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    ATR Bird Strike, Emergency Landing Budapest


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    Contact photographer Tamas Martenyi

    What: Tarom Romanian Air Transport Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 en route from Hungary to Romania
    Where: Budapest
    When: June 17, 2011
    Who: 34 passengers and 4 crew * corrected
    Why: After taking off from Budapest, the right engine made abrasive noises, and began smoking. The engines power turbine failed followed by the gearbox. The plane was stopped on taxiway. * corrected

    The pilot shut down the engine, and returned to the airport where they made a safe landing. The plane was shut down on the taxiway.

    Passengers were provided an alternative flight.

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    Delta from Atlanta-Emergency Exit after Engine FIre


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    What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Atlanta to Los Angeles
    Where: Atlanta
    When: Jun 21st 2011
    Who: 174 passengers
    Why: Taking off out of Atlanta, the left hand engine indicated fire.

    The engine was shut down, and pilots made a landing back in Atlanta, ten minutes after takeoff. Passengers exited via emergency slides, resulting in three injuries.

    External examination of the engine reveals charring, and results of a fire inside the cowl.

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    Engine Backfire, Flame out Grounds Air New Zealand Passengers


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    Contact photographer Giovanni Verbeeck

    What: Air New Zealand Boeing 767-300en route from Auckland to Perth,WA
    Where: Auckland
    When: Jun 9th 2011
    Who: 206 passengers, 10 crew
    Why: Just after takeoff, while climbing, the left hand engine shot flames and emitted engine backfire and banging noises. The pilots described an interruption to the airflow through the left hand engine. The pilot shut down the engine and returned to Auckland where they made a safe landing. No bird strike was found, although that was initially assumed to be the cause. The engine’s electronic control has been replaced, and the engine is being tested; and the engine’s electronic control has been shipped to the manufacturer for testing.

    Passengers were provided an alternative flight to Perth. Some of them were shaken, although the airline says they were never in any danger.

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    Hot Phone on Shanghai Flight

    What: Air China Airbus A330-300 en route from Beijing to Shanghai
    Where: Shanghai
    When: May 25th 2011
    Who: passenger
    Why: While en route, passengers smelled smoke in the cabin. The source was pinned down to an overhood bin, and turned out to be a passenger’s camera battery which caught on fire. The flames were between seven and eight inches.

    The battery was isolated and the fire extinguished in the lavatory.

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    Delta Flat Catches Fire Landing in Atlanta

    What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Pittsburg, to Atlanta
    Where: Atlanta
    When: May 28th 2011
    Who: 43 passengers and 5 crew
    Why: On landing in Atlanta, the right main gear tire blew and started a fire. The runway was vacated and the passengers disembarked via emergency slides.

    Emergency services responded to contain the fire. Foam was employed.

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    Aero Resources Flight Crashes in North Carolina, 4 die in crash


    What: Aero Resources Corp. of Hazard Beechcraft 58 Baron en route from Georgia to Kentucky
    Where: Unaka, about 125 miles west of Asheville, NC
    When: May 25, 2011
    Who: 4 fatalities: pilot Mat Shuey, Tiffany Maggard, Kassie Robinson and Miranda Morgan
    Why: Pilot Mat Shuey was flying at 9,000 feet, above the area peaks when he reported an emergency over North Carolina when it crashed north of Lake Hiwassee near the Tennessee border, and started a brush fire.

    The wreckage was spotted on the afternoon of the 25th but the site was not immediately accessible. The pilot and three female passengers died in the crash. The four bodies were recovered by rescue crews on Thursday.

    Tiffany Maggard, Kassie Robinson and Miranda Morgan, who had all graduated from a Knott County Kentucky high school, had been visiting a friend in Alabama. The pilot’s name was not released.

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    Pine Bluff Arkansas Takes In American Airlines Emergency Landing

    What: American Airlines twin-engine MD 80 en route from Dallas to Washington
    Where: Little Rock Arkansas
    When: May 15 2011 4:08
    Who: 136 passengers 5 crew
    Why: While en route, the pilot declared an emergency due to an engine fire, then diverted to make a safe landing in Little Rock Arkansas. Passengers were provided access to alternative flights to Washington.

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    PIA Emergency Landing

    What: Pakistan International Airlines en route to Lahore
    Where: Sheikh Zyed international airport in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab Province
    When: May 13, 2011
    Who: 51 aboard
    Why: Five minutes after takeoff, the engine caught fire. Pilots returned the plane to the airport.

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    Colgan Air Engine Fire, Belly Landing in Pittsburgh


    Pictured: Not N339NG but another DHC-8-402Q Dash 8
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    Contact photographer Nino Buda-CYYZ Aviation Photography

    What: Colgan Air de Havilland Dash 8-400 on behalf of Continental Airlines en route from Cleveland,OH to Baltimore,MD
    Where: Pittsburgh
    When: Mar 17th 2011
    Who: not available
    Why: While en route, left engine indicated a fire.

    The crew shut down the engine and diverted to Pittsburgh where they made a safe landing 30 minutes after the initial alert. There were no injuries.

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    Frightening Estonian Air Flame-out


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    Contact photographer Klaus Ecker

    What: Estonian Air Boeing 737-500 en route from Tallinn (Estonia) to Stockholm (Sweden)
    Where: Tallinn
    When: Feb 20th 2011
    Who: not available
    Why: With the right engine operating with low power, the flight rejected takeoff. The flight returned to be handled by maintenance.

    Passengers disembarked and were provided alternative transportation.

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    Asiacell Corporate Jet Crashes in Iraq

    What: twin-engine corporate jet H25-B en route from Sulaimaniya to Ankara Turkey
    Where: Sulaimaniya
    When: Feb 4 2011
    Who: 13 passengers. 6 survivors reported by media
    Why: While climbing out of Sulaymaniyah, an engine of the corporate jet carrying technicians and shareholders with Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell caught fire. The plane crashed while trying to return to the airport or abort the landing. (One report says it was only ten seconds in the air.) Fatalities included the jet’s crew of three plus a Lebanese and three Iraqis including Bassel (Basil) Rahim, managing partner of MerchantBridge, the London-based investment firm that owns 19 per cent of Asiacell.

    A fire broke out in one of the engines as the result of a mechanical problem according to news reports. Ambulances were on the scene. The weather was snowy and overcast.

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    Southwest Airlines Emergency Landing in Oakland

    What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, en route from San Francisco to Chicago
    Where: Oakland
    When: Jan 22nd 2011 2:51 pm
    Who: 86 passengers
    Why: While en route, the pilot of the Southwest Airlines Boeing received a warning message indicating a fire in wheel well. The pilot diverted to Oakland and made a safe landing where passengers disembarked and waited to transfer to another plane.

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    Engine Fire Disrupts St Thomas Flight

    What: Fresh Air 1955 Convair C-131F cargo plane en route from Puerto Rico to St. Thomas
    Where: St Thomas
    When: Jan 17, 2010, 7:55 am
    Who: pilot Carlos Garcia and First Officer Eduardo Vasquez
    Why: While taking off, an engine began smoking. The pilots returned to land but was unable to stop, skidded through the perimeter fence and came to a stop across from Emerald Beach Hotel. No one was injured but the plane was engulfed in flame.
    The incident tied up the airport, canceling flights for part of the morning.

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    Kolavia Flight 348 Burns on the Runway, 34 Injured, fatalities increasing


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    Contact photographer Alexander Martynov

    What: Kolavia (Kogalymavia) Tupolev TU-154B2 from Surgut to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia)
    Where: Surgut
    When: Jan 1st 2011
    Who: 116 passengers and 8 crew
    Why: While preparing for takeoff, an engine caught fire; it started burning while taxiing on the runway, and the fire spread to the fuselage.

    Passengers were evacuated in a cloud of thick black smoke, while panic ensued.

    The plane completely burned on the runway. After the evacuation, there was an explosion. Emergency services could not put out the fire. One burned passenger’s body was found.

    Initially reports were that one passenger was killed, two were burned, 32 were injured. 34 were hospitalized, 4 of whom in critical condition. On the latest update, the number of fatalities was increased to 3.

    27 were hospitalized with problems due to poisoning due to combustion products. Two men had moderate leg injuries, and a child with carbon monoxide poisoning is in intensive care. The Russian pop group Na-Na was aboard and lost their possessions in the fire.

    A criminal probe had been opened into a possible violation of air transport security rules.

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    Delta Galley Fire

    What: Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from New York to Tel Aviv
    Where: New York
    When: Dec 11th 2010
    Who: 399 aboard
    Why: After takeoff from JFK, the crew reported a fire in galley 2. While burning off fuel to land, the fire went out; but additional problems with fuel pumps were reported. The flight dumped fuel and landed an hour and a half after departure.

    There was also a degree of interference with messaging between the plane and ATC caused by bleedover from a commercial station but not enough to cause problems.

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    Sun Way Crash in Pakistan

    What: Sun Way Ilyushin IL-76 freighter en route from Karachi Pakistan to Khartoum Sudan
    Where: Karachi
    When: Nov 27 2010, 1:53
    Who: 8 crew members
    Why: While carrying 31 tons of supplies to the Sudan, the plane crashed near Dalmia. Everyone aboard perished in the crash and there were additional victims on the ground. Buildings in the Naval Housing Colony were on fire, 2 buildings destroyed.

    Witnesses report that leaving Karachi, the right engine was on fire. The current report is 10 fatalities (The entire crew plus two persons on the ground.) Five bodies have been recovered.

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    Organ Transplant Flight Crashes; 4000-5000 affected


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    Contact photographer Peter Tonna

    What: Frandley Aviation Partnership Cessna 501 Citation I/SP en route from Belfast to Birmingham
    Where: Birmingham International Airport, UK
    When: Nov 19, 2010
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: On a mercy mission carrying a liver for transplant, the Cessna 501 Citation corporate jet was damaged while landing at Birmingham International Airport in heavy fog, striking the landing system glide path antennae and ending up 426 feet to the right hand side of the runway, while on fire. The plane was damaged beyond repair.

    The crash closed the airport. 80 cancelled flights have affected up to 5000 passengers.

    However, the liver was undamaged, and transplanted into the patient on Friday in a 4 hour operation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The transplant patient is reported to be in stable condition.

    The pilot and passenger were injured; the 58 year old pilot suffered injuries to the chest, abdomen and pelvis. The passenger in his thirties suffered a back injury and flash burns. The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance pilot entered the burning plane to cut the fuel supply so the fire service could extract the pilot. The airport is closed.

    Police provided an escort to the ambulance carrying the transplant to QE.

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    Emergency Landing in Darfur

    What: Tarco Airlines Antonov AN-24 en route from Nyala to Zalingei
    Where: Zalingei City, Darfur, Suden
    When: Nov 11th 2010
    Who: 44 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: A plane on a peacekeeping mission landed, apparently with an explosion on the side of the plane; two tires burst and caught fire. The fire resulted in from 6 to 15 fatalities, 6 injured. Rported numbers on casualties vary greatly. It is also reported that only 11 survived and that only 6 were killed. CNN did not mention a peacekeeping mission, but said the passengers were returning for a holy day with their families at the end of Ramadan.

    So in conclusion-we can just say that something happened, but we’re not exactly sure what, at least not until official reports come out.

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    Biman Bangladesh Brake Fire, Emergency Evacuation


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    What: Biman Bangladesh Airbus A310-300 en route from Kuwait to Dhaka Bangladesh
    Where: Kuwait
    When: Oct 14 2010
    Who: 229 passengers
    Why: During take-off, an indicator displayed that a cargo door was open, so the take-off was aborted; braking caught the wheels on fire. The plane was evacuated, with no injuries.

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    Helicopter Crash in Minatitlan Kills 8

    What: Heliservicios Campeche Bell 212 helicopter en route from Cd del Carmen en route to Minatitlan in Veracruz
    Where: Las Choapas, Minatitlan Mexico
    When: Oct 15 2010
    Who: 8 aboard
    Why: Witnesses say the helicopter caught fire while still in the air.

    The Heliservicios Campeche helicopter was transporting Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) employees at the time of the crash. Two pilots and six Pemex technicians were killed. Their bodies have been recovered.

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    Iran Air Engine Fire Aborts Takeoff


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    Contact photographer Florian Kondziela

    What: Iran Air Airbus A300-600 en route from Frankfurt to Tehran
    Where: Vienna
    When: Oct 13th 2010
    Who: 215 aboard
    Why: The flight had diverted to Vienna for fuel, and was taking off when an indicator alerted for a fire in the right engine. (Passengers heard a loud report. )

    The pilot aborted the takeoff, and passengers disembarked on to the tarmac.

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    Air India Emergency Landing in Kochi

    What: Air India Airbus A310-300 en route from Kozhikode India to Riyadh Saudi Arabia
    Where: Nedumbasseri International Airport at Kochi
    When: Oct 2nd 2010
    Who: 197 passengers (11 in J, 180 in economy, and six infants) and 12 crew
    Why: The flight originated in Nedumbasseri at 4.30am and went from there to Kozhikode. Forty-five minutes after leaving Kozhikode, the crew reported fumes in the cabin. The two Indian pilots diverted to Kochi, made a safe landing and passengers were evacuated. Emergency vehicles, including fire trucks, were on standby as the flight landed. The plane was isolated for maintenance, which found a problem in engine 2 on the right.

    Passengers reported a high degree of alarm from the rapid descent, the cabin pressure, and the fire alarm. They were provided an alternative flight.

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    Dubai Investigation Continuing. Cargo Under Scrutiny


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    Contact photographer Timo Jäger

    General Civil Aviation Authority released a report that the black boxes indicated smoke or fire on the main deck and “lower aft cargo compartment” towards the back of the doomed aircraft. The GCAA says investigators are still uncertain of the causes of the crash. Capt Doug Lampe and First Officer Matthew Bell, reported smoke in the cockpit 28 minutes after taking off. UPS Flight 6 was unable to change radio frequency and could not communicate with ATC. During their descent, pilots had difficulty seeing the flight instruments because of thick smoke.

    The memorial service for captain Doug Lampe will be held at two o’clock on Monday at Southeast Christian Church, Louisville.

    Funeral service for Matthew Carl Bell at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 26, 2010, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 3214 Golf Road, Eau Claire, WI.

    What: United Parcel Service Boeing 747-400 cargo plane en route from Dubai to Cologne
    Where: Dubai inside an Emirati air base between Dubai’s Emirates Highway and nearby Al-Ain Road 10 miles southeast of Dubai’s international airport
    When: September 3 2010, noon New York time
    Who: Two pilots
    Why: Read More

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    China Eastern Airlines Airbus Engine Catches Fire


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    What: China Eastern Airlines Airbus A300-600 en route from Singapore to Shanghai
    Where: Singapore, China
    When: Sep 17 2010
    Who: 229 passengers
    Why: Just after taking off from Singapore, the airbusleft engine had an engine surge, made three banging noises, shot flames and sent the odor of burning into the cabin. A passenger reported seeing the left wing afire.

    The flight crew shut down the affected engine, and returned to Singapore where they made a safe landing. Passengers were booked on alternative flights.

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    Skydiving Trip Ends in Tragedy

    What: Skydive New Zealand Fletcher FU-24-954 fixed-wing plane at Fox Glacier Airport
    Where: New Zealand’s South Island
    When: Sept 4 2010 1.15 p.m.
    Who: 8 passengers and pilot
    Why: Light aircraft which was taking off for tandem skydiving crashed just after takeoff near the airstrip. The plane burst into flames on impact. The pilot and four men from Fox Glacier and four tourists from Ireland, England, Germany and Australia were aboard. The wreckage was covered by a large tarp, awaiting investigators.