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    Turbulence Injury over Rhode Island


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    Contact photographer Rodolfo García López

    What: US Airways Boeing 767-200 en route from Philadelphia, to Frankfurt Germany
    Where: Providence
    When: Oct 19th 2011
    Who: One injury
    Why: While while en route over west Providence over Rhode Island, an encounter with turbulence resulted in a serious injury to a passenger’s ankle. The flight returned to Philadelphia due to the medical emergency. Departure was delayed. The flight did land in Frankfurt about four hours late.

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    Iran Air Sans Nose Gear



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    Contact photographer Aleksey Lisitsyn

    What: Iran Air Boeing 727-200 en route from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini
    Where: Tehran
    When: Oct 18th 2011
    Who: 94 passengers and 19 crew
    Why: On approach to Imam Khomeini Airport, the crew aborted the approach due to a landing gear issue. The crew diverted the flight to Mehrabad Airport (also in Tehran).

    The fly by at Mehrabad indicated the nose gear issue was actual, and not an indicator problem.

    The crew landed without the nose gear on the main gear, and the runway had been foamed. There were no reported injuries.

    In George’s Point of View


    Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance!

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    First Officer Attacked by Stairway


    What: Virgin Australia/Pacific Blue Boeing 737-800 en route from Brisbane,QL to Denpasar Bali
    Where: Brisbane
    When: Oct 14th 2011
    Who: 1st officer
    Why: The plane was in its parking bay as the first officer was inspecting the plane prior to departure, when the exhaust of a departing Qantas jet blew the mobile stairs, including the first officer, over. Both stairs and pilot ended up on the tarmac, the first officer ending up with a broken arm and leg. The plane was in its parking bay. The pilot departed for the hospital, presumably by ambulance, and the plane departed for Bali, with only a 90 minute delay.

    I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this happening!

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    Delta MD-88 Emergency Landing in Cincinnati

    What: Delta McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Flint Michigan to Atlanta Georgia
    Where: Cincinnati
    When: Oct 18, 2011
    Who: 130 passengers, 6 crew
    Why: While en route, the cabin began to smell “smokey.” The crew diverted to Cincinnati where they made a safe landing. They disembarked, and were able to leave Cincinnati around noon. The cause of the smokey smell was not released.

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    MD-83 Diverts to Bilbao with Cabin Pressure problem


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    Contact photographer Pieter-Jan Van De Vijver

    What: Spanair McDonnell Douglas MD-83 from Ovideo to Barcelona
    Where: Bilbao
    When: Oct 13th 2011
    Who: 96 passengers
    Why: While en route, the plane developed problems with cabin pressure. The pilots diverted to Bilbao, where they made a safe landing.

    Passengers were provided alternate flights.

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    8 Die in Botswana Crash

    What: Moremi Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan en route from Xakanaka Airstrip to Pom Pom Camp Airstrip
    Where: Xaxanaka (Botswana)
    When: OCT 14 2011
    Who: 12 aboard, 8 fatalities
    Why: A Moremi Air Cessna crashed in Botswana in the Okavango Delta soon after takeoff. Fatalities include the pilot and seven tourists. Four Swedes, two Brits, and two French were burned beyond recognition. One of the twelve people aboard actually jumped out of the plane while it was in the air, to avoid the fire, and that individual died at Maun Airport.

    The four who survived include two Botswanan officials of the Department of Road Transport and Safety, and a french couple treated at Delta Private Hospital in Maun. The husband had burns, the wife was unhurt. One of the vehicle examiners, Bernard Lottering, kicked out a window when the plane landed, then facilitated his colleague’s exit.

    The crash is under investigation.

    Moremi Air Charters has grounded their fleet.

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    Ministry Opinion on PNG crash

    What: PNG Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102
    Where: 20 km (12.5 mls) S of Madang Airport (MAG) (Papua New Guinea)
    When: Oct 13, 2011
    Who: 4 crew, 28 passengers, 4 survivors
    Why: The Png flight crashed 20 miles south of Madang, and was lost and later discovered on fire. 28 died in the crash, but pilots, one passenger and an attendant survived. The Australian Captain broke both legs in the crash. The surviving passenger is a Chinese man who incurred serious burns.

    “Based on the information that the pilot gave to the towers which was there’s smoke coming out of the engines and we’re running out of power, doing a forced landing, that’s what they said, which resulted in it crash landing.” The Ministry of Civil Aviation in Papua NG announced unofficially that there was a mechanical problem with the plane. The black box was recovered and sent to Australia for analysis.

    A Canadian team from de Havilland is doing an independent investigation.

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    Bomb Threat Calls for Marriage Counseling

    What: China United Airlines flight en route from Beijing to Urumqi
    Where: Jiayuguan Airport in Gansu province
    When: Oct 13, 2011
    Who: Mrs. Wang
    Why: Apparently 27 year old Mrs Wang wanted to make her husband worry, so she made a fake bomb and said it was aboard the flight, which diverted to Jiayuguan Airport. There was no actual bomb, which investigators discovered, and the plane was sent on its way after the inspection.

    Mrs. Wang was detained. Her husband was not aboard the plane.

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    Missing Russian Chopper Located, All 7 Alive


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    What: Russian Emergency Chopper Mil Mi-8MTV-1 #RF-31129
    Where: Altan, Trans-Baikal area Russia
    When: 09-OCT-2011
    Who: 7 aboard
    Why: The missing chopper was located and all aboard are alive. 15 units of equipment and 115 rescuers were engaged in the search. When the flight failed to check in at 12:45, it was declared missing.

    Three crew members and 4 Avialesookhrana representitives were all in good condition, found in the Trans-Baikal region of Kyrinskom. An emergency chopper picked up the 7 and flew them to the First Municipal Hospital in Chita.

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    Papua New Guinea 28 Die in Violent Storm, Forest Crash on the Banks of the Gogol


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    Contact photographer Raymond Ngu


    What: PNG Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102
    Where: 20 km (12.5 mls) S of Madang Airport (MAG) (Papua New Guinea)
    When: Oct 13, 2011
    Who: 4 crew, 28 passengers, 4 survivors
    Why: About 5.15pm, while en route from Lae to Madang, the flight went down in dense forest in bad weather. The pilots managed to send a distress call. Four survivors were pulled from the wreckage and taken to Yamad clinic. The survivors include an 64 year old Australian pilot and a New Zealand pilot and an Asian passenger who was sitting in the seventh seat, who crawled through a crack in the fuselage, and who suffered burns on 27% of his body (including back and arms). Survivors are being transported by boat to Modilon hospital in Madang.

    First responders were initially blocked when they could not cross the Guabe river, then a boat suffered engine problems, then the third attempt made it to the scene of the crash. A violent storm and dense forest hampered the rescue efforts, which were facilitated by chopper.

    Australia engaged four army Blackhawk helicopters to assist in the rescue. Rescuers on the Gogol river were impeded due to heavy rains. It took four boats to reach the crash site.

    PNG quarantined Laes Nadzab airport and grounded the Dash 8 fleet.

    Witnesses saw the plane crash on the Guabe River bank and on impact, burst into flame. Most of the passengers were local Papuan parents of Madang’s Divine Word University students. According to a resort manager who went to pick them up from the airport, six of the plane’s occupants — one passenger and five crew members – had reservations to stay at Madang Resort.

    PNG Accident Investigation Commission’s spokesman Sid O’Toole talked to the media.

    PNG Airlines released the following:

    POMSOX/MEDIA RELEASE – PORT MORESBY 10:30 PM THURSDAY, 13th OCTOBER 2011 – AIRLINES PNG ANNOUNCEMENT


    We are sad to confirm that there has been an accident involving an Airlines PNG Dash 8 aircraft near Madang late Thursday afternoon.

    Emergency services have been activated and Airlines PNG is co-operating with authorities to mount rescue and recovery efforts.

    There were 28 passengers and 4 crew members on board. There appear to be some survivors while a number of people remain unaccounted for.

    Airlines PNG is working with the emergency service authorities to confirm this information in more detail.

    A full investigation is underway by authorities and Airlines PNG as to the possible cause of the accident.

    Airlines PNG fully supports the action of local authorities at Lae who have quarantined aviation fuel at Lae airport from where the aircraft originated.

    Airlines PNG has also grounded its Dash 8 fleet of 12 aircraft until further notice.

    Our prayers and thoughts are now with all those affected by this very sad day for Papua New Guinea.

    For further information contact:

    Media Relations:

    Email: media.relations@apng.com

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    Coming Soon: Step by Step Reconstruction of Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428


    In a Saab 340 simulation, two pilots are attempting to reconstruct how the pilots managed on May 18 in the Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 crash in Prahuaniyeu, 16 miles south-west of the town of Los Menucos, Río Negro, Argentina, crash that killed 22. The information sources were the black boxes, (flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder) including records of the dialogue and sounds in the cockpit and flight operations.

    Those interested in the results include Judge Bariloche Leónidas Molde, the court clerk, the prosecutor, and an aeronautical engineer, and representatives of the Accident Investigation Board for Civil Aviation (JIAAC). JIAAC’s September preliminary report indicated that the pilots were responsible for the accident.

    A new voice transcription to be used includes noise in the cabin, like the sound of alarms. The experts will use a certified replica of the plane that crashed in the Black River and the black boxes to establish what happened to cause the flight to crash. 19 seconds of audio before the impact was badly damaged and a team is currently trying to rescue the audio.

    The simulation will recreate the flight based on both the voices of the pilots and data from the Flight Data Recorder.

    The trial will last two days. The date of a final report has not been set.

    Individuals in noncompliance of official procedures and lacking official documentation may be excluded from participation. Also, some question Saab involvement but rather than this being a conflict of interest, they are engaged as responsible technical experts on their own machines. Family members just want to hear the actual transcribed voices of their loved ones.

    We may be talking about this again, since final analysis reports can take so long, and may or may not be conclusive.

    Src: http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Tragedia-Sol-simulador-reconstruyen-vuelo_0_571142968.html

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    Trainee Flies into Tension wires


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    What: Indira Gandhi National Aviation Academy trainee (operating a) SOCATA TB20 Trinidad en route from Raebareli Airport
    Where: Bhadokhar police circle of Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India
    When: October 11, 2011
    Who: pilot
    Why: The pilot took off from Fursatganj Airfield-Raebareli Airport, and crashed in Bhav village, in Uttar Pradesh, India. The pilot was on a training flight and flew into the National Thermal Power Corporation tension cable line.

    The pilot trainee, Sudip Vashishtha (Vashisht?) was injured after the powerline reduced his momentum, after which he dropped 20 feet. The training plane was mangled, and the pilot injured with multiple fractures, but conscious, and he is currently considered critical but stable. He was remove from Rae Bareli hospital to Lucknow hospital.

    Newspapers are describing the craft as a chopper, but it is a light single engine aircraft with a variable pitch propeller built by Socata, out of France.

    According to the flight school’s website, “The Akademi functions under the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Govt. of India (GOI) through its Governing Council (GC). Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) located at Fursatganj District Raebareli Uttar Pradesh”

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    Tire, Landing Gear Fail on Sky Airlines Antalya Landing


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    Contact photographer Szabolcs Kelemen

    What: Sky Airlines Boeing 737-400 en route from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (Germany) to Antalya (Turkey)
    Where: Antalya on
    When: Oct 10th 2011
    Who: 156 passengers and 6 crew
    Why: After a normal flight, on landing in Turkey, the plane’s right main gear collapsed when a right tire burst.

    One cause for a burst tire is a hard or fast landing, or the state of the runway. The cause has not yet been determined.

    In the accident photos (according to AV gossip), the logo has been painted out with white paint.

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    ANA Turbulence over Japan


    Japan airways registration JA623J. The incident occurred on JA624A
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    Contact photographer ciel

    What: ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from Singapore to Tokyo
    Where: South China Sea
    When: Oct 9th 2011
    Who: 176 passengers and 10 crew
    Why: During breakfast, the flight encountered turbulence which injured five aboard. Those injured included three of the crew.

    Wake turbulence has been suggested. If so, details will show up in the investigation.

    The flight made a safe landing in Tokyo.

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    Venezuelan Plane Rejects Take off


    Pictured: Plane similar to YV445T which was involved in the incident
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    Contact photographer José de Jesús González – SVZM Spotters

    What: Aeropostal McDonnel Douglas MD-82 en route from Valencia to Porlama
    Where: Valencia Venezuela
    When: Oct 8th 2011
    Why: On takeoff from Valencia, an engine failed. (The same fault was repeated the next day.)

    The pilots rejected takeoff.

    The flight was cancelled.

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    Emergency landing in St Petersburg Russia


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    Contact photographer Petr Gorbunov

    What: Rossiya Airbus A319-100 en route from St. Petersburg to Moscow
    Where: St. Petersburg, Russia
    When: Oct 7th 2011
    Why: After takeoff, the plane developed engine failure in the left engine.

    The pilots shut down the left engine and returned to make a safe landing.

    The flight was in the air less than twenty minutes. A replacement jet was provided within three hours.

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    Entrepreneur, Dies Piloting Plane, 2 Sons, Woman Passenger, 4 dead

    What: Pilot/operator Ângelo Rafaeli D’élia Beechcraft V35 Bonanza # PT-CTL en route from Ponta Porã to Viracopos-Campinas
    Where: Marabá Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
    When: October 1, 2011, 21:30
    Who: 4 fatalities
    Why: In the night, as rain was falling, the Beechcraft Bonanza en route for Campinas in Sao Paulo never made it to its destination, but crashed on farmland near Marabá Paulista, leaving a five foot crater. Four people died in the crash: entrepreneur Ângelo Rafaeli D’elia, 51, who was piloting the aircraft, the children Bruna D’Elia, 18 and Rafael Ângelo, 12 years, and Syhlvia Katheiny Torreta.

    Reports are that the pilot was lost, and that someone aboard the plane was sick. They asked for assistance from London’s control tower.

    Locals reported hearing an explosion when the plane impacted the ground.

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    The Guam Question: What Happened on Flight 001?


    United/Continental flights to Guam have been laden with issues. Landing gear problems and other issues abound; and it happened again on Sunday, the fifth time in a month.

    This was aother emergency landing, although officially they are saying there was no incident. There was a nose gear problem reported, however; and the safe landing was made in spite of it.

    Airport rescue services were on hand when the flight landed, prepared to handle the Landing gear malfunction, which turned out to be a landing gear indicator malfunction.

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    Boston Turbulence Leads to Rocky Trip, Terrified passengers

    What: JetBlue Airbus 319 en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Boston
    Where: Boston Logan International Airport
    Who: 130 passengers and five crew members

    What: Lufthansa Flight 429, which was traveling from North Carolina to Munich, Germany
    Where: Boston Logan International Airport
    Who: 245 passengers and 18 crew

    The Jetblue flight, which arrived early, was en route when it encountered turbulence severe enough to injure 9 aboard with an assortment of neck and back injuries.

    The Lufthansa flight had to land at Logan due to a turbulence encounter that injured 11 passengers on that flight.

    The turbulence was severe enough that many aboard bumped their heads on the ceiling of the plane. Several people were treated for injuries but no one was hospitalized.

    Passengers aboard both flights describe the trip as terrifying. They were certain they were going to crash.

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    Fire-fighting AIr Tanker Crashes in France

    What: Air Tractor Tanker in Corsica, France
    Where: Between Pouzolles and Laurens, about 15km N. of Béziers, Hérault Reg France
    When: October 8, 2011 at 11:15
    Who: 1 aboard
    Why: A fire in Corsica brought about by dry weather conditions was in the process of being fought by 200 firefighters. One of several airborn vehicles fighting the fire, a water tanker, crashed. Only the pilot was aboard the craft

    The pilot managed to escape from the plane, and had a slight head wound. The tanker was a total loss.

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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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    Finnish Bird Strike Cuts Flight Short


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    Contact photographer Martin Djupenstrom

    What: Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800 en route from Helsinki to Rovaniemi
    Where: Helsinki Finland
    When: Oct 5th 2011
    Why: The flight took off normally from Helsinki but incurred a bird strike.

    After leveling off, the crew decided to return to Helsinki where they made a safe landing. The weather in Rovaniemi was foggy, with limited visibility, contributing to their decision.

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    Qantas Flight Scare


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    Contact photographer Nathan Bartlett

    What: Qantaslink Boeing 717-200 en route from Newman,WA to Perth,WA
    Where: Newman Australia
    When: Oct 4th 2011
    Who: 75 passengers and 5 crew
    Why: The plane had taken off normally from Newman, but while still ascending, the engine popped. That is, it made a loud noise which was reported later by local media as a compressor stall. Inside, the cabin, passengers heard the explosion, the lights dimmed and the plane shuddered. Outside, witnesses saw a puff of smoke. Inside, passengers say it went “dead silent” for five minutes, before anyone made announcements. (No one is complaining. They’re all happy they survived.) When the captain did speak, he was calm and reassuring. No doubt he was busy at the time.

    The landing hit hard and was described as being all over the runway. Passengers did joke about needing a drink afterwards, and Newman not having a bar; it was mentioned that the replacement flight should have all given them free drinks before they ran out of food.

    The plane made a safe (emergency) landing in Newman fifteen minutes after takeoff.

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    NY Tourist Helicopter Crashes in East River, 1 Birthday Fatality, 4 Rescued

    What: Paul P. Dudley Bell 206B JetRanger
    Where: East River, New York, NY
    When: Oct 4, 2011
    Who: 5 aboard, 1 fatality
    Why: The Bell 206B JetRanger was en route with five people aboard when it took off to about 25 feet above ground, and spun, then crashed for an unknown reason upside down into the East River. The flight had just taken off from the riverbank launch pad. Two people were injured, one was missing. Four individuals were rescued from the water, including the pilot. While the helicopter was submerged, rescuers searched for the fifth passenger, Sonia Marra Nicholson, but did not find her until it was too late. The chopper had sunk 50 feet into the water. Nicholson had been visiting New York on the occasion of her 40th birthday.

    THe passengers who were rescued were Nicholson’s partner Helen Tamaski, her mother Harriet Nicholson and her stepfather Paul Nicholson, all of whom are in stable condition at Bellevue and New York University Hospitals. Paul and Harriet Nicholson live in Portugal but are British citizens. Sonia Marra Nicholson and Helen Tamaski lived in Australia.

    The pilot Paul Dudley also survived. The passengers were close personal friends. He manages the Linden, N.J., airport.

    Rescuers included police officers who where on hand, running a drill on the East River, and who, still in uniform, jumped in to assist passengers.

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    NTSB briefing today at 5:00 PM (EDT) on investigation of helicopter accident in New York City

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    WASHINGTON – NTSB Board Member Mark Rosekind will brief the news media on the NTSB investigation into yesterday’s East River helicopter accident.

    The briefing will be held at 5:00 PM EDT today at the
    accident site.
    NTSB Press Contact: Terry Williams (on-scene in New York)
    202-557-1350
    williat@ntsb.gov