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    GoAir Airbus Emergency Landing in India

    What: GoAir Airbus A-320 flight from Mumbai–a new plane delivered in November 2007
    Where: Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport
    When: Thursday evening at 1648 hours (around 5 pm.)
    Who: Undetermined number of passengers on board. (From 114 to 223 passengers were reported to us.)
    Why: After Air Traffic Control visually verified the nosewheel was stuck, the Airbus landed safely. There was significant drama on board, however, as passengers in the front eleven rows of the plane were directed to move toward the back prior to the landing. Credit for the safe landing was given to Captain Hardeep Singh. All air traffic was put on hold untill the Airbus plane had made a safe landing.

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    Queasy Stomachs Land at O’Hare

    What: United Airlines Flight 167 en route to Los Angeles from Boston
    Where: diverted to O’Hare International Airport
    When: Wednesday 8:37 p.m
    Who: 138 people were on board.
    Why: When about a dozen passengers became sick during a flight, the flight was diverted to O’Hare and an EMS Plan 2 was called which sent at least 10 ambulances to the scene.

    Some passengers became sick from the smell of vomit on the plane. Those who fell ill were reportedly part of the same tour group of about 40. One among them reported feeling sick prior to takeoff. Four were hospitalized at Lutheran General Hospital. Fourteen declined to be hospitalized when examined by paramedics though the entire tour group was examined by paramedics.

    No food was served on the flight.

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    Airbus A330-300 Turbulence Shakes UP Qantas

    What: Qantas plane en route from Singapore to Perth in Western Australia when it was
    Where: forced to land at Learmonth airport near the remote coastal town of Exmouth, 745 miles north of Perth
    When: 1:45 p.m. local time.
    Who: 303 passengers, 10 crew members. Half of the passengers were from Australia, the other half from China. Thirty-six people suffered broken bones and other injuries (spinal, broken noses, broken limbs, lacerations, etc)
    Why: A “mid-air incident” forced the plane to make an emergency landing. sudden change of altitude caused problems while the Airbus A330-300 was traveling in what is known as “level flight.” Passengers and crew sustained injuries, including fractures and lacerations, on board QF72. Australian Transport Safety Bureau said it is sending seven investigators to work on the investigation. Confidence in Qantas sterling safety reputation is falling.

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    British Airways Emergency Landing at Chicago

    What: British Airways Flight 195 from London to Houston
    Where: Emergency landing at Chicago’s largest airport.
    When: 1.20pm local time (7.20pm Irish time) An EMS Plan 1 and Level 1 HazMat was called on an O’Hare runway at 2 p.m. as an electrical precautionary measure
    Who: 90 passengers and 15 crew members were aboard. Passengers were de-planed onto the tarmac and taken by bus to Terminal 5
    Why: The pilot reported an “electrical burning smell” and diverted the plane as a precaution. Crews investigated a potential “flammable” in the cargo hold, but after inspection, found the smell had been caused by a fault with an in-flight TV screen.

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    Emergency Landing in Thunder Bay

    What: Air Canada Airbus 320 en route from Toronto to Edmonton
    Where: Thunder Bay International Airport Australia
    When: Monday night
    Who: Pilot, crew and passengers
    Why: Pilot noticed a cracked windshield in the cockpit.

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    Emergency Landing in Alexandria

    What: American Airlines regional jet en route from Baton Rouge to Dallas
    Where: Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria Louisiana
    When: Friday 5:40 p.m.
    Who: 47 people
    Why: Emergency landing called for when smoke was detected in the cockpit. No injuries.


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    Perm Crash update

    • Because of the September 14 crash of the Russian Aeroflot-Nord while preparing to land in the city of Perm in the Ural Mountains area, the Russian Federal Air Transportation Agency has suspended the use of a subtype of Boeing 737-500s until their pilots receive additional training.
    • The training involves a key indicator showing the plane’s attitude, ( artificial horizon) The attitude indicator is designed differently on Soviet and Western planes. Investigators have not yet determined what caused the crash, but the pilot had little experience in piloting Boeings, so the speculation is that the cause was pilot error.
    • Notification of the ban has been sent to six air companies, including Aeroflot-Nord, Aeroflot-Don and Volga-Dnepr
    • Russian carrier Aeroflot-Nord has also temporarily suspended operations with a Boeing 737-300 because its instrument panel includes indicators similar to those on the 737-500. Tthe cockpit of the VP-BKT features “special” director-indicator pointers on complex flight-control and navigational instruments.
    • The Urals city lab is conducting DNA identification the 88 victims of the September 14 Boeing 737 crash in Perm. The workload has caused such a backlog that it is delaying work on the comparison of DNA samples from Nicholas II’s blood-stained shirt and bone fragments.
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    Delta Flight Safely lands in South Bend

    What: Delta Bombardier CRJ-200 coming from Atlanta
    Where: South Bend Regional Airport.
    When: 11 p.m. Monday night at the Sep 22, 2008
    Who: 46 people on board.
    Why: After deplaning, passengers were interviewed saying there was a flap malfunction on the plane. The PILOT declared an emergency after holding for 10 minutes going through his checklists. Air traffic control personnel decided to treat the landing as an emergency in case the malfunction caused problems.

  • Northwest Lands in Atlanta

    What: Northwest Airlines Flight 423 en route from Orlando to Detroit Metro Airport
    Where: Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta
    When: Monday Sept 22
    Who: 181 passengers aboard–no injuries.
    Why: a warning light indicated a mechanical problem. Emergency landing

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    US Airways Emergency Landing in Salt Lake

    What: US Airways Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet en route from Edmonton, Canada, to Phoenix, Arizona.
    Where: Diverted to Salt Lake City –Salt Lake City International Airport
    When: 10:20 am
    Who: 86 passengers and three crew members transferred to other flights to Phoenix
    Why: Diverted due to a crack in the front windshield.

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    Spanair Update

    Update
    Based on findings derived from the MD-82’s flight and cockpit voice recorder, the wing flaps of the Spanair airliner (that crashed killing 154 people) were not set for take off, and pilots were unaware of it because the warning alarm did not go off.

    The faulty valve that prevented the first attempt at takeoff was disconnected rather than repaired. Planes are allowed to fly for up to 10 days with the system involved disconnected.

    Newlywed Brazilian Ronaldo Gomes Silva, 25, and his Spanish wife Yanina Celisdibowsky had been living in the UK for three years. a month ago in Sao Paolo, Brazil, they got married; They had just gotten on a plane to visit the Canary Islands, where Yanina was going to meet her in laws for the first time.

    They got on the wrong plane. They were two of the victims of Spanair Flight JK5022.

    Juliao Alves da Silva, the groom’s father said: “I have lost my son and a daughter-in-law. I am destroyed.”

    I don’t even know these people and I am nearly inconsolable.

    • What: Spanair Flight JK5022, a 15-year-old MD-82 jet bound bound for Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.
    • Where: Madrid airport Terminal Four
    • When: Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 2:45pm
    • Who: Carrying 166 passengers and nine crew, at the time of this writing, the number of fatalities had mounted to 154 people.
    • Why: The jet swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff. Spanish Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil (CIAIAC) is investigating
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    Southwest Airlines Lands Safely

    What: Southwest Airlines Flight 1206 Boeing 737 out of Midway Airport en route to to Hartford, Conn
    Where: emergency landing at the South Bend Regional Airport
    When: 10 p.m. Sunday
    Who: more than 100 passengers (132 passengers and five crew members)
    Why: crew smelled smoke in the cockpit. South Bend mechanics checked out the plane and the flight continuwith an arrival time of 3:15 a.m. EDT

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    Ryanair Denies Non-working Masks

    What: Ryanair en route from Bristol, England, to Gerona, Spain
    Where: central France
    When: Aug 26
    Who: 141 British and 27 Spanish passengers plus six crew members
    Why: cabin suddenly depressurized. The plane lost 26,200 feet (8,000 meters) of altitude”Urgent landing in Limoges” 26 people were hospitalized.; 16 people “complaining of ear ache” were taken to hospital. Although Ryanair brought in a second plane to carry passengers the rest of the way, fewer than twenty of them chose non-aviation transportation.

    Some passengers said the oxygen masks had not worked properly. Ryanair denies that there had been any problem with the oxygen supply except that passengers had expected a rush of gas instead of the steady stream the masks actually deliver.

    “The oxygen masks were working, the correct safety procedures were followed”

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    American Airlines 737 Flames out over Bradley International


    What: American Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Dallas/Fort Worth to Hartford
    Where: Bradley International Airport, Connecticut
    When: Saturday
    Who: not available. No injuries reported.
    Why: the left engine on the Boeing 737 flamed out.

    Note: possibly the same flight is listed as originating in “San Diego, California and was headed to JFK in New York.”

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    Spanair Survives Emergency Landing

    What: Another Spanair airplane, a SAS Group airline Flight JK-4113
    Where: en route from Ibiza to Lisbon landed at Palma de Mallorca Airport
    When: one hour after take-off
    Who: 163 people on board
    Why: unknown reason. The plane had taken off on its third try.

    Good for you Spanair. Better safe than sorry. But maybe if it takes more than one try to get in flight, its time to take a hard look at the plane. D’ya think?

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    Hong Kong flight Grounded In Chicago


    What: United Airlines Flight 895 Boeing 747 bound for Hong Kong
    Where: emergency landing at O’Hare International Airport
    When: Saturday 5:27 p.m
    Who: 323 passengers and 18 crew members
    Why: One hour into the flight to Hong Kong, the pilot experienced unspecified problems with a temperature probe, and rerouted it back to O’Hare.

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    Phoenix emergency landing


    What: American Airlines Flight 436 departed Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport at 9:03 a.m. for Chicago O’Hare
    Where: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
    When: 9:22 a.m
    Who: 138 passengers and five crew members
    Why: The pilot returned to the airport when he noticed an acrid smell and haze in the cockpit. The auxiliary power unit is going to be examined and cleaned. Passengers changed planes.

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    Another Emergency Landing at LAX

    What: American Airlines Flight 1586 Boeing 737 en route from Los Angeles to Toronto at 11 a.m.
    Where: LAX
    When: Tuesday Aug 2 2008-12:51 p.m
    Who: 130 passengers and five crew
    Why: On takeoff, the pilot noticed a a blown tire and immediately requested to return. To burn off fuel, he had to circle the airport until his (safe) 12: 51 landing on the shredded tire.

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    Cessna: 5 Fatalities in Bolivia


    Pictured: A Cessna 172A
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    Contact photographer Giovanni Francisco Rodriguez Bravo

    What: Bolivian Cessna 172 RG
    Where: “Agropecuaria Arco Iris” airstrip, north of Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
    When: May 11, 2008
    Who: 5 fatalities
    Why: While en route, the plane impacted a tree with its left’s wing and then the ground, where a fire ensued. The accident site was about 1,150 meters from an unlit runway of “Agropecuaria Arco Iris” airstrip, north of Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The pilot and the four passengers received fatal injuries; the airplane was destroyed. The flight originated from El Tromprillo Airport, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, at about 1808.

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    Emergency landing: Jet Blue



    What: Jet Blue
    Where: FORT MYERS, Fla
    When: May 3, 2008
    Who: 83 Passengers
    Why: non-working wing flaps.

    The airport has a long runway and the plane landed safely and without complications.

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    Tam Air Flight 3054 Case Filed

    Partner of the elite legal team of Masry and Vititoe, Podhurst Orseck filed 59 wrongful death lawsuits for the families of passengers killed on July 17, 2007 aboard Brazil’s TAM Airlines Flight 3054. The Law Office of Masry and Vititoe is familiar to the public as the firm depicted in the academy award winning film, “Erin Brockovich,” starring Julia Roberts.

    The 59 wrongful death lawsuits stem from the notorious Flight 3054, the worst airline disaster in Brazil’s history, when the A320 TAM Linhas Aareas aircraft attempted landing at Sao Paolo’s Congonhas airport and slammed into an air cargo building, killing 199 people (187 aboard the plane and 12 ground crew). Aware that the thrust reverser (an instrument that helps planes slow down on landings) had been deactivated during a maintenance check, the pilots mishandled the landing procedures. The parties included in the lawsuits are TAM, leasing company Pegasus Aviation, Airbus, Airbus Customer Services, Goodrich (thrust reverser provider) and International Aero Engines.

    The devastation was compounded when, within hours of the disaster, TAM released the passenger manifest via the internet. Abandoning the families of the crash victims to draw their own conclusions, Tam neglected to assign personal contact with the families of the victimized passengers to notify them of their loss.

    In prior airline crash cases, Masry and Vititoe has partnered with internationally recognized Florida-based aviation attorneys Podhurst Orseck. In addition to the Tam Flight 3054 case, together they also currently represent families of the passengers aboard the Gol Transportes Aeros Flight #1907 that collided with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet over the Amazon Rainforest in September 2006. They also represent victims’ families in the Sibir Airlines crash that involved the same type of Airbus under similar circumstances; they too attempted landing in the rain, failed to stop and crashed into a building resulting in catastrophic loss of life.

    About Masry and Vititoe
    Masry and Vititoe is a leading law firm whose compassionate policy of keeping in personal contact further supports their clients’ comfort and confidence. The Masry and Vititoe firm has been defending the rights of the victims of negligence for over 30 years. As in the Hinkey case on which the movie “Erin Brockovich” was based, the firm is known for pursuing the rights of individuals who have suffered acute and chronic chemical exposure. They represent thousands of injured persons throughout the country, from Hawaii to the East Coast, and on their behalf have fearlessly combated and prevailed against some of the world’s largest corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, public utilities and oil companies.