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    Antwerp Cargo Flight Cancelled by Fire Indication


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    Contact photographer Joop Stroes

    What: Air France/Cityjet Fokker 50 en route from Antwerp to Manchester
    Where: Antwerp
    When: July 20 2011
    Why: On takeoff out of Antwerp the flight developed complications.

    The crew made an emergency landing, due to a cargo fire alarm, and the flight
    was cancelled.

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    American Eagle Succumbs to Emergency Landing in Yampa.

    What: American Eagle Embraer ERJ-135 en route from Denver CO to Los Angeles
    Where: Hayden
    When: July 19 2011
    Who: 36 passengers and 3 crew
    Why: While en route, the crew detected an electrical odor. They reported the issue to ATC.

    The flight made a safe landing at Yampa Valley Airport. Maintenance is examining the plane.

    Passengers were provided bus transportation to Denver where they were provided alternative flights.

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    Mesa Makes Emergency Landing in South Bend


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    Contact photographer Bill Shull

    What: Mesa Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 en route from Portland to Chicago
    Where: South Bend
    When: July 22 2011
    Who: 57 passengers
    Why: Some time after taking off from Portland, the flight developed hydraulic issues. The pilots diverted to South bend, and made a safe landing.

    Passengers were provided transport to Chicago via bus.

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    Kingfisher runs out of Gas

    What: Kingfisher en route from Colombo
    Where: Chennai
    When: July 19, 2011
    Who: 132 passengers, 6 crew
    Why: While en route, the plane ran out of gas. The pilot was supposed to circle the airport but that was not possible.

    The pilot explained his situation and ATC gave him permission to land although the runway was closed for maintenance work. Mintainers were informed of the landing and cleared the runway.

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    Private Chopper Crashes Carrying Australian Concrete Entrepreneur

    What: DAVCRON PTY LTD Bell 206
    Where: South Turramurra, Sydney Australia
    When: July 22, 2011
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: While on a routine flight from Rosehill to the owner’s hanger in Wyee, the bell chopper crashed north of Sydney while flying in a heavy downpour. The wreckage was spread in a hundred meter area at the foot of a cliff in Lane Cove National Park. The pilot and passenger were confirmed dead. Emergency services could only reach by rappelling down. Recovery has been postponed till the weekend because of continued bad weather.

    Witnesses say they may have seen something fly off the back of the helicopter and one witness said the helicopter was upside down when it fell. Descriptions of the troubled helicopter included “clattering” and “explosion.”

    Initially the victims of the crash were not known, but their names have been released. The bodies of pilot Colin Greenwood, 35 and 85 year old Businessman Bruce Campbell were found in the wreckage.

    Officials say the pilot had filed a flight plan although it was not required.

    Campbell founded Davcron Engineering Pty Ltd and owned the chopper which regularly on Fridays flew him to his semi-rural home. Campbell has three sons and is a grandfather of five.

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    Tam Airbus Diverts to Miami


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    Contact photographer Paul Guinea

    What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 en route from Orlando,FL to Sao Paulo Brazil
    Where: Miami
    When: July 19th 2011
    Why: While en route, the odor of smoke was detected.

    The crew diverted the flight to Miami where they made a safe landing less than half an hour after smoke was detected.

    Seven hours later, hopefully after a good inspection, the flight continued to Sao Paulo.

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    Waterford Pilot Crashes by Williams Lake

    What: 1946 Piper J3C-65 Cub
    Where: Waterford Township
    When: July 19, 2011 7:10 p.m.
    Who: pilot
    Why: The pilot was attempting to make a lake landing with the single engine seaplane when he hit trees near Ideal Terrace and crashed in a field near Williams Lake. The pilot managed to avoid houses in the area, but was injured in the crash with severe injuries to his neck and cuts on his legs.

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    Lost: Thai Search And Rescue

    What: Thai military Black Hawk chopper
    Where: Myanmar border
    When: July 18, 2011
    Who: 9 aboard
    Why: The chopper was on a search and rescue mission looking for 5 bodies in Saturday’s chopper crash in Krachan National park.

    Those aboard the chopper were On board were Major General Tawan Ruangsri, the 9th Infantry Division chief and commander of the Surasee Task Force, Major Prapan Jiamsoongnoen, the 1st pilot, Major Chuphan Polwan, the 2nd pilot, Sargent Major Somkid Wongtoksaeng, the senior flight mechanic, Sargent Aram Wongsing, the second mechanic, Captain Jate Sudchai, Captain Chakraphan Bamrungphuet, Lance Corporal Itthisak Hinasuthi, and Sornwichai Kongtannukul, a TV Channel 5 cameraman.

    While the chopper was en route, weather turned bad, and two of the three choppers on the mission returned to base. The third chopper was reported missing. Radio contact was lost at 11:55 a m.

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    Ural Airlines Airbus loses Hydraulics


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    What: Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Bourgas to Ekaterinburg
    Where: Ekaterinburg
    When: Jul 19. 2011 0:20 Moscow time
    Who: 119 passengers
    Why: While en route from Bourgas to Ekaterinburg, the plane developed a hydraulic problem. (Specific details about the hydraulic problem have not been released.)

    The flight continued to Koltsovo Airport in the Urals where it made a safe landing.

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    Airbus with Retread Throws Tread in Toronto


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    Contact photographer Manuel Fernandez

    What: Air Transat Airbus A330-300 en route from Toronto to Dublin
    Where: Toronto
    When: Jul 15th 2011
    Who: 314 passengers
    Why: During takeoff, a tire was damaged. The tire caused damage to several parts of the plane, which initially had been attributed to a bird strike. Tire debris (tread) was found on the runway.

    The flight continued to Dublin, where the plane made a safe landing on a tire which had lost tread. On inspection, it was found that a wing panel and a landing gear door needed repair, having been damaged on takeoff by tread.

    A replacement flight was sent to Dublin to make the return flight.

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    Qantas Johannesburg-Sydney Flight Loses Engine


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    Contact photographer Johan Knijn

    What: Qantas Boeing 747-400 en route from Johannesburg South Africa to Sydney
    Where: Johannesburg
    When: Jul 15th 2011
    Why: While en route, the plane developed engine problems with engine 3. Passengers reported hearing a bang before the captain announced returning to Johannesburg.

    The pilot dumped fuel and returned to Johannesburg, where he made a safe landing. A replacement flight was provided, delaying the flight by a day.

    On board was the SA Springbok Rugby team.

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    Jet Blue Emergency Landing In Bermuda

    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from Boston to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
    Where: Bermuda
    When: Jul 13th 2011
    Who: 129 passengers
    Why: While en route NW of Bermuda, the plane indicated smoke in the electronic bay, and did a flyby for emergency services to view the right side of the plane. There was no visible smoke.

    The pilot diverted to Bermuda and made a safe landing. The plane underwent an inspection prior to leaving for Punta Cana.

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    Southwest In the News

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    Southwest just reported that El Paso-Phoenix jet that landed at 9:30 p.m. in Phoenix with one engine did so because of an engine exhaust problem. Good for them for catching it.

    This was certainly less of an issue that the April 1 2011 surprise, the fuselage rupture in the roof of the Southwest Phoenex-Sacramento flight. That fifteen year old plane lost pressure (kind of a given, one would think, with a huge hole in the roof) and had to make an emergency landing in Yuma, 150 miles southwest of Phoenix. There were no injuries except to Southwest’s reputation.

    On April 4, the FAA sent out a letter mandating operators of specific early Boeing 737 models to conduct initial and repetitive electromagnetic inspections for fatigue damage.

    The NTSB is investigating. And all of the onus is not on Southwest–it’s also on Boeing, as they examine that

    Southwest is a busy airline operator. The stats of take offs and landing every 24 hours must be staggering. Their 737s are renowned workhorses that don’t tire, but they have to be taking a beating.

    Let’s not wait for something terrible to happen. Let’s double on maintenance. Let’s do the footwork to prevent another metal fatigue occurrence to happen again, busting a hole in the fuselage at 36,000 feet.

    Audio, Documents Detailing Southwest Emergency Released: MyFoxPHOENIX.com

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    Delhi: Air India Emergency Landing


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    What: Air India Boeing 777-300 en route from Delhi to New York JFK,NY
    Where: Delhi
    When: Jul 17th 201
    Why: After takeoff from Delhi, the right engine developed problems. The pilot returned to Delhi and made a safe landing.

    Passengers disembarked, and were provided a different plane and crew twelve hours later.

    The engine is suspected to have ingested a bird.

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    Thomas Cook Emergency Landing in Frankfurt

    What: Thomas Cook Boeing 757 en route from Glasgow to Heraklion
    Where: Frankfurt
    Who: not available
    Why: The flight was en route over Holland when one of the planes engines developed engine failure. The pilot shut down engine two and diverted to Frankfort, where they made a safe landing. Emergency services were on standby when the plane landed.

    Passengers were provided accommodations and flew out the next day, although there was no Thomas Cook affiliate there, and they were not kept informed of their situation.

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    Air India’s Culture of Coercion and Fear

    It’s not the Hatfields and the McCoys but it’s a feud going on between Air India and its 1,600 pilots. This is the scenario:

    Pinched for money, Air India’s owes cash to pilots, employees, vendors, fuel and ground transportation suppliers; they are cutting rates and (safety) corners.

    Air India is supposed to be shaping up, but they ignore rules and regulations meant to reduce pilot fatigue. Unsafe practices include changing schedules so often that some pilots refer to the company’s management style as “schedule by wake-up call.”

    The Indian Pilot’s Guild sent the Star Alliance a letter exposing Air India’s culture of “coercion and fear” to compel pilots to fly long hours.

    Pilots are complaining about being forced to work long hours while Air India ignores safety regulations. They can’t take off when they’re sick, for fear of being penalized, which is of course another safety violation.

    After losing a billion dollars last year, Air India has applied to the Indian government for money. India’s aviation regulatory agency uncovering fraudulent pilot training and corruption in aviation administrative circles. In the face of tightening procedures, Air India will have its back against the wall if they’re going to comply with safety regulations.

    Meanwhile, Air India is attempting to join the Star Alliance network of 27 airlines.

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    ATR Takes Runway Tumble


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    Contact photographer Trevor Mulkerrins

    What: Aer Lingus/Aer Arann Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-200 en route from Manchester to Shannon
    Where: Shannon
    When: Jul 17th 2011
    Who: 21 passengers, 4 crew
    Why: The pilot made a safe landing in turbulence but the front wheel collapsed (on landing or during taxi). The plane veered on to the grass.

    Passengers had to disembark on to the runway via stairs and were ported to the gate.

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    Cessna Crash under Investigation

    What: Cessna C-210
    Where: Airport Road near Pastoral Center St. Charles Borromeo, Romeoville, near Lewis University Airport
    When: June 26, 2011, 2:49 p.m.
    Who: Pilot Victor Pantaleo and passenger
    Why: After experiencing engine problems on taking off from the Brookeridge Airpark in Downers Grove, the pilot was attempting to return to the airport, when the plane struck trees before impacting the ground front of St. Charles Barromeo Pastoral Center in Romeoville. The plane took down powerlines when it crashed.

    The passenger was half ejected from the plane, and rescuers had to disengage him but he survived. Pantaleo was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove and was pronounced dead.

    Firefighters from the Lockport Township Fire Department responded to the crash.

    The NTSB is investigating.

    The mass for Panatelo was held at at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church.

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    Pilots Blamed in Aires Crash


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    What: Aires Boeing 737-700 en route from Bogota to San Andrés Island Colombia
    Where: Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport on the Colombian island of San Andres
    When: August 15 2010, 2:15 a.m.
    Who: 131 aboard, 6 crew, 4 minors, 121 adult passengers
    Why: Prior to touchdown, the plane was struck by lightning (11 strikes recorded within 6 miles of the runway within a five-minute span of the crash)

    According to Colombian media sources, Colombian aviation inspectors blame the pilot for not “adjusting” to flying in the high wind due to flying in too low an altitude.

    The plane crashed and broke into three pieces. 115 were injured and one died; Maria Camila Angarita was a second casualty when she died in the hospital.

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    Thai Chopper Down

    What: Royal Thai Army Aviation Bell UH-1H Huey
    Where: between Phetchaburi and Ratchaburi, Thailand
    When: July 16 2011
    Who: 5 fatalities
    Why: A chopper on a mission (air ambulance flight) to rescue civilians trapped in Kaeng Krachan National Park crashed, killing 5 army officers aboard. Visibility was poor, with heavy rain and thick fog.

    The chopper had taken off from Thap Phraya Sua Camp in Ratchaburi’s Suan Phung district.

    The soldiers lost in that crash were Maj. Kitisak Chin-iam (First pilot), Lt. Pratya Nualsri (Second Pilot), Maj. Kitiphum Ekkaphan (Deputy Commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment), Sgt. Maj. Rangsan Polsaibua and Sgt. Maj. Narongdet Pongnumkul (both Flight Mechanics).

    The crash occurred between Phetchaburi and Ratchaburi in the jungle. Retrieval has been hampered by continued bad weather, but four helicopters have participated in recovery, as well as forest rangers and border patrol.

    Condition and status of the stranded civilians has not been released but they appear not to have been aboard the chopper at the time of the crash.

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    Continentavia Diverts, Emergency Landing One Engine Shut down

    What: Continentavia Tupolev TU-154 en route from Barnaul to Norilsk, Russia
    Where: Abakan
    When: Jul 16th 2011
    Who: 56 passengers, 7 crew (also reported as 46 passengers)
    Why: The Continentavia TU-154 developed engine vibration and diverted to Abakan.

    The pilot shut down engine number two and made a safe landing in Abakan. The flight took 40 minutes on two engines.

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    RELEMBRANDO O VÔO 3054

    Estamos em meados de julho e meus pensamentos se voltam para o voo 3054 da TAM. Dia
    17 teremos o aniversário da tragédia. A tragédia ocorreu em 2007, já há quatro anos, quando o Airbus teve problemas ao tentar pousar no Aeroporto de Congonhas em São Paulo. Como
    pode já haver passado quatro anos? Porem o tempo passa. Foram quatro anos desde que as condições de tempo, a pista de pouso mal conservada e um dos reversos inoperante , que associados, acabaram por causar o pior desfecho possível, ceifando 199 vidas. É claro que o número de vítimas vai muito além, pois cada vida perdida levou tambem sua respectiva família junto, mudando-as de forma permanente, deixando-as órfãs.

    Quando vivenciamos a perda de entes queridos, feriados tornam-se verdadeiros pesadelos, substituindo cada celebração por dor e sofrimento. Esperamos que, para todas as
    famílias, estes quatro anos possam ter aliviado a comoção original. Felizmente, as famílias
    uniram-se e apoiaram-se mutuamente, permitindo que os sentimentos fossem expressos e
    abrandados. Em alguns dias, como nos aniversários e feriados, sentiremos suas presenças ou
    perda com maior intensidade. Tentaremos todos nos alegrar com suas memórias.
    Alguns familiares e amigos reunir-se-ão para marcar a data. Outros não. Alguns optarão por não lembrar a data de sua perda. Após passarem-se quatro anos para que a dor inicial arrefeça-se, aqueles que ficaram terão lutado para voltar à normalidade e, a essa altura, já terão construído novas rotinas e novas formas de enfrentar os dias e noites. Eles seguem em frente, mas já não são os mesmos. E querendo ou não, reunindo-se, eles se lembram.
    Eles não lembrarão o avião ou suas eventuais falhas mecânicas, a empresa aérea ou o aeroporto. Eles recordarão seus entes queridos, cuja ausência deixou um vazio em suas vidas.

    Essas são famílias visitadas por fantasmas. Elas vêm fantasmas em suas cadeiras vazias, em suas salas vazias, no assento do carona vazio, no banco do motorista vazio. Ouvem murmúrios de palavras que não foram ditas. Se tiverem sorte, vêm o rosto de seus amados em estranhos.
    Um rosto que se volta, o formato da parte posterior de uma cabeça. Vislumbres pungentes
    quando eventualmente o coração se alegra por um instante e então reconhece… não, não é você.
    As memórias perduram. Como rosas de verão durante um inverno, elas estão sempre conosco.
    Pedacinhos de memórias ficam conosco em nossos bolsos, como conchas que encontramos
    na praia, tesouros para serem guardados e apreciados. Temos sorte por termos isto.
    Mas temos mais do que isso. As pessoas que amamos são parte de nós. Assim como parte de
    nós se foi com eles, parte deles vive em cada um de nós.

  • Remembering Tam 3054

    In mid July, my thoughts turn toward Tam 3054. The anniversary of the crash is on the 17th. The tragedy happened in 2007, four years ago that the Airbus failed its landing at São Paulo’s Congonhas airport. How can it be four years already? But time passes. Four years since the weather, the ill-prepared runway, and the inactivated-reverser converged into the worst case scenario that stole a hundred and ninety-nine lives. Of course the number of casualties is greater than that, because each of those lost lives took down their families with them, leaving them forever changed. Leaving them.

    When you have lost loved ones, holidays can become a nightmare, replacing celebration by grief and loss, magnifying sadness and pain. We can hope for the families that four years have muffled that initial response. Hopefully the families have been kind to themselves and allowed their feelings to express and ease. Some days —birthdays, holidays— we feel their presence or their loss more deeply. Let us all try to rejoice in the remembrance.

    Some family and friends will be gathering to remember. Some will not. Some will have chosen not to memorialize the date of the loss. After four years for the first pain to disperse, those who remain will have fought to regain normalcy, and by now will have found new routines, new ways of facing the day and the night. They continue; but they are changed. And whether or not they gather, they remember.

    They won’t be remembering the plane and its fatal flaws, the airline, or the airport. They’ll be remembering the loved ones whose absence has left a vacuum in their lives. These are families visited by ghosts. They see ghosts in their empty chairs, empty rooms, the empty passenger seat, the empty driver’s seat. They hear whispers of words not spoken. If they are lucky, they see the face of their loved ones in strangers. The turn of a profile, the shape of the back of a head. Poignant glimpses where the heart rejoices for an instant, then recognizes…no, it’s not you.

    Memories remain. Like summer roses in December, they are always with us. Tidbits of memories are tucked into our pockets like bits of shell found at the seashore, treasures to be taken out and examined. We are lucky that way.
    But we have more than that. The people we love are part of us. Just as part of us died with them, part of them lives on in us.

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    Turkish Crash Kills Two in Aegean Sea


    What: Turkish Air Force Cessna T-37C Tweet
    Where: Aegean Sea off the coast of Güzelbahçe, Turkey
    When: July 14, 2011, noon
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: The Turkish Airforce flight fell into the Aegean Sea, killing both the pilot and passenger. The Cessna is normally used for training. The flight took off from the Jet Base Flight Training Center but it has not been released if this was a training exercise. The pilot and passenger have not yet been recovered.

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    Airbus Instrument Failure Behind Emergency Landing in Greece


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    Contact photographer Ilgaz Deger

    What: Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Jeddah to Paris
    Where: Athens
    When: Jul 14 2011
    Who: 168 (?) 187 aboard
    Why: While en route, the Airbus experienced instrument failure. The pilot decided to divert to Greece.

    The pilot made an visual (ILS?) approach to Athens airport, with its instruments inoperable.

    The plane made a safe landing with no injuries reported. After maintenance went over the plane, it was back in the air within five or six hours.

    On July 12, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Washington to Riad made an emergency landing in Athens due to instruments indicating a fire in the luggage compartment. (No fire was found.) according to Thailand News Agency.