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    Alaska Airlines Quick Fix


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    Contact photographer Michael Carter
    What: Alaska Airline Boeing 737 Phoenix to Seattle
    Where: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
    When: emergency landing around 6:40 a.m
    Who: 113 passengers
    Why: After an emergency with an overheating hydraulic pump, the flight landed back at the Phoenix airport after 15 minutes; and (after 45 minutes of maintenance) was back in the air 1.5 hours behind schedule, but successfully en route to Seattle

    George’s Point of View

    Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance…

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    Airbus Diverts to Athens


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    Contact photographer Paul Markman
    What: Easyjet Airbus A320-200 en route from Heraklion (Greece) to London Gatwick,EN (UK)
    Where: Athens International Airport
    When: Apr 14th 2009 15.02 local time
    Who: 137 passengers and 7 crew
    Why: Pressurization. After observing problems with pressurization, the crew burned off ten minutes worth of fuel and landed on runway 21R. The problem turned out to be in the air conditioning. Easyjet’s press release terms this not an emergency but “merely a precautionary technical diversion.”

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    Easter Sunday Emergency Landing

    What: Southwest Airlines flight from Orlando, Fla., to Austin
    Where: Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Fla.
    When: April 12 2008
    Who: 104 passengers
    Why: There was no fire, but when a sensor detected an apparent problem in the cargo hold, the pilot chose to land immediately. Passengers lunched at the base’s Officer’s Club before boarding another Southwest flight which carried them to their destination.

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    Afterword: American Airlines flight 1400

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    Contact photographer Art Brett
    What: American Airlines MD-82 aircraft en route from Lambert to Chicago
    Where: Lambert
    When: Sept. 28, 2007
    Who: 138 passengers, 3 flight attendants, two pilots
    Why: When the fight experienced an emergency (engine fire) and the MD-82 returned to land at the airport of origin, the nose landing gear failed. After a go-around, the plane conducted an emergency landing and everyone debarked on to the runway.

    The reason that this is in the news now is that the problems involved have been under investigation. The procedure that mechanics used to manually start one of the engines is held to be responsible for the fire. However the captain was also faulted for poor division of labor, resulting in inefficiency which is judged to have exacerbated the emergency.

    NTSB Identification: DCA07MA310
    Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier operation of AMERICAN AIRLINES
    Accident occurred Friday, September 28, 2007 in St. Louis, MO
    Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), registration: N454AA
    Injuries: 143 Uninjured.

    This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

    On September 28, 2007, at 1316 central daylight time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), N454AA, operated by American Airlines as flight 1400, executed an emergeny landing at Lambert-St Louis International Airport (STL), St. Louis, Missouri, after the flight crew received a left engine fire warning during departure climb from the airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 121 scheduled domestic flight. After landing, the 2 flight crew, 3 flight attendants, and 138 passengers deplaned via airstairs and no occupant injuries were reported. The intended destination of the flight was Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois.

    Upon receiving the left engine fire warning during climb, the flight crew discharged the aircraft engine fire bottles into the affected engine. During the visual return and single-engine approach to the airport, the nose landing gear did not extend. The flight crew then extended the nose landing gear using the emergency landing gear extension procedure. The airplane returned and then landed on runway 30L (11,019 feet by 200 feet, grooved concrete) and was met by STL Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicles

    The NTSB identification number for this investigation was administratively changed from CHI07MA310 to DCA07MA310 on April 2, 2008.

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    Boeing Depressurizes over Moscow


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    Contact photographer Oleg Revin
    What: Yakutia Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Vnukovo airport to Yakutsk.
    Where: Vnukovo airport in the Russian capital of Moscow
    When: Apr 7th 2009
    Who: 174 passengers and nine crew members
    Why: After takeoff, the pilot experienced technical problems. The cabin depressurized; and the pilot decided to return to the airport of origin to land; however, before landing, the plane circled the airport for three and a half hours to burn off excess fuel.

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    Update: Emirates Airbus Tailstrike in Melbourne

    The new headline is Emirates pilots resign. They “submitted their resignations.”

    George’s Point of View

    Curious to see why?

    No matter what the pilots did or didn’t do, the tail should not scrape the run way on take off.

    Good thing it didn’t catch fire and blow up.


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    Contact photographer Kris Mogford
    What: An Emirates Airlines Airbus A340-500, registration A6-ERG en route from Melbourne,VI Australia to Dubai United Arab Emirates
    Where: Melbourne Australia
    When: Mar 20th 2009 at 11:30
    Who: 225 on board (255 passengers?)
    Why: The plane suffered a tail strike on takeoff from Melbourne’s runway 16, climbed and dumped fuel, and when smoke filled the cabin, landed on Melbourne’s runway 34. Damage included some runway lights, damage to the tail skin and access panels.

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    Vibrating Boeing in Russia

    What: A Skyexpress Boeing 737-500 en route from Moscow Vnukovo to Sochi (Russia)
    Where: Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport
    When: Apr 4th 2009
    Who: 69 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: When instrumentation revealed unacceptable (dangerous) vibration of the left hand engine, the pilot shut down the left engine down, and burn off fuel before landing back at the airport of origin an hour after takeoff. There were no injuries.

    George’s Point of View

    Maintenance.
    Maintenance.
    Maintenance.

    —- nuff said.

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    Continental Safely Lands Hot Plane


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    Contact photographer Mark Kryst
    What: Continental Airlines Colgan Air de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Newark to Montreal .
    Where: Burlington,VT
    When: Apr 3rd 2009
    Who: 33 passengers and 4 crew
    Why: The pilot and crew reported high temperatures, requesting diversion to Albany, NY. They shut down the left engine but decided against Albany because of weather (severe precipitation), and landed instead at Burlington,VT.

    George’s Point of View

    Emergency landings are always a cause for concern. The pilot who responds with a cool head and skill in an emergency situation is to be commended.

    What about the maintenance of the plane? Who chose to fly instead of maintain, or to maintain in half-measures? Someone needs to look into this–

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    Smoke on Boeing…


    Pictured: UA Boeing 767-322
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    Contact photographer Daniel Nicholson
    What: United Airlines Boeing 767 en route from London to Washington D.C.
    Where: Bangor International Airport
    When: Wednesday April 1
    Who: 178 passengers
    Why: When the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit, the plane was granted permission to land at Bangor International, which it did, safely.

    George’s Point of View

    I worry about all emergency landings, I’ve experienced just one.

    When I see a United doing an emergency landing for any reason, my skin creeps because I fly United all the time. No pun intended.

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    Emergency Landing in Omaha

    What: American Airlines en-route from Las Vegas to Chicago
    Where: Eppley Airfield
    When: ten o’clock on Monday night
    Who: 140 passengers and five crew members
    Why: Near Omaha, the plane lost cabin pressure. The pilot coped by dropping oxygen masks and dropping altitude from 25,000 feet to 14,000 feet. At Eppley, the passengers debarked, and took another flight to Chicago provided to them by American Airlines.

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    Feds Debark Unruly Passenger

    What: Southwest Airlines Flight 1402 en route from Phoenix to Detroit
    Where: Denver International Airport
    When: after 2 p.m Saturday
    Who: undisclosed woman
    Why: While on board, the woman “became unruly and combative” leading up to a physical confrontation. She was escorted from the plane into federal custody as it is a felony to disrupt a commercial flight

    George’s Point of View

    We already put US Marshalls on plane to keep the bad guys in their seats and so they don’t try anything. With all the recent misbehavior on planes, maybe we’re looking at the wrong profession. Do we need on board referees? A corner for time out? Nuns with rulers?

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    Update: Japan Air Commuter Lands on One Engine


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    Contact photographer James Scott
    What: Japan Air Commuter de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Tanegashima to Kagoshima
    Where: Kagoshima
    When: Mar 25th 2009 10:26 a.m
    Who: 42 passengers
    Why: When the left hand engine’s oil pressure dropped, the pilot shut down the engine and continued on to Kagoshima. Maintenance crews discovered significant damage in the engine. There were no injuries reported.

    This was also reported as a Bombardier Inc. DHC-8-Q400. The Bombardier Dash 8 was formerly known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8; Bombardier acquired de Havilland Canada (DHC) .

    Due to the engine damage found by maintenance crews, two investigators rated this as a serious incident. The gearbox of the engine had failed and several turbine blades were found to be damaged

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    Emergency: AeroLineas Argentinas Smoke in Cabin


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    Contact photographer Baires Aviation Photography
    What: Aerolineas Argentinas McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Buenos Aires to Trelew, Argentina
    Where: Trelew
    When: Mar 25th 2009
    Who: 41 passengers
    Why: On approach to Trelew, an electrical problem caused the cabin to fill with smoke. After the safe landing, passengers debarked via slides. One flight attendant was treated for smoke inhalation.

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    Airbus Emergency Landing in Montreal


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    Contact photographer Mick Bajcar
    What: Air Transat Airbus A310-300, registration C-GTSD en route from Panama City Panama to Montreal,QC Canada
    Where: Montreal, QC Runway 06L
    When: Mar 23rd 2009
    Why: The crew reported an unsafe gear indication on approach, and initiated a go-around. They managed to lower and lock the gear but then nose gear steering was unavailable. They landed safely and had to be towed away, blocking the runway for fifteen minutes.

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    Japan Air Commuter Lands on One Engine


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    Contact photographer James Scott
    What: Japan Air Commuter de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Tanegashima to Kagoshima
    Where: Kagoshima
    When: Mar 25th 2009 10:26 a.m
    Who: 42 passengers
    Why: When the left hand engine’s oil pressure dropped, the pilot shut down the engine and continued on to Kagoshima. Maintenance crews discovered significant damage in the engine. There were no injuries reported.

    This was also reported as a Bombardier Inc. DHC-8-Q400. The Bombardier Dash 8 was formerly known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8; Bombardier acquired de Havilland Canada (DHC) .

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    Emirates Airbus Tailstrike in Melbourne


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    Contact photographer Kris Mogford
    What: An Emirates Airlines Airbus A340-500, registration A6-ERG en route from Melbourne,VI Australia to Dubai United Arab Emirates
    Where: Melbourne Australia
    When: Mar 20th 2009 at 11:30
    Who: 225 on board
    Why: The plane suffered a tail strike on takeoff from Melbourne’s runway 16, climbed and dumped fuel, and when smoke filled the cabin, landed on Melbourne’s runway 34. Damage included some runway lights, damage to the tail skin and access panels.

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    Airbus Generator Fails


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    Contact photographer Frank Robitaille
    What: Air Canada Airbus A319-100, registration C-FYNS en route from Liberia Costa Rica to Toronto,ON
    Where: Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica’s capital city San Jose
    When: Mar 19th 2009
    Why: During takeoff from Liberia, the plane experienced generator failure in its left hand engine. The plane landed safely.

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    JAL Emergency Landing


    PICTURED: JAL Boeing 747-446
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    Contact photographer Simpsonmeng
    What: Japan Airlines Flight JL8878 en route from Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport for Tokyo
    Where: emergency landing at Shanghai
    When: Takeoff 2 p.m. and arrived at 3:14 p.m on March 14
    Who: 208 passengers and 14 crew
    Why: It is reported that the aircraft had hit birds after takeoff. The plane experienced engine problems and began to shake necessitating the emergency landing.

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    Delta Bird Strike

    What: ASA Delta flight 50-seat CRJ-100 en route from Atlanta to Mobile, Ala.
    Where: Landing in Atlanta
    When: Fri Mar 13
    Why: After a bird strike, the plane circled in northwest Georgia to burn off fuel; the pilot returned to Atlanta and landed safely. Debarking passengers saw damage incurred by the bird strike

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    American Airlines Emergency Landing in NY


    Pictured: MD-82 at rest at New York-La Guardia Airport
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    Contact photographer Matthew I. Smith

    Examining debris on Flushing roof; includes a closing shot of a blade of metal embedded in the concrete roof

    What: American Airlines MD-80 Flight 309 en route from LaGuardia Airport to O’Hare International Airport
    Where: Pilot chose to make his emergency landing at JFK, where the runways are longer
    When: March 11, 2009
    Who: 88 passengers and five crew members
    Why: Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the pilot reported a problem in the right engine, and made an emergency landing at LaGuardia. Debris found in Queens may have been from the plane. Birds were not the problem. Pieces of the shattered blades of the Pratt & Whitney turbofan were found embedded in the fuselage.

    CORRECTION: The plane is reportedly a MD-83

    On March 26-27, and April 8-12 a FAA safety audit grounded AA MD-80s, canceling 5700 flights.

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    Storm Blows Indonesian Lionair Flight of the Runway


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    Contact photographer Snorre – VAP
    What: Lionair McDonnell Douglas MD-90 flight JT-793 from Makassar to Jakarta. Lionair is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.
    Where: Jakarta
    When: Mar 9th 2009
    Who: 166 passengers and 6 crew (Detikcom reported 168)
    Why: While landing in heavy rain, the airplane caught a gust from the left which ran the plane off the runway. Damage was incurred to the front gear, wings, and the main gear struts collapsed.

    The subsequent airport closure forced a Citilink Garuda Boeing 737 in a fuel emergency to reroute.


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    AUA Emergency Landing in Vienna


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    Contact photographer Gerhard Vysocan
    What: Austrian Airllines Boeing-737-800 en route from Vienna to Sofia Bulgaria
    Where: emergency landing at Vienna airport
    When: 06. 03. 09.
    Who: 72 passengers
    Why: After the crew of AUA flight OS 797 found smoke filling the cabin, the plane made an emergency landing–shortly after take-off. It was a really short flight. THey took off at 1:47 pm and landed at 1:52pm. Economy Minister Nina Radeva was among those on board.