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What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Santiago Chile to Miami, Florida
Where: Santiago
When: Nov 10th 2010
Who: 120 passengers and 12 crew
Why: Shortly after takeoff, the plane experienced a hydraulic failure in the landing gear. The pilot returned to Santiago and made a safe landing. The flight was rescheduled.
Robson is a Product Support Manager for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT), and for more than 10 years he’s been immersed in aircraft tire product support for everything from piston singles to helicopters and fighter jets.
By his own count, Robson has witnessed numerous aircraft tire maintenance procedures and has inspected hundreds of worn tires. He has seen firsthand the ill effects of improper maintenance. As a result, Robson can offer valuable advice for those who wish to better understand how proper aircraft tire maintenance can help to deliver more landings.
The most important factor of any aircraft tire maintenance program is maintaining proper inflation pressure. According to Robson, the problems created by incorrect inflation can be severe. Over inflation often leads to uneven tread wear and reduced traction, makes the tread more susceptible to cutting, and places greater stress on aircraft wheels. Under inflation creates faster tread wear on the shoulders, damages the tire’s innerliner, and greatly increases the stress and flex heating in the tire that can lead to tire failure.
“Because aircraft tire/wheel assemblies can lose up to 5 percent of their pressure each day, they need to be checked daily, or before each flight, with a calibrated pressure gauge when the tire is at ambient temperature (not heated by taxiing). Any tire that’s been run more than 10 percent underinflated should be removed from service,” Robson said. The industry veteran also recommends filling tubeless assemblies with nitrogen instead of air because it’s dry and non-combustible.
Another key area of aircraft tire maintenance is making sure no harmful chemicals are used or spilled on the tires. Keep hangar floors clean of all debris to avoid foreign object damage to the tires. It is also important to inspect the tires closely, in addition to checking tire pressure, during pre-flights to check for any damage to the tires from service.
These tips and more are covered in detail in Goodyear’s Tire Care & Maintenance Manual (PDF). For information about Goodyear aviation tires and dealer locations, visit www.goodyearaviation.com.
What: Air India A-330 en route from Thiruvananthapuram to Dammam Saudi Arabia
Where: Thiruvananthapuram
When: Nov 10, 2010, 6 pm
Who: 82 passengers including two infants
Why: The flight had a normal takeoff, but forty minutes into the route, the pilot received a sensor warning about the plane’s doors. The jet returned to the airport, circled to burn off fuel, and made a hard landing during which a tire burst and the brakes jammed. The plane was stuck on the runway for four hours.
Passengers were rebooked on a Thursday morning flight out and provided overnight hotel accommodations.
Officials of the Director General of Civil Aviation have arrived to begin the official inquiry.
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What: Kuwait Airways Airbus A300-600 en route from Kuwait City (Kuwait) to Dhaka (Bangladesh)
Where: Kuwait
When: Nov 10th 2010
Who: 226 passengers and 12 crew
Why: Just after takeoff, smoke was reported in the cabin. The plane returned to the airport and made a safe landing.
Passengers evacuated using emergency slides. Several passengers and a crew member were injured during evacuation.
Pictured: An eleven year old JetLite Boeing 737-81Q
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What: Jetlite Boeing 737-800 en route from Port Blair to Delhi
Where: NSC Bose international airport in Kolkata
When: 2.55 pm
Who: 187 passengers
Why: While en route, the Jetlite plane developed problems with its right engine, and diverted to the NSC Bose International Airport. The plane made a safe landing.
Jetlite defined the problem as “technical trouble” and said that the plane was being repaired in a parking bay.
* Kolkata was a scheduled stop. Passengers who were planning to continue on to Delhi were booked on other planes.
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What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Hartford,CT to Atlanta,GA
Where: Bradley International Airport, Hartford
When: Nov 10 2010, 8:00 am
Why: The Delta flight was on the runway and aborted the takeoff. While on the runway, the plane experienced problems with the left engine and was able to taxi to the terminal under its own steam.
Passengers were rebooked.
The specific problem with the engine has not been made public.
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What: Boeing 787 Dreamliner test flight
Where: Laredo, Texas
When: Nov 9, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Who: 42 person crew on board
Why: Boeing is performing flight tests with Rolls-Royce and with General Electric engines.
During the test flight, the pilots made an emergency landing. This was sue to smoke in the cabin attributed to electrical problems in the aft electronics bay; and this disabled the primary flight displays in the cockpit.
The crew disembarked via slides on to the runway with one injury.
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What: Cayman Airways Boeing 737-300 en route from Tampa,FL to Grand Cayman Island
Where: Tampa
When: Nov 8th 2010, 3 pm
Who: Cayman Airways Captain Perry Panton, and Captain Leon Missick
Why: Taking off from Tampa, the plane suffered a bird strike in the right engine. The crew returned to Tampa and made a safe landing. The plane suffered minor damage, and was taken out of service. Passengers were rerouted.
What: single engine C172 en route from Gainesville to Destin
Where: U.S. Highway 98
When: Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, 8 pm
Who: Pilot Michael Dustin Phillips
Why: While en route, the engine began running rough. The pilot diverted to Tallahassee, but did not reach the airport. The pilot had to make an emergency landing on the highway due to a “mechanical failure” using car headlights to orient the landing. The plane model is described as “172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk XP, Cutla”
Manufacturer: CESSNA
Model: 172A
N-Number: 7595T
Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
Serial number: 47195
Mode s Code: 52437221
Airworthiness Date: 1959-12-24
Last Activity Date: 2005-04-18
Year: 1959
Certification: Standard
Issuance date: 2008-09-27
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What: Horizon Air de Havilland Dash 8-400/Alaska Airlines en route from Redding CA to Los Angeles CA
Where: Los Angeles
When: Nov 8th 2010
Who: 73 passengers
(Another report alleges there were 39 passengers.)
Why: On approach to LA, crew members reported that a bird struck the right wing.
The plane landed safely at the airport at about 2 pm Monday. Damage assessment on the fuel tank and the right wing is forthcoming, but initially, it appears to be substantial.
What: Jazz Air/Air Canada CRJ en route from Washington to Montreal
Where: Reagan National Airport, Washington
When: Nov 9 2010, 10:45 am
Who: 12 passengers, 3 crew
Why: After takeoff, an odor developed in the rear cabin. The crew returned the plane to Washington as a precautionary measure. It seems a light and air vent unit was the source of the odor.
What: Delta Boeing 737 London to Detroit
Where: London
When: Nov 1
Who: 213 passengers plus pilot George LaPerle
Why: Scotland Yard took Delta pilot George LaPerle from his plane.
He was so drunk…(how drunk was he? Five times the pilots legal limit, that’s how drunk.) He was so drunk, he thought his Detroit flight was bound for New York. With him at the controls, he wouldn’t have gotten out of Heathrow much less across the Atlantic.
LaPerle is suspended by Delta and will be going to court in the UK on Nov 16. Let’s hope for his sake he shows up sober, and already on his ten step plan.
Filing this one under “pilot error.”
What: Fishtail Air Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil en route from Lukla Airport to Mount Ama Dablam
Where: near Mount Ama Dablam base camp
When: Nov 7 2010
Who: 2 aboard; 2 fatalities Captain Sabin Basnet and Engineer Purna Awale
Why: After flying from Kathmandu to Lukla at 8 a.m, the helicopter was the rescue team who had flown to Mount Ama Dablam to rescue two stranded Japanese mountaineers. After taking off at Lukla, the helicopter lost contact.
A Fishtail Air helicopter search found the remains.
Pictured: An AirTran Boeing 717 en route out of Memphis
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What: AirTran Airways Boeing 717 en route from New Orleans to Milwaukee
Where: Memphis Tennessee
When: Nov 6, 2010
Who65 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed smoke in the cabin. The flight diverted to Memphis where passengers were provided an alternative flight.
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What: Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200 en route from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Where: Ekaterinburg
When: Nov 6 2010 at 4:25
Who: 143 passengers and 8 crew
Why: While landing at Ekaterinburg while the runway was covered in ice, and although ATC informed the “that the runway condition was good and permitted a safe landing,” the plane did not respond to proper braking and overran the runway.
Russian investigators are investigating.
Apparently Russian airport crews don’t bother to salt, plow or otherwise make their runways more safe. Or maybe this was just a particularly lazy crew.
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What: Air France Airbus A320-200 en route from Warsaw to Paris
Where: Warsaw
When: Nov 5th 2010
Why: After takeoff, the crew noticed that fuel levels had dropped alarmingly. Suspecting a fuel leak, the crew returned to Warsaw where they made a safe landing with rescue crews on standby.
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What: Interpol alerted 188 member states to look for disguised bombs after claim of responsibility in UPS Boeing 747-400 freighter en route from Dubai United Arab Emirates to Cologne Germany.
Where: Dubai
When: Sep 3 2010
Who: 2 crew
Why: The crew reported smoke and fire in the cockpit and was returning to Dubai International Airport, failed to land and crashed.
See UPS Boeing Crashes in Dubai
Evidence from examination of the scene and the black boxes does not point to an explosion, however the claim will be investigated, according to the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The “Orange Notice” issued by Interpol on Saturday will be published. The warning came days after several packages were intercepted shipped from Yemin in mid-September, possibly a test run for an Al-Qaeda attack.
video capture of damaged Rolls Royce engine
What: Qantas Airbus A380-842 en route from Singapore (Singapore) to Sydney,NS
Where: Singapore
When: Nov 4th 2010
Who: 440 passengers and 26 crew
Why: After taking off from Singapore, over Batam the engine exploded and began emitting smoke. The airplane took off at 9:57L, about 4 minutes later abnormal engine #2 indications occurred and the engine shut down at 10:01L. Debris fell in a district called Dutamas, including the Qantas logo, and a turbine falling through a house. The pilot dumped fuel and returned to make a safe landing in Singapore.
The Trent 900 engine has been subject to an EASA Airworthiness Directive. Maintenance determined that “the intermediate pressure turbine disk of engine #2 failed” and are checking for the directive’s warning (intermediate pressure shaft coupling splines requiring inspection for excessive wear) but they believe the engine failure is unrelated to the Directive.
The parts that fell in Batam have been quarantined. Australian accident investigators have downloaded the CVR and FDR. The Australian Transportation Safety Board preliminary report deadline is Dec 3 2010.
What: Qantas Airways Ltd. Boeing 747 plane with Rolls-Royce Group PLC engines Friday made an emergency landing at Singapore’s Changi airport with flames and sparks flying out of the engine. 412 passengers 3 flight crew and 16 cabin crew
What: Qantas Airbus A380, bound for Sydney, had to return to Singapore after one of its four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine 2 suffered a midair explosion, caught fire , causing damage to the aircraft’s wing and leaving a debris trail.
Two Qantas engines failing. One Boeing. One Airbus. BOTH Rolls Royce engines.
Qantas published this press release:
Major Disruptions
Latest Update on Qantas Operations
Information last updated on 6 November 2010 at 3.30pm AEDT.
Qantas has made updates to its scheduled services on Saturday 6 November and Sunday 7 November due to the grounding of its Airbus A380 fleet.
Qantas services are scheduled as follows:
Today’s QF31 service (Sydney-Singapore), normally operated by an A380, will operate on an alternative aircraft, departing Sydney at 5:30pm local time. QF31 Singapore-London will operate on a British Airways aircraft.
QF11 (Sydney-Los Angeles) will now depart at 10:15pm on November 6.
QF8006 (Singapore-Sydney) will now depart at 7:00am local time on 7 November.
QF5 (Sydney-Singapore-Frankfurt) scheduled to depart on 6 November will now depart at 8:25am local time on 7 November.
QF21 (Sydney-Tokyo) scheduled to depart on 6 November will now depart at 9:30am local time on 7 November.
Qantas is contacting customers regarding these flight changes and regular updates will be made available on qantas.com.
Qantas has done everything possible to assist customers in Singapore who have been provided with overnight accommodation and meals.
Customers in Los Angeles affected by Qantas’ suspension of A380 operations have also been accommodated, while arrangements are made to get them on flights to Australia as soon as possible.
Qantas continues to work closely with Rolls-Royce and Airbus to carry out maintenance checks on its fleet.
Qantas, the second-largest buyer of the giant plane, has grounded its fleet of six A380s until checks are completed on their Rolls-Royce made Trent 900 engines. Qantas has Rolls-Royce RB211-524G-T engines on its Boeing 747.
The engineering union accuses Qantas of sending maintenance off-shore leading to a drop in quality.
Qantas blames the design of Rolls-Royce engines, not maintenance. 92 % of the maintenance of their planes is performed in Australia, with 5,500 engineers.
A passenger aboard the flight filmed smoke pouring out of the engine-
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What: Global Air Boeing 737-200 en route from from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta
Where: Puerto Vallarta
When: Nov 4th 2010 1 p.m.
Who: 99 passengers and 5 crew
Why: While on approach to Puerto Vallarta, the plane’s nose gear would not extend, in spite of several flybys where the tower verified the nose gear was not extended.
The plane eventually made a belly landing on foam with emergency services on standby. Pilot Jorge Luz Campos landed the plane with no injuries.
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What: Delta Airlines Airbus A330-200, en route from Amsterdam to Mumbai
Where: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
When: Nov 4 2010
Who: 244 passengers
Why: There are two versions: a call alerted authorities, or a suspicious object was found on the flight. Whatever happened, in any case, the plane made an emergency landing. Passengers were evacuated and a bomb squad searched the plane. Passengers luggage was also searched.
The plane may be seen here.
What: JS Air Beech 1900C en route from Karachi to Bhit Shah (Pakistan)
Where: Gulistan-e-Jauhar Town, Karachi Pakistan
When: Nov 5th 2010 7:13 a m
Who: 19 passengers and 2 crew
Why: THE JSAIR flight had been chartered by a US firm working on an oil field in Karachi. The destination was an oil field at Bhit Shah in the southern province of Sindh.
Just after takeoff, the plane’s right engine failed. When the plane banked to head back to the airport, the other engine failed as well.The flight crashed less than 2 minutes after takeoff. Fifteen of the passengers were ENI (Italian oil and gas) employees:(Altaf Hussain Khalid, Hussain Sadaqat, Jamali Nisar Ahmed, Khan Noor, Moazzam Saeed, Nadeem Ahmed, Nizamani Muhammad Azam, Rafique Sajid, Rana Muhammad Alam, Raza Amir, Saleemuddin, Sasso Antonio (Italian), Shah Iqbal Hussain, Siddique Shahid, Syed Anwar Imran, Syed Irshad Ali and Tahir Muhammad.) Also killed in the crash were three crew members of JSAir, including Chief Pilot (and general manager operations) Captain Naeemul Haq (53-year-old chief pilot was a former squadron leader with the Pakistan Air Force), First Officer Captain Muhammad Nauman Shamsi, flight technician Tariq Mehmood, and inspector Zafar Iqbal.
The black box has been recovered. An international team of investigators including reps for Beechcraft is expected.
The plane operated 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B engines, and had accrued 18545 total airframe hours since its first flight in 1991.
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What: Aerocaribbean ATR-72-500 en route from Santiago to Havana
Where: Guasimal, Sancti Spiritus Cuba
When: Nov 4 2010
Who: with 61 passengers and 7 crew
Why: The last flight to leave Santiago before the airport closed due to tropical storm Tomas disappeared from radio contact at 5:42 pm while over Guasimal not far from the Zaza Reservoir. The crew made an emergency call at 5:42. 40 cubans were aboard and 28 non-cubans (9 Argentinian, 7 Mexican, 3 Dutch, 1 French, 2 German, 2 Austrian, 1 Italian, 1 Spanish, 1 Venezuelan, and 1 Japanese).
A hospital worker said “The plane made several abrupt movements before crashing to the ground.” Rescuers hiked in through thick vegetation (using bulldozers to get through the vegetation to find the plane shattered and in flames and no survivors.
Tropical storm Tomas developed into a hurricane. Cuba declared a state of alert.
The ongoing investigation has not ruled that weather is the definitive factor because the storm had not reached Cuba at the time of the crash.
Cuban state airline Cubana de Aviacion owns Aerocaribbean. The flight normally flies twice a week from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Santiago de Cuba to Havana
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What: Jetstar Airways Airbus A330-200 en route from Phuket (Thailand) to Sydney,NS
Where: Changi Airport, Singapore
When: Nov 1 2010
Who: 288 passengers
Why: While en route, the autopilot failed. The pilots diverted to Singapore where they made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.
Alternative arrangements have been made for the affected passengers, who were booked onto other flights and offered accommodation in Singapore.
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What: Lionair Boeing 737-400 en route from Jakarta to Pontianak
Where: West Kalimantan, Indonesia
When: Nov 2 2010
Who: 167 passengers, 7 crew
Why: While landing at Pontianak’s Supadio Airport during a heavy rain, the plane overran the end of the runway. Its nose and main undercarriage collapsed and it stopped mired in a field beyond the end of the runway. There were no injuries.
A passenger reported that the plane shook (or vibrated) about a quarter of an hour before landing; and no announcements were made by the pilot or crew during the vibration, or during the landing. The airline said no announcement was made because the seatbelt light was on.
Passengers panicked and evacuated through an emergency exit. Military personnel at the airport assisted.
Where were the crew while terrified passengers were jumping off the plane?
They are saying the plane’s inability to stop was not due to weather, a wet runway, that the plane was well maintained and that it was a normal landing. So. If this is all true, why did it overrun?
