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Contact photographer John E. Jauchler
What: United Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from San Diego to Denver,CO
Where: Denver
When: Oct 21st 2009
Why: While en route, one of the three on board hydraulics systems failed. After landing, the Airbus had to be towed. The plane landed safely with no injuries and had to be towed, as anticipated.
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Contact photographer Thomas Ernst
What: Kuwait Airways Airbus A320-200 en route from Tehran Imam Khomeini Iran to Kuwait
Where: Imam Khomeini International Airport
When: Oct 20th 2009
Who: 112 passengers
Why: The Airbus developed hydraulics and flight control problems shortly after takeoff, so it returned to the airport for an emergency landing.
No injuries…and back in service in 5 hours.
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Contact photographer Thomas Posch
What: Azza Transport Boeing 707-300 freighter on behalf of the Sudan Airways en route from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to Khartoum, Sudan
Where: Sharjah
When: Oct 21st 2009
Who: 6 crew
Why: It is speculated that the plane had flaps problems that contributed to the flight crashing not long after takeoff. Witnesses say the plane first lost parts first, then it lost height, then veered to the right and into the ground.
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Contact photographer Jack Hannen
What: Victoria Air Douglas C-47B Skytrain freighter en route from Ninoy Aquino Int. Airport to Palawan/ Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Where: Villa Fidela subdivision in Las Pinas; abandoned warehouse
When: Oct 17th 2009
Pictured: an Aerotrike Rainbow Aircraft Cobra on display at the Louiseville fly-in.
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Contact photographer Jean-Pierre Bonin
What: AEROTRIKE NAKD COBRA ultralight registered to LEONARD KRICK
Where: Zion National Park, North Creek, Utah
When: 6:15 p.m Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
Who: pilot and passenger
Why: Primary incident data indicates “unknown circumstances.”
The “type” is listed as “Weight-shift-control” with a 2 cycle engine. It looks extremely open to the air with minimal protection.
The father broke his ankle and arm in the crash. The son sustained minor injuries. Although medics reached the victims that night, the remote location hampered rescue efforts. They were evacuated Sunday by a Grand Canyon National Park helicopter. The father was ported to Dixie Regional Medical Center; the 20 year old son refused medical treatment.
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Contact photographer Tim De Groot
What: KLM Airbus A330-203 en route from Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport
Where: Nova Scotia
When: 19-OCT-2009
Who: Not Available
Why: While en route, the engine shut down in flight. The flight was diverted to Bangor, Maine,
Pictured: A Jet Airways Airbus A330-202 flying from Delhi
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Contact photographer Raymond Ngu
What: Jet Airways en route from Jodhpur to Delhi
Where: Jodhpur Airport
When: Oct 20, 2009
Who: 62 passengers
Why: The flight returned to the airport due to undisclosed “technical difficulties.”
A Beech 76 Duchess in Naples Florida
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Contact photographer Erick Stamm
What: Beechcraft model 76, twin engine, four-seater
Where: George T. Lewis Airport
When: 1:45 p. m. Saturday Oct 17
Who: Pilot Mathias H. Ejegaard, 24, of Sweden; passenger (also a pilot) Ezekiel G. Andrews, 24, of Alabama
Why: Ejegaard is a new pilot and has only had his license since March. On approach, the front landing gear indicator light was off so he made two more passes. He and his passenger (also a pilot) tried manually to lock the gear into place. When he made the landing, the pilot realized he was coming in too fast, but it was too late to stop and too late to take off again. The plane skidded off the runway into a marsh. A crane retrieved the plane, which was totaled.
Maybe all runways should end in marshes.
What: Aeroclub les Ailes Cognacaises Tissot-Charbonnier TC-160 Oceanair en route from Cognac
Where: Beaugeay France
When: 17-OCT-2009 10:50
Who: 3 occupants, 3 fatalities
What: Aeroclub du Pays Rochefortais Robin DR 400/120A Petit Prince
Where: Beaugeay France
When: 17-OCT-2009 10:50
Who: 1 pilot, 1 fatality
Why For unknown reasons, the planes collided.
The TC160 aircraft took off around 10:00 from Cognac in Vienne. The pilot was winemaker Jean-Paul Rodet, a pilot with 40 hours of internship, under an instructor’s supervision Guy Ploucharta, a military pilot with 15 thousand air hours. The third person on board was a fellow pilot from Ariege.
The ultralight plane was piloted by a 20-year-old from the Aero Club of Saint-Agnant near Rochefort, performing her first stand-alone flight under the supervision of the flight control tower at the home airport Aero Club – 5 km from Beaugey.
What: Continental Airlines 737 en route from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Baltimore.
Where: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
When: 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct 17, 2009
Who: 120 passengers and crew
Why: While en route, the windshield developed a crack, so the flight made an emergency landing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Passengers debarked and boarded a flight to Jacksonville, Fla
What: Piper Cherokee en route from Peoria airport
Where: four-lane road 10 miles northeast of Peoria airport
When: 7 p.m
Who: pilot, 17-year-old Scott Hall
Why: The plane appeared to clipped a light pole before it skidded across the road.
An Avro 504K replica on the flight line ready for the weekly airshow, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck NY
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Contact photographer Adam Cramer
What: Avro504K replica bi-plane
Where: Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Stone Church Road and Norton Avenue in Red Hook, just north of the Rhinebeck line.
When: Saturday October 17 2009
Who: pilot William Gordan
Why: The engine stalled at an altitude of about 300 feet, crashed into a swamp on the aerodrome property, causing the top wings to collapse. Its lower wings sustained damage. By the time assistance arrived, the pilot had already climbed out of the plane.
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Contact photographer Andy Egloff
What: Delta/Northwest Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Portland, Minneapolis
Where: Billings,MT
When: Oct 17th 2009
Who: 174 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed a hydraulics problem, and diverted to Billings Montana. The flight landed safely, but blew a tire on landing, and had to be towed.
It is not uncommon for a heavy flight (plane full of fuel) diverting early in the flight before burning its fuel load–or landing at a too-high rate of speed–to get a flat.
The replacement flight took seven hours to arrive.
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Contact photographer Jack Hannen
What: Victoria Air Douglas C-47B Skytrain freighter en route from Manila to Palawan/ Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Where: Villa Fidela subdivision in Las Pinas; abandoned warehouse
When: Oct 17th 2009
Who: 4 on board (7?)
Why: After takeoff, the crew reported a mayday situation. After reporting engine trouble, they were returning to the airport. Witnesses say that the airplane began to “wobble” (roll left and right). The pilot was approaching runway 6 when plane lost altitude, went down in Villa Fidela subdivision in Elias Aldana village and struck a house and a warehouse. 14 houses were damaged and four on board were killed. Two houses by the warehouse caught on fire. The manifest states that 7 were on board but that is unconfirmed.
The Victoria plane had been on a test flight. The same plane had encountered trouble at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) runway three weeks ago when its brakes failed.
Published reports identify the dead as Jaguar Huane, flight captain and co-owner of the plane; Benjamin Rivera (another Victoria Pilot), Richard Sinaya, and a “Mr. Cedingan.”
(Apologies for the audio quality of the video)
Pictured: a Robinson R-22 Beta
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Contact photographer Danny Fritsche
What: Robinson model R22 Beta helicopter en route from Tahlequah City Airport
Where: south of Mud Valley Road in rural Cherokee County Oklahoma, two miles south of the Tahlequah airport.
When: 4:30 a.m. Thursday
Who: pilot Mark Mahaney, 26; Darci Scraper, 20.
Why: The exact time of the crash is not known, but the pilot and passenger were scheduled to meet someone at the airport. The wreckage was found at 8:45 a.m. Friday. The helicopter is known to have taken off at 4 a.m. Wednesday, and flew southeast before striking the ground in a wooded area about a mile from the road.
Mahaney received his pilot’s license on July 31. He had a two year old public intoxication charge, pending DUI charges in Cherokee, and is the grandson of former state Sen. Herb Rozell of Tahlequah.
What: White and blue Cessna 185
Where: Denali National Park
When: Wednesday October 14, 2009
Who: pilot Daniel McGregor and 67-year-old wolf biologist Gordon Haber.
Why: Biologist Gordon Haber was looking for wolf packs on the north side of Denali Park when the plane failed to return. Thursday the wreckage was discovered. The pilot hiked twenty miles, and encountered two campers who helped get him home. From his home, he called State Troopers and his family. Haber’s remains were in the plane.
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Contact photographer Jason Whitebird
What: Westjet Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Toronto Pearson to Vancouver, BC
Where: Vancouver
When: Oct 4th 2009
Who: 130 on board
Why: While en route, the flight encountered turbulence. The turbulence threw a flight attendant to the floor, who then struck a metal bar protruding from the left jump seat. The plane landed safely with no other injuries reported.
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Contact photographer Juan Carlos Porcella
What: Dominican Consul Eurocopter EC120 Colibri en route from Santo Domingo to San Jose de Ocoa
Where: San Jose de Ocoa, Dominican Republic
When: 15-OCT-2009 at 14:55
Who: 3 aboard, all fatalities
Why: The Colibri light helicopter took off for Ocoa from the Hotel Santo Domingo‘s heliport at 2:35 p.m. but crashed into a mountain in the south of the country in heavy rain, killing all occupants (the pilot and two passengers: first lieutenant Wilker Diaz, Manuel Checo, Yendi Vásquez)
The last communication with the pilot was at 2:55 p.m. when he told ATC he had Ocoa in sight.
The Dominican consul in Haiti, Carlos Castillo—whose helicopter it is—was not aboard.
What: Fuerza Aérea Nicaragüense Antonov 2
Where: Managua Nicaragua
When: 15-OCT-2009
Why: While on a test flight, the plane crashed during an emergency landing. Engine failure is presumed to be the cause.
One civilian mechanic is said to have suffered “a minor stroke” during the sharp decline.
Pilot Captain Angel del Sol Sequeira Cantillo, along with four crew members, co-pilot Captain Silvio Armando Sanabria Herrera and Maria Mendoza Cano Grisli NCO and civilian mechanics Toruño Ernesto Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Castro Pineda .
http://www.laprensa.com.ni/movil/cae-por-desperfectos-an-2-de-la-fuerza-aerea-2-14246.html
What: Two Air Force F-16 fighters
Where: 40 miles off Folly Beach, near Charleston
When: Thurs Oct 14, 8:30 pm
Who: 1 pilot and 1 plane missing
Why: During night exercises, the two planes collided. One of them returned to base; there is currently a search for Capt. Nicholas Giglio based at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter.
Investigators believe the bottom of the other jet struck the top of Giglio’s fighter and pierced the pilot’s canopy. The pilot is now thought to never have had time to eject.
An oil slick was seen off the Coast of South Carolina by the Coast Guard but the search remains hopeful of a presumed “pilot who is in the water … needs to be rescued” mission.
Pictured: France: Ballongruppe Sky-Birds Kubicek Balloons BB-45; please note that this French attempt at a world record has no connection with this crash in China
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photographer Pierre Cester
What: Dongguan Meixiang Aviation Club hot air balloon originating in Yangshuo County
Where: Maling Township, Lipu County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
When: 14-OCT-2009
Who: 4 fatalities 7 occupants
Why: The pilots lost control of the balloon after it took off. The balloon flew to Maling county where it caught fire. Two pilots and one tourist survived the crash. Two Dutch couples died.
All Balloon touring businesses were shut down after the incident pending safety review.
Pictured: A Delta Connection (Freedom Airlines) Embraer EMB-145LR (ERJ-145LR)
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Contact photographer Markus Willmann
What: Freedom Airlines/Delta Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Detroit to Cincinnati
Where: Dayton,OH
When: Oct 13th 2009
Who: 47 passengers
Why: After experiencing engine issues, the faulty engine was shut down in flight, and the plane diverted to Dayton for a safe landing.
Pictured: an Air India Boeing 777-337/ER
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Contact photographer Rick Schlamp
What: Air India en route from Delhi to Chennai
Where: Visakhapatnam airport, Delhi
When: Thu, 15 Oct 2009
Who: 162 passengers
Why: Twenty minutes after take-off, the Air India flight experienced an undefined technical problem and returned safely to the airport, where passengers debarked and were re-routed on another Air India flight, and technicians worked on the plane.
Pictured: An Air Canada /Air Georgian Beech 1900D
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Contact photographer Dan Vincent
What: Air Canada/Air Georgian Beechcraft 1900D turboprop en route from Hartford, Conn’s Bradley International Airport to Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Where: Burlington International Airport
When: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009 5:35 p.m.
Who: 14 on board, 12 passengers
Why: When the plane’s left engine pressure dropped too low, the Air Canada plane made an emergency landing, leaking oill and on one engine, but essentially intact. (Reports do not say so, but the pilot probably shut down the engine as a precaution. One presumes this is because landing on one engine is better than landing on one working engine and one engine on fire.) Passengers debarked on to the tarmac and were carried by shuttle to the terminal.
A passenger is quoted as saying that the only way he knew there was anything wrong was “all the fire engines chasing us down the runway.” Another passenger described the fight as being scary (what if the other engine went?), but that the crew was totally in control, calm and amazing.
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Contact photographer Benjamin H.W.
What: Cape Air Cessna 402C en route from Hagerstown to Baltimore
Where: Hagerstown Regional Airport, Maryland
When: Oct 14, 2009 10:30 a.m
Who: Unpublished
Why: When the crew reported that the plane’s landing gear was not retracting, they returned to the airport and made three passes prior to making a safe landing. (Passes buy time for emergency services to be available, as well as for ATC and ground crew to observe the landing gear and undercarriage.)
