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    The Guam Question: What Happened on Flight 001?


    United/Continental flights to Guam have been laden with issues. Landing gear problems and other issues abound; and it happened again on Sunday, the fifth time in a month.

    This was aother emergency landing, although officially they are saying there was no incident. There was a nose gear problem reported, however; and the safe landing was made in spite of it.

    Airport rescue services were on hand when the flight landed, prepared to handle the Landing gear malfunction, which turned out to be a landing gear indicator malfunction.

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    Boston Turbulence Leads to Rocky Trip, Terrified passengers

    What: JetBlue Airbus 319 en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Boston
    Where: Boston Logan International Airport
    Who: 130 passengers and five crew members

    What: Lufthansa Flight 429, which was traveling from North Carolina to Munich, Germany
    Where: Boston Logan International Airport
    Who: 245 passengers and 18 crew

    The Jetblue flight, which arrived early, was en route when it encountered turbulence severe enough to injure 9 aboard with an assortment of neck and back injuries.

    The Lufthansa flight had to land at Logan due to a turbulence encounter that injured 11 passengers on that flight.

    The turbulence was severe enough that many aboard bumped their heads on the ceiling of the plane. Several people were treated for injuries but no one was hospitalized.

    Passengers aboard both flights describe the trip as terrifying. They were certain they were going to crash.

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    Disruptive Passenger Who Claims Money Was Stolen aboard WestJet Flight is Handed to Mounties

    What: Westjet flight en route from Toronto to Vancouver Saturday morning.
    Where: Kelowna International Airport, BC
    When: October 8 2011m 9:00 am
    Who: unruly passenger
    Why: A passenger who disappeared into the washroom came out and became “erratic.” He refused to sit, and began yelling that he believed that someone had stolen his money. The pilot made an emergency landing at Kelowna International Airport where the man was escorted off of the plane by Mounties before the flight continued to Vancouver. The man’s luggage was searched and nothing was found. He eventually booked a flight out of town.

    Maybe he’s just a disoriented whacko, but the question is…what if this guy’s money really was stolen?

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    Lightning Strike Sends Airbus Back to Starting Point


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    Contact photographer Erwin van Hassel

    What: Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Vienna to Innsbruck
    Where: Innsbruck
    When: Oct 7th 2011
    Who: 57 passengers
    Why: The plane was descending over Innsbruck when it was struck by lightning. The crew aborted the approach, and returned to Vienna, where they made a safe landing. The decision was made to return to Vienna because appropriate inspection and repair could not be completed in Insbruck. The return flight was made at a lower altitude of 12,000 feet.

    (I can just imagine how the passengers felt after experiencing a lightning strike, and then having to end up going back where they started, instead of landing.)

    On arrival in Vienna, passengers were provided alternative bookings.

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    Finnish Bird Strike Cuts Flight Short


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    Contact photographer Martin Djupenstrom

    What: Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800 en route from Helsinki to Rovaniemi
    Where: Helsinki Finland
    When: Oct 5th 2011
    Why: The flight took off normally from Helsinki but incurred a bird strike.

    After leveling off, the crew decided to return to Helsinki where they made a safe landing. The weather in Rovaniemi was foggy, with limited visibility, contributing to their decision.

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    Qantas Flight Scare


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    Contact photographer Nathan Bartlett

    What: Qantaslink Boeing 717-200 en route from Newman,WA to Perth,WA
    Where: Newman Australia
    When: Oct 4th 2011
    Who: 75 passengers and 5 crew
    Why: The plane had taken off normally from Newman, but while still ascending, the engine popped. That is, it made a loud noise which was reported later by local media as a compressor stall. Inside, the cabin, passengers heard the explosion, the lights dimmed and the plane shuddered. Outside, witnesses saw a puff of smoke. Inside, passengers say it went “dead silent” for five minutes, before anyone made announcements. (No one is complaining. They’re all happy they survived.) When the captain did speak, he was calm and reassuring. No doubt he was busy at the time.

    The landing hit hard and was described as being all over the runway. Passengers did joke about needing a drink afterwards, and Newman not having a bar; it was mentioned that the replacement flight should have all given them free drinks before they ran out of food.

    The plane made a safe (emergency) landing in Newman fifteen minutes after takeoff.

    See video below:

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    NY Tourist Helicopter Crashes in East River, 1 Birthday Fatality, 4 Rescued

    What: Paul P. Dudley Bell 206B JetRanger
    Where: East River, New York, NY
    When: Oct 4, 2011
    Who: 5 aboard, 1 fatality
    Why: The Bell 206B JetRanger was en route with five people aboard when it took off to about 25 feet above ground, and spun, then crashed for an unknown reason upside down into the East River. The flight had just taken off from the riverbank launch pad. Two people were injured, one was missing. Four individuals were rescued from the water, including the pilot. While the helicopter was submerged, rescuers searched for the fifth passenger, Sonia Marra Nicholson, but did not find her until it was too late. The chopper had sunk 50 feet into the water. Nicholson had been visiting New York on the occasion of her 40th birthday.

    THe passengers who were rescued were Nicholson’s partner Helen Tamaski, her mother Harriet Nicholson and her stepfather Paul Nicholson, all of whom are in stable condition at Bellevue and New York University Hospitals. Paul and Harriet Nicholson live in Portugal but are British citizens. Sonia Marra Nicholson and Helen Tamaski lived in Australia.

    The pilot Paul Dudley also survived. The passengers were close personal friends. He manages the Linden, N.J., airport.

    Rescuers included police officers who where on hand, running a drill on the East River, and who, still in uniform, jumped in to assist passengers.

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    NTSB briefing today at 5:00 PM (EDT) on investigation of helicopter accident in New York City

    —
    WASHINGTON – NTSB Board Member Mark Rosekind will brief the news media on the NTSB investigation into yesterday’s East River helicopter accident.

    The briefing will be held at 5:00 PM EDT today at the
    accident site.
    NTSB Press Contact: Terry Williams (on-scene in New York)
    202-557-1350
    williat@ntsb.gov

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    Indonesia Crash Victims Found-PT Nusantara Buana Called UnProfessional by Heartbroken Families


    What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh, 19 year old plane
    Where: Bahorok, Indonesia
    When: Sept 29, 2011
    Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew
    Why: The fate is known of the 18 passengers who went missing on a short Indonesian hop between North Sumatra and Aceh. The flight lost contact and crashed in the jungle canopy.

    Rescuers reached the crash site via helicopter, and all the passengers were reported as casualties. Search and rescue teams found the passengers all strapped in their seats, lifeless.

    Devastated family members accuse the airline of unprofessionalism. THe airline reports that rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather, terrible conditions, mountains and forest.

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    Another United/Continental Emergency over Guam International Airport


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    Contact photographer Yunjin Lee – Korea Aero Photo

    What: United/Continental 767-400 en route from Honolulu to Guam
    Where: Guam International Airport
    When: Oct 2, 2011
    Who: 247 passengers
    Why: Would you believe it? On approach to Guam (again) there was a problem with a United/Continental flight.(We’ve reported three or four of them in the past couple of weeks.) This approach to Guam International Airport was aborted because the plane indicated a problem with the landing gear. Pilots circled, as they dealt with the issue. A flyby resolved the question of if the landing gear was down (it was visibly engaged);

    The pilots were able to land safely, fortunately with an indicator malfunction rather than a gear malfunction.

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    UltraLight Takes a Spin on the Ferris Wheel

    What: Superlight Cheetah S200 glider
    Where: Canberra New South Wales
    When: October 1
    Who: 2 aboard.
    Why: During the annual three-day festival in Old Bar, a glider crashed into a ferris wheel. (What are the odds of that?) A nine year old and a thirteen year old were trapped, as well as the pilot (Paul Cox) and passenger of the downed plane. The pilot was disoriented in low visibility. The children were stuck for an hour; the pilot and passenger for three hours. No one had serious injuries.

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    Crash Site Not Reached-Possible Survivors


    What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh, 19 year old plane
    Where: Bahorok, Indonesia
    When: Sept 29, 2011
    Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew
    Why: After 18 passengers went missing on an Indonesian flight after a flight is reported to have lost contact, and all were reported as casualties, the mother of 27 year old Samsidar Yusni said her daughter called her on the phone Thursday night, crying.

    The PT Nusantara Buana Airlines plane is reported to have crashed in a mountainous area, at a midpoint in its route, in the mountainous Bohorok area about 70 kilometres north-west of Medan. Search and rescue teams have been deployed but did not reach the location of the wreckage, turning back due to difficult terrain and bad weather.

    Thirty hours after the crash, part of the rescue team reported seeing a plane door being opened. After leaving Medan by truck, the trek on foot takes six hours, according to search teams. The plane is apparently mostly intact in the canopy. Chopper flyby photos show wings damaged and nose gone.

    Before nightfall, a helicopter lowered two rescuers by rope about 300 meters yards from the wreckage but they are separated by a ravine. An open door seems to indicate there might be survivors.

    Four children were aboard.

    Nusantara Buana Air is on the EU blacklist.

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    4 Young People Die in Field in Mexico

    What: Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee
    Where: Jesus Ernesto Lozano Airport Chihuahua Mexico
    When: Sept 29, 2011
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: Four people were killed in a plane that crashed in Valle de Allende. The passengers were found beside the plane. The front of the plane was gone.

    Valles Alejandro Medrano, 23, student
    Jasmine Meza Gabriela Nuñez, 20, student
    Marcos Moreno Angel Carrillo, 23, farmer
    Gabriel Edgar Campos Abes, 24 pilot

    They were from Jimenez, and two were students of Centro Cultural Universitario.

    They crashed on land belonging to Capitán Ernesto Lozano, who heard the crash, and arrived in time to find two dead passengers, and two dying.

    The cause of the accident is unknown. Investigators were called about the crash at 10:15 Sept 29, 2011

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    BMI Airbus Loses Cabin Pressure


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    Contact photographer Galen Burrows

    What: BMI Airbus A319-100 en route from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Berlin
    Where: Amsterdam
    When: Sep 29th 2011
    Why: The flight was over Amsterdam when the air conditioning system began to lose cabin pressure.

    The flight descended to a safe level and continued on to Berlin. A replacement jet was procured to complete the next leg of the journey.

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    All Nippon Report UPSIDE DOWN

    The official report is out, concluding that because it was dark, passengers were unaware that the plane was flying upside down.

    Excuse me? Are we to believe that passengers were unawere the plane was flying UPSIDE DOWN?

    I don’t think so. If they were upside down they had to FEEL it, dark or not. Or else they weren’t upside down.


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    Contact photographer Andrew Bowden

    What: All Nippon Airways Boeing 737-700 en route from Okinawa to Tokyo Haneda
    Where: Hamamatsu
    When: Sep 6th 2011
    Who: 2 crew injured
    Why: While en route, the co-pilot accidentally activated the rudder trim switch instead of the door mechanism.

    The plane descended 6000 feet and rolled, injuring a couple of flight attendants. The first officer—2400 hours— leveled off, and was able to admit the captain who was stuck outside the cockpit, waiting to get in.

    The flight continued without incident

    See George’s editorial Sept 8

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    CASA Crashes in Indonesia: Wreckage Pinpointed

    What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh
    Where: Bahorok, Indonesia
    When: Sept 29, 2011
    Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew
    Why: 18 passengers on an Indonesian flight are missing after a flight is reported to have lost contact with ATC and crashed. The flight took off at 7:18 am, and was to land at 8:00, normally less than one hour. All aboard are being reported as fatalities.

    The pilot was American.

    The PT Nusantara Buana Airlines plane is reported to have crashed in a mountainous area, at a midpoint in its route. Search and rescue teams have been deployed. Though some reports say rescuers have found the wreckage, other reports say the wreckage is in difficult terrain and has not been reached.

    There were 4 children and 14 adults aboard the flight. A local villager reported seeing the plane smoking and circling and passengers are presumed dead, but the report was accompanied by a photo of another crash site, so the source is dubious.

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    Emergency Landing in Multan Pakistan

    What: PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Islamabad to Karachi
    Where: Multan Pakistan
    When: Sep 27th 2011
    Who: 118 passengers
    Why: While en route, the one working generator failed. The captain announced to the passengers that they were having technical problems.

    The crew diverted to Multan and made a safe landing; the flight landed with subdued lighting. One main generator was completely non-operational.

    Passengers were rebooked on an alternative flight.

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    Air Canada Turbulence Injures 9


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    Contact photographer Alevik

    What: Air Canada Airbus A330-300 en route from Toronto to Montreal
    Where: Montreal Canada
    When: Sep 25th 2011
    Who: 257 aboard, 9 injured
    Why: On approach to Montreal, the Air Canada flight encountered turbulence.
    Six members of the cabin crew were injured in the turbulence. Three passengers were injured.

    On landing in Montreal, there was a 105 minute delay, after which the cabin crew could not work. Alternative crew members, presumably worked the next leg of the flight to Brussels

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    Hydraulics Fumes on Aserca Airlines


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    Contact photographer Alfonso Sánchez

    What: Aserca Airlines Douglas DC-9-30 en route from Puerto Ordaz to Caracas
    Where: Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
    When: Sep 26th 2011
    Who: 90 passengers
    Why: Four hours after the Aeropostal hard landing emergency at Puerto Ordaz, another emergency occurred, this one a take-off.

    A Douglas DC-9-30 took off from Puerto Ordaz and filled with smoke.

    The smoke came from a high pressure hydraulic leak. The pilot returned to Puerto Ordaz and made a safe landing with emergency services on standby. No injuries were reported.

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    Hard Landing Jars Douglas Jet Engines

    What: Aeropostal Douglas DC-9-50 en route from Caracas to Puerto Ordaz
    Where: Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
    When: Sep 26th 2011
    Who: 125 passengers and 5 crew
    Why: On making a hard landing in Puerto Ordaz, the engine supports were jarred and cracked, severely damaging the plane. No injuries occurred. Passengers disembarked and were ported to the terminal.

    The plane was shut down on the runway. It is a testament to Douglas that the structural integrity of the plane maintained, it was flexible enough to make the landing, and a fire did not rage out of control.

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    DCGA Releases Final Report on JET AIRWAYS 27th Aug’2010

    Type & model Engines Nationality Registration:
    Type:B737-800
    Engines:CFM56-7
    Nationality:Indian
    Registration:VT–JGM
    Owner:M/s Jet Airways, Mumbai
    PIC: ALTP Holder
    1st: CPL Holder
    Other: cabin crew 4,
    One trainee first officer
    Passengers: 139 Minor
    INJURIES:21, Serious:4
    LOCATION: Mumbai Airport
    DATE: 27th Aug?2010,1525 UTC
    INCIDENT TYPE: Serious injuries during evacuation

    https://airflightdisaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/VT-JGM.pdf

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    3 Minute Flight, after Smokey Lav


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    Contact photographer Dariusz Nowacki

    What: Chautauqua Airlines /Continental Airlines/Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Hartford to Cleveland
    Where: Hartford
    When: Sep 26 2011
    Who: 49 passengers and 3 crew
    Why: After taking off from Hartford, smoke was observed in the bathroom.
    Pilots were in the air from 9:42 am to 9:45 am.

    The pilots made a safe landing, with emergency services on standby. Passengers evacuated without injury on to the runway, and were bussed to the terminal. The location of the plane did cause some airport disruption and delay.

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    Russia: Leaky Flight Turns Back

    I would have to say that this Nordavia (Russia to Turkey) flight had good reason to turn back. I’d be just as alarmed as the flight crew was. From the sound of it, the passengers were lucky if nothing else fell off this plane. I would say that this is one Boeing which was, as they said in the old West, “rode hard and put up wet.” I hope the leaky door seal was the least of their worries.

    MAINTENANCE!

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    Sightseeing Flight atKatmandu ends in Fatal Buddha Air Crash, 19 lost

    What: Buddha Air Beech 1900D performing flight U4-103 from Kathmandu to Kathmandu
    Where: Bisankunarayan Village, Kathmandu
    When: Sep 25th 2011
    Who: 16 passengers and 3 crew
    Why: On the flight were 2 Americans,3 Europeans, 10 Indians, 1 Japanese, and 3 Nepalese crew. The plane encountered foggy, rainy conditions on approach to Katmandu after a sightseeing flight. On approach, the flight lost contact at 7:31 local time, struck the roof of a house, and crashed into Kot Dada Hill.

    Problems with rescue efforts were compounded by heavy rain. Only one individual was retrieved alive by rescue personnel, but that person died.

    The black box has been recovered. A three person investigative team has been commissioned by the Nepalese government.

    The Japanese tourist:
    Uejima Toshinori

    The ten Indian tourists included 8 from Trichy:

    M. Maruthachalam,
    M. Manimaran,
    A.K. Krisunan,
    V.M. Kankasabesan,
    T. Dhansekaran,
    Kattoor Mahalingam,
    Meenakshi Sundaram
    K. Thyagarajan.

    One of these two Indian passengers was employed in Katmandu by the UN
    Pankaj Mehta.
    Chaya Mehta

    The passenger who died in the hospital was a man from Nepal:
    Nirajan Karmacharya

    The flight crew:
    Captain J.B. Tamrakar
    co-pilot Padma Adhikari
    air-hostess Ashmita Adhikari.

    The two Americans:
    Andrew Wade
    Natalie Neilan

    Two passengers from Nepal:
    Jagjan Karmacharya
    Sarda Karmacharya

    WEATHER
    This is a report for Kathmandu Airport, Nepal. The report was made 8 hours and 30 minutes ago, at 11:50 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 4.6 miles per hour (2.1 meters per second) from south/southwest (210°). The temperature was 68 °F (20 °C), with a dew-point at 64 °F (18 °C). The atmospheric pressure was 29.85 inHg (1011 hPa). The relative humidity was 88.3%. There were scattered clouds at a height of 1500 feet (457 meters) and a few cumulonimbus clouds at a height of 2500 feet (762 meters). The sky was overcast from a height of 9000 feet (2743 meter) The overall visibility was 13123 feet (4000 meter). Currently showers of light rain.
    METAR: VNKT 251150Z 21004KT 4000N -SHRA SCT015 FEW025CB OVC090 20/18 Q1011 NOSIG CB TO SE AND NW

    (VFR) (IFR)
    Altimeter: 29.85
    Visibility: 2.5 miles
    Wind: 4 knots (210°)

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    Avoiding Bird Strike Lands Brake Fire


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    Contact photographer Tales De Lass Graciano

    What: Azul Linhas Aereas Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-100 en route from Sao Jose do Rio Preto to Campinas
    Where: Sao Jose do Rio reto, Brazil
    When: Sep 24th 2011
    Who: 67 aboard
    Why: The pilot was on the runway for takeoff and rejected takeoff due to birds on the runway, which resulted in a brake fire.

    Emergency services put out the fire. Passengers were evacuated, resulting in one injured passenger.

    Passengers were booked on alternative flights.