What: HAL Rotary Wing Academy Schweizer 269C (300C) Where: Byapanahalli area, northeast Bangalore, India When: April 12, 2012, 4:30 pm Who: 2 aboard, 0 fatalities Why: After a two hour ten minute flight, the helicopter on a training flight developed engine failure, dodged high-tension wires and other buildings to land on a Bangalore roof.
The Schweizer 269C is a light four year old plane used for civilian training.
The helicopter was damaged during the emergency landing, rolling over on its side on the rooftop of Maitri Apartments in the Byapanahalli area in North East Bangalore and leaking some of the 20 litres of fuel it carried. The rotors were blown off on impact with the parapet. Retired Air Commodore Roj Assey and trainee Digvijay Singh survived the emergency landing uninjured.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating.
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What: Frontier Airlines Airbus A319-100 en route from Denver,CO to Phoenix,AZ Where: Denver When: Aug 29th 2010 Who: 62 passengers Why: While en route, the plane got an alert that the left engine was low on oil. The pilots shut down the engine and returned to Denver where they made a safe landing.
Maintenance handled the problem, and the flight took off again an hour late.
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What: Easyjet Airbus A319-100 en route from Milan to Brindisi Where: Milan When: Feb 14th 2010 Why: While en route, the control panel of the cockpit began emitting smoke. Landing in oxygen masks, the flight crew returned to Milan and made a safe landing. Passengers were provided a replacement craft.
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