• Les D’evlin, 75
• his wife Janice, 61, of Manly West,
• John Dawson,
• his wife Carol Dawson, both 63, of Tingalpa,
• pilot Des Porter
• his wife Kath Porter

The AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) received a distress call from Mr Porter saying he was having trouble “fixing his position in heavy cloudcover.” That was the last contact with the plane.

3 Canberra search and rescue co-ordinators flew in assisting AMSA.

Sixteen helicopters and two planes are participating in the search.

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According to Vinaya Shakya, none of the two crew or four passengers were injured, although the plane sustained damage.

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The Nepalese army performed the plane retrieval. No fatalities were reported.

(Note: This item had only one report and was not verified.)

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What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Kelowna,BC to Vancouver,BC
Where: Vancouver
When: Jul 19th 2010
Who: 52 people aboard
Why: After making a safe landing at Vancouver, the Vancouver ground crew discovered evidence of a small fire and a fluid leak. Maintenance discovered a fuel line perforation, where the wiring harness abraded it, causing arcing and a small fire and a loose, leaking oil line fitting.

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What: South African Express Airways de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Johannesburg to Kimberly (South Africa),
Where: Kimberly (South Africa)
When: Jul 16th 2010
Why: On landing, the nose gear of the plane struck an aardvark on the runway, damaging the nose gear. There’s no indication of the aardvark’s condition.

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What: Malev Hungarian Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Budapest Hungary to Geneva Switzerland
Where: Salzburg
When: Oct 8th 2009
Who: 37 passengers and 4 crew
Why: While en route to Geneva, the plane’s left engine experienced a drop in oil pressure. The flight diverted to Salzburg, where the passengers debarked. The passengers were provided hotel accommodations; and the plane went to maintenance, presumably to resume the flight on the 9th.

*note– We believe that the reports that the ENGINE ON THIS FLIGHT FELL OFF–are highly exaggerated. In fact, we think there’s a simple mistranslation somewhere, since the routine response for an oil pressure problem on a plane with more than one engine frequently involves turning an engine off (as opposed to it falling off.)

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This was also reported as a Bombardier Inc. DHC-8-Q400. The Bombardier Dash 8 was formerly known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8; Bombardier acquired de Havilland Canada (DHC) .

Due to the engine damage found by maintenance crews, two investigators rated this as a serious incident. The gearbox of the engine had failed and several turbine blades were found to be damaged

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This was also reported as a Bombardier Inc. DHC-8-Q400. The Bombardier Dash 8 was formerly known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8; Bombardier acquired de Havilland Canada (DHC) .

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What: 1930s single-engine de Havilland Tiger Moth
Where: East Windsor, Conn
When: Saturday August 30
Who: pilot and passenger
Why: The plane lost power 200 feet from the runway at the Skylark Airpark Saturday. The pilot and passenger crashed in treetops and were stuck in the tree until help arrived. A tree surgeon climbed the tree, and set up a pulley to rescue the pilot and passenger who were apparently unhurt. The pilot was an instructor who “maintained an airspeed where he was in control and buffeted [the plane] into the top of the trees. That’s what saved both their lives.”

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