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    Airbus Emergency Landing in Phuket

    Dec 20, 2012, 20:38; Air Berlin Airbus A330-223 was en route from Phuket to Abu Dhabi. Not long after takeoff, the plane developed engine problems. Smoke was detected in the cabin.

    Witnesses on the ground heard three “explosions” when the flight took off, and saw smoke.

    Pilots returned to Phuket where they made a hard (fast/heavy) landing that blew three tires. Of the 249 passengers and ten crew, none were injured. The passengers, mostly German, were provided a hotel, and a flight the next day.

    The plane was sprayed to cool it down and sent to be examined by maintenance.

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    Pilatus Damaged During Taxi

    December 19, 2012, Dalosto Aircraft Leasing LLC Pilatus PC-12/45 was taxiing at Chippewa County Airport when it hit a fence.

    The four people aboard were not injured but the plane sustained some damage.

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 412CU Make/Model: PC12 Description: PC-12, Eagle
    Date: 12/19/2012 Time: 0835

    Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Minor

    LOCATION
    City: SAULT SAINTE MARIE State: MI Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    AIRCRAFT HIT A FENCE WHILE TAXIING AT CHIPPEWA COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
    SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MI

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    Jasper Trainee Flips in High Wind, Survives Forced Landing


    DEC 18, 2012, 10:30 a.m. A Jacksonville FLight Training Zenair CH-2000 Alarus flown by a student pilot was en route from Jacksonville to Suwannee County when it made a hard landing in a Hamilton Country field.

    25-year-old Mao Borui was not seriously injured when the plane landed in Jasper Florida, although it flipped and broke the nose of the plane.

    When the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, they called it a crash landing.

    Video

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    Pilot and Passenger Crashed On Mountain


    On December 19, 2012, a Stringer Welding Inc Beechcraft B100 King Air was en route to Libby Area Airport when it crashed in William’s Gulch, Swede Mountain, MT killing the pilot and a passenger.

    A witness living on Swede Mountain heard the plane when it impacted.

    National Transportation Security Board officials and Search and Rescue found the crashed plane heavily damaged after a difficult search in bad weather. Search and rescue members snow-mobiled into the area, used hand-held Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT) to find the wreckage. The beacon was found intact.

    The plane had been piloted by Carl Douglas, CEO of Stinger Welding Inc. The passenger was John Smith, a Stinger company driver. Their recovery is pending weather conditions.

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    Pilot Killed in Kit Plane Crash in Georgia

    On December 18, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. a Hummel H5 en route from Tom B. David Field Airport crashed and caught fire in a forested area in Calhoun, Georgia.

    The pilot, Roy Gardner Russom (76) died on the scene. It was the first flight of the experimental plane which Russom had been tinkering with just before the flight.

    Russom served in the United States Air Force and retired as an Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent.

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    British Pilot and Passenger Survive Crash in Thailand


    On Dec 17, 2012, a privately owned Diamond dA42 Twin Star crashed and flipped in a paddy in Pathum Thani, Sam Khok, Thailand. The crash was about 200 meters from a residential area.

    The two Brits, Nicholas Turner (54) and David Walls (71)who were aboard survived the crash. They were returning from a business trip.

    After impact, locals assisted the pilot and passenger out of the plane. Volunteers from Ruamkatanyu Foundation took the victims to Krung Siam St. Carlos. They were hospitalized with minor injuries.

    The Civil Aviation Department and Scientific Crime Detection Centre 1 yesterday inspected the wreckage. Asian Aerospace Services removed the wreckage to Don Mueang Airport. The flight data recorder will be analyzed. The immediate cause of the accident.

    * In various sources, the pilot was identified as Nicholas Turner, Nicholas Phillippe, Nicholas Philip Plumer, Nicholas Pumer

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    Cessna Crash in Tanzania


    A Tanzania National Parks Authority Cessna 182Q Skylane flying from Mpanda airport to Katavi National Park crashed in Nsemlwa village, Tanzania after the plane developed engine failure.

    The pilot capt. Adamu Athumani Kajwa survived a crash that split the plane in two. He had already dropped off his passenger at Mpanda Airport.

    Farmers witnessed the plane crash and assisted the pilot although their assistance was hampered by bees.

    The pilot was hospitalized at Mpanda district hospital.

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    Sick Child Dies during Russian Flight

    What: Transaero Airlines Boeing 777-312 Moscow – Khabarovsk
    Where: Yemelyanovo International Airport
    When: Dec 13, 2012
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: While en route, a five year old child, Jaroslav Zaripov who was suffering from cancer, became ill. The pilot dumped fuel in order to land.

    The pilot diverted to Krasnoyarsk but the child died as the plane was landing. He has a twin who is cancer free, and who had not yet been told his brother died.

    The West Siberian Transport Investigative Committee is investigating.

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    Skydiving Plane Crashes Electrical Cable Before Event


    An Oulton Investments Pty Ltd Cessna 182A Skyline was en route to fly for a skydiving company that hired the plane for a Christmas party at the Flame Lily Adventures park. A Santa Skydiving event was planned. While en route, the plane struck four electricity transmission lines, cutting power to 1600 homes.

    The plane crashed in Barrum Heads, Queensland north of Hervey Bay, and caught on fire. Three fire crews responded to put out the blaze as well as three police crews, including an inspector and the forensic crash unit. The 59 year old pilot died in the crash.

    According to the ATSB:

    The ATSB is investigating a fatal accident involving a Cessna 182A aircraft (registration VH-SBG) that occurred near Burrum Heads, Queensland on 17 December 2012.
    Update 18 December 2012
    ATSB investigators arrived on the accident site this morning.
    The investigators are seeking witness reports including any video footage that might assist the investigation. Witnesses can call the ATSB on 1800 020 616.

    17 December 2012
    It was reported that the aircraft struck a powerline before colliding with terrain. The pilot—the only person on board the aircraft—died in the accident.

    Four ATSB investigators (with specialisations in engineering and aircraft operations) are expected to arrive on the accident site tomorrow morning.

    Over the next three days of the on-site investigation, the team will be interviewing witnesses and examining the wreckage and accident site, including the powerline.

    More information will be posted on this page as it comes to hand.

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    @JetBlue #LoveforNoah Lights the World

    Too fast for Sunday delivery of USPS, UPS or Fed Ex.

    If you ask Victoria Haller which is the better airline, she’ll tell you it is JetBlue. That’s because she’s the aunt of Noah Pozner, one of the victims of the massacre in Newtown Connecticut; and when a friend tweeted airlines asking if one could get family letters to Connecticut in time for Noah’s funeral so family letters (including that of Victoria’s five year old son) could be buried with his cousin Noah, JetBlue stepped up. Jetblue called back and made it happen. The letters went from Aunt Victoria to JetBlue flight attendant Craig M. to flight attendants Trisha and Heather.

    The letters made it from Seattle to Connecticut in time for the 1 p.m. funeral.

    All of this was tracked on Twitter (search the hashtag #LoveforNoah), Huffington Post, MSN, UPN, Jspace, etc…

    It does the world good to hear of your kindness. When someone takes an extra step, goes beyond, it reminds us that businesses are not made of steel and ink and the bottom line; they are built of human beings. We are all human, and sometimes we are all we have. JetBlue is an example to us all. A simple act of kindness. A light in the darkness. Thank you.

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    2 Lost in Piper Crash in Ely

    What: Piper PA-31T1 Cheyenne en route from Mesa, Arizona to Portland-Troutdale Airport,Oregon
    Where: Ely, NV
    When: Dec 15, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: Two people aboard a Piper Cheyenne crashed in Ely Nevada when the pilot apparently lost control.

    The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

    Flight Aware Flight Log

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    Nigerian Officials Die in Helicopter Crash


    What: Nigerian Navy Agusta A109E
    Where: Ogbia Creek, Bayelsa Nigeria
    When: Dec 15, 2012, 1500 hrs
    Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities
    Why: A Nigerian Navy helicopter crashed in Bayelsa Nigeria. Among the fatalities is the governor of Kaduna, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa.

    Several politicians had traveled to Bayelsa for the funeral of the father of Mr. Oronto Douglas, the President’s Special Adviser on Research and Documentation.

    Also aboard was former national security adviser Gen Owoye Azazi. The rest of the casualties are governor’s aide, Dauda Tsoho and Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal who is Azazi’s aide as well as the pilots, Commander Murtala Mohammed Daba and Lt. Adeyemi O. Sowole.

    The helicopter crashed five minutes after it took off, between 3:30 and 4 pm around Nembe-Okoroba area. Witnesses say the helicopter nosedived, then was a crash, and the chipper burst into flames. There was a big burst of black smoke.

    Search and rescue operation was performed by a combined team of personnel from Joint Task Force (OPS PULO SHIELD), Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force, NEMA and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. The remains have been taken to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.

    Another chopper with registration number 5NBOR carried other aides and security details to Port Harcourt without incident.

    The crash is under investigation.

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    Smoking Tiger Moth makes Emergency Landing at Jandakot

    What: private Tiger Moth
    Where: Jandakot Airport Australia
    When: Dec 14, 2012, 10:15 a.m.
    Who: pilot and passenger
    Why: The flight was en route when smoke started coming from the engine. The smoke was seen at 10: 15.

    Shortly later, the pilot made a safe landing at Jandakot Airport Australia with four crews of emergency services standing by.

    The smoke seemed to originate from an oil leak.

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    Emergency Landing in Waterloo

    What: Private Cessna en route from Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre
    Where: Region of Waterloo International Airport
    When: Dec 13, 2012
    Who: flight instructor, pilot
    Why: Pilots made an emergency landing in Waterloo with emergency services on standby.

    The flight was en route when smoke developed in the cockpit.

    THe smoke is being blamed on a leaky oil seal dripping oil on to the muffler.

    The plane landed with emergency services on standby but taxied on its own steam to the hanger.

    No injuries were reported.

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    USAirways Emergency Landing in Buffalo

    What: US Airways Flight 3786 CRJ-200 en route from Philadelphia to Buffalo
    Where: Buffalo-Niagara International Airport
    When: Dec 13, 2012 9:50 pm
    Who: 53 passengers
    Why: The commuter plane made an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after reporting brake problems.

    THe CRJ-200 circled the airport for half an hour burning off fuel before making an emergency landing.

    Passengers disembarked at the terminal. No injuries were reported.

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    Beechcraft Crash in Texas

    What: O’Neal Aviation LLC Beechcraft E90 King Air en route from Amarillo to Fort Worth
    Where: Armstrong County Texas
    When: Dec 14, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: The pilot was en route and ten minutes into the flight when he lost control.Witnesses saw the plane go down south of Farm-to-Market Road 1258 in Armstrong County.

    The pilot was killed. The plane disappeared from radar at 6 pm. The debris field was located on Dec 14.

    FlightAware Flight Log

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    Jet Blue Emergency Landing in Baltimore

    What: Jet Blue Flight 1327 Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Boston
    Where: Baltimore
    When: Dec 14 2012 7:17 pm
    Who: 84 passengers, 4 crew
    Why: THe Jet Blue plane made an emergency landing at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport after getting a mechanical alert.

    There was an odor in the cockpit.

    Emergency vehicles were standing by.

    Passengers were evacuated via emergency slide on to the tarmac. No injuries were reported.

    FlightawareFlight Log

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    Cessna Accident in Juneau AK


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    Contact photographer Russell Williams
    What: Private Cessna 150C
    Where: Juneau AK
    When: Dec 12, 2012 2:10 p.m.
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: While on a training flight, pilots were landing at Juneau International Airport on a wet runway when the plane’s gear collapsed.

    The pilot had been practicing touch-and-go landings.

    The plane came to rest on its side. The plane suffered significant damage. The runway was tied-up as the plane was towed to an aircraft parking area. The pilot and passenger survived.

    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 1901Z
    Make/Model: C150
    Description: 150, A150, Commuter, Aerobat
    Date: 12/12/2012
    Time: 2309
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: None
    Mid Air: N
    Missing: N
    Damage: Substantial

    LOCATION
    City: JUNEAU State: AK Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, JUNEAU, AK

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    Tam Airbus Suffers Bird Strike

    What: TAM Linhas Aéreas Airbus A320-214
    Where: Afonso Pena Airport, Brazil
    When: Dec 13, 2012
    Who: 152 aboard, no fatalities
    Why: On takeoff, the plane suffered a bird strike.

    Pilots returned to Afonso Pena Airport in the Curitiba Metropolitan Region and made a safe landing.

    Passengers disembarked safely and were provided an alternative flight.

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    Fighter Jet Crashes in Texas


    What: CNR AIRCRAFT INC Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin
    Where: Trinity River, SW of Scurry, TX
    When: Dec 13, 2012 10:30 a.m.
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: When the Aero Vodochody L-29 Delphin fighter jet impacted terrain, the two aboard, Fisher Floyd and Noell Rather were killed. The impact occurred near the juncture of the Trinity River and Highway 35, leaving a debris field for hundreds of feet.

    Floyd won the flight in an auction. He leaves behind a wife and two kids.

    Rather flew fighter jets for ten years in the U.S. Air Force

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    BAE Smoke in Cockpit Returns to Edinburgh

    What: British Airways Boeing 767 en route from Edinburgh to London
    Where: Sanquhar
    When: Dec 11, 2012 12:45
    Who: crew (2 pilots)
    Why: Fifteen minutes after taking off, the BAE flight developed smoke in the cockpit and returned to Edinburgh. No passengers were aboard the flight.

    Emergency services were on standby.

    The flight made a safe landing at 12:55 pm

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    Hard Landing at McGhee Tyson Airport

    What: TBM7 twin engine en route from Hanover County Municipal Airport in Ashland, Va. to McGhee Tyson
    Where: McGhee Tyson
    When: Dec 12, 2012
    Who: pilot and passenger
    Why: After developing nose gear issues, the plane made an emergency landing at McGhee Tyson Airport, ALCOA Tennessee

    Emergency vehicles were on standby.

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    Turbulence Injury over Tennessee

    What: US Airways Airbus A319-100 en route from Charlotte to Saint Louis
    Where: over Tennessee
    When: Dec 11th 2012
    Who: 2 injuries
    Why: While en route, the flight encountered turbulence.

    Pilots made a safe landing in Saint Louis.

    Two flight attendants sustained injuries from turbulence.

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    Turbulence Injury over LA

    What: Skywest Embraer en route from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
    Where: Los Angeles
    When: Dec 6th 2012
    Who: 1 injury
    Why: While landing in Los Angeles, the flight encountered turbulence.

    The pilot made a safe landing, but one flight attendant was injured by turbulence.

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    Agricultural Plane Crash in NZ

    What: Ravensdown Aerowork light plane
    Where: Taranaki NZ
    When: Dec 11, 2012
    Who: 1 aboard
    Why: A light plane was engaged in fertiliser spreading and agricultural spraying for Wanganui Aero Work company. (Wanganui was acquired by Ravensdown Aerowork in 2004 but the plane had not been provided new colors.)

    The plane went down near Waitaanga Rd.

    The Rescue Co-ordination Centre heard the beacon at 5.38 p.m.

    The pilot was tended by paramedics then hospitalized at Waikato Hospital.

    The sixty year old pilot sustained serious spinal injuries.