What: Loganair Saab aircraft, operating for Flybe
Where: Isle of Man Airport
When: 10 November 2008
Who: 19 persons onboard
Why: Reported problems with the plane’s undercarriage-but the plane landed without incident. Roads around the airport were closed in accordance with safety directives.
What: ex-military Gazelle helicopter en route from Stratford-upon-Avon to Yeovilton in Somerset. The helicopter was co-owned by Rod (Rick) Praskey and fellow flying enthusiast Christopher Evans. Christopher Evans was NOT aboard.
Where: in open grassland about 800-900 feet high – one of the highest spots in Gloucestershire, crashed in a field at Langley Hill Farm in Winchcombe, near Cheltenham.
When: Noon Nov 1
Who: Two men (both West Midland company directors) and a woman; Pilot Rod Paskey, aged 55, from Fazeley, near Tamworth director of Dekko Exclusive Gifts, Laurence Bailey an executive of Cunningham Cash Registers. The 27 year old woman’s name has not been released.
Why: poor visibility is conjectured to be part of the cause of the crash. It had been flying in heavy mist. No survivors, no cause known yet. The helicopter was described as a wreck of mangled metal. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is investigating. Post Mortem examinations were due to be carried out Tues Nov 4
What: ex-military Gazelle helicopter en route from Stratford-upon-Avon to Yeovilton in Somerset
Where: in open grassland about 800-900 feet high – one of the highest spots in Gloucestershire, crashed in a field at a farm in Winchcombe, near Cheltenham.
When: Noon Nov 1
Who: Two men and a woman
Why: poor visibility is conjectured to be part of the cause of the crash. It had been flying in heavy mist. No survivors, no cause known yet. The helicopter was described as a wreck of mangled metal. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is investigating.
What: two-seater de Havilland Chipmunk airplane with dual controls.
Where: Seething airfield, near Loddon, UK
When: Wednesday afternoon
Who: Media boss Ian Davies, 49 and passenger Stephen Shutt, 51. Tractor driver, Andrew Hill, was treated for shock.
Why: The plane crashed into a tractor in Norfolk. Ian Davis died on impact, Shutt taken to hospital.
What: Qantas Boeing 767 en route from Melbourne Airport bound for Sydney,
Where: Flight 434 left Melbourne at 1.30pm (AEDT) and landed back at Tullamarine at 2.15pm.
When: shortly after 2:00pm (AEDT)
Why: After the pilot discovered a fault with landing gear indicators, he returned to the airport where passengers deplaned and took another flight. Passengers were delayed more than two hours.
What: German Lufthansa Airbus A300-600 en route from Malta to Frankfurt.
Where: Malta International Airport
When: Tuesday
Who: 205 passengers evacuated with no injuries.
Why: The crew reported a fire in its cargo hold and returned for an emergency landing 25 minutes after embarking.
What: Cessna
Where: Thames Airport on New Zealand’s North Island
When: Monday October 27, 2008
Who: Pilot
Why: Pilot overshot the runway. The pilot was not hurt but the plane landed in a sewage pond and had to swim (through the sewage pond) to safety.
What: biplane
Where: in a field southeast of Ohio 123 near the Ohio 122 intersection north of Lebanon in Clearcreek Township.
When: Sunday, Oct 26, about 5:20 p.m
Who: Nobody was injured and no damage was done and only the pilot was aboard.
Why: The plane ran out of gas, landed, refueled and and took off by 6:45 p.m
What: Cessna 172/RG owned by Southern Illinois University Carbondale on an administrative flight “to check the plane’s operational systems”
Where: grassy area adjacent to a landing strip at Southern Illinois Airport.
When: October 26 Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Who: The pilot was a part-time flight instructor; a student also was on board.
Why: One side of the landing gear malfunctioned. The pilot circled for more than an hour to burn fuel, then made a power-off landing, then the plane slid about 30 yards on its belly before stopping. Officials are saying that “The pilot was incredible”
What: SAS Boeing 737
Where: Vasteras Airport in Sweden
When: Friday
Who: 97 passengers and six crew were evacuated down the slides
Why: smoke was detected in the cabin while the plane was on its way to Stockholm from Oslo in Norway, and was then diverted to Vasteras Airport, some 40 nautical miles west of Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport. Smoke was thick, and passengers were wearing oxygen masks when the plane landed.
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What: Two small planes :
Mesa County Sheriff’s Department single-engine Cessna 210 en route from from Grand Junction to the state penal system;
single-engine Cessna 180 4 seater, single engine plane
Where: in the sagebrush and scrub oak at the foot of the towering Grand Mesa about 10 miles south of the Grand Junction Regional Airport near Kannah Creek.
When: Wednesday
Who: six people ( two inmates, a deputy and a pilot. ); (pilot Tom Haefeli and passenger John Haefeli)
Why: The planes collided in midair; the sheriff’s plane with the inmates aboard made it to the airport and managed a hard landing at 9:48 a.m, with front end damage. The other landed safely in sagebrush ten miles shy of the airport at about 9:30 a.m.. Some of those aboard were taken to a fire station in Whitewater Colorado. Pilot Tom Haefeli is quoted as saying “All of a sudden, there was an airplane headed for us. We tried to dive under him and they just clipped us and took our vertical stabilizer off.”
The cause is under investigation and the FAA will look into weather, pilot error, tower air controllers, and flight plan. No one was injured.
What: private plane
Where: flying over the Atlantic emergency when there was a problem with one of the engines. Landing at the the Bedfordshire airport in Luton and then flew on to London on the same plane.
When: Monday
Who: Enrique Iglesias
Why:After engine trouble, the pilot shut down one of the jet’s engines, and made an emergency landing at the nearest airport.
What: single-engine plane en route to Salina airport
Where: Kansas Interstate Highway 135.
When: Saturday afternoon
Who: pilot Joseph Prelogar, of Kansas City, Kan. and his wife
Why: The engine quit. The pilot was trying to switch to the fuel tank with the remaining fuel but engine would not restart. After landing, the plane’s nose gear collapsed and the front end was damaged. There were no injuries.
What: four-seat Grumman Cheetah
Where: 40 miles northwest of Grand Junction/ 210 miles west of Denver.
When: Found Sunday September 7, 2008
Who: Charles Landry of Houston, born in 1947, and Steven or Stephen Bartlet of Green River, Wyo., born in 1958.
Why: Cause unknown. The crash is under investigation by NTSB
What: United Airlines Flight 167 en route to Los Angeles from Boston
Where: diverted to O’Hare International Airport
When: Wednesday 8:37 p.m
Who: 138 people were on board.
Why: When about a dozen passengers became sick during a flight, the flight was diverted to O’Hare and an EMS Plan 2 was called which sends at least 10 ambulances to the scene. Some passengers became sick from the smell of vomit on the plane. Those who fell ill were reportedly part of the same tour group of about 40. One among them reported feeling sick prior to takeoff. Four were hospitalized at Lutheran General Hospital. Fourteen declined to be hospitalized when examined by paramedics though the entire tour group was examined by paramedics. No food was served on the flight.
What: Frankfurt-based XL Airways Boeing 737-800 flight G1-614 en route from Frankfurt Germany to Antalya Turkey registration D-AXLF
Where: emergency landing at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport
When: on Saturday Oct 18 7:47 a.m. (0547 GMT)
Who: 163 passengers and six crew (official release said 183 passengers and 6 crew)
Why: The pilot reported engine failure, and requested an emergency landing with five minutes to manoeuvre and land the plane at the nearest airport. Smoke was seen coming from one of the plane’s two engines and the emergency crew doused said engine with foam. The official report denies fire, and says only “unspecified “engine problems” instigated the emergency landing
Evacuation was ordered for those living near the radio tower that was involved in the Air Angels helicopter crash in Aurora Illinois, 42 miles outside of Chicago, specifically those living in the Amli and Oakhurst North apartments and homes on Riverstone Drive and Riverstone Court. The crash site is the Night Heron Marsh – part of the DuPage County Forest Preserve – at the intersection of Eola Road and Waterstone Drive on the Aurora’s far east side. The helicopter clipped a guy wire connected to a 750-foot tall WBIG radio antennae tower on the west side of Eola Road. Structural damage to the tower is being investigated. The top of the tower has been removed. Ironically, a helicopter was involved in the remediation procedures.
Madrid Superior Court Judge Juan Javier Perez is questioning three mechanics in relation to the Spanair plane crash. The purpose of the inquisition is to decide if there is a question of criminal accountability (manslaughter) for mistakes that lead to air disasters. To date, the only problem pinned down on the plane is with the plane’s wing flaps and the failure of a cockpit alarm.
The plane’s take-off warning system is supposed to be checked before every flight; it is supposed to warn pilots when planes properly configured for takeoff. Legally, the system is looking for someone to blame. However, some believe that getting caught up in blame clouds the larger issue of developing safety checks and balances.
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What: United Airlines flight 952 en route from Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. to Frankfurt in Germany
Where: emergency landing at Shannon Airport. Shannon Airport is reducing from 280 staff to being manned by skeleton staff of fewer than five Aer Lingus ground personnel; but emergency services were deployed.
When: Friday October 17 2008 landing safely at landed safely at 6.13am
Who: 190 passengers and crew
Why: A technical problem in the cockpit area resulted in smoke entering the flight deck. A replacement plane was provided for the passengers.
What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route to Amsterdam from Cincinnati
Where: emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport
When: early Sunday
Who: 151 people on board
Why: Smoke in the cockpit caused by faulty air-conditioning fan. The pilot circled back to Nova Scotia to land
What: Air Angels Inc.emergency medical transport Bell 222 helicopter en route from Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago from Valley West Hospital in Sandwich. The helicopter was based out of Clow airport in Bolingbrook.
Where: Crashed in a corn field near a residential area in east Aurora near Eola Road and Liberty Street, and was engulfed in flames.
When: Oct 15 Went down about midnight
Who: victims included three crew members and the little girl.
Why: The little girl was being transported to the hospital because of epileptic seizures. Witnesses report that after the helicopter crashed, it exploded. There is speculation that the helicopter struck a 750-foot tall radio transmission tower which is now about 15-feet off center. One witness reported a midair explosion, and then another explosion after the helicopter hit the ground. Two of the tower’s guy wires were impacted during the crash.
