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    Black Boxes Recovered, Interim Guess blames Antonov Failure on low vis Weather or Pilot Error


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    Contact photographer Dmitriy Pichugin

    What: Local carrier FGUPKAP twin-engine Antonov An-28 en route from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Yelizovo to Palana
    Where: Palana village, Russia
    When: Sept 12, 2012 12:28 p.m.
    Who: 12 passengers, 2 crew, ten fatalities
    Update: Two flight recorders retrieved on Thursday are bound for Moscow for examination. So far, the investigator has said that the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airlines plane lacked a ground proximity warning system which had been due for installation by Oct 1. Survior Palana chief firefighter Vladimir Shabalkov told the press that he and the three other survivors had survived because they had been thrown from the plane before it slammed into the mountainside. They all had been seated in the tail-area of the plane.

    THe name of the 500-meter-high Cedar covered hill where the crash occurred is Pyatibratka Mountain. The pilot may not have seen the slope, and might have tried to land too early.

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    PIA Airbus has Hydraulics Problem. Pilots Divert to Karachi


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    Contact photographer Yunjin Lee

    What: PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A310-300 en route from Islamabad to Medina
    Where: Karachi
    When: Sep 12th 2012
    Who: 187 passengers
    Why: After the plane’s hydraulic system developed a fault, pilots informed ATC.

    ATC recommended diversion to Karachi. Pilots made a safe landing at 9.22 pm. An alternative flight was provided.

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    Antonov Impacts in Russia, 4 Survivors


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    Contact photographer Dmitriy Pichugin

    What: Local carrier FGUPKAP twin-engine Antonov An-28 en route from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Yelizovo to Palana
    Where: Palana village, Russia
    When: Sept 12, 2012 12:28 p.m.
    Who: 12 passengers, 2 crew, ten fatalities
    Why: The plane was scheduled to land in Palana village, but lost contact with ATC and crashed in a cedar forest on a hill 10 kilometers away from the intended landing site. A thirteen year old boy who survived is now comatose. The three other survivors are in critical condition.

    A recovery helicopter landed as close as possible to the wreckage; but rescue personnel had to navigate through rough topography to reach the wounded.

    Originally nine bodies were found, and five injured people, but one child died of injuries.

    FGUPKAP, the carrier is owned by the state. Minister of Health Tatiana Lemeshko Kamchatka participated in a conference regarding the crash, and reported on the status of the 4 surviving passengers. The ministry is sending September rescue personnel and doctors to Palana on September 13.

    Weather conditions, human error or technical malfunction may be the cause. Officials announced that the families of the fatalities will be getting 200,000 rubles in compensation.

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    Vintage Hawker Landing Gear Collapses on Qualify


    What: Hawker Sea Fury
    Where: Reno
    When: Sep 11, 201
    Who: pilot
    Why: Pilot Matt Jackson of Van Nuys, Calif had an emergency when he was qualifying for the Reno National Championship Air Races when the landing gear of his vintage Hawker Sea Fury developed problems. His landing gear was visibly stuck, and spotted by his ground crew. He made a safe landing but slid off the runway after his landing gear collapsed.

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    After Electrics Fail, Hard Landing in Anchorage blows 14 tires on Southern Air Landing


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    Contact photographer Rainer Bexten

    What: Southern Air Boeing 747-200F en route from Miami to Anchorage
    Where: Anchorage International Airport
    When: Sept 11, 2012
    Who: crew
    Why: Outside of Anchorage, all four main power generators on the Southern Air Boeing quit; the plane had a complete electrical failure. They made the rest of the flight on battery power, which was nearly depleted by the time they reached Anchorage.

    The Southern Air cargo jet landed in Anchorage on backup power and without communication until 13 minutes before landing; the landing was hard and fast without reverse thrusters. No one was injured, although on landing, 14 of the Of the jet’s 18 tires blew out. Emergency services were on standby awaiting a fire.

    The previous owner of the plane was Saudi Air.

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    Plane Crashes Kansasville Garage

    What: Beech A36 Bonanza en route from Chicago Executive Airport to Minocqua
    Where: Eagle lake Kansasville, Racine County, WI
    When: Sept 9, 2012
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: The pilot who had been en route from Chicago Executive Airport to Minocqua crashed into a Kansasville Wisconsin garage but avoided hitting any of the neighborhood houses in Eagle Lake. the plane, a garage, and two cars were destroyed; and two homes sustained damage. Debris and plane parts were scattered over the immediate area.

    Witnesses say that when the plane hit, it shook the neighborhood.

    The FAA and Racine County Sheriff’s Office are investigating.

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    IDENTIFICATION
    Regis#: 3224G Make/Model: BE36 Description: 36 Bonanza
    Date: 09/09/2012 Time: 1653

    Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
    Damage: Destroyed

    LOCATION
    City: RACINE State: WI Country: US

    DESCRIPTION
    AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. RACINE, WI

    INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1

    OTHER DATA
    Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
    FAA FSDO: MILWAUKEE, WI (GL13) Entry date: 09/10/2012

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    Falling Boeing Door Hits No One

    What: ABX Air Boeing 767-200 en route from Cincinnati, to Seattle
    Where: Seattle
    When: Sep 7th 2012
    Who: Crew
    Why: A cargo flight lost a little something over Washington state. The refrigerator-sized landing gear door crashed to a Kent Washington street and skidded along the ground.

    The FAA picked up the DHL plane part.

    The video below mentions a couple other cases when planes have rained parts down on people below:

    • May: Air Canada Boeing 777 en route to Japan scattered engine parts over Toronto
    • July: Boeing 787 Dreamliner undergoing testing scattered engine parts over a Charleston runway

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    Angel Flight Emergency Landing


    What: Houston to Decatur
    Where: Decatur Municipal Airport
    When: Sept 6 2012, 10:30 a.m.
    Who: 4 aboard
    Why: No one was injured when Pilot Mark Moran made a hard landing in Decatur when returning a passenger from cancer treatment and surgery. Moran is an Angel Flight program pilot, providing free flights to sick people who cannot afford their treatments. Moran came in too fast and would have performed a go round but he didn’t feel he had enough lift to make it over powerlines at the end of the runway. He veered left off the end of the runway through a barbed wire fence. Fire crews sprayed down the leaked fuel.

    (unconfirmed)

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    Cessna Crash in Rome Kills 2, Burns 30 cars

    What: Cessna 402B en route from Montichiari to Rome
    Where: Ciampino, Rome, Italy
    When: Sept 7, 2012
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: In Rome, a Cessna has crashed in a car depot near Ciampino airport. Thirty cars sequestered by police were damaged.

    The two aboard were killed on impact. They had been intending to land at Urbe airport in Rome but impacted at 167 Via Fioranello. Alfredo Segariol and Antonio Salvoldi, 39, Brescia were in the air performing a photographic surveys for the Rossi company. After impact, the Cessna caught fire; and the fire spread to gut thirty cars at the depot. The plume of smoke was visible across the city.

    It is not yet known if the plane had mechanical trouble or ran out of fuel.

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    American Airlines Medical Emergency Diversion to Iqaluit

    What: American Airlines Boeing 777 en route from London to Los Angeles
    Where: Iqaluit
    When: Sept 4, 2012
    Who: 1 medical emergency
    Why: The flight was en route when one passenger developed a medical emergency. The flight made a safe landing and the passenger was taken to Qikiqtani General Hospital.

    After spending 4 hours on the tarmac with the passengers all aboard, the 777 had to be inspected (for the overweight landing) before it continued to Los Angeles

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    Piper Emergency Landing in Martha’s Vineyard

    What: Fly The Whale (Charter) twin-engine Piper Chieftain en route from Nantucket Memorial Airport to White Plains, New York airport
    Where: Martha’s Vineyard
    When: September 3, 2012 8:00 pm
    Who: 9 passengers
    Why: The flight was en route when a (possibly electrical) smell pervaded the cabin. The pilot made a precautionary landing at Martha’s vineyard. Passengers transferred to another Fly The Whale flight and continued on to New York.

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    Air New Zealand Makes Emergency Landing

    What: Air New Zealand Boeing 767 en route from Honolulu to Auckland
    Where: Auckland
    When: August 5, 2012
    Who: 230 passengers
    Why: When the landing gear light (which should indicate landing gear are in place) did not come on during approach, the pilot told Auckland ATC, and performed a flyby confirming the gear were down. The pilot went on to make a safe landing.

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    Winch-launched Glider crashes in UK

    What: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3
    Where: Portmoak Airport
    When: Sept 4, 2012
    Who: 1 pilot
    Why: An experienced pilot in his forties in his Winch-launched Glider crashed in UK taking off from the Scottish Gliding Centre, Portmoak Airport. The winch runs on a cable that generate speed so the glider can lift off but it was barely off the ground when it plunged into a farm field in Forfar, Angus. The emergency call came at 1:30pm.

    The crash is under investigation.

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    Firefighting Helicopter Crashes in Portugal

    What: Empresa de meios aereos Kamov Ka-32A11BC
    Where: Lagoa de Vale de Figueiras, Portugal
    When: Sept 3, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: While filling a bucket during a firefighting expedition, a Air Media Company (EMA) chopper in Lagoa de Vale de Figueiras, Portugal went down.

    The two aboard were injured. There were no fatalities. The two firefighters have been hospitalized.

    The helicopter had been engaged in fighting the fire in Ourém which has been raging for 24 yours.

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    Robinson Chopper Crashes in Valouse

    What: Robinson R-44 en route from Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) to Le Luc
    Where: Valouse
    When: Sept 3, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: The private helicopter was in France over the Drôme when the blades stopped and it fell. One witness said there was no explosion when it broke up in the air.

    When the accident occurred, a father and teenaged son were aboard, headed to Le Luc where the father ran a construction company.

    Twenty firefighters, fifteen police and helicopter EMS responded to the scene as well as two Air Base Orange helicopters.
    mobilized.

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    XL Airways Boeing Smoked out at Cologne-Bonn airport


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    Contact photographer Markus Adank

    What: XL Airways en route through Boeing 737-800 from Hanover to Bonn
    Where: Cologne-Bonn airport
    When: Sept 3 2012
    Who: 186 passengers, 6 crew
    Why: An XL Airways plane at Bonn was evacuated when smoke filled the cabin. Seven passengers were treated on the scene and eleven in all were injured. Some passengers described an odor like kerosene.

    Passengers disembarked via the stairway on to the tarmac with emergency services on standby.

    In 2008, the same plane had an engine problem forcing an emergency landing.

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    Helicopter Crash in Angola

    What: Angola National Police Aérospatiale/Eurocopter AS-350B3 Ecureuil
    Where: Dundo City Angola
    When: Sept 1, 2012, 06.30 pm
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: An Angolan National Police helicopter crashed killing captain chief-inspector Tiago Casimiro, his assistant, João Adelino João Brandão, and Provincial Electoral Commission employees Lourenço Mussenoho and Maria Augusta João. Investigators have been sent to Lunda Norte Province.

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    American Airlines Backs Miami Dolphins Charter Into a Parked MD80

    What: American Airlines Boeing B767 en route from Dallas to Miami.
    Where: Dallas TX
    When: August 30, 2012
    Who: no injuries
    Why: According to the FAA report, during Push-back for departure, the plane hit a parked MD80.

    Oops.

    No injuries were reported. THe plane involved happened to be the Miami Dolphins charter plane scheduled to return the Dophins to Miami. The team was provided a replacement jet and they returned to Miami at 7:30 a.m. the next morning.

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    Pia Emergency Landing


    What: Pakistan International Airlines ATR-42-500 en route from Islamabad to Lahore
    Where: Lahore
    When: August 31, 2012
    Who: 46 aboard
    Why: While landing in Lahore in heavy rain, the plane’s right main gear collapsed, and the plane ran off the runway.

    There were no injuries but the plane was damaged. Pia reported that the main gear collapsed and denied earlier reports of injury. No one was hospitalized.

    Passengers disembarked via stairs on the runway shoulder and were provided transportation to the gate.

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    Tragic Crash of Free Club Flight

    What: Aeroclub “Aviaservice” Yakovlev Yak-18T
    Where: Katunino, Russia
    When: Sept 1, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: At 4.45 pm Moscow time, the light Yak-18 crashed in the Russian village of Katunino. There were four aboard the plane at the time of the crash.

    The plane crashed 300 meters from the runway and caught fire. Firefighters, rescue workers, a team of SMP, the police, the prosecutor’s office were on the scene.

    The club holds trials free flights for everyone. This had been one of those free flights. It was the first time 28-year-old businessman Andrei Ershov had ever flown and according to Andrei’s ex-wife, he had been excited over it, and had persuaded his friend Kolodeshnikov Denis to join him.

    Death Toll:
    Sergei Piganov, 54, pilot,
    Korotkov Olga, 29 years old,
    Andrei Ershov, 28,
    Kolodeshnikov Denis, 29 years.

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    Photographer and Pilots Lost on Mountain in East Taiwan


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    Contact photographer Sung-Yang Tong

    What: Dapeng Airlines Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander en route from Taipei to Taitung
    Where: Missing en route
    When: August 30, 2012
    Who: 3 aboard
    Why: After departing from Songshan Airport at 7:25, the plane with two pilots and a photographer (pilot Hsuey Chen-hao, co-pilot Chang Ming-chin and aerial photographer Chien Yu-hsin) was on an aerial photography flight conducting a survey. At 7:44 a.m., the pilot requested permission to switch from instrumental to visual flight. After 9:14 a.m there was no more contact with the plane, although it is supposed to check in every 15 minutes.

    Around 10:15, the National Rescue Command Center informed ATC that an ELT signal had been detected. At the time, visibility was up to 10 kilometers.

    A rescue chopper spotted the wreckage in the mountains at 1600 meters. Weather conditions forced the chopper to return.

    The 20 year old plane had an airworthiness certificate renewed last month.

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    Utah Compassion Flight Crashes, 2 fatalities

    What: Aero Med LLC AMD CH2000 Alarus
    Where: Nephi Utah
    When: August 30, 2012, 4 p.m.
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: Returning to Nephi Municipal Airport, the plan crashed on approach at 4 p.m.. The two aboard died on impact. The impact area was in the area of highway 132. Weather may have been involved, as it was storming at the time. After impact, there was a fire.

    The fatalities were identified as Robert Marion Lamb, 45, of Utah County and Peter John Mrowiec, 58, of Ontario, Canada. Either one could have been flying.

    Robert Lamb, a flight instructor, had been aboard while Peter Morwiec was trying to earn five hours of flight training to fly the plane home. Mrowiec was intending to purchase the plane.

    According to Lamb’s wife who asked why he was going, since he wasn’t getting paid and didn’t know [Mrowiec]. he said, “If I was stranded and couldn’t get home, I would hope someone would help me.”

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    Horizon Air Loses Engine, Lands Safely in Seattle

    What: Horizon Air Dash 8 en route from Vancouver to Seattle
    Where: Seattle
    When: August 31, 2012
    Who: 80 aboard
    Why: While en route, the Horizon Air/Alaska Airlines flight developed engine trouble (it was running hot).

    The pilot shut down the affected engine and made a safe landing in Seattle. None of the 76 passengers or 4 crew were hurt.

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    Dana Compensation Delays


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    Contact photographer Peter Tonna

    What: Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria
    Where: Iju neighborhood, Lagos
    When: June 3, 2012
    Who: 153 passengers
    Why: NAICOM told seminar attendees that the $70,000 per Dana Plane Crash victim payment is contingent on the death certificate and letter of administration, and 70 per cent of Dana Air Crash Claim settlements have been delayed due to families being unable to submit death certificates and letter of administration.

    58 families have been paid $30,000 (the initial 30%) that is due 30 days after the crash. On verification of the correct claimants, the balance of the claims should be covered by Prestige Assurance, six Nigerian insurance companies and Lloyds and Lloyds Associates.

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    Chopper Rolls Head over Heels in India

    What: Bell 206 Chopper
    Where: Godhra, Gujarat, India
    When: August 28, 2012
    Who: 5 aboard, 2 injured, 0 fatalities
    Why: On landing, the helicopter crashed and rolled. The pilot and one passenger were extricated from the chopper and rushed to the hospital. One of the passengers was Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu who was scheduled to speak at Godhra Science College.

    As can be seen in the video below , the chopper rolls end over end on landing.