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    Avianca Airlines Flight Encounters Severe Turbulence; 23 Injured

    AviancaAvianca Airlines flight AV-965 had to make an emergency landing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 4th.

    The Airbus A330-200 aircraft, flying from Lima, Peru, ran into severe turbulence that injured 23 people on-board.

    The plane continued for a safe landing in Buenos Aires, where the injured were given medical aid. Authorities confirmed that 10 people were shifted to hospital for further treatment.

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    Several Injured after Malaysia Airlines Flight Runs into Severe Turbulence

    Malaysia AirlinesMalaysia Airlines flight MH-1 experienced severe turbulence over the Bay of Bengal, on June 5th.

    The Airbus A380-800 plane was flying from Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom, when it ran into severe turbulence that injured around 34 people.

    The plane landed uneventfully. The airline said that a small number of passengers and crew members required medical assistance.

    The plane was carrying 378 people at the time.

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    Easyjet Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Manchester

    EasyjetEasyjet flight U2-7193 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on June 2nd.

    The airline confirmed that the Airbus A320-200 plane, heading from Liverpool, England, to Faro, Portugal, was diverted due to a technical issue.

    The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.

    The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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    EgyptAir: 3 Alerts Before the Plane Left Radar. Fire on board.

    Several different alerts on this plane went off immediately prior to the plane disappearing from the radar, including 1) issues with the windows on the co-pilot’s side of the plane; 2) two smoke alerts, the first one “SMOKE LAVATORY SMOKE” at 00:26 a.m. local time; 3) the second one “AVIONICS SMOKE” at 00:27 a.m. The second alert refers smoke in the avionics bay, which is located below the cockpit, and is where the electronics are housed.

    This is also the same plane that was vandalised two years ago at Cairo Airport. In Arabic someone, presumably Cairo Airport workers, wrote on its belly, “We will bring this plane down.”

    It is a special concern that the plane had flown to Eritrea.

    The US State Department has a standing travel warning for Eritrea, and is quoted as saying “security at the Asmara airport ‘can be unpredictable,’ and had a ‘lack of efficiency and consistency” in screening passengers.'”

    The search for Egyptair is still underway.

    On the search for Egyptair Flight MS804

    According to AV:

    “on 2016/06/01, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Authority reported “Laplace” located pings presumably from one of MS804’s black boxes. The vessel “John Lethbridge” of DOS will be joining the search team to retrieve the black boxes. The BEA (FR)confirmed that Egyptian Authorities have confirmed a “signal that may come from one of the recorders” of flight MS-804. The BEA did NOT confirm that a black box has been located.”

    Debris has been found.

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    Azul Brazilian Airlines Plane Returns to Brazil due to Smell of Smoke

    Azul Brazilian Airlines flight AD-6970 had to return and make an emergency landing at Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport, Brazil, on May 31st.

    The Airbus A330-200, flying to Sao Paulo Viracopos, Brazil, had to return due to a strong smell of smoke on board.

    The plane landed safely.

    No one was injured.

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    Gulf Air Plane Diverts to Mumbai after Hitting Turbulence

    Gulf Air flight GF-155 made an emergency landing in Mumbai, India, on May 27th.

    The Airbus A330-200, en-route from Manila, Philippines, to Bahrain, was diverted after it was hit by severe turbulence that injured several passengers and crew members.

    The plane landed uneventfully. One person was taken to hospital with head wounds.

    The flight was carrying 247 passengers at the time.

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    Onur Air Plane makes Safe Landing in Turkey after Loss in Cabin Pressure

    OnurairOnur Air flight 8Q-814 made a safe landing at Antalya Airport, Antalya, Turkey, on May 28th.

    The Airbus A333-300, flying from Munich, Germany, was mid-air above Serbia when it lost its cabin pressure, prompting the crew to initiate an emergency descent before regaining control of the cabin pressure.

    The plane landed successfully.

    All people onboard remained unharmed.

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    Vueling Airlines Plane Intercepted by Czech Gripen Fighter Jets

    VuelingVueling Airlines flight VY-8549 was intercepted by two Czech Gripen fighter jets on May 27th.

    The Airbus A320-200, en-route from Helsinki, Finland, to Barcelona, Spain, was about to enter Czech Airspace, however, the crew did not establish contact with Czech Air Traffic Control. Two Gripen fighter jets were therefore dispatched that contacted the flight on emergency frequency.

    The communication was restored around 15 minutes after the plane entered Czech Airspace.

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    Frontier Airlines Plane Diverts to New Orleans

    frontier airlinesFrontier Airlines flight F9-688 made an emergency landing in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 27th.

    The Airbus A321-200, en-route from Denver, Colorado, to Orlando, Florida, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.

    The plane landed safely. All 227 people aboard remained safe.

    The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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    Easyjet Flight Makes Emergency Landing on Porto Santo Island

    EasyjetEasyjet flight U2-8704 made an emergency landing on Porto Santo Island in the Atlantic Ocean, on May 24th.

    According to an airline spokesperson, the Airbus A320-200, heading from Tenerife, Spain, to Gatwick Airport, England, was diverted due to a technical issue.

    The plane landed safely. There were 167 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.

    The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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    Aeroflot Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Russia

    AeroflotAeroflot flight SU-2342 made an emergency landing in Kaliningrad, Russia, on May 22nd.

    The Airbus A320-200, heading from Moscow, Russia, to Hanover, Germany, was diverted after a passenger observed fuel leaking from a wing.

    The plane landed safely. There were 154 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.

    The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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    Indigo Flight Diverts to India due to Technical Problem

    IndiGo AirlinesIndigo flight 6E-591 diverted and made a safe emergency landing at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on May 19th.

    The Airbus A320-200, heading from Vadodara, to Delhi, India, was mid-air when the crew reported a technical fault, prompting the plane to divert.

    The plane landed successfully.

    All 183 people onboard remained unharmed.

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    Turkish Airlines Flight Returns to Istanbul after Hydraulic Failure

    Turkish airlinesTHY Turkish Airlines flight TK-2510 had to return and make an emergency landing at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 18th.

    The Airbus A340-300, en-route to Bodrum, Turkey, had to return shortly after the crew reported hydraulic failure.

    The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers onboard remained unharmed.

    The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.

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    China Eastern Plane makes Safe Landing in Wenzhou after Visual Difficulties

    china easternChina Eastern flight MU-5577 made a safe emergency landing at Wenzhou Longwan International Airport, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, on March 20th.

    The Airbus A320-200, flying from Shanghai to Wenzhou, China, was about to land when the crew faced some visual difficulties disabling them to see the runway.

    The plane received substantial damage to its landing gear and flaps after impacting treetops outside the airport perimeter.

    All people onboard remained unharmed.

    The incident remains under investigation.

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    EgyptAir Flight #MS804 Located off Karpathos Island

    Before the wreckage was located off Greece’s Karpathos Island, search and rescue services picked up the ELT signal around 8:25, four hours after dawn. Greece reported two red and white plastic objects floating in the sea, and two orange objects, apparently life vests. Civilian ships are heading into the area to assist. France is assisting the search, with ships and aircraft. Several bodies were found floating in the area, according to RT.

    The EgyptAir A320 disappeared May 18 over the Mediterranean.

    When planes cross from one country’s airspace into another, the Air Traffic Control transition at those points is called the ‘hand-off.’ The crew was engaging with Greek ATC but when they attempted to hand the aircraft off to Egypt ATC, the crew made no response.

    EgyptAir released that the crew was comprised of the captain, first officer, five cabin crew and three sky marshals. The passengers included 30 Egyptians, 15 French, 2 Iraqis, 1 British, 1 Belgian, 1 Kuwaiti, 1 Saudi, 1 Sudanese, 1 Chadian, 1 Portugese, 1 Algerian and 1 Canadian. The 56 passengers included three children.

    Journalists have been barred by Airport security from the area in the Cairo airport where family and friends of the passengers are waiting.

    EgyptAir Statement on MS804

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    EgyptAir Flight MS804 Missing

    EgyptAir Flight MS804 en route from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar. At least 66 were aboard. The plane left Paris Wednesday evening and was scheduled to arrive in Cairo tomorrow (Thursday.) FlightRadar24 indicated that the plane flew from Asmara, in Eritrea, to Cairo, then on to Tunis, in Tunisia, before heading, via Cairo, to Paris. Currently, the Airbus A320 #SU-GCC is missing. There are ten crew and 56 passengers, including 30 Egyptians, 15 French citizens, one Briton, two Iraqis, as well as people from Canada, Belgium, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Sudan, Chad and Portugal.

    If this plane went down in the Mediterranean as Ethiopia409 did departing Beirut, it would be in the Mediterranean in shallow waters.

    This Airbus A320 MSN088 registration #SU-GCC was delivered to EgyptAir on 3/11/2003.

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    Egyptian and Greek search and rescue teams are being deployed to look for the missing plane. Although the news said that no distress call was reported, EgyptAir tweeted (in Arabic) that a distress signal was sent from the plane’s emergency devices. Egypt Civil Aviation Ministry says contact was lost with Egyptair Flight #MS804 10 miles inside Egyptian airspace.

    The first officer had 2,675 hours, and the captain had 6,275 hours in all, and 2,101 hours on type.

    Contact numbers for the families are: 0800 7777 0000 from any landline in Egypt and + 202 2598 9320 outside Egypt or any mobile in Egypt.

    At 02:33 local time, the flight was enroute at FL370 over the Mediterranan Sea, 130nm north of Alexandria,Egypt and about 210nm NNW of Cairo when the transponder signals stopped.