engine failure

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    Airbus 321-200 engine problem in India


    View from an airbus similar to the one in the incident
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    Contact Photographer Nitin Sarin

    What: Air India Airbus A321-200 en route from Kochi to New Delhi
    Where: Nagpur
    When: Jul 3rd 2009
    Who: 151 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: When the engine shut down amid-flight, the plane diverted to Nagpur where it made an emergency landing without any known injuries. Technical details regarding the engine problem have not been released.

  • Air Arabia Emergency Landing

    What: Air Arabia flight from Chittagong to Sharjah
    Where: emergency landing at the Kolkata airport
    When: 10.20 pm
    Who: 159 passengers and eight crew
    Why: When one of the plane’s two engines quit, the crew requested an emergency landing at Kolkata.

    No injuries were reported.

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    Navegantes SC: Embraer Flight Cancelled


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    Contact Photographer Marcelo Magalhaes

    What: Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Navegantes,SC to Porto Alegre Brazil
    Where: Navegantes,SC
    When: Jun 19th 2009
    Who: 100 passengers
    Why: On takeoff, the engine “exploded.”

    The left hand engine backfired or otherwise made some explosive sound, and the crew immediately aborted takeoff. Mechanics confirmed a compressor stall. Passengers boarded a replacement jet for their flight.

    *Full authority digital Engine control consists of a digital computer interface system (EEC or ECU) “electronic engine control” or “electronic control unit” and components managing engine performance.

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    Airbus Engine Failure


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    Contact Photographer Wim Callaert

    What: Air China Airbus 340-300 en route from Milan Italy to Beijing China
    Where: Moscow
    When: Tuesday 9.07pm
    Who: 155 passengers 18 crew
    Why: When one of the Airbus’s 4 engines failed, the crew requested an immediate emergency landing in Russia.

    85 passengers were booked to continue to Beijing on Aeroflot and others were being booked elsewhere, later.

    George’s Point of View

    Slow boat to china?
    How about taking a broken airbus to China?
    Let’s not.

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    MD-90 Engine Failure over Madinah, Saudi Arabia

    What: Saudi Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 en route from Damascus to Madinah, Saudi Arabia
    Where: emergency landing at Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah
    When: Thursday May 28th 2009-evening
    Who: 121 passengers
    Why: On approach, the plane experienced a failure in one of its engines. The pilot had to burn off fuel, telling the control tower he was unable to land. After a number of attempts, the MD-90 landed safely.

    George’s Point of View

    Math question
    If an MD-80 flies from Damascus to Madinah carrying 121 passengers with all its engines, loses one and has to circle for thirty minutes after it arrives at its destination, how much fuel was in the plane to begin with?

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    Airbus Engine Shuts Down on Singapore-London flight

    What: Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800 en route from Singapore to London Heathrow
    Where: Heathrow Airport
    When: May 25th 2009
    Why: One of the plane’s four engines shut down causing an hour’s delay. The plane was taken out of service, and the return flight was delayed until the Airbus was back in service.

    George’s Point of View

    Airbus is just starting out with this monster and already having engine issues. Engine shut down is serious stuff, even though the monster can fly on less than 4 engines, it’s serious.

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    Kazakhstan Emergency Landing

    What: An-24 en route from Taraz to Almaty.
    Where: Taraz airport
    When: Sunday May 17
    Who: 27 passengers and 4 crew members
    Why: When the plane experienced engine failure, the crew was forced to have an emergency landing back at the airport of origin. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

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    Helicopter Crash in Kenyan Rift Valley


    Pictured: Kenyan Mi-17
    Contact photographer Guido Potters
    What: Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter
    Where: Rift Valley province, Kenya
    When: Monday May 11
    Who: 28 on board, including Kenyan Internal Security Assistant Minister Orwa Ojode, Police Commissioner Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ali, Rift Valley Provincial Commissioner Hassan Noor Hassan and journalists suffered injuries. Fifteen injured were taken to Nairobi Hospital.
    Why: When the helicopter developed mechanical problems and lost power, it crash landed in the Rift Valley. Fuel, flight voice and data recorders have been collected, and the Russian plane builders have been invited to join the investigation.

    (unverified) Popular opinion is that the helicopter was too old to still be in service.

    George’s Point of View

    Air safety in Kenya, especially for government officials, seems to be an oxymoron.

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    Air Canada Jazz Lands on One Engine


    Contact photographer Galen Burrows
    What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100, en route from Sudbury to Pearson,ON
    Where: Sudbury
    When: May 12th 2009 21:07 (eighteen minutes)
    Who: 21 on board
    Why: While en route, the oil pressure and ITT indicators came on for engine number two just before it made a big “bang.” The pilot shut down engine two and returned to Sudbury for a safe landing

    George’s Point of View

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    R-22 Engine Failure

    What: ROBINSON R22 ROTORCRAFT
    Where: WINTER HAVEN, FL
    When: 05/07/2009
    Who: pilot
    Why: A ROBINSON R22 ROTORCRAFT owned by “NOVEMBER ALPHA LLC” at 5657 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 330, REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND FORCE LANDED ON A PARKING LOT.

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    Lantana Tragedy


    What: Beechcraft 35 Bonanza owned by James BREAZEAL of Florida
    Where: LANTANA, FL
    When: 05/06/2009
    Who: Two fatalities, pilot and passenger: Jack Henderson of Lake Worth and James Breazeal of Windermere were killed in the crash.
    Why: AIRCRAFT, ON LANDING MISSED THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT, THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, LANTANA, FL, Air worthiness Date: 08/18/1959

    Although the airport is saying a new engine was recently installed, investigators believe that engine failure caused the plane to crash. The plane clipped parked planes and collided with a trailer, with the engine dislodging on impact. Apparently the rest of the plane “crumbled” on impact with the hanger.

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    Airbus Eats Bird over Glasgow


    Contact photographer Wim Callaert
    What: Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A330-200, en route from Glasgow,SC (UK) to Dalaman (Turkey)
    Where: Manchester
    When: May 3rd 2009
    Who: 322 passengers and 11 crew
    Why: Over Glasgow, the left hand engine apparently ingested a bird; subsequently, the plane suffered failure of the left hand engine while departing (climbing over) Glasgow, then suffered slat failure. The crew was able to shut down the engine and land in Manchester

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    Venezuela: Aerotuey Crash


    What: LTA (Aerotuey) Cessna 208 Caravan en route to Angel Falls
    Where: Canaima Venezuela
    When: Friday April 16
    Who: ten survivors, one child dead
    Why: The engine failed just after takeoff; the plane hesitated on the runway, took off but after airborne, fell into a stand of trees near the runway. Survivors were airlifted to a hospital in Ciudad Bolivar, the nearest city (400 miles away).

    Six year old Thomas Horne was the only fatality. He died en route to the hospital.

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    Boeing Engine Failure; Emergency Landing in Jakarta


    A Sriwijaya Air Boeing on the runway in Indonesia
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    Contact photographer Peter de Jong
    What: Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Tanjungpinang airport on Bintan island to the capital, Jakarta.
    Where: unscheduled landing at the nearest airstrip
    When: Mar 23rd 2009
    Who: 116 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: Eight minutes after takeoff, the left hand engine failed with a loud bang. The whole flight took about 27 minutes.

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    Hainan Airlines Emergency Landing


    Pictured: Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-84P
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    Contact photographer Kevin Scott
    What: Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-300, HU7871 en route from Xi’an, Shaanxi Province to Shenzhen in Guangdong Province
    Where: landing at an airport in the island province of Hainan (extreme south of China)
    When: 2009-03-05 19:21:09
    Who: 112 passengers and a crew of six
    Why: The crew reported a mechanical problem and requested an emergency landing. They turned off one engine, and landed. Reportedly, there were “problems with the throttle that might have led to an excessively fast landing.”

    No injuries were reported.

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    German Airbus Flies to Seattle on One Engine


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    Contact photographer Anne Deus
    What: Lufthansa Airbus A330-300, registration D-AIKE en route from Frankfurt/Main to Seattle,WA
    Where: Seattle Washington
    When: Sunday, Mar 01, 2009
    Why: When the pilot reported the loss of power in one engine, the flight assumed a lower altitude and continued on one engine to Seattle to land without a problem an hour later.

    Flight Aware

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    Canadair Emergency Landing at Santander-Intl


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    Contact photographer Alejandro Hdez Leon
    What: Canadair BOMBARDIER CRJ-200ER registration EC-IKZ en route from Madrid to Santander-Intl
    Where: Santander-Intl
    When: 24. Feb.2009
    Who: 44 passengers, 4 crew
    Why: One engine apparently flamed out on approach. Another report said both engines flamed out and one was restarted. The CL-600-2B19 Regional jet made a safe landing on runway 11.

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    Medical Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in St. Louis


    pictured: Arch Helicopter
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    Contact photographer Tim Lane
    What: Arch Air Medical Services helicopter
    Where: St. Louis Downtown Airport.
    When: engines failed at 2:35 p.m. Monday
    Why: While the helicopter was transporting a patient, it had an emergency, and made a landing at the St. Louis Downtown Airport. Patient was transported to destination by other means.

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    Southwest Emergency Landing in Vegas


    What: Southwest Airlines twin-engine Boeing 737 en route from Las Vegas’s McCarran Airport to Long Island
    Where: McCarran Airport
    When: February 12, 2009
    Who: 116 passengers , 5 crew members
    Why: After takeoff, the left engine started misfiring, and every time it misfired the engine would flame. Nineteen minutes after takeoff, the plane returned to land at McCarran at 3:28 on one engine. Southwestern reportedly said that the engine was not on fire, but witnesses referred to flames.

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    Emergency landing in Pierre

    What: Mesaba plane en route to Watertown and Minneapolis
    Where: Pierre Regional Airport
    When: 7 am Sunday
    Who: a small number of passengers
    Why: When one of the plane’s engines failed, the plane returned to the airport where it landed safely. No more information is currently available

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    Plane Crashes in Half Moon Bay

    What: AERONCA CH7A Fixed Wing Single-Engine plane owned by AMELIA REID AVIATION LLC Regis#: 2805E
    Where: HALF MOON BAY, CA
    When: 01/29/2009
    Who: Pilot on board
    Why: AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN OCEAN 8 MILES WEST OF HALF MOON BAY, CA AFTER ENGINE FAILURE

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    Emergency Landing in Naples


    What: CESSNA 402C Flight 9399 operated by Cape Air en route from Key West to Fort Myers Southwest Florida International Airport
    Where: Naples Municipal Airport
    When: emergency landing Thursday night 7 p.m.
    Why: The Naples Airport received a distress call that the plane’s engines were out. The plane glided to the runway with no injuries. Passengers reached their destinations by bus

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    Cessna lands on the 4th Tee


    What: 1964 Cessna 172 owned by Lance Sparks
    Where: Prestonwood Country Club in Plano
    When: 4 p.m. Thursday.
    Who: pilot/owner Lance Sparks
    Why: The plane experienced engine failure, forcing the pilot to land.