engine trouble

Allegiant Air | Diversion | engine shut down | engine trouble | USA

Allegiant Air Emergency Landing in Las Vegas
May 19, 2012May 19, 2012

What: Allegiant Air MD80 en route from Duluth to Las Vegas
Where: Duluth International Airport
When: May 18, 2012 9 pm
Who: 141 passengers, 5 crew
Why: Fifty miles into the flight, the engine made an explosive noise. Pilots came online and made an announcement to passengers that they had blown an engine.

Pilots returned to Duluth where they made a safe landing. Emergency services made up of Air National Guard and Duluth Fire Department were on standby. Passengers were clapping when they were on the ground.

A replacement jet was called and the fight is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported.
Air Dolomiti | ATR | Diversion | Emergency | engine shut down | engine trouble | Germany | Lufthansa | Pratt & Whitney | smoke

Munich Emergency Landing by Lufthansa/Air Dolomiti
May 18, 2012

What: Lufthansa/Air Dolomiti Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-500 en route from Munich to Venice
Where: Munich
When: May 17th 2012, 13:35
Who: 58 passengers and 4 crew
Why: While en route ten minutes into the flight, the plane developed smoke in the cockpit and cabin. The crew returned to Munich. On approach to Munich, the crew had to shut down the right engine.

On landing, the plane veered off the runway on to the grass, ran into some obstructions and stopped with a collapsed nose gear. During rescue, twenty flights were diverted. The plane is presently sinking into soft round.

The passengers were evacuated. Other than one person with back injuries, no injuries were reported.
Crash | engine trouble | Poland | student pilot | Zenith Aircraft

Ultralight Crash Kills Pilot, Student
May 4, 2012

What: LANG Zenair CH 601 Zodiac
Where: Pi?a Airport, Poland
When: May 3 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: 42-year-old Thomas D. Miroslawiec, pilot instructor with the Czech branch of Pila flight school was flying with a 57 year old student, and crashed around 20.00 in a forested area. The accident occurred when the plane was banking to the left. Witnesses say they heard engine problems and saw it fall into the forest. The probably cause is being called a motor failure. TT\he prosecutor and police conducted a visual inspection of the wreck and reported that the plane had been performing a planned training flight.

The airfield is a former military airport build in the 80’s.

The plane fell in a straight line about 500 meters from the northern end of the runway. The plane is badly damaged – burned and bent. Three fire trucks, two ambulances and two police units responded to the scene of the crash.

The Zenair Zodiac is an Ultra-light.
airliners.net | Boeing | Diversion | engine shut down | engine trouble | Malaysia | Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines Engine Fails over Kuala Lumur
April 18, 2012April 23, 2012

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Contact photographer Charles Polidano

What: Malaysia Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from Kuala Lumpur to London
Where: Kuala Lumpur
When: Apr 17th 2012
Who: 351 passengers, 21 crew
Why: After taking off from Kuala Lumpur, the engine exploded.

Or at least that’s what passengers felt when they heard a backfire or some other kind of explosion from one engine, and saw sparks and flames.

Pilots dumped fuel and returned to Kuala Lumpur where they made a safe landing.

A replacement jet was provided.
Cessna | Emergency | engine trouble | USA | Video

Cessna Lands on Model Runway
April 17, 2012

What: single-engine Cessna en route from North Carolina to Long Island NY
Where: Heckscher State Park in East Islip, Long Island NY
When: April 15, 2012, 4 pm
Who: pilot and student
Why: Pilot David J. Jensen and a student were in the single-engine Cessna when it developed engine problems. The pilots made a safe landing on a Heckscher State Park runway normally dedicated to model planes.

The plane was not allowed to take off from that runway, and was dismantled for removal.

The incident is under investigation.

Plane makes emergency landing on L.I.: MyFoxNY.com
Crash | Emergency | engine trouble | fuel leak | India | Schweizer | Sikorsky

Bangalore Helicopter Dodges Wires and Crowded City to Land on Rooftop
April 17, 2012

What: HAL Rotary Wing Academy Schweizer 269C (300C)
Where: Byapanahalli area, northeast Bangalore, India
When: April 12, 2012, 4:30 pm
Who: 2 aboard, 0 fatalities
Why: After a two hour ten minute flight, the helicopter on a training flight developed engine failure, dodged high-tension wires and other buildings to land on a Bangalore roof.

The Schweizer 269C is a light four year old plane used for civilian training.

The helicopter was damaged during the emergency landing, rolling over on its side on the rooftop of Maitri Apartments in the Byapanahalli area in North East Bangalore and leaking some of the 20 litres of fuel it carried. The rotors were blown off on impact with the parapet. Retired Air Commodore Roj Assey and trainee Digvijay Singh survived the emergency landing uninjured.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating.
engine trouble | Florida | kit | private

5 Injured in Kit Plane Crash through Publix Roof
April 6, 2012

What: Seawind 3000 kit plane built by Larry E. Sapp
Where: Northgate Shopping Center in DeLand Florida
When: April 2, 2012, 7:20 pm
Who: 2 aboard, 5 injured
Why: Taking off from Deland Municipal-Sidney H. Taylor Field Airport, the small kit plane developed engine problems and crashed into a Publix market in the Northgate Shopping Center on International Speedway Boulevard on Monday. The pilot and passenger are in critical condition. Brendan Beitler, a Stetson University student is in stable condition. Cordova and Morris Beitler were also injured.

A fire occurred when the fuel tanks burst. Three individuals in the store were injured. The store has been closed, and 175 employees are working at other Publix. The city has issued a demolition permit.

The plane is made of composite material and was amateur-built in 2002.

The pilot was Kim Presbrey, an attorney from Chicago who is in the intensive care unit at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Presbry is managing partner of Presbrey & Associates Thomas Rhoades from Illinois was the passenger.

What remains of the melted aircraft has been loaded on a flatbed trailer.

Video shot by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office above the North DeLand Publix supermarket shortly after the kit plane crashed into the supermarket roof.
Air India | Airbus | airliners.net | Emergency | engine shut down | engine trouble | India

Mumbai Flight lands on One Engine
March 20, 2012

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What: Air India Airbus A319-100 en route from Chennai to Mumbai
Where: Mumbai
When: Mar 19th 2012
Who: 118 aboard
Why: While on approach to Mumbai, the plane developed problems and an engine was shut down.

The Airbus landed safely in Mumbaiwith emergency services on standby. No injuries were reported. No details were provided regarding it the engine locked up, ran hot, leaked or what problem occurred.
Air Wisconsin | airliners.net | Canadair | dropped cowling | engine trouble | U.S. Airways | USA

Charlotte NC Emergency Landing
March 19, 2012March 19, 2012

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Contact photographer Michael Durning

What: US Airways/Air Wisconsin Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Washington Dulles,DC to Charlotte,NC
Where: Charlotte
When: Mar 17th 2012
Why: On approach to Charlotte, the crew reported a left engine had developed problems.

The pilots made a safe landing in Charlotte with emergency services standing by.
FAA notice below:

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: AWI3686 Make/Model: CRJ2 Description: CANADAIR CRJ-200, RJ-200 REGIONAL JET
Date: 03/14/2012 Time: 2050
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
LOCATION
City: CHARLOTTE State: NC Country: US
DESCRIPTION: AIR WISCONSIN FLIGHT 3686, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, CANADAIR CRJ2 AIRCRAFT, WITH NUMBER 1 ENGINE PROBLEM LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, INSPECTION FOUND PART OF COWLING SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT, CHARLOTTE, NC
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Operation: Air Carrier
FAA FSDO: CHARLOTTE, NC (SO33) Entry date: 03/19/2012
Boeing | Cathay Pacific | China | Diversion | Emergency | engine shut down | engine trouble

Boeing 777 Engine Shut down, Returns to Hong Kong
March 17, 2012March 17, 2012

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What: Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300 en route from Hong Kong to Toronto,ON
Where: Taipei
When: Mar 15th 2012
Who: 275 passengers
Why: While en route, the left engine developed problems and had to be shut down. Pilots returned to Hong Kong where they made a safe landing. A replacement jet was provided.
airliners.net | Convair | Crash | engine trouble | Jet One | Puerto Rico

Cargo Flight lost in Lagoon in San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 15, 2012May 13, 2012

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Contact photographer Hector A Rivera

What: Jet One Express Convair CV-340 en route from San Juan to St. Maarten
Where: San Juan
When: Mar 15th 2012
Who: 2 crew
Why: On takeoff, the Corvair developed engine trouble. They consulted with ATC and decided to return to the airport but instead ended up in the La Torrecilla Lagoon. Witnesses saw the plane trailing smoke as it approached.

The pilot and copilot died on impact. The flight has been confirmed as flight 440 to Luis Munoz Marin International Airport. It was a cargo flight with only two crew aboard.

Divers are working to retrieve the bodies from the underwater wreckage. No names have been released.

Jet One has an office in Boca Raton Florida since Thursday, June 15, 2000 in the state of Florida when it filed as a Domestic for Profit Corporation.
Bell | Crash | engine trouble | military/police | Nigeria

Nigerian Peace Keeper Chopper Crash Kills 12
March 15, 2012

What: Nigerian Police Special Task Force Bell 412EP en route to to Abuja
Where: Jenta Mangoro, Nigeria
When: March 14, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Who: 7 fatalities aboard, 5 ground fatalities
Why: While on a mission to monitor a crisis situation, the chopper crashed. The crash also killed 5 on the ground in the vicinity of a satellite market and a Government Secondary School along Rukuba Road. Reports say that the wreckage landed inside a residence. A nine year old girl in the house was injured. The owner of the house, Mali Waziri, was at work at the time of the accident.

Witnesses say that the chopper made strange noises before it lost height and crashed.

The mission was described as “surveillance duty in hot spot.”

Haruna John, recently Deputy Inspector General of Police, died in the crash, as well as his orderly and other members of the peace team. ACP Garba Yelwa -Pilot; CSP Alexander Pwol-Ja, Co-Pilot and Sergeant Sonatian Shirunam-Orderly were also fatalities.
engine trouble | heat | McDonnell Douglas | SAS | Spain

SAS MD-82 Faces Problems Leaving Madrid
March 15, 2012March 15, 2012

<What: SAS Scandinavian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Copenhagen
Where: Madrid
When: Mar 13th 2012
Why: Pilots rejected takeoff when an engine overheated.
The flight which had been deployed as a replacement jet was delayed for a day as mechanical problems were resolved.
Air Bashkortostan | airliners.net | Boeing | Diversion | Emergency | engine shut down | engine trouble | Germany | VIM Avia

Engine Shut down on Tenerife-Moscow Flight Which Diverts to Frankfurt
March 13, 2012

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Contact photographer Roberto Bianchi Piti

What: Air Bashkortostan/VIM Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Tenerife to Moscow
Where: Frankfurt
When: Mar 10th 2012
Why: When the flight was en route over Paris, the flight developed engine problems.

Pilots shut down the affected engine, and diverted to Frankfurt Germany where they made a safe landing.

Air Bashkortostan/VIM Airlines used the layover in Germany to make repairs, and completed the flight less than 48 hours later.
Airbus | airliners.net | Diversion | Emergency | engine shut down | engine trouble | RAK Airways | United Arab Emirates

RAK Airways Suffers Engine trouble, Airbus Engine Shut Down
March 11, 2012March 11, 2012

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What: RAK Airways Airbus A320-200 en route from Ras Al Khaimah to Kozhikode
Where: Ras Al Khaimah
When: Mar 10th 2012 11.30pm.
Who: 141 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed problems with an engine and had to shut it down.

Pilots returned to Ras Al Khaimah where they made a safe landing.

A replacement jet was provided for the passengers. It left for Calicut 6.40am Saturday.
American Airlines | Diversion | Emergency | engine trouble | McDonnell Douglas | oil pressure | USA

Engine Problems Land Plane in Little Rock instead of Memphis
March 5, 2012March 7, 2012

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What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Dallas to Memphis
Where: Little Rock Arkansas
When: Mar 5, 2012
Who: 129 passengers, 5 crew
Why: While en route, one of the plane’s engines developed an oil pressure issue. Pilots diverted to Little Rock and made a safe landing there. Another plane took passengers from Little Rock to Memphis.
Boeing | engine trouble | Germany | hydraulics | Transavia

Transavia Emergency Landing in Rotterdam
March 5, 2012

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What: Transavia Boeing 737-700 en route from Rotterdam to Malaga, Spain
Where: Rotterdam
When: Mar 4th 2012
Who: 62 passengers
Why: Over France,Transavia Flight HV-5023 developed engine and hydraulic problems.

The crew returned to Rotterdam where they made a safe landing.

A replacement flight was provided.
ATR | Emergency | engine trouble | India | United Airlines

Emergency Landing in Bangladesh
February 20, 2012

What: United Airways ATR en route from Dhaka to Chittagong
Where: Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport
When: Feb 20, 2012 8:20pm
Who: 50 aboard
Why: The pilot was en route to Chittagong when the plane developed a problem with one of the engines. On advice from ATC, the pilot was able to land safely ten minutes early.

Examination has not uncovered the engine problem.

A replacement jet has been provided for the return flight.

ATC adviced
Air Contractors | airliners.net | ATR | engine trouble | Fed Ex | fire | Italy

Rome: Air Contractors Emergency Engine Fire
February 18, 2012

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Contact photographer Fabrizio Gandolfo

What: Air Contractors Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-300 en route from Rome to Ancona
Where: Rome
When: Feb 16th 2012
Who: flight crew (cargo flight)
Why: On takeoff, the engine caught fire.

The flight was cancelled. The situation is under investigation. Maintenance is examining the right engine.
airliners.net | American Airlines | Boeing | Emergency | engine shut down | engine trouble | New York

American Airlines Emergency Landing in NY
February 18, 2012

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Contact photographer Peter Heck

What: American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Miami to New York
Where: New York
When: Feb 17th 2012
Why: On approach to New York, the plane developed problems with the left engine and pilots shut down the engine.

They made a safe landing with emergency services on stand-by.
Emergency | engine trouble | Florida | Piper | private | unresolved | USA

Disabled Piper Quietly Lands on Palm Beach
January 29, 2012

image capture from youtube

What: Secure Aviation Inc Piper PA-31-310 Navajo C
Where: North Ocean Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL
When: Jan 28 2012 2:46 pm
Who: 1
Why: After having engine problems, a pilot quietly landed his twin-engine Piper Navajo on the beach south of the Palm Beach jetty. He said “The plane didn’t want to run anymore, so it landed.”

The pilot was not injured but the plane suffered some damage and will have to be dismantled to be removed from the beach.

The 1974 plane is registered to Secure Aviation, 10218 SE Banyan Way in Tequesta.
airliners.net | American Airlines | Diversion | engine shut down | engine trouble | McDonnell Douglas | USA

MD-80 Engine Shut Down In Boise Diversion
January 29, 2012

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What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Dallas/Ft Worth to Seattle
Where: Boise
When: Jan 28, 2012
Who: 141 aboard
Why: The American Airlines jet was en route when the left engine began running hot. Pilots shut down the engine.

A replacement MD-80 was sent with parts and mechanics aboard to repair the stranded aircraft and assist the passengers.

Pilots diverted to Boise and made a safe landing.
Airbus | Diversion | engine shut down | engine trouble | France | TAM

TAM False Start, Engine Shuts Down, Paris Return
January 26, 2012

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Contact photographer Konstantin von Wedelstaedt

What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200, en route from Paris to Rio de Janeiro
Where: Paris
When: Jan 24th 2012
Who: 160 passengers
Why: On takeoff, the plane developed a problem. The right engine was shut down. After suffering what sounded like a backfire to passengers, the captain announced they would be returning.

The flight crew then dumped fuel (apparently in the English Channel) and returned to the airport. Passengers were provided accommodations and were rescheduled.
Airbus | airliners.net | Emergency | engine failure | engine shut down | engine trouble | Etihad Airways | Nepal

Kathmandu Emergency landing by Etihad Airways
January 25, 2012

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Contact photographer Pieter-Jan Van De Vijver

What: Etihad Airlines Airbus A330-200 en route from Kathmandu (Nepal) to Abu Dhabi
Where: Kathmandu
When: Jan 17th 2012 9:15 pm
Who: 168 aboard
Why: While taking off from Kathmandu, the engine developed problems. THe crew shut it down and returned within minutes to land at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.

Another source says the flight circled for an hour to burn fuel to lighten the landing.

Passengers were provided accommodations. Etihad engineers from Abu Dhabi arrived to handle the problem on January 21.
Airbus | airliners.net | Brussels Airlines | Diversion | engine trouble | Senegal

Brussels Airlines Engine Failure over Senegal
January 20, 2012

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Contact photographer Pieter-Jan Van De Vijver

What: Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Banjul (Gambia) to Brussels
Where: Dakar
When: Jan 18th 2012
Who: 240 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine problems. There’s no indication if the engine was shut down, but the flight diverted to Dakar where it made a save landing. The passengers were provided accommodations until another plane was sent to take them from Dakar to Brussels.