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    Divers Search for Angel Flight Pilot

    on May 24, 2013, an Angel flight #N31743 northeast Piper PA 34 en route from Massachusetts to Rome NY crashed in a reservoir in a wooded area in Ephratah New York. Visibility at the time in Rome was 10 miles.

    Divers were scheduled to search daylight on the 25th. The bodies of a man and a woman, believed to be the two passengers were recovered. The search for the pilot’s body is ongoing.

    The plane circled the area once, then witnesses say they heard a struggling engine and a backfire, then saw the plane “flipping through the air” with pieces of the plane falling from the sky.

    Angel Flight teams provide free air transportation and medical care.

    The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

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    Domestic Squabble and Bomb Threat on Pia Flight


    Flight Aware
    On May 24, 2013, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-340ER was en route from Allama Iqbal Int’l to Manchester when a stewardess told the Captain Nadeem Sufi that a passenger had threatened to bomb the plane. Sixty miles east of their destination, the pilot diverted to Stansted Airport with a British fighter escort.

    Mr. Mohammad Shafqat and Ms. Ammara Ashraf had been fighting with eight family members, and when the argument escalated, the two were taken into custody and then released.

    During the domestic fight, two men who approached the cockpit were also arrested aboard the plane, handcuffed, and taken into custody to the police station at Stansted. The case is being treated as a criminal rather than terror case.

    There were 11 crew and 297 passengers aboard.

    Although the Pakistani High Commission blames the pilot for making a decision that puts PIA in a bad light, we believe that the fact that because Captain Sufi landed the plane without injury or loss of life, then he made the right decision.

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    Emergency belly landing at Porto Seguro


    Contact Carlos A. Morillo Doria

    An Embraer EMB-721C Sertanejo (PA-32R-300) en route from Prado to Porto Seguro had a little trouble on landing when the nose gear folded.

    The friction from the belly landing was controlled by foam applied by the firefighters who were on standby when the flight landed. Actually, you can see they were there ahead of time, and how they used the time while the pilots were burning off fuel.


    Pilots were aware of the inability of the gear to lock, so they burned off fuel before making the landing.

    The plane is normally used as an air taxi. The video below shows the plane landing on foam.

    No injuries. Good job, Captain!

    See video

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    Chopper Crashes in Kidnap Rescue Attempt


    On 23-MAY-2013 two engineers were being held hostage. A Venezuelan police MBB Bo 105M a survey chopper was on a surveillance mission as part of “a new anti-crime initiative”. The chopper was engaged to surveil a car with two engineers being held hostage when the helicopter crashed on a road in El Junquito in the suburb of Caracas.

    Everyone aboard the helicopter died in the crash: pilot, co-pilot, a technician and two soldiers of the Police Tactical Group.

    Before the accident, there was low visibility produced by a early morning fog; afterwards, heavy clouds of smoke blanketed the area.

    Police successfully rescued the kidnapped engineers. The kidnapper did not survive.

    See video

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    Stormy Weather Leads to Emergency Landing in Tocumen

    On May 21, 2013, a Copa Airlines Boeing 737-7V3 a flight from Guayaquil, Ecuador landed in the rain at Tocumen International Airport in Panama.

    The plane skidded off the runway, and sustained damage getting mired in soft ground.

    Engine 2 sustained damage as the right engine impacted soft ground

    The plane was towed to the gate.

    107 passengers were aboard the flight, and none of them were seriously injured, according to paramedic teams that responded to the accident. The incident also caused delays at the airport, forcing at least one flight to divert to another airport.

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    Emirates Emergency Landing in Singapore due to Turbulence

    On May 17, an Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-eoo en route from Dubai to Jakarta suffered turbulence while en route.

    Three crew and ten passengers were injured by turbulence over the Nicobar Islands.

    The pilots diverted to Singapore where they made a safe landing with 374 passengers aboard. The injured were hospitalized.

    The pilots arrived in Jakarta twenty hours late, after the unexpected stop-over.

    The injured were provided alternative flights.

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    Wheels Down on Lake Päijänne

    On May 20, two people aboard a float plane were safe after the pilot landed in Lake Päijänne Finland with the wheels down.

    Neither the pilot or passenger had more than minor injuries, though the plane flipped on landing after the pilot forgot. Both pilot and passenger had minor bruises and a “cold bath.”

    After the plane flipped, the men climbed on top of the cabin to await rescue.

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    Lufthansa Engine Emergency in Poland


    On May 21, 2013, a Lufthansa Bombardier CRJ took off at 6 a. m. from Katowice Poland and developed an engine problem. Pilots returned to Katowice and made a safe landing reportedly with an engine fire. The affected engine was shut down.

    The plane landed at approximately 7 with about an hour spent in the air. All traffic throughout the airport was stopped at the time.

    The fire brigade was ready and the medical responders were immediately on the scene but no injuries were reported. After the plane landed safely, the 63 passengers and four crew were evacuated.

    Passengers were provided alternative flights.

    “S?yszalna by?a detonacja. Kapitan zg?osi? Mayday. Wszyscy s? bezpieczni”

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    Turkish Balloon Fairy chimneys crash


    A Lindstrand LBL 425A balloon with twenty-five aboard and operated by Anatolian Balloons collided with another balloon. The balloon was flying over volcanoes known in Turkey as “fairy chimneys” when the collision with the other balloon’s basket caused the balloon to rip, and then it crashed.

    The three fatalities Kohelman Ellen (76) Maria Luiza Gomes (71) and Mariua Rosas (65) were all Brazilian tourists. Twenty-two were injured. The injured were taken to Nevsehir and Kayseri hospitals.

    Injured
    Chahetan Bazerra (32)
    Chahel Biriand Neto (56)
    Maisa M. Lima (71)
    Vera Monteur (69)
    Amcra Jumguusuzu (79)
    Rosana Farla Santo
    Santo Wagmen Fennene
    Spanish citizens
    Lidia Mulla (58 )
    Flasks Crriols (65)
    Francisca Gir (62)
    Maria Rosario Prado (58)
    Angel Casad (60)
    Cr Casodo (60)
    Veronka Borda (34)
    pus Apesreguia (64)
    Aguebi Oyaga (70)
    Jose Maria Rodriguez
    Argentine citizens
    Guuante Claudia (52)
    Gabriella De Cetuo (52)
    Monica Berga (52)
    Puerto Rican citizen
    Michel Torres (49)
    Portugal
    Rodrigo Nevez pilot. ”

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    Landing Gear On Fire in Moscow


    On May 18, 2013, a UtAir Boeing 737-46M from from Stavropol and landing in Moscow caught fire on the runway as it was landing.

    The burning landing gear were extinguished by emergency responders prompt action. About 129 passengers and seven crewmade an emergency exit via slide and wing on to the runway.

    Video

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    Emergency Warning leads to Delta Diversion to Raleigh-Durham

    Delta Canadair Regional Jet 700 flight 6194, normally a two hour direct flight from Charleston to LaGuardia made an emergency landing at 9:15 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport after a warning indicator went off in the cockpit.

    What kind of warning caused the emergency diversion has not yet been released.

    Passengers exited the plane and transferred to another. The flight arrived in New York at 11:55 a.m.

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    US Airways Emergency lands with failed landing gear

    A parade of emergency services met the Dash 8 as it ground to a stop in a shower of sparks after a dramatic belly landing. On May 18, 2013, a US Airways/Piedmont Airlines Dash 8-100 turboprop en route from Philadelphia to Newark was landing in Newark when the left main landing gear failed to deploy. At the last minute, pilot Edward Powers went gear up, landing in a blaze of fire from belly-landing-friction, till it came to rest in the dark. No one was injured.

    There were 3 crew and 34 passengers aboard.

    After landing at 1 a.m. after the pilot had circled to burn off fuel, the passengers disembarked, and were bussed to the terminal. The plane was foamed to prevent sparks from igniting.

    Hysterical passengers reported the pilot announcing “crash crash crash,” calling home for last goodbyes, the jolt and grind of impacting the runway, and the cabin filling with smoke as it landed.

    The plane made a belly landing, which means without wheels. A sixteen person team of emergency services responded to the scene

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    Nepal Airlines Crash Landing in Jomsom


    Twenty-one people aboard a Nepal Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 survived the attempted landing 125 miles NW of Kathmandu.

    Everyone aboard survived but everyone was injured. Five of the tourists were seriously injured.

    On landing at Jomsom airport at 8:30 a.m., the brakes failed, and the plane skidded to the banks of the Kali Gandaki river. The wheel of the plane slipped off the runway and turned right. The front of the plane was wrecked and in the water. The back appears intact.

    Eight passengers were Japanese, and on pilgrimage to Muktinath, a sacred Buddhist site at the foot of the Thorong La Himalayan mountain pass.

    The rest of those aboard were Nepali.

    An investigation is underway. The accident is currently being attributed to brake failure. Jomsom airport is known as one of the most dangerous on earth.

    Nepal News Video

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    Piper Crash in Argentina

    Mr. Julio Contreras – President of Allen Air Club was flying a Piper PA-11 Cub Special on May 10, 2013 and on landing at the Aeropuerto Arturo Humbert in Argentina, the plane flipped–a wheels up landing.

    Volunteer firemen, police, airport staff and members of the aeroclub responded to the scene.

    The cause of the accident is being attributed to excessive braking. Local news in Argentina is calling it just a scare. The pilot suffered a bump on the forehead, but is otherwise okay. He told reporters “IT WAS A BAD LANDING, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE WHO FLIES. I ADMIT THAT WAS MY MISTAKE AND DO NOT REALLY KNOW IF SMUG, WANTING TO PLAY SHORT, I TOUCHED THE BRAKES A LITTLE MORE. THIS IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS A TRAIN CONVENTIONAL WHEELS THAT ARE MORE LIBERATED LATER, STOPPED AND TURNED VERY SLOW. BUT I’M FINE, BUT WITH A BIG RAGE AND PAIN OF THE SOUL BECAUSE BREAKING A PLANE IS LIKE THAT YOU DAMAGE A CHILD … AND ANGER COMPARED TO SOMEONE WHO KICKS A PENALTY AND MISSES. IT WAS A VERY SIMPLE BEAT, CAME TO REFUEL AND BRAKED MORE, IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAS THE BRAKES VERY JEALOUS, MAYBE A LITTLE SMUG I WANT TO LAND SHORT, I WAS WRONG. THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO US HUMANS, WE WERE WRONG” (machine translation.)

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    Door Locks Out Air India Captain


    On May 13/14, 2013 the cockpit door of one of Air India’s planes locked the captain out while he was using the toilet. The co-pilot and trainee pilot had to land the plane in Bhopal for ground maintenance engineers to fix the problem.

    On May 13, the flight took off from Delhi for Bangalore.

    Air India’s official statement was that the captain couldn’t return to the cockpit because the door was locked and that all efforts to open it, even from inside, failed during Tuesday’s flight from New Delhi to the southern Indian city of Bangalore.

    The airline claims that no one was endangered during the “unscheduled landing.” No doubt the passengers watching the pilot attempting–and failing–to open the cockpit door would disagree. Apparently there was some degree of panic among the passengers. This is just one in a long series of air safety issues from Air India.

    After the plane landed at 5.55pm, ground maintenance engineers did fix the door. The flight continued to Bangalore at 8.45 pm, and made a safe landing at at 8.45 pm.

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    Emergency landings in Bhubaneshwar


    On May 12, 2013, during turbulent weather, three flights made emergency landings at Biju Patnaik Airport.

    Two Indigo flights from Raipur to Kolkata and Bangalore to Kolkata made emergency landings, as well as an Air India flight from Agartala to Kolkata.

    No serious injuries were sustained, but several crew members and passengers were affected by turbulence.

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    Airbus Emergency Landing in Prague


    On May 13, 2013, an Aeroflot Airbus A320-214 en route from Sheremetyevo Int’l Moscow to Vaclav Havel Airport Prague made an emergency landing in Prague.

    The plane landed with emergency services on standby, and was towed from the main runway. Passengers disembarked and were taken to the gate by bus.

    The tires were damaged on landing (or the plane landed on damaged tires.

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    Netherlands Helicopter Crash at Sea

    On May 8, 2013, Cessna 172P was on a photo flight over the North Sea when it crashed at sea in foggy weather near the town of Egmond, Netherlands. Around 9:00 pm, the pilot had sent a distress signal.

    A military helicopter and an offshore helicopter responded to the alarm. There was dense fog with visibility of 50 meters.

    The pilot and passenger were rescued from water at 10 degrees Celsius. The pilot is a 71-year-old man from the North Holland Sint Maartensvlotbrug, and was unconscious when he was picked up and transported to hospital in Den Helder. The pilot later died of hypothermia.

    The 48 year old passenger was picked up from Bussum by boat and admitted to an Amsterdam hospital.

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    Rio Helicopter Crash


    On May 8, 2013, a Helisul Táxi Aéreo Ltda-owned Helibras HB-350B Esquilo (Eurocopter Ecureuil) helicopter landing at a Rio de Janeiro heliport landed in the trees instead of on the landing area.

    Aboard were the pilot and five tourists,a couple of miners, and two tourists from the United States. No one was injured though witnesses saw the pilot had hurt his hand. One of the passengers filed an injury complaint.

    A gust of wind apparently blew the pilot off track. The company is calling the incident a forced landing.

    By the time the fire department and Experts of the Institute of Criminology Carlos Eboli (ICCE) arrived, the passengers had already left. The Regional Investigation and Prevention of Accidents (Seripa) is also investigating.

    Antonio Souza Moreira, father of one of the passengers, Álvaro Felipe, said his son had been injured on the shin. The helicopter ride had been a birthday present. Antonio confirmed that the pilot lost control at a gust of wind. There was smoke but no fire; and there was a fire extinguisher available. But the firefighters took an hour to arrive.

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    Helicopter Goes Missing in Siberia


    On May 6, 2013, 9 people aboard an Angara Airlines Mil Mi-8T were lost during a rescue operation in Siberia.

    Update
    Fragments of missing Mi-8 helicopter found in Irkutsk

    The helicopter was participating in a flood rescue and was carrying 1.9 tons of explosives for blasting ice dams in the river.

    Missing are three crew, five officials and the emergency chief. Stanislav Omelyanchik.

    The hotline number is Emergency telephone number – 8 (3952) 39 9999.

    List of missing:

    1. Omelyanchik Stanislav, acting chief of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Irkutsk region;
    2. Stepanov Alexander, deputy head of the Baikal PSO;
    3. Kashko Yuri, head of the North JI ACC Irkutsk region;
    4. Pezhemsky Sergey, lifeguard-shooter Northern PSO;
    5. Chekrygin Igor, chief OGKU “Center of Civil Defense”;
    6. Arbatskii Sergey, instructor airborne fire service department Kirenskogo air base of the Irkutsk region of forests;
    Airline crew “Angara”:
    7. Igor Markov, the commander of the aircraft;
    8. Zhizhel Andrey, flight instructor;
    9. Kulebyakin Alexei Vasilievich, the mechanic.

    Video (Russian)

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    Emergency Landing in Mumbai

    An IndiGo flight en route from Srinagar to Mumbai developed a problem with a nose wheel, leading to the pilot requesting priority landing at Mumbai.

    Emergency services were on hand when the pilot made the emergency landing. No injuries were reported.

    The plane was towed to the gate.

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    UTAir Emergency Landing

    UTAir Boeing 757 flight UT5179 with 237 passengers and eight crew en route from Yekatarinburg to Anatalya had to divert to Moscow when it developed depressurization in the cabin. Oxygen masks deployed.

    The flight made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

    No injuries were reported. Most injuries after an emergency landing occur when passengers disembark via slides. There’s no confirmation that passengers used slides or if they disembarked normally.

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    Emergency Landing in St. Louis

    On May 1, 2013, at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, a single engine Cessna Centurion made a belly landing.

    The pilot landed, and suffered a landing gear emergency. Though the landing gear collapsed, the pilot made a belly landing on the runway without any destructive acrobatics.

    The FAA is investigating.

    On May 1, three other Cessna’s suffered issues:
    -Cessna gear collapsed on rollout in Oakland CA
    -Cessna landed gear up in Missouri
    -Cessna towing banner flipped over off Louisiana runway, one minor injury

    Video