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    ANA Return Flight Delayed

    What: All Nippon Airways 787 Dreamliner
    Where: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
    When: Oct 1, 2012
    Why: After making a safe, early landing in Seattle, the return flight was delayed for twenty-four hours due to a problem with the cooling system.

    It was the first flight of All Nippon Airways 14th 787 Dreamliner, which is configured with 46 lie-flat, business-class seats and 112 economy seats.

    The Tokyo return-flight passengers were provided food vouchers and a take-off scheduled on Oct 2.

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    American Airlines Update

    The American Airlines flight where a row of seats came loose has instigated an American Airlines query into “a possible issue with a certain model of seats and how they fit into the tracking used to secure the seats,” after a second Boeing with recently replaced seats also showed up as being improperly secured. American is laying off 4,000 employees, including 2,600 mechanics, store clerks and other ground service personnel and shifting maintenance to TIMCO and ST Aerospace.

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    Granite Quarry Experimental Ultralight Crash

    What: Experimental Ultralight aircraft en route from Rowan County Airport to High Rock Lake,
    Where: a field close to Shaw’s Mobile Home Park
    When: Sept 30, 2012, 6 p.m.
    Who: pilot
    Why: The ultralight ppeared to stall out shortly before impact. Cecil Dwayne Brown, of West Second Street, in Faith, died in the crash. His remains were recovered within two hours of the accident.

    The plane apparently impacted power lines, causing an immediate outage.

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    Loose Seats on American Airlines Flight Lead to Diversion to JFK

    What: American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Boston to Miami
    Where: JFK
    When: Sep 29th 2012
    Who: 3 passengers
    Why: While en route, a row of seats in the coach cabin became loose in flight.

    The three passengers were provided alternative seats and pilots diverted the plane to JFK where they made a safe landing.

    Passengers disembarked and boarded another plane to continue their flight. The incident has been cited in national news reports as an example of an “increase in maintenance issues.”

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    Delta Diverts Orioles to Jacksonville


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    What: Delta Airlines Boeing 737-800,en route from Baltimore to Saint Petersburg
    Where: Jacksonville
    When: Sep 30th 2012
    Who: Baltimore Orioles
    Why: Smoke was reported aboard the Baltimore Orioles flight from Baltimore to Tampa for a Monday game.

    Ned Rice, of Orioles operations said that “They came on and told us we needed to make an emergency landing, and then we were nearly free-falling for a few minutes as they raced to get us on the ground as fast as possible.”

    The smoke originated in the galley.

    The pilots diverted to Jackson and made a safe landing, where the plane was inspected and cleared before continuing to St. Pete.

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    UK Participating in Sita Air Accident, Nepal

    What: Sita Air Dornier 228-202 en route from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Lukla
    Where: 500 Meters from airport
    When: Sept 28, 2012
    Who: 19 fatalities
    Update: Because seven British subjects were killed aboard the Sita Air crash on September 28, the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch will be joining the accident investigation.

    The British fatalities were named as:

    1. Raymond Eagle, 58, from Macclesfield, Cheshire
    2. Timothy Oakes, 57, from Winwick, near Warrington
    3. Stephen Holding, 60, from Stoke-on-Trent
    4. Vincent Kelly, 50, from Lostock, Bolton
    5. Darren Kelly (brother) 45 from Isle of Whithorn Southern Galloway
    6. Benjamin Ogden, 27, from London
    7. Christopher Davey, 51, from Northampton

    Nepalese authorities have a three month report deadline.

    EVEREST Plane Crash 19 Killed

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    Cessna Crash in Tyrol, 6 fatalities, 2 survivors


    What: Evram Inc. Cessna 414A Chancellor en route to Valencia
    Where: Ellbögen, Mühltal Austria
    When: Sept 30, 2012
    Who: 8 aboard, 6 fatalities
    Why: A Cessna that crashed in in Tyrol Innsbruck-Land killed six. Two aboard survived the crash. The pilot made an emergency call before losing contact with ATC.

    The passengers were Tyrolean, and took off at 6:50 for Valencia. An area hunter heard the plane before it impacted.Two of those aboard extricated themselves from the plane. One was found burned in the forest, another was ambulatory, there to greet the rescue crew around 7:42. One survivor had minor injuries, and the other required surgery.

    Before the crash, the flight lost contact. After the helicopter rescue was called off due to heavy fog and low lying clouds, rescuers arrived on foot, thirty minutes after the first alarm. The rescue was coordinated by 70 Red Cross, 100 firemen, 20 local police and 12 crime scene investigators (detectives). Offsite, family members gathered in a building near Innsbruck State Police station were taken care of by Red Cross.

    The pilot who was from Saalfelden, Salzburg was killed in the crash. Two of the victims were identified as hoteliers Zellberg and Mayrhofen.

    The remains were taken to Innsburck. The plane was charred, and left a 100 meter trail in the forest. A wing was found on the slope of the forest.

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    Fed Ex Plane Lands with Tire Missing

    What: FedEx ATR-42-300 en route from Minneapolis/St Paul to Duluth
    Where: Duluth
    When: Sept 29, 2012
    Who: crew
    Why: A Fed Ex flight landed safely at Duluth International Airport on one tire.

    The flight circled the airport for an hour before making a safe landing minus a tire. The tire went missing somewhere en route and did a flyby to confirm before circling and eventually landing.

    The event is under investigation.

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    Piper Crash in Austria

    What: Land- und Forstflug GesmbHb Piper J3C
    Where: Apetlon Austria
    When: Sept 29, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: The 49-year-old pilot from Wiener Neustadt struck trees when flying in Apetion. The pilot landed in a field with parts of the tree stuck in the plane. The pilot was treated on the scene and taken to the hospital with a fractured pelvis.

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    Acrobatic Plane Crashes during Indonesian Airshow


    What: Indonesian Aerosport Federation FFA AS/SA 202/18A3 Bravo
    Where: Husein Sastranegara Int. Airport Bandung Indonesia
    When: Sept 29, 2012, 11:40 a.m.
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: During the Bandung Air Show 2012 at Husein Sastranegara Int. Airport, a training aircraft crashed during a maneuver killing the pilot and co-pilot. After completing five maneuvers, the Bravo 202 aircraft was flying low when the pilots crashed, sending up a fireball.

    The pilot was Air Vice Marshall (ret.) Nurman Lubis. The co-pilot was identified as Col. (ret.) Tonny Haryono. Their remains have been taken to Bandung’s Hasan Sadikin Hospital. The men were members of the Indonesian Aero Sport Federation, who owns the plane.

    Lubis was an opthalmologist.

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    Spitfire Replica Belly Landing on Grass in NZ

    What: WW2-era Spitfire
    Where: Whanganui Airport
    When: Sept 29, 2012 6:15 pm
    Who: pilot
    Why: When his landing gear failed, the pilot of a WW2-era Spitfire (replica) circled the airport for half an hour then made a forced belly landing on grass at Whanganui Airport in New Zealand. The plane sustained some damage. THe pilot did not.

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    EVEREST Plane Crash 19 Killed

    What: Sita Air Dornier 228-202 en route from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Lukla
    Where: 500 Meters from airport
    When: Sept 28, 2012
    Who: 19 fatalities
    Why: After takeoff, the pilot hit a vulture. The pilot attempted to return to the airport. (The vulture strike is unconfirmed.)

    Villagers could not assist because of the fire. Firefighters had difficulty reaching the area on the banks of Manohara River in Thimi, just a few kilometers east of Kathmandu.

    Four passenger and three crew were from Nepal. Five were Chinese, and seven were British. the remains were taken to the morgue at TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj in Maharajgunj.

    The crew who died in the crash were pilot Bijay Tandukar, co-pilot Takesingh Thapa and air-hostess Ruja Shakya.

    The passengers were identified were Kumar Marshyangdi Magar (Nepal Army), D Rai, Yangchay Tamang and LN Sherpa. One Britain was identified as Eagle Raymond.

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    Footnote to Fly Safely Thru Turbulence and Rogue Electrics

    Politicians aren’t aviation news, but…

    Air Force One pilot aborted his first landing in Toledo, Ohio, due to hairy conditions on Wednesday. Plus we hear the flight had experienced turbulence.

    And Ann Romney’s plane filled up with smoke after an electrical fire. Safe landing there too.

    Good call on firing the TSA Agent who nabbed a passenger’s stolen ipad (including the 380 theft-related TSA firings that didn’t make the news.)

    No jokes about the safety incidents. We’re glad the superlative pilots flying both planes brought everyone home safely.

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    Porter Airlines Tail Strike (Alias Bird Strike)

    What: Porter Airlines de Havilland Dash en route from Windsor to Toronto
    Where: CYQG WINDSOR, ONTARIO
    When: Sep 21, 2012
    Who: 32 aboard
    Why: The flight took off from Windsor and continued to Toronto, believing they had a bird strike. After landing, the condition of the plane indicated to examiners that the damage was due to a tail strike.

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    Air Taxi Missing in Brazil

    What: Táxi Aéreo Palmas Embraer EMB-810C (PA-34) en route from Ilheus to Brasilia
    Where: lhéus, Brazil
    When: Sept 24, 2012
    Who: 3 aboard
    Why: The Brazilian Air Force is looking for a plane reported missing on September 24.

    The last contact was with ATC at Jorge Amado Airport in Ilheus, Bahia south. Contact was lost after take-off.

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    Kingfisher Struck by Baggage Cart

    What: Kingfisher Airlines ATR en route from Madras to Bangalore
    Where: Madras India
    When: Sept 26, 2012
    Who: 48 aboard
    Why: A baggage cart collided with a Kingfisher Airlines flight taxiing on the runway.

    There were 48 passengers aboard at the time. Pilots were taxiing to the runway for takeoff when the truck intruded into their trajectory. The ATR’s fuselage sustained damage. Passengers disembarked and were provided an alternative plane.

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    Fake Pilot held in Turin

    What: Fake Pilot
    Where: Turin Airport
    When: Sept 21, 2012
    Who: Andrea Sirlo
    Why: “Andrea Sirlo” was arrested in the Turin airport for impersonating a pilot.

    He had already flown several times as a “third pilot” in the jump seat, and had a fake uniform and resumes. The name Andrea Sirlo is a fake identity, not his real name.

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    Helicopter Down at Mammoth


    What: Asplundh BELL 206B HELICOPTER helicopter crash
    Where: Pole lake road southeast of Mammoth Lakes, near Deer Springs Road
    When: Sept 19, 2012, 12:30
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: Two Asplundh employees were working on power lines and crashed near the lake causing a small fire. They were taken to Mammoth Airport and ambulanced to Mammoth Hospital. They suffered minor injuries.

    According to the FAA preliminary report, the rotorcraft tail rot0r struck the ground and crashed 12 miles from Mammoth lakes California.

    Mono County Sheriff’s Department, Mammoth Lakes Fire Department, Long Valley Fire Department, Cal Fire, U.S. Forest Service, and Mono County Paramedics responded to the scene.

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    Ryanair Diverts to Berlin

    What: Ryanair Boeing 737 en route from London to Bratislava
    Where: Berlin Germany
    When: September 24, 2012
    Why: The Ryanair flight was en route to Bratislava when it developed a fuel problem and diverted to Kassel Germany.

    A warning light indicated a “possible technical issue” or leak.

    Passengers disembarked, and boarded an alternative Ryanair flight.

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    Rowdy Teen Abandoned in Portugal

    What: Thomson flight en route to Lanzarote
    Where: Portugal
    Who: disruptive teen
    Why: Seventeen year old Lee Doran from London was traveling with his step father to Lanzarote when he got into an altercation.

    After he and his stepfather got into a fight, the pilot landed in Portugal, dropping off Doran, half-brother Dylan, stepfather David Laughton, his partner Sarah Wilson, and their son Harry. The family caught the next flight to Lanzarote, leaving Lee at the airport police station. Between the British Embassy and Lee’s mother, he managed to get back home (to London.)

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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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    Nepal Takeoff Emergency, No Injuries

    What: Tara Air de Havilland Dash DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en route from Dolpa to Nepalgunj
    Where: Dolpa
    When: Sept 21, 2012 9:28 a.m.
    Who: 6 aboard, no injuries
    Why: Take off from the airport at Dolpa failed when the planes left wing encountered obstruction.

    According to Vinaya Shakya, none of the two crew or four passengers were injured, although the plane sustained damage.

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    Student Pilot Crashes in Ukraine

    What: Ukraine Ministry of Defense Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross
    Where: Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
    When: Sept 22, 2012
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: In Chuguev, a combat trainer aircraft L-39 crashed on the runway. The student pilot who was flying the plane when it crashed died at the scene.

    The pilot was a third year student and had completed 71 flights.

    The incident is under investigation. Use of L-39 planes has been suspended pending the investigation.