Emergency

Under FAA JAA IKO rulings, it is mandated that if and when an emergency is declared by an airborne plane, ATC immediately diverts all incoming traffic and gives priority to the emergency situation. Most, if not all, of the events we have described as emergency are official emergencies. However, sometimes they are incorrectly reported as emergencies by our sources, have been downgraded from official emergency status, or are believed to be emergencies by passengers in fear for their lives.

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    Broken Wing Forces Delta Airlines Flight 2412 to Make Emergency Landing

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    Delta Airlines flight 2412 was on its way from Orlando to Atlanta, when a part of its right wing fell off.  The missing wing panel of Boeing 757 was first spotted by passengers after which, the pilot instantly decided to make emergency landing.

    There were 179 passengers and 6 crew members on the plane, who then took a sigh of relief when the plane was safely landed in Atlanta at about 7:30 pm, on March 16, 2014.

    According to Delta Airlines spokesperson, the broken wing panel did not affect the ability of aircraft to fly or land.

    The incident could have been very serious and undoubtedly, it was very scary for the passengers to look out and see part of a wing missing.

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    MedView Airlines Lagos-Abuja Flight Makes Emergency Landing

    A local MedView Airlines flight in Nigeria, set from Lagos to the capital city Abuja, had to return and make an emergency landing immediately after take off.1

    Initial reports reveal that Genga Daniel, former Ogun State governor, was also on board.

    While the real reason behind emergency landing is still unclear, some passengers reported that just after the take off, the plane’s cabin got filled with smoke.

    The passengers were safely evacuated through the emergency exit.

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    US Airways Flight 678 Diverted to Houston When A Baby Passenger Stopped Breathing

    US Airways Flight 678 was forced to make emergency landing when a baby stopped breathing.2

    The flight was en route from Tampa, Florida to Phoenix Sky Harbor, when the baby started turning purple due to seizure. The pilot had to divert the flight to Houston, while the passengers gave chest compressions and rescue breathing, to the baby for saving his life.

    According to media sources, the plane safely landed in Houston where the child was given medical aid.

    The US Airways flight was continued to Phoenix.

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    Kansas State University’s Training Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing

    A Kansas State University helicopter made an emergency landing near Saline-McPherson County line, on Thursday.

    According to the Kansas State Troopers, the pilot made emergency landing due to a mechanical fault in the helicopter. The two-seater training helicopter was landed safely, in a wheat field and the pilot remained uninjured.

    The helicopter is being repaired on-site, after which it will be flown to the KSU’s aviation facility in Salina.

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    Delta Air Lines Flight 901 Makes Emergency Landing Due to Squabbling Couple

    Flight 901 of Delta Air Lines, flying from Atlanta to Costa Rica, had to make an emergency landing on Grand Cayman Islands, due to a couple squabbling on their wedding anniversary.250px-Delta_logo.svg

    According to Raymond Christian, Chief Inspector Royal Cayman Islands police, the groom was arrested on charges of drinking and inappropriate conduct, while the bride was allowed to continue the flight.

    The police have not revealed the details about bride’s identity but they confirm that the groom, identified as Michael Foret, 33, is a U.S. national.

    Foret was later presented in front of a Cayman Islands Judge, who fined him $600 for forcing the plane to make emergency landing.

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    Pegasus “Sochi Olympics” Hijack Attempt


    On Feb 7 2014, on a Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-86J en route from Kharkov to Istanbul, the 45-year-old passenger seated in “2F” hollered “BOMB!” threatened there was a bomb in the baggage compartment and wanted to hijack the plane to go to the Sochi Olympics. His attempt to enter the cockpit was foiled. When pilots entered Turkish airspace, they informed authorities.

    An F-16 Turkish military fighter jet was called to provide an escort.

    The flight landed in Istanbul (on the Asian side of the airport where Pegasus has its hub) where the Ukrainian man was taken into custody.

    There was no bomb. None of the 110 passengers were hurt.

    The passenger was just intoxicated.

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    Pressure-loss and Smoke at 10,000 Feet

    I write a lot of shorthand. Not real secretarial shorthand but the kind that sums up major panicfests into four lines without even an exclamation point. A plane made an emergency landing at such and such a place after it filled with smoke. These people were hurt (or they weren’t), this broke on the plane (or it didn’t) and somebody broke something worse than a nail while exiting via the emergency slide (or they didn’t). I usually don’t have access to a lot of passenger interviews that talk about the terrifying moments between when they found out they were on a plane with issues, and when they were actually safe on the ground, and I mean literally on the ground, probably kissing it for good measure. Well, just because I don’t get a birds-eye view inside a plane showing everyone the human story while the pilots are duking it out in the cockpit for the sake of survival doesn’t mean there aren’t as many passionate plane stories as there are people in the plane. So I do have to apologize once in a while, for my tendency to rattle off the facts. I try to maintain my objectivity most of the time, so some of this news may come across as dull. I feel pretty certain no one aboard the planes feels like its dull.

    So on 29-JAN-2014, there was an emergency landing in Delaware after a Mesa Airlines/United Express CRJ 700 (Canadair CL-600-2C10 Regional Jet CRJ-701ER) Dulles-Boston flight got smokey in the cabin, and the oxygen masks dropped down, both pretty good indicators that something was wrong. They made a safe landing though, in New Castle Airport. There was a loss of pressure, and they descended to 10,000 feet before they landed at 9:55.

    In fact, here’s someone’s twitter about it, probably a passenger.

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    United Express No Lefts Turn Out All Right

    On January 27, 2013, a United Express Jet’s ailerons mid-flight failure fifty miles out forced the pilot of the Shreveport-Denver flight to make an emergency diversion and landing in Wichita.

    The pilot of the Embraer EMB-145XR Flight ? ASQ6099 could not turn left but made a safe landing at Mid-Continent Airport. Kudos to the pilot for figuring out how three lefts make a right (or something to that effect.)

    None of the thirty-nine passengers reported injury.

    Emergency services responded to the scene.

    After the plane taxied to the gate, UE provided transportation alternatives to the passengers.

    We can’t wait to hear what was wrong with the ailerons. Maintenance?

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    Emergency Landing in Baku

    A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 en route from London to Singapore diverted to Baku in the first week of January 2013, after developing pressurization problems. The plane made a safe landing with no injuries.

    Four hundred sixty seven passengers were aboard the flight, and twenty-seven crew, none of whom were injured. Passengers were provided hotel accommodations pending a replacement aircraft from Singapore.

    A faulty door seal was reported to be the cause of the incident. The sound of the leaking air was audible and the flow of air was cold, an beyond the plane’s ability to manage. A replacement door was fitted before the plane flew out. Airbus is participating in the investigation by sending a team to Baku.

    Singapore airlines operates 19 A380’s.

    A photo tweeted by passenger Steve Murphy showed the oxygen masks deployed during the flight, after it began losing cabin pressure on January 6, 2013.

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    No Flaps—Fast Landing

    Delta flight 5104 carrying 47 people from Atlanta to Allentown made an emergency landing at Lehigh Valley International Airport after the Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 developed problems with its flaps.

    Lehigh Valley International Airport is a regular stop on 5106.

    Air traffic control was notified at 6:35 p.m. and within twenty minutes the flight had made a fast landing without flaps—a fast landing because flaps help the plane slow down.

    No injuries were reported.
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    Air Canada Jazz Suffers Engine Fire Just After Takeoff


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    On December 12, 2013, an Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 took off from Nanaimo Airport en route to Vancouver when the plane developed an engine fire.

    Fire broke out over open water when the plane reached cruising altitude minutes after leaving the airport. Passengers reported hearing a loud bang, and on the side of the plane, they saw flames from the affected engine.

    The pilot shut down the engine, and they made a safe landing. The crew also discovered an engine oil problem just prior to the fire.

    This was the first emergency landing at the Nanaimo Airport, which was shut down for four hours after the incident. Emergency services responded to the scene. Passengers used stairs to exit.

    Passengers spoke positively about the crew. No one was injured.

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    Jet Blue Flight Pins Attendant

    On Nov 20, 2013, a JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190 to Boston from Fort Myers diverted to Orlando when an emergency slide emitted a loud bang, and deployed itself in the front galley of the plane.

    There were four crew aboard and seventy-three passengers aboard flight B6-1266 who set out for Boston and ended up in Orlando. Passengers were evacuated in Orlando and transferred to a plane that didn’t have an emergency slide in the front galley pinning a flight attendant to the wall.

    The flight attendant did not suffocate, but was assisted in freeing his head, apparently.

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    Robinson Emergency Landing in Russia

    A UTair Aviation Robinson R44 had two people aboard on November 22nd 2013 when it made a hard landing in Tyumen, Russia.

    This information comes even before a preliminary investigation, but reports are that there was an engine malfunction.

    Task Force Firehouse number 146 responded to the scene where it land at Tarakanova Yarkovsky village in Tyumen, Russia.

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    Skydivers Planes Collide And Fall to Earth


    On November 2nd, 2013, the two Skydive Superior Cessnas (Cessna A185F Skywagon #WN94059, Cessna 182 #N6068Y) were flying over Wisconsin when one flew into another, forcing eleven people into emergency mode. Two pilots and nine skydivers made it to the ground alive, though part of the plane was described as breaking off into a fireball of burning debris that the skydivers had to avoid while they were coming down. The nine skydivers had been planning a tandem jump.

    The Skywagon encountered wake turbulence, which lead to the collision and breakup of the lead aircraft.

    Four jumpers were aboard the lead plane that broke apart.

    One plane broke up and burned; the other pilot managed to land. The pilot of one plane used his emergency parachute and was injured enough on landing that he was hospitalized. The other managed to land at the airport, albeit with a broken wing and propeller.

    The FAA is investigating.

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    Fokker 27 Investigation

    BEA Fokker 27, registered I-MLVT, 25 October 2013, Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, France

    INFORMATION ON 27 OCTOBER 2013

    The BEA has initiated a Safety Investigation following the accident that occurred to the Fokker 27 Mk 500, operated by the Italian airline Miniliner on behalf of the French airline Europe Airpost.

    The cargo aeroplane, with two pilots on board, had taken off at 01h10 (local time) from Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport bound for Dole, France. A few minutes later, the aeroplane suffered uncontained damage to the left engine. During the accident, a left propeller blade went through the fuselage. At 01h20, the crew made an emergency landing back at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport.

    A team of three investigators from the BEA went to Roissy on Friday 25 October to begin the first work on the investigation. The flight recorders, along with the propeller, will be sent to the BEA on Monday 28 October.

    Organisation of the Investigation

    In accordance with the provisions of European Regulation 996/2012, the BEA has associated the following organisations with the Safety Investigation:

    ANSV (Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo, Italy) representing the State of Operation of the aeroplane,
    AAIB (Air Accidents Investigation Branch, United Kingdom) representing the State of Manufacture of the aeroplane’s engine and
    the Dutch Safety Board (Netherlands) representing the State of Manufacture of the aeroplane.
    The preliminary examination of the propeller blade that separated from the engine and the readout of the flight recorders will be undertaken at the BEA at the beginning of this week, in the presence of the BEA’s foreign counterparts and their technical advisers.

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    Smoking Engine in Turks and Caicos Islands

    On Oct 23, an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) to Miami reported a fire in the cockpit, a smoking engine and a loss of fuel. With smoke in the cockpit, and a hot engine, pilots made a safe landing when they diverted to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

    None of the 169 passengers and 6 crew reported injury.

    Some sources reported “There was no fire anywhere” but other sources say there was an engine fire. American Airlines sent a replacement flight which made it to Miami Tuesday.

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    Piper Comanche Emergency Landing

    A 1960 Piper Comanche had smoke in the cabin when there was an engine fire on Oct 8, 2013.

    The pilot Kristopher J. Richardson made a safe emergency landing at Hutchinson Airport.

    The plane sustained minor damage. No one was injured.

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    Japan: Emergency Field Landing when Engine Quits

    Four people aboard a privately owned Fuji Fa-200-160 made a crash landing in a field near Ozaki, Yachiuo city, Japan.

    The pilot made the emergency landing because the engine quit.

    There were no fatalities, and only the co-pilot, who suffered a facial injury sustained any injury.

    The plane had taken off from and was returning to Otone airfield, Ibaraki, JAPAN.

    The Fuji is a single engine piston plane built by Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. of Japan.

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    EasyJet Emergency Landing in Pisa

    On Sept 14, 2013, an Easyjet Airbus en route from Pisa to London was taking off from Pisa when it suffered a bird strike.

    The pilots entered a holding pattern and made a safe landing in Pisa around 11:30.

    THe extent of the damage to the plane #G-EZIZ is not known.

    No injuries were reported.

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    Thai Airways Airbus with Nosegear Failure skids off Bangkok runway, 14 Hospitalized


    A Thai Airways International Airbus A330-321 en route from Guangzhou Baiyun International to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi International (i.e. China to Thailand) had a runway excursion when it landed at its destination.

    Fortunately emergency services were on hand to put out the fire that started in the engine.

    The Thai Airways statement said there was a “landing gear malfunction.”

    The plane went off the right side of the runway, and the nosegear failed.

    There were fourteen crew and 388 passengers. Fourteen people were injured and hospitalized in Bangkok. Emergency slides were used to exit the plane. We presume the injuries occurred on the emergency slides.

    Theguardian reported that Thai Airways covered up the logo after the accident. This practice is known as the “crisis communication rule” from Star Alliance, and is a measure to save face and reputation.

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    Airbus Emergency Landing

    On August 29, 2013, an Airbus A321 en route from Antalya to Moscow. made an emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport with a problem with its left main gear.

    There were seven crew members, 219 passengers including 12 children. No injuries were reported.

    No injuries were reported.

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    Boeing Runway Overrun in Moscow, No Injuries


    A Nordstar Airlines Boeing 737086J en route from Rhodes to Moscow Domodedovo made it to Moscow but skidded off the runway on the landing.

    None of the 170 passengers aboard were hurt.

    The passengers descended on “soft” grass on portable stairs. There was no visible damage to the plane. After the passengers disembarked, the plane was towed.

    Emergency services responded to assist.

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    Helicopter Emergency Landing in India

    On August 14, 2013, a Tej Airways Robinson R44 Raven II en route from Godhra to Amdavad ashram had to make an emergency landing at Chartoda graveyard in Gomtipu, near Ahmedabad, India.

    The helicopter had been chartered for Narayan Prem Sai by his father, Hindu Spiritual leader Asaram Babu.

    Four firetrucks and three ambulances responded to the scene.

    Two people were hospitalized.