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    Airbus makes Emergency Landing in Russia

    What: Airbus A340 en route from Paris to New Caledonia
    Where: Khabarovsk Russia
    When: 1:10 pm
    Who: 242 passengers, 14 crew
    Why: The pilots were well underway when they received an indication that one of its four engines was on fire.

    The pilots diverted to Khabarovsk. The airport responded with a 54 person emergency response team.

    The flight made a safe landing, with no injuries. Passengers evacuated without incident.

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    Corendon Airlines Cockpit Fire Investigation

    What: Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Anatalya Turkey to Trondheim Norway
    Where: Anatalya Turkey
    When: Oct. 14, 2012
    Who: 189 passengers and seven crew members.
    Why: The plane had boarded but was pushed back to the gate when there was a cockpit fire.

    The NTSB is investigating.

    NTSB Email below:

    Oct. 16, 2012
    WASHINGTON – The NTSB has dispatched a team of investigators to assist the government of Turkey in the investigation of an Oct. 14 fire in the cockpit of a Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800.

    The fire occurred Sunday at 4 a.m. local time as the airplane was being pushed back from the gate in Antalya, Turkey, for a scheduled flight to Trondheim, Norway. The aircraft was evacuated, and there were reports of injuries among the 189 passengers and seven crew members.

    As the U.S. is the state of design and manufacture of the Boeing 737, the NTSB has designated Senior Air Safety Investigator Tim LeBaron as the traveling U.S. accredited representative. LeBaron is leading a team of investigators (specializing in aircraft systems, fire and survival factors) and advisers from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing, who are traveling to the scene to assist with the investigation.

    The investigation is being conducted by the Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation, which will release all information.

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    Dash 8 Burned at Gate

    What: Piedmont AL de Havilland Canada DHC-8-100
    Where: Philadelphia
    When: Oct 7 2012
    Who: no injuries
    Why: A PDT Dash 8 was extensively damaged by an electrical fire at the gate.

    The fire may have originated from a faulty GPU plug/cord.

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    US Airways Airbus diverts to Moncton

    What: U.S. Airways Airbus A330 en route from Philadelphia to Tel Aviv
    Where: Greater Moncton International Airport
    When: Oct 2, 2012
    Who: 233 passengers
    Why: When the cabin filled with smoke from an overheated oven, pilots diverted the flight to Greater Moncton International Airport at 3:00 a.m.

    A replacement flight returned passengers to Philadelphia, where they were able to chose from several replacement options.

    The Moncton runway wasn’t long enough to allow an A330 fully loaded and fueled for Tel Aviv to take off.

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    Two Rescued by Coast Guard After Beechcraft Ditched in Gulf Of Mexico

    What: Beechcraft 55 Baron en route from Baytown TX to Sarasota FL
    Where: 28 miles east of South Pass in the Gulf of Mexico
    When: Sept. 20, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: After the International Emergency Response Coordination Center notified 8th Coast Guard District command center of a beacon alert, the search began.

    Two men whose flight ditched were rescued after the Border Patrol spotted them adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. A Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin helicopter was launched.

    The pilot hit the water at an estimated 100 knots after the plane caught fire and the cockpit filled with smoke. The two men aboard survived the crash and three hours in the water.

    Coast Guard helicopter pilot Lt. Becki Fosha said that “They had a limited time to bring the aircraft to the water and then they had about two minutes to get all of their survival gear together and get ready for a survival situation before the aircraft submerged…They had a GPS sport beacon. They had their current EPERB 406 beacon. They had floatation and survival equipment for just this kind of scenario…the men did a great job ditching the plane.”

    Theodore Wright and Raymond Fosdick were pulled out of the Gulf and flown to Belle Chasse Naval Base. Fosdick was hospitalized at Ochsner Medical Center.

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    Balloon Crashes Due to Wind Shear, Pilot lost License

    What: Lindstrand LBL 180A
    Where: Ljubljana Slovenia
    When: August 23, 2012
    Who: 30 passengers, 2 crew, 4 fatalities, 28 injured
    Why: A hot air balloon with 32 aboard caught fire and crashed into a tree, burning four beyond recognition. At least six children were injured. Then people at the scene were reported resuscitated; eight in the crash were in critical condition. One passenger was quoted as saying “we were landing, but I think the speed was too high for landing so we hit the ground, bounced off once and hit it again. We held on, but five of us fell out“. Twenty-one were admitted in the hospital Ljubljana, and seven to other hospitals. The injured included one brit and three Italians.

    When the balloon hit the ground and and bounced back in the air, some passengers jumped or fell out, scattering the injured across four locations and making it more difficult for rescuers. Nine teams with ambulances and twelve emergency medical service teams responded as well as 79 firefighters, 20 fire fighting vehicles and three helicopters.

    The balloon takes off and lands in uncontrolled airspace and does not need air traffic control clearance.

    Prime Minister Janez Janša, Minister for Health Tomaz Gantar, Minister of Defense Aleš Hojs and Interior Minister Vinko Gorenak expressed condolences.

    The cause is being attributed to ground level wind shear. The pilot needed to retake a health exam to renew his license in June.

    Five are unidentified.

    The on board extinguishers apparently had cracked cylinders.

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    APU Fire

    What: Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900 en route from Seattle to Austin
    Where: Austin TX
    When: July 31, 2012 23:04:00
    Why: While passengers were deplaning at the gate, the APU of the 373 caught on fire.

    The fire was quickly extinguished. No injuries were reported. The wiring for the APU fan may have been involved.

    The incident reportedly occurred on the ground. THe extent of the damage is not known.

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    SD: More Firefighting Tragedy Strikes

    What: USAF Lockheed C-130H Hercules
    Where: Edgemont SD
    When: 1 July 2012
    Who: 6 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: A C-130 transport aircraft en route to support firefighting missions crashed in South Dakota. The crew was part of the fight against the White Draw Fire.

    The USAF Release said:

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) — At approximately 6 p.m. MDT July 1, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 aircraft supporting firefighting missions crashed in the southwest corner of South Dakota. The aircraft was supporting the efforts against the White Draw Fire.

    The cause of the crash is not known and the incident is under investigation. There are no details on the status of the aircrew available at this time.

    MAFFS is a joint DoD and U.S. Forest Service program designed to provide additional aerial firefighting resources when commercial and private airtankers are no longer able to meet the needs of the forest service.

    MAFFS is a self-contained aerial firefighting system owned by the U.S. Forest Service that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than 5 seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide. Once the load is discharged, it can be refilled in less than 12 minutes.

    Media outlets made this update:
    .CHARLOTTE NC – The crash of a North Carolina-based Air National Guard cargo plane that was fighting wildfires in South Dakota has left at least one crew member dead.The family of Lt. Col. Paul Mikeal of Mooresville confirmed they were notified early Monday that he had died in the C-130 crash on Sunday. The 42-year-old married father of two was a veteran of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.Lt. Col. Rose Dunlap of the 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte says six crew members were aboard.The North Carolina Air National Guard confirmed that lives were lost in the crash. Other crew members who were injured were taken to Rapid City Regional Hospital. Names and conditions have not been released.The plane went down about 6 p.m. in the southwest corner of South Dakota where it had been dropping flame retardant on the White Draw Fire.The cause of the crash is under investigation and all other MAFFS-equipped C-130s have been grounded.

    In George’s Point of View


    So many heroes.
    So many tragic deaths.

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    Hanger Fire Destroys Planes


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    Contact photographer Viktor Gula

    What: CSA Czech Airlines Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500
    Where: Prague
    When: June 9, 2012
    Who: 1 injury
    Why: An explosion occurred in airport hanger “F” (Farms subsidiary CSA – Czech Airlines Technics) that destroyed a seven year old plane leased by CSA Czech Airlines from Air Contractors. The plane was a complete write off, with nothing remaining but a “charred rudder”. Another Czech Airlines ATR 42-600 (OK-JFK) was also damaged. The twenty-one hour fire occurred at Ruzyne airport and was fought by airport firemen and fire fighters from stations 2, 3, 7 and 8.

    One maintenance worker was taken two a burn clinic at Vinohrady hospital. Two others may have also had minor injuries. The cause is under investigation but is thought to be sourced from combustibles that burned during maintenance.

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    First Report of Dana Air Crash in Lagos


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    Contact photographer Peter Tonna

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    What: Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria
    Where: Iju neighborhood, Lagos
    When: June 3, 2012
    Who: 153 passengers
    Why: Weather was clear. The Dana Air flight experienced engine trouble first in one engine, then the other and was nearing to the airport when it apparently struck a cable and crashed into a residential area less than four miles from the airport. There are no survivors.

    Pilots already flying on one engine had slowed, then the second engine failed.

    The number of people aboard is not definite as it is not reflected in the flight manifest. Apparently some paper-ticketed passengers are not recorded on computer records, and the passenger manifest is in the process of being double-checked.

    The plane had refueled which contributed to a massive fire. The number of casualties in the furniture store/workshop and apartment building that were struck is unknown.

    The Nigerian Red Cross, Nigeria’s air crash safety investigators,2 firetrucks and 50 rescue personnel arrived on the scene. A number of charred remains have been recovered.

    Local residents report hearing a loud explosion that sounded like a bomb.

    Photos of the disaster site show people wandering around the wreckage, with the site not secured.


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    Jet Airways Hot Engine in Mumbai

    What: Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 en route from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Where: Mumbai
    When: May 28, 2012
    Who: 158 aboard
    Why: While en route, Jet Airways pilots had to shut down and engine and divert to Mumbai.

    One of the Boeing’s engines caught on fire.

    Pilots made a safe landing at Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. On the ground at the airport at 5:45 a.m., fire and smoke was reported coming from the left engine.

    Passengers evacuated at the nearest taxiway. Emergency services put out the engine fire in minutes.

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    Hot Brakes in Houston


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    Contact photographer Jehan M. Ghouse

    What: Air Cargo Carrier Shorts SD-360 en route from Tupelo to Houston
    Where: Houston
    When: May 17th 2012
    Who: 2 crew
    Why: After the Air Cargo Carrier landed at Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, it caught on fire. Aviation Herald claims the cause of the fire was “brakes of the right main gear.”

    Emergency services responded.

    We haven’t heard if the plane made a hard or fast landing, Houston temps, or if there was some mechanical problem like a lock-up that caused the fire.

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    OLT Cabin Pressure, Fire, Emergency Diversion


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    Contact photographer Pawel Cieplak

    What: OLT Express Airbus A320-200 en route from Warsaw to Hurghada
    Where: Sofia
    When: May 17, 2012
    Who: 147 passengers and 8 crew
    Why: While en route, cabin lost pressure. The crew descended to save levels and diverted to Sophia.

    On descent, pilots reported a fire in the cabin. A hot oxygen generation unit set carpeting on fire. Fire extinguishers on board were used.

    Passengers disembarked without injury via slides.

    OLT Express is a new Polish airline whose first official flight was publicly touted as April 1, 2012. OLT was formerly LOT and also YES Airways, and is currently running under the ownership of Amber Gold Group.

    Looks like they need to work on their maintenance.

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    North Carolina Private Cessna Crash and Burns on Landing

    What: Cessna 501 Citation I/SP en route from Venice Florida to Macon County, NC
    Where: Franklin-Macon County Airport, NC
    When: Mar 15, 2012
    Who: 2 crew, 3 passengers, 5 fatalities
    Why: The plane owned by Bogdan Jakubowski of Venice, Florida appeared to be approaching too steeply when it attempted to land at 1:45, and when the pilot tried to level, a wing hit pavement, flipping and rolling the plane, which exploded into flames. Rescuers were on the scene within a minute but the plane was already engulfed. The names of those aboard have not been released.

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    The Silk Air Airbus Hits Fiery Fast Brakes In Solo


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    Contact photographer Waiping

    What: Silkair Airbus A319-100 en route from Singapore to Solo Indonesia
    Where: Solo
    When: Mar 6th 2012
    Who: 124 passengers and 7 crew
    Why: On landing at Solo, the plane touched down with the left main gear afire.

    Passengers evacuated by way of emergency slides. There were no injuries reported.

    The cause of the gear fire is under investigation although SilkAir says the smoke originated in overheated breaks and that there was no fire.

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    Rome: Air Contractors Emergency Engine Fire


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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.

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    JAL Business Class Fire over Tokyo


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    Contact photographer Wayne Campbell

    What: A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from Tokyo to Sydney
    Where: Tokyo
    When: Jan 14th 2012
    Who: 260 aboard
    Why: About twenty minutes after takeoff, a passenger’s armrest caught on fire in business class. After the fire was put out, the pilots dumped fuel, and the flight returned to Tokyo where it made a safe landing.

    The fire has been attributed to a passenger’s lighter.

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    Avoiding Bird Strike Lands Brake Fire


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    Contact photographer Tales De Lass Graciano

    What: Azul Linhas Aereas Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-100 en route from Sao Jose do Rio Preto to Campinas
    Where: Sao Jose do Rio reto, Brazil
    When: Sep 24th 2011
    Who: 67 aboard
    Why: The pilot was on the runway for takeoff and rejected takeoff due to birds on the runway, which resulted in a brake fire.

    Emergency services put out the fire. Passengers were evacuated, resulting in one injured passenger.

    Passengers were booked on alternative flights.

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    Engine Fire at Dulles, Three Evacuation Injuries


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    Contact photographer Ronald J Stella

    What: United Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Washington DC to San Francisco,CA
    Where: CHANTILLY Virginia
    When: Sep 14th 2011
    Who: 179 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: Before taking off, while still at the airport on ramp for departure, the plane developed immediate problems.

    Smoke was reported coming from the right engine. Pilots stopped, the emergency slides were deployed, and passengers, three of whom were injured on the slides, evacuated from the plane.

    Emergency services were on standby. On inspection, no fire was found.

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    Southwest Airlines Flight 871 Cockpit Fire

    What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Dallas to Little Rock to Baltimore
    Where: Little Rock Arkansas
    When: Sept 7 2011,
    Who: 103 aboard
    Why: While en route, an overhead light fixture in the Flight 871 cockpit caught on fire.

    The crew put out the fire and informed Little Rock Airport ATC to assemble emergency teams as they made an emergency landing in Little Rock.

    The plane made a safe landing with no injuries.

    An alternative flight was arranged for the next leg of flight to Baltimore.

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    Blackburn Canyon Cessna Crash, Tehachapi Wildfire


    What: Cessna 210
    Where: Blackburn Canyon, Tehachapi, California
    When: Sept 4, 2011
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: A Cessna that crashed in Blackburn Canyon, Tehachapi, California killed both people aboard the flight and ignited a fire that caused the evacuation of hundreds of homes south of Bakersfield. Two were confirmed dead in the crash, and it has not (yet) been confirmed if there were more than 2 aboard.

    As of Monday, the number of evacuations had grown from 100 to 650 to about 1,500 homes homes. The threatened area was the mountains around the crash and a seven square mile burn area, all threatened by a raging forest fire. Firefighters concentrated on creating a fire-break.

    A DC-10 water tanker has been part of the firefighting team, including 600 firefighters and more than a dozen aircraft.

    Tehachapi, with a population of 8,000, has some renown as an area with wind farms. Smaller fires spread to San Bernardino National Forest and rural areas of San Bernardino County.

    The fire has been 95% contained.


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    Early news report

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    Another Antonov Crash In Russia, Engine Fire, Cargo Flight, 11 lost


    Pictured: A KNAAPO Antonov An-12BP like the one that crashed

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    What: Avis Amur AN12 AN-12 en route from Magadan to Keperveyem
    Where: Magadan
    When: Aug 9th 2011
    Who: 11 crew
    Why: While en route, the plane developed an engine fire and radioed that they would be returning to Magadan. The fire is being attributed to a fuel leak. The flight crashed on the way back, disappearing from radar. Fog and adverse weather prevented rescue teams from being able to fly in. The 9 crew and 2 attendants have been reported missing. The plane was carrying 16 tons of food.

    The cargo plane was being leased from KnAAPO. Rescuers took a ground route to the area of the crash. The emergency beacon went off 10 kilometers from the Omsukchan village. No survivors were found.

    Avis-Amur is being investigated for a maintenance of safety violations, and there may be criminal charges pending.


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    Contact photographer Pavel Azernikov

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    Fire in Cockpit Cancels Flight


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    Contact photographer Jason Wood

    What: Egyptair Boeing 777-200 en route from Cairo Egypt to Jeddah Saudi Arabia
    Where: Cairo
    When: July 29 2011
    Who: 291 passengers, 7 hospitalized
    Why: After passengers boarded but before takeoff, the cockpit experienced a fire. Smoke leaked into the cabin, but luggage was intact.

    Passengers exited via sides, with five injuries resulting. Two firemen were hospitalized with smoke inhalation.

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    Antwerp Cargo Flight Cancelled by Fire Indication


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    Contact photographer Joop Stroes

    What: Air France/Cityjet Fokker 50 en route from Antwerp to Manchester
    Where: Antwerp
    When: July 20 2011
    Why: On takeoff out of Antwerp the flight developed complications.

    The crew made an emergency landing, due to a cargo fire alarm, and the flight
    was cancelled.