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Austria, Crash, De-Havilland, Lost, lost communication, private chartered

Gold Coast Crash Victims Found


Volunteer Coast Guard, Volunteer Marine Rescue and Water Police searched the coast Monday and Tuesday for a missing plane.

Pilot Alexander Rae, AKA Jimmy, was flying a Gold Coast Tiger Moth Joy Rides de Havilland DH 82 biplane off South Stadbroke Island off the coast of Queensland. His last message was “Conducting aerobatics over 3500 feet.” Jimmy was twenty-six years old, and had a reputation of being an excellent pilot. He was newly-wed to Alice, who is an equine dentist.

Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., sonar located the plane on the seabed near the Couran Cove Resort where the passenger and pilot were subsequently found by police divers, still inside the plane. Debris from the plane had already washed up.

The plane crashed into the water about four hundred meters from the coast on December 16. Police are looking for witnesses.

The Tiger Moth was built in the thirties. Tiger Moth Joyrides had been in operation since 1978.


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Austria, Helicopter

Christopherus 8 Crash

An emergency Christopherus 8 helicopter made a forced landing when a rotor blade struck rock. THe pilots made an emergency landing in Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria

The pilot told authorities wind shear caused a control issue and interfered with landing.

There were no injuries. A replacement helicopter was provided.


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Austrian Airline Aircraft Loses Wheel


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Contact photographer Christian Merz

What: Austrian Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 en route from Florence Italy to Vienna
Where: Vienna International Airport
When: Nov 5 2012
Who: 80 aboard 76 passengers, 4 crew
Why: On landing at Vienna International Airport, the Austrian Airlines De Havilland Dash lost the inboard wheel of the right landing gear.

There were no injuries reported. The accident is under investigation.


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Austria, Austrian Airlines, Boeing, Collision, Fokker

Austrian Airlines Parking Damage

What: Austrian Airlines Boeing 737-8Z9
Fokker 100 OE-LVM
Where: Wien-Schwechat International Airport, Austria
When: Oct 27, 2012
Who: no passengers
Why: A Fokker being towed struck a Boeing in the hanger.

Both planes suffered damage which has been repaired.

Austria, Cessna, Crash, missing

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.

Austria, Crash, Piper, private, struck tree

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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Austria, Cessna, Crash

Austrian Training Flight Crashes in Voglhub


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Contact photographer Markus Buttinger

What: Flugring Salzburg Cessna F150L en route from Gmunden to Salzburg.
Where: Straßwalchen, Salzburg
When: June 21, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: After disappearing from radar at 2:30, while on a training flight, a 71 year old flight instructor and 44 year old student pilot were in a fatal crash in Salzburg near Voglhub village. The flight was from Gmunden to Salzburg. After the crash, the plane’s beacon helped rescuers find the wreckage.

Rescuers attempted to cut the victims out until 4:30 pm. They did not long survive the collision. The area was foamed to prevent fire. The crash site was a field near the Western Railway.


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Jet Bridge Damages Airbus, 1 Injured


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Contact photographer Kim Philipp Piskol

What: Niki Airbus A321-200 en route from Malaga to Vienna
Where: Vienna
When: May 6th 2012
Who: 1 injury
Why: The plane had made a safe landing but at the gate, a loading bridge malfunction occurred. The bridge lifted the plane and damaged the door. Passengers did not disembark through the bridge, but instead through the back. One person who had initially said she was unhurt had a fracture. The plane received substantial damage.

The airline reported that docking was correct but a sensor malfunctioned.


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Airbus, Austria, Emergency, Iberia, lightning

Iberia Flight Lightning-struck


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Contact photographer Javier Bravo Muñoz

What: Iberia Airbus A319-100 en route from Madrid to Vienna
Where: Vienna
When: Feb 15th 2012
Why: On approach to Vienna, the plane was struck by lightning.

Pilots landed the plane safely and handed off to maintenance where it will be inspected. Another plane was called in to handle the return flight.


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Lightning Strike Sends Airbus Back to Starting Point


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Contact photographer Erwin van Hassel

What: Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Vienna to Innsbruck
Where: Innsbruck
When: Oct 7th 2011
Who: 57 passengers
Why: The plane was descending over Innsbruck when it was struck by lightning. The crew aborted the approach, and returned to Vienna, where they made a safe landing. The decision was made to return to Vienna because appropriate inspection and repair could not be completed in Insbruck. The return flight was made at a lower altitude of 12,000 feet.

(I can just imagine how the passengers felt after experiencing a lightning strike, and then having to end up going back where they started, instead of landing.)

On arrival in Vienna, passengers were provided alternative bookings.


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Faulty Landing Gear Interrupts Austrian Airline, Delays Flight


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Contact photographer Michael Priesch

What: Austrian Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Vienna Austria to Washington DC
Where: Vienna
When: May 27th 2011
Why: After takeoff, the gear would not retract.

The pilot returned to make a safe landing in Vienna; repairs were made and the flight left again less than an hour later.

Anonymous Expert Opinion
One common occurrence in Commercial Aviation is when a maintenance person forgets to remove the Landing Gear Safety Pin that is connected before starting the push back procedure during the aircraft start-up. It happens that that pin prevents the hydraulic system to actuate the nose gear allowing the tractor to freely steer the aircraft free from the gate. However that pin also locks the landing gear in the “down” position preventing the hydraulic system to retract in when commanded by the pilots. The result is that the aircraft is prevented from retracting its landing gear (one pin prevents them all) and returning is mandatory.

If the airplane is engaged in an intercontinental flight (thus carrying a huge amount of fuel) the crew invariably must dump a great amount of fuel in order to reduce the weight to within the manufacturer’s certified maximum landing weight in order to perform a safe landing. After dumping the fuel as the aircraft’s weight reaches its maximum allowed for landing the crew land the airplane. Unfortunately it causes delays and it is a nuisance, although not a harmful one. The worst part is for the maintenance crew whom was responsible for the tow out procedure to explain to his (or hers) superiors the quite expensive forgetfulness.


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Airbus, airliners.net, Austria, lightning, Vueling

Barcelona-Vienna Vueling Sustains Lightning Strikes


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Contact photographer Tommy Desmet

What: Vueling Airbus A320-200 en route from Barcelona to Vienna
Where: Vienna
When: May 8th 2011
Why: While en route, the plane through weather and was struck by multiple lightning strikes. The pilots continued to land in Vienna. There were no injuries but the plane received damage from two strikes.

At the time the flight landed in Vienna, windshear had been detected, and rain and wind were causing flight delays.

airliners.net, Austria, Crash, Eurocopter, unresolved

4 Lost in Chopper Crash in Austrian Lake

What: Eurocopter EC135P2 Helicopter registration OE-BXF
Where: Lake Achensee, Austria
When: March 31, 2011
Who: 4 crew members, 4 fatalities
Why: During a border inspection flight, the helicopter was flying very low, and tipped the surface lightly, the helicopter shot up, then fell. The helicopter had a crew of 3 Tyroleans and one Swiss. The air rescue and mountain guide, Stephen L. (38) was found floating; Pilot Mark P. (41), Mr Herbert F. (53) from the state police, and a Swiss civil servant (43) were not found until evening. They appeared to have been trapped in the cockpit. The pilot had 2,500 flight hours,and the helicopter was new.

Fire and water emergency personnel responded, and (3 rescue helicopters and 43 divers) dive teams are on site using sonar imaging. They are looking for the black box so they can learn the details of the crash.

In 2009 in Syria, two people died in an EC 135 helicopter.


Contact Photographer Andreas Stoeckl


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Iran Air Engine Fire Aborts Takeoff


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Contact photographer Florian Kondziela

What: Iran Air Airbus A300-600 en route from Frankfurt to Tehran
Where: Vienna
When: Oct 13th 2010
Who: 215 aboard
Why: The flight had diverted to Vienna for fuel, and was taking off when an indicator alerted for a fire in the right engine. (Passengers heard a loud report. )

The pilot aborted the takeoff, and passengers disembarked on to the tarmac.


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Aer Lingus, Airbus, airliners.net, Austria, cabin pressure, Diversion, Emergency

Airbus Emergency Landing in Vienna


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Contact photographer K. Dennis

What: Aer Lingus Airbus A321-200 en route from Dublin to Budapest
Where: Vienna
When: Jan 16th 2010
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the flight developed cabin pressure problems. The crew decided to divert to Vienna where they made a safe landing. After passengers debarked in Vienna, they were provided a bus to Budapest.

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