What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 from New York JFK,NY to Sao Paulo
Where: New York
When: Mar 6th 2011
Why: The Delta Boeing encountered heavy wind on takeoff and suffered a tail strike. The pilot returned to JFK and made a safe landing. According to Flight Aware, the duration of the flight was 49 minutes.
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What: Air India Airbus A330-200 en route from Tripoli to Delhi
Where: Malta
When: Mar 6th 2011
Why: After taking off from Tripoli, the landing gear failed to retract. The pilot diverted to Malta and made a safe landing.
So far, of 18,000 Indians expats, 9,200 people had been evacuated from Tripoli. Egypt Air has also been making chartered flights to bring Indian citizens back home in “Operation Safe Homecoming.” As of Mar 2, Air India had retrieved 6 flights worth of passengers.
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Contact photographer Stefan Sonnenberg
What: Flugfelag Air Iceland de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Reykjavik Iceland to Nuuk Greenland
Where: Nuuk
When: Mar 4th 2011
Who: 31 passengers and 3 crew
Why: After weather conditions had already delayed the flight for more than a day, passengers were finally able to make the journey. However, on landing, the plane veered off the runway in gusty conditions. The de Havilland Dash received nose, propellers and engines damage, but no one aboard was injured.
Perhaps they should have delayed the flight for another day.
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Contact photographer Luc Verkuringen
What: Flybe Bombardier Q 400 en route from Exeter Airport to Newcastle
Where: Exeter International Airport
When: March 4, 2010
Who: 39 passengers
Why: On takeoff, passengers witnessed one of the Flybe’s wheels shooting sparks and detaching.
The pilot dumped fuel and circled for an hour and a half before returning to land safely at the airport. There were no injuries.
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Contact photographer Joost de Wit
What: SAS Scandinavian Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Bergen to Oslo (Norway)
Where: Bergen
When: Mar 2nd 2011
Who: 89 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the right engine started misbehaving, making rude noises and sparking. The pilots had to return to Bergen to get the engine’s attitude adjusted.
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Contact photographer Joe M Hill
What: Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from San Juan Puerto Rico to Miami,FL
Where: San Juan
When: Mar 1st 2011
Why: After takeoff, the side panels in the cabin began to quiver, and passenger windows were cracking. The crew returned to San Juan and the plane made a safe landing.
You know, when I’m on plane with a twenty-one year old frame and the interior walls start moving, and the windows are cracking (separate issues, by the way), I can’t help but worry about things like frame fatigue. 21 years worth of stress is plenty of years for a plane. I’m glad the flight made it down safely. Maybe it is time for American to let this bird roost.
Pictured: Air Austral F-ONGA. F-ONGB is the plane that had the electrical problem.
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Contact photographer Mickael Payet
What: Air Austral Boeing 737-800 from Saint Denis to Johannesburg
Where: Saint Denis
When: Feb 27th 2011
Why: After take-off from Saint Denis, the plane developed an electrical problem and had to return to the airport. An alternative plane was flown in to make the replacement flight.
Air Austral Boeing was delivered in December 2010.
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Contact photographer Juan Carlos Guerra – FlyAPM
What: Continental Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Washington DC to Houston
Where: Washington’s International Airport
When: Feb 28th 2011, 7:45 a.m
Who: 44 passengers
Why: On takeoff, the plane’s engines digested birds. Following the bird strike, the plane diverted to Washington’s International Airport and made a safe landing. Passengers were booked on alternative flights.
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Contact photographer Mark Kwiatkowski
What: British Airways Boeing 747-40 en route from Lagos Nigeria to London
Where: Tamanrasset Algeria
When: Feb 27th 2011
Who: 301 passengers, 16 crewmembers
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine trouble with an air bleed valve.
The crew shut down an engine and diverted to Tamanrasset Algeria where they made a safe landing.
A maintenance crew was dispatched to Tamanrasset. The replacement jet and the repaired plane were both in London less than 24 hours later.
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Contact photographer Ricardo Morales
What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 from New York JFK,NY to Burlington,VT
Where: Burlington
When: Feb 19th 2011
Who: 2 crew injured
Why: On approach to Burlington, eight minutes prior to landing, the plane encountered turbulence which injured two members of the crew.
What: Delta Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Minneapolis
Where: Fort Lauderdale
When: Feb 20th 2011
Who: 140 passengers
Why: After taking off from Fort Lauderdale, the engine made an explosive noise, and pieces of the plane started falling off. A search made of the runway revealed nothing. However, after a left engine failed and the Boeing returned to make a safe landing, it was discovered that the falling parts were turbine blades which had exited through the engine exhaust.
Passengers exited normally on the runway. They also entered an alternative plane provided for them, reaching Minneapolis four hours later.
Parts were found at Port Everglades Cargo Entry Point.
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Contact photographer Klaus Ecker
What: Estonian Air Boeing 737-500 en route from Tallinn (Estonia) to Stockholm (Sweden)
Where: Tallinn
When: Feb 20th 2011
Who: not available
Why: With the right engine operating with low power, the flight rejected takeoff. The flight returned to be handled by maintenance.
Passengers disembarked and were provided alternative transportation.
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Contact photographer BravoAlpha
What: TRIP Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72 en route from Belem,PA to Altamira,PA (Brazil)
Where: Altamira
When: Feb 21st 2011
Who: 46 passengers
Why: After the flight, on landing, the left main gear collapsed, causing the plane to veer off the runway.
The plane’s left propeller, engine and wing were damaged, possibly due to a hole in the runway.
One passenger was injured.
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Contact photographer AirSpeed
What: Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 en route from Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP to Munich
Where: Sao Paulo
When: Feb 21, 2011
Who: not available
Why: Thirty minutes after takeoff, the plane developed smoke.
The pilots returned to Sao Paulo where they made a safe landing. The passengers who were not rebooked were scheduled to fly to Munich 19 hours later.
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Contact photographer Ralf Meyermann
What: Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 en route from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) to Frankfurt/Main Where: Buenos Aires
When: Feb 21st 2011
Who: 289 passengers
Why: After taking off from Buenos Aires, one engine ingested a bird or birds, and developed engine problems. The pilots dumped fuel and returned to land back in Buenos Aires with emergency services on standby.
Passengers disembarked in Buenos Aires, and were provided hotel accommodations while waiting for a Tuesday flight.
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Contact photographer Andrei Visan
What is a life worth?
It appears that Manx2 Airlines doesn’t think a life is worth very much. Manx2 denied an advance payment of more than £15,000 to cover the costs of a crash survivor (Cork Airport) to fly by aircraft from Cork University Hospital to the U.K. They are trying to shift responsibility to BCN.
On the second approach to runway 17 the right wing-tip of the Swearingen SA-227BC Metro III hit the runway, flipping the aircraft upside down. The plane slid 190 metres along the runway and came to rest in the grass adjacent to Taxiway C when fuel tanks leaking fuel in the right wing caught fire.The leased plane crashed on Feb 10, 2011, killing 2 crew members, and 4 passengers. There were 6 survivors.
After a horrific accident like that, you’d expect Manx to step up to the plate.
When someone dies in a crash the question is asked: what is this life worth? You may not hear it in that many words, but it is there. The value of a human being, translated into dollars and cents. When someone survives a crash as 6 did in this instance, it is difficult not to see Manx’s petty delay tactic as a slap in the face.
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What: Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Delhi to Kuala Lumpur
Where: Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport
When: Feb 20, 2011, 3:02 PM
Who: 158 passengers
Why: After experiencing engine trouble en route (described as a “snag”) the flight returned to Delhi and made an emergency landing, with emergency services standing by. Specific details about the engine problem have not been released.
The news video misreports that the flight originated in Kuala Lumpur
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Contact photographer Yuda
What: First Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Winnipeg,MB to Rankin Inlet,NU
Where: Winnipeg
When: Feb 18th 2011
Who: not available
Why: The plane rejected takeoff on receipt of the left engine’s low power indication.
Maintenance subsequently found ice on the PT2 probe. Disposition of the passengers was not released.
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Contact photographer J.C.A.M – Singapore Aviation Spotters
What: Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-300 en route from Riyadh to Madinah
Where: Madinah
When: Feb 16th 2011
Who: 265 passengers
Why: On landing at Madinah, the plane veered off runway 17 and had a runway excursion on the left of the runway.
The left hand flaps of the plane were damaged. Passengers disembarked on to the runway. No injuries were reported.
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Contact photographer Patrick Kane
What: Shuttle America/Delta Embraer ERJ-175 en route from Chicago to New York
Where: New York
When: Feb 4th 2011; 20:57
Who: 1 injury
Why: While en route, the flight encountered severe turbulence, injuring one person aboard.
It is not indicated if that individual was an unbuckled passenger or a crew member.
The flight did not divert, but continued to make a normal landing at La Guardia.
Pictured: Couger-owned Sikorsky S-61N Helicopter
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Contact photographer Phil Earle
On March 12, 2009, about 0926 ADT, Atlantic Daylight Time, a Sikorsky S-92A helicopter, Canadian registry C-GZCH, operated by Cougar Helicopters, impacted the waters of the North Atlantic about 28 miles east of Cape Spear near St. John’s, Newfoundland. There were two pilots, Pilot Matthew William Thomas Davis, 34, of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador and First Officer Tim Lanouette, 48, of Comox, British Columbia, both of whomdied in the accident, and 16 passengers on board the helicopter. One passenger, Robert Decker, survived with serious injuries, but the other occupants were fatally injured. The helicopter was en route from St. John’s International Airport (CYYT) to an offshore oil platform in the Hibernia oil field. The pilot made a MAYDAY call due to a mechanical difficulty, and was returning to St. John’s at the time of the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and the sea state had 3 – 5 meter swells. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed.
The NTSB has recommended that any gearbox losing oil pressure should have the capacity to run dry for 30 minutes before failure. In the case of Flight 491, the elapsed time between the warning light and the ditching of the aircraft in the sea was 11 minutes. Two of the three main gearbox mounting studs were broken. When they broke, the helicopter lost oil rapidly and the gears began to overheat.
On March 23, 2009, Sikorsky released a bulletin that most of the world’s S-92TM helicopter fleet already had complied with the company notice to retrofit the aircraft’s gearbox oil bowl with steel mounting studs.
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What: Skywest Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turbo-prop en route from Santa Barbara to San Francisco
Where: Big Sur
When: Feb 11, 2011
Who: 29 passengers
Why: After losing pressure over Big Sur at around 1 pm, the Skywest flight diverted to Monterey Peninsula Airport and made an emergency landing at 1:09 pm. The landing was made under emergency conditions with crews on standby, but there were no injuries. Some passengers complained to paramedics of ear problems and were examined. After passengers disembarked and were transported to their destinations, the flight crew flew on to San Francisco alone.
Pictured: A Sabang Merauke Raya C-212-100 Aviocar like the one in the crash
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What: Sabang Merauke Raya C-212-100 Aviocar en route from Batam to Batam
Where: Bintan Island, Indonesia
When: Feb 12th 2011
Who: 5 aboard (flight crew of 2, 3 techs)
Why: The plane had just undergone maintenance (engine replacement) and was on a test flight with 5 crew members aboard.
Thirty minutes after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar. The last contact was at 13:41 when the crew contacted Tanjung Pinang Approach.
The plane crashed.
“KNKT TUGASKAN TIGA INVESTIGATOR SELIDIKI KECELAKAAN PESAWAT CASSA 212 PK-ZAI
PUSAT KOMUNIKASI PUBLIK, 12/02/2011
(Jakarta, 12/02/11) Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi (KNKT) menugaskan tiga investigatornya untuk menyelidiki penyebab jatuhnya Pesawat Cassa 212 dengan registrasi PK-ZAI di daerah Berakit, Batam, Sabtu (12/02).”
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Contact photographer Andreas Mueller – Spotterteam Graz
What: KLM Boeing 777-200 en route from Atlanta,GA to Amsterdam
Where: Amsterdam
When: Feb 3
Why: After a successful flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam, the flight crew reported a flat tire prior to landing.
* (The plane’s indicators include a tire pressure indicator. As a rule, when 5 of the 6 main landing gear tires are correct, the pressure is adequate for landing.)
However, they made a successful landing and taxied to the gate.
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Contact photographer John Padgett
What: Omni Air McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 en route from Shannon (Ireland) to Baltimore,MD
Where: Atlantic
When: Feb 6th 2011,
Who: not available
Why: While en route over the Atlantic, the plane developed engine trouble and the crew shut down an engine and dumped fuel. The flight returned to Shannon, and made a safe landing (minus an engine).
