probably the flight.

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