What: BMI Airbus A321-200 en route from London to Beirut Where: Bucharest Romania When: Nov 28 2010 Why: While over Bucharest, the plane indicated smoke in 2 cargo holds. On making an emergency landing in Bucharest, no smoke or fire was located. Passengers disembarked and were provided hotel accommodations, and an alternative flight on the 29th.
What: NARZ Mi-8T helicopter RA-22376 en route from Kyshtovka Where: n the vicinity of the Krapivin oil field of OAO Tomskneft VNK in the Kargasoksky district When: November 25, 2010 12:12 Who: Eight killed, three injured Why: The helicopter carrying shift workers and 1.6 tons of cargo had been hovering over the landing site when an uncontrolled rotation of the aircraft began. The Mi-8 drifted for about 50 meters, tipped over to its side, collapsed and caught fire. A criminal case has been initiated, a violation of traffic safety and air transport operation regulations, entail the death of two or more persons by negligence.
The black box, previously reported as being missing, has been found.
What: Beechcraft A65 Queen Air en route from Basco, Batanes to Tuguegarao in Cagayan Where: Cagayan province in northern Luzon, Philippines When: Nov 29, 2010, 1:30 pm Who: 13 aboard Why: Pilots Captain Agustin Jose and Captain Benedict Dela Cruz manned the Beechcraft when both of the engines stopped at 300 feet. They crashed along the Cagayan River in Barangay San Vicente in Iguig town around 1:30 p.m. The flight skidded through a corn field into the Cagayan River shallows, landing 19 kilometers from the airport where it was was scheduled to gas up.
The plane landed on water, and like another flight we all remember, everyone got out of the plane and stood on the wings. Rescue arrived via boat within 20 minutes.
Passengers included Rustom Hontonia, Jack Castaño, Jovani Pahodpod, David Batan, Benedict John Acebes, Mae Jane Agcaoili, Harold Agito, Kate Vallentes, Mika Horkajo, Hana Horkajo and Yale Mark Elep. Agito, Acebes and Pahodpod are Boy Scouts. (Elementary students and their teachers were traveling to a Philippines activity in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur. ) Mika and Hana were five and three years old.
No one was hurt in the crash, which is under investigation.
What: American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Boston to Dallas to Los Angeles Where: Little Rock National Airport, Arkansas When: November 28, 2010 Who: 165 passengers, 2 pilots, 4 flight crew Why: While en route, the plane made 15 explosive bangs, jerking with the impact of each. The engine stalled, and pilots landed the plane safely in Little Rock. When the jet was grounded for maintenance, Passengers transferred to another plane that continued without a problem.
The issue with the plane is being compared to a car backfire. Unlike a car, a 757 has 2 engines. Normal procedure when an engine is having issues, is to shut down that engine and land with the one remaining engine.
What: Air India en route from Delhi to Patna Where: IGI Airport When: Nov 25, 2010, 11:50 am (takeoff) 2 pm (landing) Who: 120 passengers Why: While en route, the plane developed technical problems, and returned to Delhi several hours later. The plane made a safe landing with no reported injuries.
What: Delta en route from New York to Moscow Where: New York When: Nov 21, 2010 Who: 193 passengers, 11 crew Why: After takeoff, ATC saw flames and smoke. The flight returned to JFK. No fire was found, but a compressor stall may have occurred. The left engine was shut down and the flight returned to the airport. Another flight was scheduled departing at 8 for Moscow, for the passengers.
What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Detroit to Miami Where: Jacksonville When: Nov 23 2010 Who: 70 passengers and 5 crew Why: While en route, the flight developed an engine problem and diverted to Jacksonville. The plane made a safe landing. http://flightaware.com
What: 1968 Beechcraft Musketeer en route from Calexico to Torrance, Where: Upper Newport Harbor, NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. When: Nov 20, 2010 Who: Fatalities: 58-year-old Charles Alfred Chambers, 63-year-old Russell Urban of Palos Verdes Estate, 44-year-old Sean Kelly of Hermosa Beach. Why: Sunday Pilot Chambers was flying from Calexico on the U.S. Mexican border to Torrance, but diverted to John Wayne Airport when experiencing a fuel shortage. The plane crashed into the water off Newport Beach. The plane was recovered Monday.
What: An American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Sao Paulo to Miami,FL Where: Sao Paulo When: Nov 18 2010 Why: After takeoff, the right engine made an explosive noise, suffered an engine surge and the pilots shut it down. The pilots returned to Sao Paulo and made a safe landing. Significant damage occurred in the engine, and it will have to be replaced.
What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Atlanta to Los Angeles Where: Atlanta When: Nov 21 t 2010 Who: 262 passengers Why: While en route, the flight developed an engine problem and made an emergency return to Atlanta. The tail scraped on landing (damage unknown). Passengers were provided alternative flights.
What: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 500 en route from Addis Ababa to Rome to Washington Where: Boston When: Nov 17th 2010 Who: 1 passenger. Why: While en route, the plane diverted to Boston with an ill passenger, who was declared dead in Boston.
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 Philadelphia to Paris Where: Shannon Ireland When: November 20, 2010, 6:30 am Who: 152 passengers 7 crew Why: While over the Atlantic, the right engine developed problems. Pilots shut it down, and diverted to Shannon where they made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
George’s Point of View
I usually try just to get the facts. But when people read these alerts, it is not just the plane. Like on this flight. Can you imagine being aboard this flight, over the Atlantic—as on the infamous Air France Flight 447—and losing an engine? Can you picture your feelings at the moment you realize the failure, and every moment thereafter, until you were safely on the ground? Even with a capable functioning plane, and competent crew. Even with the knowledge that the plane could afford to shut down an engine. Having to sit politely in your row, and believing on some level, that you were placidly waiting to die while strapped in like a trapped like a Chilean Miner in a snow globe hurtling through space toward who knows what fate? Even if I do not write it, behind these lines, there is always a human element.
What: British Airways Boeing 777-200 en route from London to Tel Aviv Where: Brussels When: Nov 18th 2010 Why: While en route, the crew received a fire alert. The flight diverted to Brussels a quarter of an hour after the alert occurred. A package was removed from the plane, and later returned to London where the cargo was transferred onto an alternative flight.
What: Virgin Blue Boeing 737 en route from Melbourne to Sydney Where: Melbourne When: Nov 19 2010 7:16 a.m. Who: 122 passengers, 6 crew Why: Just after takeoff, the pilot noted a peculiar odor described as burning plastic (originally reported as smoke in the cockpit.) After being aloft for less than 30 minutes, the plane was met by 11 fire trucks on the landing which was safe; and the plane seemed to be operating as usual. Passengers were provided alternate flights as maintenance checked over the plane for the source of the smell, which may have been the new engine.
George’s Point of View
An electrical fire? or Old Spice? Avon? Brut? Body odor? Old Spice ON body odor?
What: JetBlue Embraer 190 en route from Charlotte, N.C., to Boston Where: Boston When: Nov 17, 2010, 9 a.m. Who: 25 passengers Why: While en route, the plane developed a problem with the flaps. After declaring an emergency, the pilot made it safely to Logan, landing without flaps.
* Note the photo of this plane in Boston last year.
What: Ryanair en route from Fes, Morocco to Beauvais, France Where: Liege, Belgium When: Wed Nov 17, 2010 Who: 100+ passengers Why: After leaving Morocco three hours late, the plane was unable to land in Beauvais because the airport had closed due to foggy weather conditions. After they diverted to Liege, some passengers became disruptive and refused to leave the plane. After an hour trying to get the passengers out, the crew only left when the passengers became abusive.
The exit doors were open, the toilets were locked and the lights were out. Passengers (mostly French) would not leave the plane until 3:30am when police became involved. (Reports are that 100 passengers staged a sit-in lasting from five to eight hours and refused to leave.) Passengers were upset at landing in Liege without warning.
Three other flights to Beauvais were also diverted to Liege without incident.
Buses were provided to take them to their destination.
George’s Point of View
A plane, completely abandoned by pilots and crew fearing for their safety, professional negotiators called in to coax rude and abusive passengers out of a dark plane with locked bathrooms…
Sure, no passenger would be tickled pink over a plane ride that takes them so far out of the way that they have to take a 350 mile bus ride back, but would the passengers have preferred crashing on the foggy Beauvais runway? What is missing here? We need Paul Harvey to tell us ….the rest of the story.
What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Washington DC to Dallas /Ft. Worth Where: Dulles International Airpor When: Nov 12th 2010 Why: After takeoff, a cargo fire alert convinced the pilots to divert to Dulles, where they made a safe landing; and passengers disembarked on to the tarmac. The passengers were transported to the terminal and provided alternative transportation. No actual fire was found.
What: Qantas Boeing 747-400 en route from Sydney Australia to Buenos Aires, Argentina Where: Sydney When: Nov 15th 2010 Who: 199 passengers, 21 crew Why: While en route, the plane developed smoke in the cockpit, according to Qantas, originating in the cockpit electronic display. The crew donned oxygen masks, and decided to return to Sydney. They dumped fuel, and landed safely–described by a passenger as a perfect landing.
The video interview of a passenger has his account of when the event, including when entertainment systems switched off, the second officer came through the cabin with an explanation; the captain explained later too, once they were on the ground. The passenger also makes a significant point about how the crew must be feeling about Qantas maintenance, and that possibly too many Qantas maintenance resources are being diverted to the A380 problem.
Passengers were scheduled on a flight with a 6 hour delay.
The interviewer says “The Qantas A380s are now being called 180s. They take off, go for ten minutes, make a 180 and go back where they started from.”
Rolls-Royce announced it will replace the A380 superjumbo engines with oil leaks in Qantas’s fleet.
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/11/16/qantas-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-cockpit-fills-with-smoke-115875-22720244/#ixzz15TQgHSrI
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Sydney, 15 November 2010
Qantas Flight 17 from Sydney to Buenos Aires today, operated by a Boeing 747, returned to Sydney after experiencing an issue with the aircraft’s electrical system.
The aircraft departed at 11:11am and landed safely back at Sydney Airport at 1:22pm. Priority clearance to land was gained from air traffic control, following procedure. There were 199 passengers, three flight crew and 18 cabin crew on board.
Engineers are inspecting the aircraft to determine the cause of the issue. Passengers have disembarked into the terminal building.
Reports that the aircraft lost pressure in the main cabin are incorrect. Oxygen supply to the cabin was unaffected.
The incident has been reported to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the Air Transport Safety Bureau.
The flight crew operating the service acted appropriately in line with their training and with Qantas’ safety-first approach. Qantas regrets the inconvenience to passengers and will seek to make contingency arrangements for those affected.
Further details will be released as they become available.
What: Qantas Boeing 767-300 en route from Perth to Melbourne Where: Perth When: Nov 12th 2010 3.15 pm Who: 234 passengers Why: After takeoff, while still near Perth, the left engine (GE) began emitting abnormal vibrations. The engine was not shut down, but the pilots decided on a a routine turnback, and returned to Perth and made a safe landing. Passengers were booked on to alternative flights with up to a five hour delay. This Qantas Boeing incident has nothing to do with the Qantas incidents related to a flaw in Airbus A380 engines.
What: FIT Aviation LLC Piper PA-44-180 Seminole en route back to Melbourne after flying to Grand Bahama. Where: Palm Beach International Airport When: Nov 11, 2010 after 6 PM. Who: 4 passengers, 4 fatalities Why: Taking off for a practice run, the plane suffered engine failure in its left engine, caught fire and the plane crashed. Three of those aboard were killed immediately; one was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach where he died later. The crash location is between the gates of terminals B and C east of the airport’s fire station. where most of the wreckage is covered in flame retardant.
The Piper had been operating since 2008
FIT is part of Melbourne’s Florida institute of Technology. A candlelight vigil was held Friday night at the Florida Institute of Technology campus for the four victims of Thursday’s plane crash.
Kristopher Joy Henegar, 22, of Memphis, Tenn., student
Dheni “Jenny” Frembling, 26, of Melbourne, instructor
Jordyn Agostini, 21, of Melbourne, student
Kyle Henegar, 26, Palm Bay, alumnus
According to the NTSB in this interview, “Engines quit all the time, it’s not just the engine”
What: Vueling Airbus A320-200 en route from Alguaire to Palma Where: El Prat Airport Barcelona When: Nov 12th 2010 Who: 72 passengers Why: After takeoff from Alguaire, the flight developed a hydraulic leak. The pilot diverted to Barcelona where they were attended by rescue vehicles, and landed safely, although needing a tow from the runway. The plane was removed from service for routine repairs.
Passengers were rebooked and provided dinner; some were booked on buses for part of their trip, and Air Europe, and Air Berlin.
What: Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300 en route from Houston,TX (USA) to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia) Where: Houston When: Nov 8th 2010 Why: After takeoff, the plane could not fully retract the landing gear . As a result, the flight circled Houston attempting a fix, with the right hand main gear door open until they landed safely an hour after taking off. Passengers were booked on alternative flights.
What: Air India A-330 en route from Thiruvananthapuram to Dammam Saudi Arabia Where: Thiruvananthapuram When: Nov 10, 2010, 6 pm Who: 82 passengers including two infants Why: The flight had a normal takeoff, but forty minutes into the route, the pilot received a sensor warning about the plane’s doors. The jet returned to the airport, circled to burn off fuel, and made a hard landing during which a tire burst and the brakes jammed. The plane was stuck on the runway for four hours.
Passengers were rebooked on a Thursday morning flight out and provided overnight hotel accommodations.
Officials of the Director General of Civil Aviation have arrived to begin the official inquiry.
What: Kuwait Airways Airbus A300-600 en route from Kuwait City (Kuwait) to Dhaka (Bangladesh) Where: Kuwait When: Nov 10th 2010 Who: 226 passengers and 12 crew Why: Just after takeoff, smoke was reported in the cabin. The plane returned to the airport and made a safe landing.
Passengers evacuated using emergency slides. Several passengers and a crew member were injured during evacuation.
What: Jetlite Boeing 737-800 en route from Port Blair to Delhi Where: NSC Bose international airport in Kolkata When: 2.55 pm Who: 187 passengers Why: While en route, the Jetlite plane developed problems with its right engine, and diverted to the NSC Bose International Airport. The plane made a safe landing.
Jetlite defined the problem as “technical trouble” and said that the plane was being repaired in a parking bay.
* Kolkata was a scheduled stop. Passengers who were planning to continue on to Delhi were booked on other planes.
