What: Centurion Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11 en route from Miami to Sao Paulo
Where: Sao Paulo
When: Oct 13 2012
Why: On landing in Sao Paulo Conganhas International Airport, the landing gear collapsed.
According to Professional Pilots Forums the gear broke after bouncing; then the wing was damaged.
What: ACS Helicopter LLC Bell 407 helicopter
Where: Mount Pocono
When: Oct 11, 2012
Who: Two fatalities, one injury
Why: The Tuesday wreck piloted by a full time American Airlines pilot (part time with ACS Helicopter LLC) was discovered at 2:30 a.m. wednesday. The helicopter encountered bad weather as it passed through northern Monroe County. Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport is not equipped for receiving distress calls.
The helicopter was found on its right side, leaking fluids, with broken rotor and tail.
Fatalities of the crash were Pilot William Ellsworth, 52, of Califon, N.J., and passenger Tighe Sullivan, 51, of Darien, Conn.
What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Chicago to Miami
Where: Miami
When: Oct 11, 2012
Who: 148 aboard
Why: On landing in Miami, the plane suffered a bird strike. The bird was ingested in the engine according to Matt Miller of American Airlines. Pilots made an emergency landing with emergency services on standby.
Passengers in the video below describe the smell of the burning bird, taking off after touching down.
No injuries were reported on Flight 1388. 145 of those aboard were passengers.
What: King Air 300
Where: Briscoe Field, Georgia
When: October 12, 2012
Who: pilot
Why: While en route, the plane’s landing gear jammed.
The pilot manually landed the landing gear but did not know he was successful since the landing gear light did not work.
The pilot made a safe landing.
If negotiations don’t reach an agreement, 94 percent of Compass Flight Attendants have authorized a strike. Flight attendants want a living wage, and will use CHAOS theory to get it.
According to media reports, Compass Flight Attendants earn between $14,000 and $19,000 a year. However Glass Door puts that figure at $30-$37,000, and $15-$19 dollars per hour.
Chaos means “Create Havoc Around Our System;” the union decides when and whee and how.
What: Pintail Lodge Inc.Bell 206B JetRanger
Where: Lyons Point, Crowly, LA
When: Oct 10, 2102
Who: 1 fatality
Why: A helicopter out of Texas was flying low over a Crowly Louisiana field when it made contact with a KSIG radio guidewire.
The helicopter subsequently crashed in the field. Local residents who heard the impact described a thud.
The pilot was identified as Hugh Clifton Kelley, 66, of Beaumont.
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KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend
What: Nyaman Air Mil Mi-8MTV
Where: Tembagapura, Mimika, Papua Indonesia
When: Oct 9, 2012
Who: 27 aboard
Why: The chopper made a hard landing near mile 66. Twenty four or five passengers (18 Indonesians and seven citizens of other countries) and three crew survived the landing, though the helicopter sustained damage.
There were no fatalities, but the number of those aboard has been reported from 27 to 29 with either 2 or 3 crew, and 24 or 25 passengers.
US PT Freeport Indonesia evacuated the passengers who were hospitalized briefly with minor injuries.
A Russian news report said that two of the pilots were Russians.
Right after takeoff, the flight lost altitude and struck a tree.
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.
What: IRS Fokker 110 en route from Lagos to Abuja
Where: Lagos
When: Oct 10, 2012
Who: 91 passengers
Why: The right wing tip of a taxiing Fokker struck a glancing blow to a sewage tanker truck, damaging the plane’s wing.
The truck is being extracted from the drainage ditch where it was stuck.
A replacement jet was provided for passengers, although the Fokker’s wing damage was reported to be nominal.
What: Qantas Boeing 737-800 en route from Darwin to Melbourne
What: Qantas Boeing 717 arriving en route from Alice Springs to Darwin
Where: Darwin
When: Oct 2, 2012
Who: (up to) 295 aboard
Why: Two Qantas flights came to within 250 metres of each other over Darwin were caught not by the human ATC, but only by the traffic collision avoidance system on board the plane from Alice Springs. The system reported the other plane was 247 metres below.
An investigation is currently underway to determine if the Darwin a defence air traffic controller sent the jets on a collision course.
The Qantas-badged 717 was operated by Cobham, a flight contractor.
Joseph Lepore of Bay Shore, New York, and Jan Paladino were flying the Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet that collided with a Boeing 737 operated by Gol Lineas Aereas Intelligentes SA. Lepore and Paladino guided the plane they were flying to safely while the larger jet crashed into the jungle, killing all aboard. The pilots were convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 52 months in prison because according to prosecutors, the aircraft’s anti-collision system was turned off for almost one hour. The pilots deny wrongdoing, and say the system was never off.
Lepore and Paladino are to be retried Monday.
Audio from the flight in YOUTUBE below
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What: American Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Dallas to Orange County
Where: LAX
When: October 6, 2012
Who: 162 people aboard
Why: American Airlines had another emergency Saturday, with a Dallas-Orange County flight making an diverting to LAX’s longer runways. The emergency diversion was needed due to a wing flap problem. Flaps help brake the plane. We’re glad they made it down safely.
We have thought of suggesting a new tag line: If it is American, it must be maintenance. Optimistically speaking, maybe all this trouble, which is likely bankruptcy related, is temporary.
Emergency vehicles were on the scene. Passengers disembarked and were provided an alternative flight with working flaps.
We hope the seats were bolted in.
What: Azza Air Transport Antonov An-12BP en route from Khartoum to El Fasher
Where: 25 miles SW of Omdurman Khartoum,Sudan
When: Oct 7 2012
Who: 22 aboard, 15 fatalities
Why: The pilot of a Sudanese military plane informed the airport that he had a problem with one of his engines before the plane crashed in a rural area west of the capital Khartoum. Twenty armed forces personnel were on board. The Antonov military transport plane was carrying military equipment from Khartoum to the capital of North Darfur.
Initially thirteen people died on the Azza Air jet, and nine were injured.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are investigating.
What: FlyMontserrat Britten-Norman Islander en route from Antigua to Montserrat Island
Where: V.C. Bird International Airport
When: October 7 2012
Who: pilot and 3 passengers
Why: The twin-engine Britten-Norman Islander en route from Antigua to Montserrat Island overran a rainy runway at 4 p.m. and crashed.
Witnesses heard irregularities in the engine before it “plunged into the end of the runway.”
The pilot was reported as a fatality. A female British tourist died in the crash, and two other passengers are reported to be hospitalized at at Mount St. John’s Medical Centre.
What: American Airlines Flight 880 en route from Dallas to Indianapolis
Where: Little Rock, Arkansas
When: Oct 4, 2012: 4: 45 pm
Who: 140 passengers, 5 crew
Why: The flight was en route from Dallas to Indianapolis when the plane’s right engine developed problems.
Pilots diverted to Little Rock where they made a safe landing.
Passengers were provided alternatives to reach Indianapolis.
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Contact photographer John Richard Thomson
What: Qantas Boeing 747 en route from Sydney to Singapore to Germany
Where: Darwin Airport
When: Oct 4, 2012
Who: 305 passengers
Why: The Qantas flight diverted to Darwin after the cabin started to smell like something was on fire. The captain described the smell as burning plastic.
No injuries were reported. Passengers were provided hotel accommodations and many of them tweeted about the incident
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Tampa to Hartford
Where: Bradley International Airport, Connecticut
When: Oct 3, 2012
Who: 130 people aboard
Why: After Southwest Airlines Flight 2102 suffered a bird strike on the right side of the plane on approach to Bradley International Airport, the pilot made a safe landing.
The crew described hearing a “loud bang” on approach.
The bird strike was not confirmed during the flyby but afterwards during inspection.
What: Gandy Air LLC Cirrus SR22 GTS G3 Turbo en route from Smyrna to Gary
Where: A mile SE of the Gary Chicago Int. Airport
When: Oct 3, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: A plane that took off from Smyrna, Tenn. General Airport crashed for unknown reasons in a wooded area about 400 feet from the Lighthouse Charter School in Gary. The bodies of the two men aboard were retrieved from the scene of the crash around 5:35 p.m.
No one reported a distress signal. A witness in Gary heard the plane’s engine “sputter” before the plane crashed. Many of the 650 students of West Gary Lighthouse Charter School heard the plane come down.
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.
What: American Airlines Dallas to St. Louis
Where: Dallas
When: Oct 2, 2012, 8:40 a.m
Why: On takeoff, the American Airlines landing gear jammed.
Pilots returned to Dallas and made a safe landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Passengers were provided an alternative plane to St. Louis.
This is just one of numerous maintenance issues plaguing American Airlines.
8,000 pilots have been casting votes for a month on authorization for their union to call a strike, escalating a long-running labor dispute with the airlines.
The voting deadline passes at noon central time on Wednesday (1 p.m. EDT)
What: 930s de Havilland Dragon
Where: Kilcoy, Australia
When: Oct 1, 2012
Who: 6 missing
Why: Six people who were aboard a vintage plane were returning to Caboolture after spending the day raising money for charity by hosting joy flights at the Monto Fly-In in central Queensland have been missing in Australia since Monday:
The AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) received a distress call from Mr Porter saying he was having trouble “fixing his position in heavy cloudcover.” That was the last contact with the plane.
3 Canberra search and rescue co-ordinators flew in assisting AMSA.
Sixteen helicopters and two planes are participating in the search.
What: Pacific Aerospace 750XL
Where: Papua
When: Oct 3, 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A small Pacific Aerospace 750XL carrying two people between two villages in the remote district of Yahukimo was reported missing. The plane’s emergency transmitters have been detected. A rescue team has begun a search operation to find the pilot and passenger.
What: Armee de l’air Dassault Mirage 2000-5
Where: Froideconche, France
When: Oct 3, 2012
Who: pilot
Why: A Mirage 2000-5 fighter crashed in Froideconche killing the Taiwanese pilot.
The pilot, who was on a training mission, crashed northeast of the town of Luxeuil Froideconche in a wooded area.
The accident is under investigation.
What: CareFlite Agusta 109 medical helicopter
Where: County Road 309 Eastland, Texas
When: Oct 1, 2012
Who: three injured
Why: A CareFlite medical helicopter crashed in Texas, injuring pilot Scott Wallace, 58, of Fort Worth; medic Teresa Campbell, 53, of Granbury, and Rhett Drahen, 34, of Frisco. The injuries were minor to moderate. All three were conscious and talking after the crash. The crash site was six miles from Eastland Municipal Airport where the injured patient was waiting.
The pilot was en route to pick up a patient but needed to divert to another airport due to weather. The helicopter crashed three miles south of Eastland.
What: American Airlines Boeing 777 from Chicago to London
Where: Shannon Airport
When: Oct 2, 2012
Why: American Airlines Flight 98 diverted to Shannon due to an unspecified technical fault. The smell of smoke was detected in the cabin.
Ennis and Shannon fire crews and ambulances were on standby. Passengers disembarked at 1.07pm.
Maintenance said a fan overheated.
