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airliners.net | Boeing | engine trouble | Pakistan | Pakistan International Airlines | precautionary | Vibration

PIA Engine Vibration Cancels Flight
August 2, 2010August 2, 2010

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Contact photographer Stewart Andrew

What: Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 747 en route from Karachi to Islamabad
Where: Karachi
When: Aug 2nd 2010
Who: 215 passengers
Why: After take off, the pilot detected a vibration in the left engine and returned to the airport to make a safe landing. The origin of the engine vibration may be the bird strike that occurred on July 30.
airliners.net | Crash | Fairchild | undisclosed

All West Freight Fairchild C-123 Crashes in Denali PK, AK
August 2, 2010August 2, 2010

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What: All West Freight twin-engine cargo Fairchild C-123
Where: south-facing slope of Mount Healy, Delta Junction, Alaska
When: August 1 2010
Who: 3 crew
Why: Witnesses told a news crew that the pilot “was flying kind of low, and he banked hard to the left and went straight down we saw the fire ball come up from the back side of the mountains.”

The crash started a forest fire in Denali National Park which has been contained by Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers and Denali wildland fire fighters. The deceased are owner and pilot 61-year-old Bill Michel of Delta Junction; 52-year-old John Eshleman of Wasilla, and 66-year-old Paul Quartly of Wasilla.
Airbus | airliners.net | electrical | Ireland | precautionary | Swiss Air

Swiss Airbus with Wonky Electrics Diverts to Shannon
August 1, 2010April 29, 2014

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Contact photographer Jens Breuer

What: Swiss Airbus A340-300 en route from Miami to Zurich
Where: Atlantic Ocean
When: Jul 30th 2010
Who: 227 passengers
Why: Three/fourths of an hour out of Shannon, the flight developed various electrical problems with the circuit breakers affecting cabin lighting and the inflight entertainment system. With cabin lighting off, they diverted to Shannon, where the flight made a safe landing.

Passengers were provided alternative flights, albeit not on several different planes.
Diamond | Emergency | engine failure | UK

Twinstar Engine Failure
July 30, 2010July 30, 2010

Pictured: A Diamond Aircraft Industries Diamond DA-42 Twin Star, Farnborough England
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Contact photographer Rez Manzoori

What: Diamond Twinstar en route from Jersey to Vendee France
Where: Jersey Airport
When: July 30 2010 1220 BST
Who: Pilot
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine trouble. The pilot returned to Jersey Airport, made a safe landing, and was towed to the gate.
airliners.net | De-Havilland | engine shut down | engine trouble | Flybe | precautionary | technical difficulty | technical fault | UK

Manchester: Flybe “Precautionary” Landing
July 29, 2010

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Contact photographer Darren Wilson

What: Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Manchester to Bournemouth
Where: Manchester
When: Jul 25 2010
Who: 40 passengers
Why: While en route, the pilot announced to the passengers they were undergoing a technical problem. That problem worsened, and eventually necessitated shutting down one engine and returning to Manchester. Passengers were provided a flight to Southampton, and a bus to Bournemouth.
Crash | Eurocopter | Medevac | Video

Eurocopter Medevac Crew Perishes in AZ Neighborhood
July 29, 2010July 29, 2010

Pictured: A LifeNet Eurocopter AS-350B-3 Ecureuil. The one in the crash is
registration # N509AM
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Contact photographer David J Transier

What: AirMethods American Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil en route from Marana to Southeast Arizona Medical Center
Where: Near Park and 1st Avenue, Tucson, Arizona
When: July 28, 2010, 2 pm
Who: pilot, flight nurse and paramedic
Why: On a medical helicopter service LifeNet Arizona flight, the crew had recently spoken to ATC when the helicopter crashed in a residential neighborhood behind a house. A witness said the pilot directed the helicopter away from the house; and that the engine made “popping noises” before it went silent. It’s rotors stopped, and it fell from the sky. No patients were aboard, but the crew died on the scene.

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Air Blue | Airbus | Crash | missing | Pakistan | unresolved

Airblue Crash in Pakistan
July 28, 2010December 7, 2013

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Contact Gary Culpan

On 28 July 2010 after taking off from Karachi at 0241 UTC (0741 PST)on a domestic flight to Islamabad, Airblue Flight 202 (AP-BJB), an Airbus A321, executed a circling approach for RWY-12 at Islamabad, crashed into the Margalla Hills nine and a half miles north-east of Islamabad apparently due to bad weather. One hundred and forty-six people were aboard, and six crew. One hundred forty-six passengers and all six crew members died. The plane was a total loss. It is the first fatal accident involving an Airbus A321 and Pakistan’s worst air disaster.
Air Blue | Airbus | airliners.net | Crash | Video

No Survivors in AirBlue Airbus Crash in Pakistan
July 28, 2010July 28, 2010

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Contact photographer Richard Vandervord

What: AirBlue Airbus A321-200 en route from Karachi to Islamabad Pakistan
Where: Margalla Hills about 10nm north of Islamabad
When: Jul 28th 2010
Who: 146 passengers and 6 crew
Why: While on approach to Islamabad in poor weather conditions during monsoon rain and low visibility, radio contact was lost (at 09:45) and the plane impacted the terrain.

Helicopters flew into the mountainous area, which is difficult to access. Initial reports were that there were no survivors then helicopters were reported to have flown five survivors to hospitals. Six bodies have been recovered including the pilot but there are no survivors (in spite of the video report.)

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Airbus Press Release
Air Show | Canada | Crash | McDonnell Douglas | Video

Lethbridge Jet Crash
July 25, 2010July 25, 2010

What: Canadian air force CF-18 Hornet
Where: Lethbridge County Airport
When: July 23, 2010
Who: pilot Capt. Brian Bews
Why: Practicing for the Alberta International Air Show, the 419 Moose Squadron
jet olled right and nosedived, sputtered and emitted smoke, before the jet exploded in flames. The pilot ejected from the plane, and survived with minor injuries. The one other hornet in the show may or may not perform in the airshow.
Crash | Experimental | unresolved

Plane crash under investigation
July 25, 2010July 25, 2010

What: small, single-engine experimental Nadiq, a fixed-wing, single-engine plane
Where: Sandy Creek township, near Miller Road in Venango County
When: July 24 2010, 11:25 a.m
Who: fatalities: 57-year-old David Wagner, of Clairon, and former Clairon County commissioner 54-year-old Rob Carbaugh, of Seneca.
Why: Crash in the woods of Sandy Creek
American Airlines | McDonnell Douglas | precautionary | smoke

American Airlines Emergency Landing
July 25, 2010

What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Kansas City to Chicago
Where: Moline,IL
When: Jul 24th 2010
Who: 71 people on board
Why: While en route, passengers detected smoke in the cabin. The pilots diverted to Moline where they made a safe landing.
Crash | Louisiana | student pilot

Louisiana plane crash
July 25, 2010

What: Southern Seaplane
Where: BELLE CHASSE, La in Plaquemines Parish Oak river
When: July 24 2010.
Who: Instructor and student pilot
Why: While the student pilot and teacher were practicing touch-and-go landings near Delacroix Island, the small plane encountered wind shear, causing it to flip over. The pilot and student on-board were on board. Two men out boating were flagged down by the instructor pilot Lyle Panepinto, 51, who survived the crash and was standing on the pontoons of the overturned plane. The student pilot, Jeffrey Wallace Dickson of Cumming, Ga, who for the U.S. Department of Interior, was trapped inside in the marsh and was taken directly to the hospital where he was declared dead.
Crash | Eurocopter | Medevac

Oklahoma Medevac Crash
July 24, 2010July 24, 2010

What: EagleMed LLC Eurocopter A-Star 350 helicopter en route from Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City to a hospital about 90 miles away in Okeene
Where: 50 miles northwest of Oklahoma City
When: July 22 2010
Who: Pilot Al Harrison, 56, of Edmond, and nurse Ryan Duke, 35, of Oklahoma City, died in the crash
Why: While en route to pick up a patient, the helicopter crashed in a field near Kingfisher shortly after 7:30 p.m. The pilot and a nurse died in the crash; a paramedic sustained serious injuries.

A source reported that the crew was having trouble with a door on the helicopter, and a piece flew off and hit the rotor shortly before the crash, but that information is unconfirmed.
Alitalia | Boeing | precautionary | smoke

Alitalia Emergency Landing in Shannon
July 23, 2010

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Contact photographer Piotr Pasula

What: Alitalia Boeing 767-300 en route from Rome Fiumicino to New York
Where: Shannon Ireland
When: Jul 22nd 2010
Who: 198 passengers
Why: While en route, the crew smelled smoke in the cockpit. The pilots diverted the plane to Shannon, where they made a safe landing.

Passengers were provided accommodations, and the plane underwent inspection.
Crash | fire | Kawasaki | S. Africa

S African Helicopter Crash, 7 lost
July 23, 2010

Pictured: A SAPS
MBB BO-105CBS-4
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Contact photographer Lonell Swatton

What: South African Police Service MBB-BK 117-B1 Helicopter
Where: Open field about 4km from Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa
When: 23-JUL-2010
Who: 7 fatalities
Why: 5 National Intervention Unit police officers, a pilot and a crew member died in a crash whose details are sketchy. The helicopter was one of two that were en route to assist local police in Witbank where armed thieves had just robbed a local supermarket. One helicopter arrived safely and ended up in a gun battle. The other, according to witnesses, exploded in mid-air and crashed.

Paramedics from ER24 were dispatched to an open field where the helicopter was already burned beyond recognition.

A piece of the tail was found 150 meters from the wreckage.
Airbus | airliners.net | cracked windshield | Gulf Air | Lebanon | precautionary

Gulf Air Flight Diverts to Beirut
July 21, 2010July 21, 2010

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Contact photographer Akin Diler

What: Gulf Air Airbus A319-100 en route from Athens Greece to Bahrain
Where: Beirut Lebanon Rafik Hariri International Airport
When: Jul 20th 2010
Who: 101 passengers
Why: While en route at an altitude of 36000 feet, the plane developed a crack in the right windshield and diverted to Bahrain. They made a safe landing at 9:43 pm. Passengers are expecting at least a 24 hour delay.
airliners.net | China | cracked windshield | Emergency | Shandong Airlines

Shandong Airlines Emergency Landing
July 20, 2010July 21, 2010

Pictured: A Shandong Airlines – SDA Boeing 737-8AL in Kunming – Wujiaba (KMG / ZPPP) China, June 30, 2010
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Contact photographer AnHz

What: Shandong Airlines flight SC4981 en route from Xiamen in Fujian Province to Jinan in Shandong Province
Where: Linyi Airport
When: July 19 2010
Who: 163 passengers and 10 crew
Why: During a violent thunder and lightening storm, pilots noticed cracks in the outer pane of the cockpit windshield and diverted to Linyi airport. Passengers disembarked safely, and the airport provided hot water and VIP waiting room services until they were able to transfer to another plane at 10.

A passenger claimed the plane’s window was damaged by a lightning strike, which is denied by airport officials. The cockpit window was replaced although the cause of breakage was unclear. Cabin pressure was not affected.
ac | Boeing | cabin pressure | China | China Southern | precautionary

China Southern 737 Loses Air Pressure
July 20, 2010July 20, 2010

What: China Southern Boeing 737-300 en route from Kunming to Zhengzhou
Where: en route
When: Jul 17th 2010
Who: 130 passengers
Why: After takeoff and reaching cruise level, cabin pressure was lost. Oxygen masks were deployed, and the flight returned to Kunming where it made a safe landing. Twenty passengers were hospitalized with ear pain.

A replacement flight was provided six hours later.
airliners.net | Boeing | Falling Parts | precautionary | Turkey | Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines Drops Parts on Runway
July 18, 2010July 18, 2010

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Contact photographer Johannes Klinghardt

What: Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Istanbul Ataturk to Vienna
Where: Turkey
When: Jul 18th 2010
Why: The Turkish Airlines Boeing took off successfully, but a subsequent plane lining up for takeoff reported parts on the runway.

The parts turned out to be the engine cowling around the thrust reverser from the Turkish Airlines Boeing. The Boeing returned to Istanbul and made a safe landing. An alternative (Airbus) is being flown in as a replacement.
airliners.net | bird strike | Boeing | precautionary | Turkish Airlines | USA

Turkish Airlines Birdstrike at JFK
July 18, 2010

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Contact photographer Kalle Ahtola

What: Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300 en route from Istanbul to New York
Where: New York
When: Jul 14th 2010
Why: On approach to JFK, the Turkish Airlines Boeing encountered a bird. The flight made a safe landing although it incurred slat damage that will cause a delay in the return flight.
Airbus | airliners.net | bird strike | Go Air | India | precautionary

GoAir Birdstrike
July 17, 2010

Pictured: A GoAir Airbus A320-214
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Contact photographer Nisarg Vyas

What: Go Air Airbus A320-200 en route from Indore to New Delhi
Where: en route
When: Jul 17th 2010
Who: 134 passengers and 6 crew
Why: While en route, the Go Air Airbus encountered a bird. The plane returned to Indore and made a safe landing. Mechanical damage occurred to the plane, although it is not noted exactly where, or if the bird was ingested in the engine.

The flight was cancelled and passengers were rebooked.
bomb threat | China | China Airlines | precautionary

China Flight Bomb Scare
July 14, 2010

What: China Southern Airlines en route from Urumqi to Guangzhou
Where: Zhongchuan Airport
When: July 14, 2010
Who: 93 passengers and 18 crew
Why: While en route, the crew received a warning that there was a bomb aboard. The flight diverted to Zhongchuan Airport where the passengers disembarked. No bomb was found.
American Airlines | Boeing | Diversion | fire | precautionary

American Airlines Precautionary Landing in Amarillo a False Alarm
July 14, 2010

What: American Airlines Boeing 777 cargo plane en route from Alaska to Dallas
Where: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.
When: July 13 2010 7 pm
Who: 21 crew
Why: While en route, the plane’s fire indication light indicated there was a cargo fire. The pilot landed at the closest airport (Amarillo.) The crew disembarked on landing. After inspection by firefighters, the fire was deemed a false alarm, and the flight continued on to Dallas.

Earlier this week another American Airlines flight (N777AN) had a cargo fire indication during a demanding transcontinental flight; however, that plane was configured and operating as a passenger plane.
Air North | airliners.net | Boeing | Canada | Diversion | electrical | precautionary

Air North Boeing Loses Electrics Over CA
July 14, 2010

Pictured: An Air North Boeing 737-2X6C/Adv
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Contact photographer Todd Martin

What: Air North Boeing 737-200 en route from from Vancouver to Whitehorse
Where: over Canada
When: Jul 12th 2010
Why: About 200 miles N of Vancouver, the plane lost electrical power, although maintaining radio contact. The pilot returned to Vancouver where the plane made a safe landing after burning off fuel.
airliners.net | American Airlines | Boeing | cabin odor | precautionary

American Airlines Cautionary Landing in Wyoming
July 13, 2010

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Contact photographer Yash Rajgor

What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from San Francisco to New York
Where: Casper Wyoming
When: Jul 12th 2010
Who: 193 passengers, 9 crew
Why: While en route, the flight developed a smokey odor in the cockpit. The pilot decided to divert to Casper Wyoming. In Casper, when American Airlines found the source of the fumes to be a computer screen, maintenance dealt with the problem, and the plane was allowed to continue with its passengers to the destination.