What: Mauritania Airways Boeing 737-700 en route from Nouakchott to Dakar Senegal to Conakry Where: Conakry When: Jul 28th 2010, 1:30 am Who: 91 passengers and 6 crew, ten injuries. Why: While landing in Conakry Guinea in heavy rain, the pilot landed halfway down the runway, resulting in an overran; they came to a dead stop off the tarmac in scrub land.
Passengers evacuated via emergency services. Reports vary, but between 2 and 12 had minor injuries.
Mauritania Airways is 51% owned by Tunisair; 49% by investors and the Mauritanian government.
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Xtra Airways flight XP-6801 had to return and make an emergency landing at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, on October 14.
The Boeing 737-400, heading to Atlantic City, New Jersey, had to turn back after the crew noticed crack in its windshield.
There were over 130 passengers on-board; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
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What: Republic Airlines Embraer ERJ-170 on behalf of US Airways en route from Montreal to Philadelphia, PA Where: on approach to Philadelphia, When: Apr 22nd 2009 Why: On approach, the airplane was struck by a lightning. The crew did not declare emergency and landed safely with no damage sustained.
What: US Airways Boeing 757-200 en route from Saint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles) to Philadelphia,PA Where: on approach to Philadelphia When: Apr 22nd 2009 Who: 96 passengers and 7 crew Why: Although on approach, the plane was struck by lightning at 6000 feet, it landed safely 14 minutes later. Skin damage was reported. This was reportedly lightning strike number two.
What: AirTran Airways Boeing 717-200 en route from Orlando,FL to Philadelphia,PA Where: on approach to Philadelphia When: Apr 22nd 2009 Why: The crew declared emergency an emergency when their nose cone incurred a direct lightning strike. Fortunately the airplane landed safely on runway 27R. ( Runway 27L was still in the process of accommodating the prior lightning strike.) Strike number three.
George’s Point of View
This may be hindsight, but it seems to me like three different planes hit with lightning at the same city reportedly within a time span of minutes–maybe air traffic control should have checked weather.com or looked out the window or something…
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What: Birgenair Boeing 757-200 en route from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to Frankfurt Germany Where: Puerto Plata When: February 6th 1996 Who: 176 passengers 13 crew Why: The plane had been parked for a month in Puerto Plata. After takeoff, disagreeing airspeeds resulted in simultaneous stall and overspeed warnings that precipitated a crash that killed 176 passengers and 13 crew fifteen minutes after takeoff.
A black and yellow mud dauber wasp was found lodged in the tube.
George’s Point of View
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What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 en route from New York JFK to Rio de Janeiro Where: Rio de Janeiro When: Oct 23/24th 2009 Why: On approach to Rio, a passenger began feeling unwell. On debarking, she passed out in the jet bridge. By the time the ambulance arrived 25 minutes later, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Doctors say that she suffered “economy class syndrome”, actually known as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), an event which creates blood clots in the lower veins of the legs.
A substantial amount of money and several credit cards disappeared the passenger’s purse, according to relatives.
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Update: The investigation team formed to probe into Friday’s plane crash on Monday (April 23) visited the site and collected evidence. What: Bhoja Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Karachi to Islamabad Where: Islamabad When: Apr 20th 2012 Who: 121 passengers and 6 crew Why: The plane (reported as #AP-BKC a 27 year old Boeing) took off from Karachi, impacted the ground 3-6 miles from Islamabad while on approach and burst into flames in a rural location(Hussain Abad village) near Chaklala Air Base. No survivors were found, and ten houses on the ground were affected. The plane lost contact with the control tower minutes before landing. There was no distress call. There are conflicting reports that the plane was on fire and was not on fire before it impacted the ground. Some reports say the plane was struck by lightning. There was a thunderstorm at the time of the accident. The fire/fireball after the crash does not appear to have engulfed the entire debris area, according to photos of the scene.
Debris from the crash is said to cover a large muddy area. The area has not been cordoned off; reporters and others are swarming over the crash site.
This is reported to be the first Bhorja flight on this route. The jet left at 17:00 and was due to arrive at 18:50.
The flight data recorder has been recovered along with 110 bodies (so far.)
The number of people listed as passengers varies from 127 to 130 aboard.
Trans:
METAR for Benazir Bhutto International Airport, issued on the 20th of the month at 13:00 Zulu Time. Wind from 230° at 20 knots (37 km/h). Visibility 4,000 metres (13,000 ft), thunderstorms in area. Clouds few at 2,500 feet (760 m), cumulonimbus clouds present. Broken clouds at 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Temperature 25°C, dewpoint 15°C. Altimeter setting 1009.3 hPA / 29.80 inHg
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Qantas flight QF-144 had to return and make an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on May 24th.
