What: Malev Hungarian Airlines Boeing 737-600 en route from Budapest to Istanbul Where: Budapest When: Sept 21 2010 Who: 100 passengers Why: After the jet suffered a bird strike, the pilot rejected takeoff. The plane was examined for damages, resulting in a delay, but was subsequently judged undamaged and allowed to depart. The plane made a safe landing in Istanbul, several hours late.
What: UM Ukrainian Mediterranean Airlines Douglas DC-9-50 en route from Beirut (Lebanon) to Kiev Where: Beirut When: Sep 21 2010 Who: 91 passengers Why: After takeoff, an engine ingested a bird, resulting in engine problems. There were reports of an engine surge, explosion and fire which are being denied by the airport.
The crew returned the plane to Beirut where they made a safe landing. Passengers report hearing an explosion and seeing flame. On landing, passengers disembarked. No injuries are reported, nor whether slides were used or a replacement jet provided.
What: Aeromexico Boeing 737-700 en route from Las Vegas,NV to Morelia Where: Las Vegas When: Sep 19 2010 Who: 102 passenger Why: After takeoff, a fuel leak was observed and the flight crew reported rapidly losing fuel. They returned to Las Vegas where they (quickly) made a safe landing.
What: Widerøes Flyveselskap de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103B en route from Bodø Airport to Sandnessjøen-Stokka Airport Where: Sandnessjøen Norway When: Sept 15 2010 6:00 Who: 3 crew, 4 passengers, no fatalities Why: The pilot did not inform ATC of any problems before landing. However, the plane had a hard landing due to a wind gust, a drizzle and moist conditions. The impact apparently damaged the plane’s undercarriage, and the plane skidded on its belly. The runway was foamed by Airport Fire and Rescue Services to prevent fire. There were no injuries reported.
The plane apparently is designed to perform exactly as it did under these circumstances. The undercarriage is apparently supposed to collapse in a hard landing.
Accident Investigation Board has sent three investigators. The airport is now closed.
What: US Airways Boeing 757-200 en route from Phoenix,AZ to Kahului,HI Where: en route When: Sep 17 2010 Who: 175 passengers and 6 crew Why: 1200 miles from Hawaii, smoke was observed in the cockpit. The crew diverted to San Francisco where they landed safely.
What: Centurion Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11 en route from Miami,FL to Manaus Brazil Where: Maiquetía Venezuela When: Sep 17 2010 9:09 am Who: 5 crew Why: While en route, hydraulic system (#3) failed. The crew diverted to “Simon Bolivar” Maiquetía International Airport where Operations Track and Field, Fire Aviation, Medical and Airport Security were deployed. The “Air Emergency Plan” (SAP) was activated and the plain made a safe landing with no injuries.
Maiquetía is near Caracas in the Vargas state of Venezuela.
What: Freight Runners Express Beech 1900C en route from Milwaukee,WI to Dayton,OH Where: Milwaukee When: Sep 16th 2010 Who: pilot Why: The approach to Dayton was aborted when the pilot received an unsafe gear message. The pilot returned to Milwaukee, and entered a holding pattern while pilot and ACC attempted to solve technical issues.
On landing in Milwaukee, the nose gear collapsed. The plane was damaged, but the pilot was unharmed.
What: Delta/Comair Canadair CRJ-100 en route from Columbus, OH to Minneapolis, MN Where: Dayton When: Sep 16 2010 Who: 50 aboard Why: After takeoff, the plane alerted that it developed engine problems. Pilots diverted the flight to Dayton, and made a safe landing.
A few hours later, passengers were provided an alternative flight to Minneapolis.
What: Conviasa Boeing 737-200 en route from Barcelona to Caracas Where: Caracas When: Sep 16 2010 Who: 97 passengers Why: On approach to Caracas Venezuela, the plane systems alerted problems with the right engine. Pilots shut down the right engine and made a safe landing.
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Fort Lauderdale (1: 42 to Austin,TX Where: Fort Myers,FL (@ 2:23 When: Sep 14th 2010 Who: 92 passengers Why: While en route north of Fort Myers, the crew reported a cabin altitude alert, and loss of cabin pressure and diverted to Fort Myers where they made a safe landing. Several passengers sought medical assistance for problems such as headaches and ear aches. 10 were injured, 3 went to the hospital.
What: Armada Nacional Bolivariana Bell 212 Where: Playa Valdez port off Margarita Island Venezuela When: Sept 14 2010 Who: 7 aboard, 2 fatalities, 5 injuries Why: The Venezuelan military helicopter was engaged in rescuing 21 people aboard 2(?) small boats found adrift at sea. The helicopter had ferried doctors to a frigate, and after taking off from the frigate, collided with a navy research vessel,Armada Oceanógrafo BO-11, and fell into the ocean.
The co-pilot co-pilot, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Alfredo Marquez and a crew member were killed. The pilot, Lieutenant Erick Martínez Sandoval, Lieutenant Edil Martinez and 3 other crew members were injured. The crash is under investigation.
What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 flight AA199 en route from Milan to New York Where: Shannon When: Sept 13 2010 Who: 167 passengers Why: While the plane was en route, a passenger was charging his cell phone, which started overheating, which set off the fire alarm in the lavatory. The flight diverted to Shannon, where it made a safe landing.
Fire crews at Shannon were on standby during the emergency landing. Airport aircraft maintenance company engineers examined the plane and discovered the melted phone.
What: BMI Airbus A330-200 en route from Jeddah to Riyadh Where: Riyadh When: Sep 13th 201 Who: 84 passengers Why: On approach to Riyadh, the plane suffered a bird strike which damaged the nose of the plane. The pilot managed a safe landing, but subsequently, the vehicle was consigned to maintenance for repairs.
What: Conviasa Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 en route from Puerto Ordaz to Porlamor Venezuela Where: Puerto Ordaz When: Sep 13 2010 Who: 51 aboard, 15 fatalities, 36 passengers and crew survived Why: After takeoff while 10 miles from Manuel Piar International Airport, the crew experienced “control problems” requiring a return to the airport. Between the Caribbean island of Margarita and Puerto Ordaz, the plane crashed. 36 survivors were recovered from the wreckage and taken to hospitals and the remains of 2 were recovered.
As of Sept 18, the number of dead has risen to 17. Conviasa is suspending flights for two weeks for safety assessments.
The pilot was Conviasa Ramiro Cardenas.
The plane crashed in the Sidor Steel Mill junkyard/storage area amid heaps and barrels of unused steel.
While attempting an emergency landing, the plane became entangled with electrical wires and crashed.
Current reports indicate 23 survivors. We will be updating as we hear news.
Bolivar State Governor Francisco Rangel Gomez gas opened the following number for family members:
0800-BOLIVAR / 0800-2654827 for more information on passengers
What: Gulf Air Airbus A330-200 en route from Bahrain Bahrain to Manila Where: Manila, Philippines When: Sep 12 2010 Who: abandoned infant Why: After passengers had exited, a six pound, nine ounce newborn boy was found in the lavatory. Doctors say the infant looks healthy and normal. Airport and medical staff fed, warmed, and took care of the infant, and collected money for clothes before social welfare took him.
A female passenger left behind a seat that was bloodstained; a search is being made for her. Speculation is that baby and mother are Filipino. The infant was tentatively named George Francis after the Gulf Air’s flight code.
Until we walk in someone’s shoes, we know little of what has happened nor why. I find the actions of the mother incomprehensible–which only makes it seem more obvious to me that she was probably not in her right mind and suffering some kind of distress.
Is it hypocritical of us to hope for compassion, discretion and kindness when we’re writing about this event? All that I can say is that I hope for the best possible outcome for both mother—who is surely in need of medical care—and child.
What: Iberia/Air Nostrum Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Madrid, to Valencia Where: Madrid When: Sep 13th 2010 Why: The plane had successfully taken off from Madrid, then received an alert and returned to Madrid where the crew made a safe landing.
Systems were repaired and the flight resumed an hour and a half later.
What: Indian Air Force HAL Chetak/Alouette III en route from Kalaikunda to Bagdoghra Where: Sundarpahari area, Godda district, Jharkhand state When: Sept 11 2010 Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities Why: While en route in bad weather, the flight crashed in Sundarpahari near Sinharsi air base. Two pilots and a co pilot were killed. Weather is assumed to be the cause, but the IAF has ordered an inquiry .
What: Delta Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Detroit to Tampa Where: Detroit Metropolitan Airport When: September 10, 2010 Who: 138 passengers and 5 crew, one disruptive passenger Why: Half an hour into the flight, a passenger’s disruptive behavior caused the pilot to turn the plane around and return to Detroit. The passenger was removed from the plane but she was not arrested.
However curious we are, we don’t know exactly what she was doing.
What: Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 en route from London to Hong Kong Where: London When: Sep 11 2010 Why: After takeoff, the cabin did not pressurize. The pilot returned to London and made a safe landing and repairs.
What: PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 747-300 en route from Karachi to Lahore Where: Karachi When: Sep 10th 2010 Who: 480 passengers Why: While en route, the plane’s engine ingested a bird.
The pilot returned the plane to Karachi where it made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative flight at 8 pm
What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Malta to Venice Where: Elba When: Sep 8 2010 Who: 170 people aboard, five injuries Why: While en route, the plane encountered serious turbulence, which knocked all unbuckled individuals and a trolley into the roof of the plane; the turbulence injured two flight attendants and several passengers. The pilot diverted the flight to Bologna, where they landed safely; one flight attendant was hospitalized. The other injuries were treated at the airport.
What: Wideroe de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Vardoe to Vadso Where: Kirkenes Norway When: Sep 7th 2010 Who: 28 passengers and 3 crew Why: While en route, the plane indicated low oil pressure in an engine and the engine was shut down. The flight diverted to Kirkenes where it made a safe landing. The problem was repaired within 3 hours and the flight resumed.
What: Spicejet Boeing 737-800 en route from Kolkata to Delhi Where: Kolkata When: Sep 8th 2010 Who: 136 passengers Why: On taxi (or during takeoff) which was already an hour late, the Spicejet’s left engine was smoking.
The pilot noticed the smoke, aborted the flight and returned the plane to the gate where maintenance worked on repairing the problem.
After another delayed departure, the Spicejet was again en route. When the cabin did not pressurize a quarter of an hour later into the flight, the pilot turned back and made an emergency landing in Kolkata.
At 10:20pm, passengers were flown out in a replacement plane.
What: Emirates Airlines Airbus A380-800 en route from Dubai to Manchester Where: Manchester When: Sep 6th 2010 Why: After a hard touchdown into gusting winds, the crew elected to perform a go-around. Although the pilot’s 2nd attempt at a landing was more successful, the plane’s later flight was delayed due to maintenance.
