TAROM flight RO-306 made an emergency landing at Henri Coand International Airport, Romania, on May 26th.
The Boeing 737-700 flying from Frankfurt, Germany, was mid-air when the captain decided for emergency landing due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely.
All 91 people aboard remained safe.
Blue Air flight 08-113 had to return and make an emergency landing at Henri Coand? International Airport, Romania, on May 9th.
The Boeing 737-400 flying to Valencia, Spain, had to return after burning off fuel due to bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
All 143 people aboard remained safe.
Fleet Air International flight FRF-101 was intercepted by fighter jets on March 7th.
The plane was heading from Otopeni, Romania, to Birmingham, England, when it lost communication with the ATC.
Fighter planes were dispatched from Belgium and UK that intercepted the flight and escorted it safely to Birmingham.
Everyone aboard remained safe.
Blue Air flight 0B-105 had to return and make an emergency landing in Bucharest, Romania, on December 29th.
The plane took off for Paris Beauvais Tille Airport, France, but had to turn back after it lost cabin pressure.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Blue Air flight 0B-1215 had to return and make an emergency landing in Otopeni, Romania, on October 19th.
The plane took off for Rome Fiumicino airport, Italy, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a loud noise in the cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
TAROM Airlines flight RO-717 had to reject take off from Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport, Romania, on October 13th.
The plane was accelerating to take off for Iasi, Romania, when the crew reported strong vibrations in the landing gear and rejected take off.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All 34 passengers and 4 crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
TAROM Airlines flight RO-637 had to return and make an emergency landing in Otopeni, Romania, on October 13th.
The plane took off for Satu Mare, Romania, but had to return shortly afterwards after its gear failed to fully retract.
The plane landed safely. All 33 people aboard remained unharmed.
Qatar Airways flight QR-180 had to divert and make a safe emergency landing at Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport, Bucharest, Romania, on July 9th.
The Boeing 787-800, en-route from Oslo, Norway, to Doha, Qatar, was mid-air above Romania when the crew needed to shut one of its engines down, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed safely. All 254 people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Blue Air flight 0B-9361 returned and made a safe emergency landing at Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport, Otopeni, Romania, on July 2nd.
The Boeing 737-800, en-route to Antalya, Turkey, was climbing out of Bucharest when the crew reported an abnormal landing gear indication, prompting the plane to return.
The plane landed safely. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
TAROM flight RO-217 made an emergency landing in Timisoara, Romania, on May 13th.
The plane, heading from Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport, Romania, to Belgrade, Serbia, had to be diverted after it lost cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All 27 passengers remained unharmed.
A Lufthansa Cityline plane was struck by lightning while it was descending towards Sibiu, Romania, on April 7th.
The Canadair CRJ-900 was flying from Munich, Germany, when a lightning strike caused a crack in its windshield.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
The return flight was cancelled.
KLM flight KL835 made an emergency landing at Henri Coanda Airport in Bucharest, Romania, on January 3rd.
The plane, heading from Amsterdam to Singapore, was diverted after a child on-board suffered a cardiac arrest.
The plane landed safely. The child and his mother were immediately taken to hospital.
The plane continued its journey after a short delay.
A Romanian military helicopter crashed in Malancrav, some 350 kilometers from Bucharest, Romania, on the morning of November 21.
The defense ministry officials said that the IAR-330 helicopter was on a training flight when it crashed.
Eight military officials were killed in the accident while 2 others were injured. Their identities have not yet been released.
The cause of crash is not clear at the moment.
A medical rescue crew boarded a plane and left Bucharest for Oradea to pick up transplant organs from a patient who just passed away. But they became victims themselves.
We have seen intensive searches for missing planes all over the globe; but here’s a medical rescue team aboard a BN-2A Islander who suffered tragedy in the accident when an inadequate search for their missing plane failed to reach the plane in time. Pilot Adrian Iovan and student Aurelia Ion died from severe injuries and cold. Authorities failed to find the site in the first six hours. The fallout from that failure has led to the resignation of political officials including Minister of Interior, Radu Stroe, Director General of Romatsa, Aleodor Frâncu and Chief of General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU), Ion Burlui. Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta dismissed state secretary Constantin Chiper, who was in charge of the rescue mission, and who should have coordinated the teams better.
A doctor who survived Radu Zamfir said that he gave the emergency service his exact GPS location provided by a smartphone.
Pilot Adrian Iovan died of internal bleeding and cold. AURELIA ION was an officer-student in the fifth year at the UMF Carol Davila, Military Medicine Institute in Bucharest and was also doing an internship at Fundeni Hospital.
A ranger found the wreckage and initiated the rescue. Initially all aboard—four doctors, a nurse and two flight crew—were alive.
Near Petreasa, Romania the airplane sustained substantial damage but the seven aboard initially survived. Near Poiana Horea, the plane had engine trouble. Pilot ADRIAN IOVAN tried to make an emergency landing, came down on a hillside in deep snow near Fântânele village near a lake.
Subsequent to the WizzAir accident in Rome on June 8, 2013.
The flight departed from Bucharest with 165 passengers and six crew.
The flight had an aborted approach due to problems with the undercarriage not locking.
Below is a letter from ANSV to EASA, the BEA, Budapest TSB and the UK AAIB
On July 29. 2013, a Mir Aero Eurocopter EC 130 (AS 350 B4) with 6 aboard was en route.
It crashed in Taureni Lake, Mures County, Romania. Four bodies were found initially; the fifth, Sorin Terbea was found by divers. Sorin Terbea is a wealthy businessman. The woman, Terbea’s company’s marketing director who was engaged to Terbea was rescued by witnesses at the lake. She is reported to be the only survivor. Two German citizens and their child were also aboard.
The Romanian Police forensic team was sent to Mures to coordinate investigation launched after the tragedy.
What: Romanian Air Force AR 316B Alouette III
Where: Buzau, Romania
When: July 5, 2012
Who: 4 aboard
Why: Captain Commander Docuz Mitica who was piloting the Alouette when it went down had over 1700 flight hours; and his copilot Viorel Cojocaru had 650 hours. Topoliceanu Catalin had more than 1,100 flying hours, Student Steven Corope?chi also died in the crash. One of the mechanics aboard might have been taking a flying lesson.
The Air Force School of Boboc lost radio contact with the helicopter at around 12:00 shortly before the helicopter crashed in Buzau County in the area known as Cross Comsoaiei right near the highway E85.
Rescue vehicles including water and foam trucks and ambulances responded but all four aboard died.
A committee of Air Force Staff will be investigating the crash and the findings made public.
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What: Air India Boeing 777 en route from Frankfurt to Chicago
Where: Bucharest
When: May 12, 2012 10:25
Who: 303 passengers and 17 crew
Why: The flight was en route over Romania when a door warning went off, alerting the pilot of a potential problem.
One source reported the problem as a door alarm; another source said there was a cargo smoke indication.
Passengers deplaned via stairs as on examination, no indication of fire or heat was found. Passengers were then provided hotel accommodations.
The pilot informed ATC in Bucharest and shortly later made a safe landing. The cargo door was examined but no problems were found. The issue was chalked up to being a false alarm.
The plane awaited takeoff pending an allocated scheduled landing-time in Chicago.
What: Pecotox Air Kamov Ka-32 en route from Moldova to Turkey
Where: Ostrov Village, Romania
When: April 26, 2012
Who: 5 aboard, 5 fatalities
Why: Two civilian Ka-32 helicopters were flying to Turkey to be used to fight forest fires performing a visual flight in uncontrolled airspace. They were intending to stop at Ostrov MK Constanta Airport to refuel.
Everyone aboard the flight was Ukranian. A team of forensic prosecutors and criminal investigators headed by Marius Iacob, have arrived Thursday at the accident site, a remote region of eastern Romania. Specialists from the National Institute of Criminology of the General Inspectorate of Romanian Police are assisting.
After one helicopter crashed, the second landed safely, hoping to provide first aid for the victims. No one survived the crash.
The Soviet Kamov helicopter can 13 passengers and two pilots. Only five were aboard the crashed helipcopter.
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Contact photographer Goran Canic Cane
What: Tarom Romanian Airlines Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 en route from Iasi to Bucharest
Where: Iasi
When: Jan 19th 2012
Who: 25 aboard
Why: Just after takeoff, the plane was still over Iasi when the pilots had to shut down the right engine.
The crew made a safe landing in Iasi, delaying but not postponing the flight.
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What: Wizzair Airbus A320-200 en route from Bucharest Romania to Milan Italy
Where: Bucharest
When: Nov 30th 2011
Who: 157 passengers
Why: We haven’t heard about falling parts in a while.
The airbus was en route over Bucharest when an engine access panel fell off.
Oops.
The pilots returned to the airport within twenty minutes. I wonder where the access panel ended up. Who forgot to fasten it? Inquiring minds want to know these things. There’s more to this story than what we’ve seen.
What: Jet Airways Airbus A318 en route from Hamburg to Dubai
Where: Constanta, Romania
Who: five crew and three passengers
Why: While en route, the jet airways airbus windshield cracked.
Pilots diverted to Mihail Kogalniceanu airport in Constanta, where they made a safe landing. No injuries were reported.
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Contact photographer Tamas Martenyi
What: Tarom Romanian Air Transport Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 en route from Hungary to Romania
Where: Budapest
When: June 17, 2011
Who: 34 passengers and 4 crew * corrected
Why: After taking off from Budapest, the right engine made abrasive noises, and began smoking. The engines power turbine failed followed by the gearbox. The plane was stopped on taxiway. * corrected
The pilot shut down the engine, and returned to the airport where they made a safe landing. The plane was shut down on the taxiway.
Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
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Contact photographer Santo Cuce
What: Carpatair Fokker 70 en route from Timisoara to Iasi Romania
Where: Timisoara
When: Jun 13th 2011
Who: 72 passengers, 4 crew
Why: After pressure problems were detected on board, the flight returned to Timisoara where it made a safe landing.
A replacement Fokker was provided, although passengers experienced a delay.
What: Mircea Chira’s Flight Design CTSW
Where: Baru Romania
When: June 13 2011
Who: pilot
Why: The ultralight took off from Deva airport, and crashed 60 kilometers away in rough topography between Pui and Baru Mare. The plane was loaned by the owner, Mircea Chira, to a businessman with more than 200 flight hours.
The wreckage was found in a a rocky and forested area in Hunedoara county.
The 47-year-old German pilot who lived in the Romanian town of Orastie apparently sent a farewell letter which some have interpreted as a suicide note.
