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    Southwest NoseGear Collapse July 22 Update


    Investigators are still working to determine the problem why the landing gear of Southwest Airlines Flight 345 collapsed while the plane was landing in New York on Monday.

    Input and coverage continues below:

    See Videos

    • Nose Gear Collapse ‘Humongous Jolt’

    • CBS 2 minutes 9 seconds

    • Details from Los Angeles Times 1 min 13 seconds

    • Raw footage 11 seconds

    SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 345 BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, PASSENGERS EVACUTED VIA CHUTES ONTO THE RUNWAY AND WERE BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. 8 PERSONS ON BOARD SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES, LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK, NY

    Date: 22-JUL-13
    Time: 21:45:00Z
    Regis#: N753SW/SWA345
    Aircraft Make: BOEING
    Aircraft Model: 737
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: Unknown
    Aircraft Missing:
    Damage: Unknown
    LOCATION
    City: NEW YORK
    State: New York

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    Southwest Airlines Diverts due to Flaps Flops

    On July 23, 2013, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Kansas City to Indianapolis developed a problem with the flaps.

    Pilots diverted back to Kansas City and made an emergency landing. (See flight path below)

    None of the 54 aboard suffered injury.

    The flight eventually took off and arrived in Indianapolis at 1 a.m. with no indication if this was the same or a different jet.

    * Flight Path:

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    Southwest Airlines Boeing Nosegear Collapses in NY


    On July 22, 2013, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Nashville,TN to La Guardia was making a landing when the nose gear collapsed.

    Five passengers and 3 crew were injured on the slides and hospitalized.

    There were 144 passengers and 6 crew aboard.

    A passenger described landing as “a bang and a bounce and then just a slam on the brakes and then it was a skidding”

    The airline confirmed a nose gear collapse, 5 passengers and 3 cabin crew reported injuries and were taken care of by local responders.

    Video Below

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    Fatal Helicopter Crash

    On July 16, 2013, a Bell UH-1H Iroquois #N775AR flying for Kinder Morgan piloted by A.J. Blain was on a seismic testing mission when it crashed in Delores county in rolling hill country.

    The helicopter coordinates with a ground crew to position seismic sensors looking for oil and gas deposits

    The Bell UH-1H Iroquois belonged to Billings Flying Service.

    The pilot died in the crash, and debris hit and injured a person on the ground. There was no fire, but the helicopter is a total loss.

    The crash is under investigation by the Dolores County Sheriff’s office, the BLM, the FAA and the NTSB.

    The preliminary data states that during a lift operation, N775AR BELL UH-1H ROTORCRAFT went on its side and crashed. The one person on board was fatally injured near Dove Creek Colorado.

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    Japan Airlines Flight Returns to Boston


    A Japan Airlines 787 was en route from Boston to Tokyo when a maintenance indicator flashed early in the flight.

    Pilots returned to Boston where they made a safe landing at 6:15 p.m. The problem is being reported as a maintenance issue.

    Flightradar24 website shows that Japan Airlines flight 7 was over Hudson Bay in Canada when it turned around.

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    Aviation Events recorded this weekend

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 00:01:00Z
    Regis#: ASA769
    Aircraft Make: BOEING
    Aircraft Model: 737
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: Unknown
    Damage: None
    LOCATION
    City: CHICAGO
    State: Illinois
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: ALASKA AIRLIINES FLIGHT 769 BOEING 738 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, DIVERTED DUE TO UNKNOWN ODOR IN THE CABIN, 3 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES, AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, CHICAGO, IL

    Date: 14-JUL-13
    Time: 22:45:00Z
    Regis#: UAL408
    Aircraft Make: AIRBUS
    Aircraft Model: A320
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: Unknown
    LOCATION
    City: HOUSTON
    State: Texas
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 408 AIRBUS A320 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND 1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURY, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOUSTON, TX

    Date: 13-JUL-13
    Time: 20:28:00Z
    Regis#: N3734H
    Aircraft Make: BOEING
    Aircraft Model: 737
    Event Type: Incident
    LOCATION
    City: JACKSONVILLE
    State: Florida
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: N3734H DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 8957 BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, NO INJURIES, DAMAGE UNKNOWN, PASSENGERS DEPLANED VIA STAIRS AND BUSSED TO TERMINAL, JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION, JACKSONVILLE, FL

    Date: 12-JUL-13
    Time: 11:51:00Z
    Regis#: JIA444
    Aircraft Make: CANADAIR
    Aircraft Model:
    Event Type: Incident
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: ROANOKE
    State: Virginia
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: US AIRWAYS PSA FLIGHT JIA444, CRJ2 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT ROANOKE, VA

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 23:05:00Z
    Regis#: FEDEX399
    Aircraft Make: BOEING
    Aircraft Model: 757
    Event Type: Incident
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: MEMPHIS
    State: Tennessee
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: FEDEX FLIGHT 399 BOEING 757, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF FLAP UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, MEMPHIS, TN

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 17:14:00Z
    Regis#: N1016S
    Aircraft Make: MOONEY
    Aircraft Model: M20J
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: MONTAGUE
    State: California
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, MONTAGUE, CA

    12-JUL-13
    Time: 17:00:00Z
    Regis#: N104DG
    Aircraft Make:
    Aircraft Model: KITFOX
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Unknown
    LOCATION
    City: SMOKETOWN
    State: Pennsylvania
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A CORN FIELD OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, NEAR SMOKETOWN, PA

    12-JUL-13
    Time: 23:00:00Z
    Regis#: N32EM
    Aircraft Make: SCHEMPP HIRTH
    Aircraft Model: DISCUS B
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: MOUNDHOUSE
    State: Nevada
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR MOUNDHOUSE, NV

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 23:15:00Z
    Regis#: N328CM
    Aircraft Make: MOONEY
    Aircraft Model: M20F
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: APALACHICOLA
    State: Florida
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, APALACHICOLA, FL
    INJURY DATA
    Total Fatal: 0

    12-JUL-13
    Time: 19:30:00Z
    Regis#: N6101H
    Aircraft Make: STEARMAN
    Aircraft Model: C3B
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: EVERETT
    State: Washington
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, EVERETT, WA

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 00:38:00Z
    Regis#: N72100
    Aircraft Make: BEECH
    Aircraft Model: 36
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: CADIZ
    State: Kentucky
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING STRUCK A DEER, CADIZ, KY

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 21:31:00Z
    Regis#: N93957
    Aircraft Make: CESSNA
    Aircraft Model: 185
    Event Type: Incident
    LOCATION
    City: KENAI
    State: Alaska
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING FLIPPED OVER, POLLY CREEK AREA ON THE BEACH, NEAR KENAI, ALASKA

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 23:12:00Z
    Regis#: N9608G
    Aircraft Make: CESSNA
    Aircraft Model: 206
    Event Type: Incident
    LOCATION
    City: DILLINGHAM
    State: Alaska
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED ON THE TUNDRA, NEAR DILLINGHAM, ALASKA

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 20:00:00Z
    Regis#: N123HP
    Aircraft Make: BELL
    Aircraft Model: 206
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: INYOKERN
    State: California
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: N123HP BELL 206 ROTORCRAFT ON LANDING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, INYOKERN, CA

    13-JUL-13
    Time: 04:30:00Z
    Regis#: N1374H
    Aircraft Make: AERONCA
    Aircraft Model: 15AC
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: Unknown
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: TALKEETNA
    State: Alaska
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, TALKEETNA, ALASKA

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 23:59:00Z
    Regis#: N1837B
    Aircraft Make: LUSCOMBE
    Aircraft Model: 8
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: ROSE HILL
    State: Kansas
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, ROSE HILL, KS

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 15:30:00Z
    Regis#: N5176N
    Aircraft Make: STEARMAN
    Aircraft Model: E75
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: BOZEMAN
    State: Montana
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, BOZEMAN, MT

    14-JUL-13
    Time: 01:15:00Z
    Regis#: N544WK
    Aircraft Make:
    Aircraft Model: HAWK
    Event Type: Accident
    Highest Injury: Minor
    Damage: Substantial
    LOCATION
    City: SAN SIMON
    State: Arizona
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTAL DAKOTA HAWK, STRUCK POWERLINES AND CRASHED INTO AN ORCHARD, 5 MILES FROM SAN SIMON, AZ

    15-JUL-13
    Time: 02:10:00Z
    Regis#: N66409
    Aircraft Make: BEECH
    Aircraft Model: 35
    Event Type: Incident
    Highest Injury: None
    Damage: Minor
    LOCATION
    City: MEDFORD
    State: Oregon
    Country:
    DESCRIPTION
    Description: AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED, MEDFORD, OR

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    Alaska Airlines Flight Diverted


    On July 12, 2013, an Alaska Airlines BOEING 738 on flight 769 developed an odor in the cabin.

    Pilots diverted to Chicago where they made a safe landing.

    Three flight attendants were affected.

    The flight made a safe landing with no additional injuries. The incident is under investigation.

    * http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA769/history/20130712/2255Z/KBOS/KSAN

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    Emergency landing in McAllen

    A United Airlines/SkyWest Flight 5229 Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 ( Brownsville-Houston flight diverted to McAllen on July 12, 2013 when the pilots discovered pressurization problems.

    Pilots received a cabin door indicator light in the flight deck.

    Passengers disembarked without any problems.

    None of the 43 aboard suffered injury.

    Video Interview of Passengers


    Flight Aware Flight Path

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    Beech Down in Fallon Nevada


    On July 10, 2013 at about 4:45 a.m., a Beech A36 Bonanza with four aboard took off from Fallon Municipal airport en route to Dixie Valley.

    Pilot Dan Urquhart force-landed in the desert a couple hundred yards from Fallon Municipal Airport near the intersection of Indian Lakes Road and Enterprise Way.

    Two injured parties were flown by Care Flight medical helicopter in stable condition, and one injured party driven to to Banner Churchill Community Hospital and one other hospital.

    Damage to the plane has not yet been assessed.

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    Southwest Airlines Emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport

    On July 9, 2013 at 9 a.m., a Southwest Airlines flight en route from Baltimore’s BWI Marshall Airport to Las Vegas with 174 passengers, and 6 crew aboard developed engine trouble. The right engine developed a leak.

    Pilots diverted to Kansas City International Airport where they made a safe landing.

    Good job pilots. Safe landing. No injuries.

    In George’s Point of View

    I’ve said it before and likely will say it again. Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance.

    Commercial planes are up and down all day long. It’s constant.

    Problems with these planes are just a matter of time. There must be absolute iron-clad maintenance and inspection that is equally as aggressive as the operator that wants their entire fleet in the air all the time.

    You know the old adage:
    For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
    For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
    For want of a horse the rider was lost.
    For want of a rider the message was lost.
    For want of a message the battle was lost.
    For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
    And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

    Think of how easily this applies to a plane.

    For want of a maintenance check a washer was lost
    For want of a washer the oil was lost.
    For want of the oil, an engine was lost.
    For want of an engine, the pilot was lost.
    For want of the pilot, the plane was lost.
    For want of the plane, the passengers were lost.
    And all for want of a maintenance check.

    So…I wasn’t really expecting to say it again so soon:

    Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance.

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    Asiana Interviews

    Some stories of the Asiana Crash in San Francisco

    Currently there are 51 hospitalized, 8 in critical condition, one child. Five fire attendants are being treated for burns.

    Federal investigators talked to the pilots why they shut down the autopilot 82 seconds before landing. This was the first time the pilot had landed a 777 at this airport. When the fire started in the middle of the plane, there were passengers still in the back that had to walk through the smoke to exit, passing people trapped in their seats. Flight attendants heroically got passengers out of the plane, and tried to put out the fire.

    One passenger Eugene Ra describes the instants before the crash, looking out the window knowing they were too low. THe plane’s impact was powerful enough that it snapped the plane, and the spines of at least two of the passengers. The cabin filled with smoke and fear. After the plane stopped, there was silence.

    The plane flew in too low and too slow, initiating a stick shaker (stall) warning, and struck the sea wall, severing art of the tail.

    Plane Crash San Francisco Asiana Airlines Crash Survivor Interview

    * A cautionary note: The official investigation of the cause of the crash will take a year or more. No matter what news releases or speculations come about before the official investigation is just speculation. We do not know, for example, if some part or software in the plane malfunctioned, leading the pilots to respond as they did.

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    Two survive ROBINSON Crash in Utah

    On July 8, 2013 on 8:30 a.m, a 28-year-old pilot and his 24-year-old student were performing a training exercise in a ROBINSON R22 #N712U when it crashed and rolled downhill in the Tibble Fork Reservoir area of the American Fork Canyon.

    Both the pilot and student exited the plane on their own feet after just missing slamming into the mountain.

    The emergency response team responded to the pilot’s 911 call, searched the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and found the wreckage in under an hour after hiking half a mile uphill.

    The pilot told 911 that the helicopter was knocked from the sky by a gust of wind.

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    Ten die in Alaska Otter Crash

    update:


    All the remains have been recovered and sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Anchorage for autopsy I.D.

    On July 07, 2013, a Rediske Air Inc deHavilland DHC-3 Otter with 10 aboard was taking off from Soldotna Airport Alaska. THe crash was reported at 11:23 a.m.

    Nikiski pilot Willy Rediske and nine passengers died on impact. The crash occurred at Funny River Road. By the time Soldotna police, fire and medic personnel with Central Emergency Services and Alaska State Troopers responded, the plane was on fire.

    First responders are notifying family members and retrieving remains.

    Investigator Brice Banning who had been targeting the Asiana Airlines crash will instead be launching the Soldotna crash investigation.

    Aircraft Details:

    • Serial Number 280
    • Status Valid
    • Manufacturer Name DEHAVILLAND
    • Certificate Issue Date 12/01/2010
    • Model DHC-3 Expiration Date 12/31/2013
    • Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine
    • Type Engine Turbo-prop
    • Date Change Authorized None
    • Mode S Code (base 8 / oct) 53162230
    • MFR Year 1958
    • Mode S Code (base 16 / hex) ACE498
    • Type Registration Partnership
    • Engine Manufacturer HONEYWELL
    • Classification Standard
    • Engine Model TPE331-10R
    • Category Normal
    • A/W Date 07/09/2010
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    NTSB launching team to investigate Boeing 777 crash in San Francisco

    The National Transportation Safety Board launched a full go-team to San Francisco, Calif., to investigate the July 6, 2013 crash involving Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777. The crash occurred while the aircraft was landing at San Francisco International Airport.

    NTSB Senior Aviation Accident Investigator Bill English will serve as investigator-in-charge. NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman is accompanying the team and will serve as the principal spokesman.

    Public Affairs Specialists Kelly Nantel and Keith Holloway will also be on-scene in San Francisco to coordinate media related activities. They can be reached by mobile phone at 202-557-1350.[portfolio_slideshow loop=true]

    * A cautionary note: The official investigation of the cause of the crash will take a year or more. No matter what news releases or speculations come about before the official investigation is just speculation. We do not know, for example, if some part or software in the plane malfunctioned, leading the pilots to respond as they did.

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    Breaking News: Asiana Airlines Crash in San Francisco


    On July 6 2013, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 Flight 214 en route from Taipei made a hard landing on runway 28 at San Francisco international airport.

    Rescue services—firefighters and ambulances—responded to the scene.

    Passengers exited via air slides. On the video below, it appears the tail is missing. Other video shows the top of the aircraft is charred.

    The Asiana Airlines #HL7742 landed hard, slid and/or cartwheeled, and came to rest with landing gear not visible. Debris–apparently the landing gear–is scattered down the runway. Smoke appeared to be coming from the side of the plane opposite from where passengers were exiting via slides. After the plane was on the ground, witnesses saw parts break off and a ball of fire. The attitude of the plane seemed normal but an apparent tailstrike may have damaged systems and limited flight control.

    Air traffic to San Francisco international airport has been suspended.

    Weather at the time of the accident (11:28 LT / 18:28 Z) was repored as:
    KSFO 061756Z 21006KT 10SM FEW016 18/10 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP097 T01780100 10183 20128 51005
    KSFO 061856Z 21007KT 170V240 10SM FEW016 18/10 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP098 T01830100

    The plane’s first flight was 2005-02-25, 8 years 4 months ago and flew with 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4090.

    Heard on Twitter:

    • Source says no passengers died in San Francisco crash
    • Source says two passengers died in San Francisco crash
    • Pilots who saw Asiana 777 crash in San Francisco say it landed hard, cartwheeled, erupted in flames.
    • A fire truck sprays Asiana Flight 214 after it crash landed at San Francisco airport.
    • NTSB sending “Go-Team” to San Francisco to investigate crash landing of an Asiana B-777.
    • Asiana 777 fell short of runway, eerily similar to British Airways 777 crash in 2008
    • The FAA has said all SFO flights are canceled.
    • 18 flights to and from Denver affected.


    Raw Video

    News Video


    mashable

    NTSB Press MEETING

    NTSB Go-Team Pre-Departure Press Avail on Asiana B-777 Crash
    WHAT: Press Availability with Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman as the NTSB go-team departs to San Francisco to investigate the crash landing of an Asiana Boeing 777.
    TIME: 5:30 p.m. EDT
    LOCATION: Hanger 6 at Reagan National Airport
    * A cautionary note: The official investigation of the cause of the crash will take a year or more. No matter what news releases or speculations come about before the official investigation is just speculation. We do not know, for example, if some part or software in the plane malfunctioned, leading the pilots to respond as they did.

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    Disruptive and Unruly

    The disruptive passenger of Monday ( US Airways flight from Vegas to Charlotte) repeats “disruptive and unruly” behavior Tuesday on Albuquerque to Chicago.

    The Chicago flight had to divert to Kansas City to unload Mr. “disruptive and unruly” after he tried to exit the plane when it was still flying.

    Around 11:30, Kansas City airport police escorted the passenger from the flight after he had been aggressive, shouting, and refusing to stay seated.

    The American Eagle Flight 3172 continued to land safely at O’Hare.

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    Michigan Float Plane Crash

    At 5:10 pm Tuesday, Gerard Dale Pearson, 71, was piloting a float plane that crashed on Shoal Lake, in Michigan.

    Emergency services, including Itasca County Search and Rescue, Cohasset Fire and Minnesota DNR and Itasca County Sheriff Department retrieved the pilot from the submerged plane.

    Pearson was airlifted to Grand Itasca Hospital, then Miller Dwan in Duluth Michigan.

    The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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    Wheeling Plane Misses Apts


    A TennAir LLC Beechcraft Super King Air 200 #N92JR out of Clarksville TN developed a problem, and diverted to Wolf Road, just shy of flying into the Foxboro apartments.

    At 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, the plane stopped half on the street, barred from hitting the apartment complex by a stand of trees. A couple of eleven year olds witnessed the force landing and ran into their apartments in anticipation of an explosion that didn’t happen. They did get interviewed about the accident.

    The pilot had trouble with the plane and managed to get on the ground without injuring any one.

    He survived, although not quite at the airport in Wheeling Illinois. THe extent of damage to the plane was not released.

    Raw Videos Below


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    Delta: Flight delayed by Mud

    Delta Flight 1763 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Washington DC to Minneapolis was on the tarmac when the right gear left the pavement and got mired in a foot of mud.

    160 passengers had to disembark on to the runway. They were bussed back to the terminal, and their takeoff was delayed.

    Meanwhile airport crews had to get the plane unstuck.

    Passengers scheduled on the 2:53 flight were put on a delayed flight that arrived in Minneapolis/St Paul Intl at Gate G19 at 8:13 p.m..

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    Air Show Emergency Landing


    On Sunday, pilot, John Klatt was performing at the QC Airshow at the Davenport Municipal Airport in Davenport, Iowa on the Air Guard demonstration team when he had to make an emergency landing.

    A piece broken off of the plane punctured his engine, spraying oil over his windshield. He jettisoned the canopy. Klatt told spectators that he had cut himself worse while shaving.

    Click to see Video

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    United Boeing Dreamliner Flies Houston to Houston


    photographer Greg Kieca

    On June 24, 2013, a United Boeing 787 Houston to Denver flight developed an issue with the brakes (or brake indicator) and made an emergency landing. Details about the specific problem were not released.

    The flight left Houston at 9.12am and arrived in in Houston at 11:58 a.m.

    None of the 219 passengers and 13 crew members sustained any injury. Maintenance examined the plane. The plane was returned to service.

    Stranded passengers were provided travel solutions by a Boeing field service representative.

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    Mokulele Iki Inc Piper Dunked in Ocean

    During salvage of the Mokulele Iki Inc Piper PA-28-181 Archer II that made an emergency landing50 yards from Waiehu Beach on Maui, the Pacific helicopter doing the heavy lifting dropped the Piper Cherokee it was hauling into the ocean. The wind was blowing 20 to 25 mph. Witnesses believed the helicopter was going to follow the plane into the ocean.

    None of the four men aboard the Piper were hurt during the emergency landing on the 16th, and no one was injured during the attempted salvage on the 20th.

    Now the owner, the insurance company and the coast guard have to figure out what to do next.

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    United Airlines Passenger Poisoner

    June 17 2013 2pm
    On an United Airlines Flight 116 from Tokyo to Newark, a passenger got up during the flight and yelled to fellow passengers that he’d poisoned everyone.

    The flight landed at 1:30 pm in Newark, and was taken into custody by the FBI and Port Authority Police. No one became ill but he was hospitalized. He is reported to be mentally disturbed.