What: Delta Boeing 757 en route from Atlanta
Where: Tampa International Airport.
When: 09/07/2009
Who: 150 passengers and crew
Why: The pilot reported a fuel problem prior to making a safe landing at TIA. Fire crews were waiting, but the flight landed without further incident.
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Contact Photographer Gerry Stegmeier
What: Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-300 en route from Varna Bulgaria to Moscow
Where: Varna Bulgaria
When: Sep 6th 2009
Who: 106 passengers
Why: Just after takeoff, the cockpit window cracked. The plane landed safely back at the airport about an hour after takeoff, at 4:30 pm. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
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Contact Photographer Olaf Juergensmeier
What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Orlando Nassau
Where: Nassau
When: Sep 3rd 2009
Who: 89 passengers and 4 crew
Why: The plane incurred a fire in the left engine on landing. Fire crews put out the fire; and passengers safely debarked. (Not necessarily in that order.)
What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route to Austin,TX
Where: Orlando
When: Sep 1st 2009
Why: Fifteen minutes into the flight, the right engine developed a bleed air leak which caused the cabin to lose pressure
What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route to Rochester
Where: JFK Airport
When: Monday Sept 7 2009
Why: The flight diverted to JFK when the plane filled with fumes
George’s Point of View
Bad week for Jet Blue. (Or a good week, considering 3 incidents, no injuries.)
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Orlando,FL to Denver,CO
Where: Tampa
When: Sep 7th 2009
Who: 129 (124 passengers and 5 crew)
Why: After the smoke indicator lights indicated the possibility of smoke, and smoke in the cabin was confirmed by fire crews, the flight landed in Tampa and passengers debarked via emergency slides (which caused a few minor injuries.) However a Southwest spokesperson denied there was smoke, and claimed that the emergency landing was a precaution. But passengers reported a strong smell of smoke, and that the fire alarm had gone off in the lavatory.
George’s Point of View
Hmm. Someone smoking in the bathroom?
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Contact Photographer Erezms
What: El Al 747-400 flight traveling from Tel Aviv to New York
Where: Keflavik Iceland
When: Aug 25th 2009
Who: 371 passengers
Why: When the smell of smoke was detected on the plane, the flight made an emergency landing in Iceland. After landing, the problem was found to be a short circuit in a television screen. However, there was a delay while it was decided who was to make the repairs. During the 22 hour delay, passengers were provided hotel accommodations.
What: Frontier Airlines Airbus A319-10 en route from Denver to Mexico
Where: Denver
When: Sep 5th 2009
Why: When the plane indicated a hydraulics system warning, the crew returned to the Denver airport for an emergency landing where they landed about 40 minutes after takeoff.
What: Sky King Boeing 737 en route from Greenville / Spartanburg to Greensboro, N.C
Where: Hickory Regional Airport, NC
When: Saturday September 5 10:21 a.m
Who: 78 on board
Why: While en route, an indicator light was showing a fire on board; however after a safe landing at Hickory Regional Airport, no cause was found for the indication and the flight continued on its way after an inspection.
George’s Point of View
Any time a smoke or fire detector goes off, it reminds me of the dryer setting off ion-type fire alarm. Maybe I should ask one of my pilots if the fire alarms on planes are the ion type, or the photoelectric type (which is unlikely to react to cooking. Not that any of the passengers brought a hot plate. )
You an always say better safe than sorry.
What: Six-passenger Piper en route from Jones Riverside Airport to Dallas
Where: Chandler Park in West Tulsa
When: 10:40 a.m., Saturday Sept 5 minutes after takeoff
Who: Two men, a woman and two girls Tulsa doctor Stephen Lester, his wife Dana, two teenage daughters, Laura, 16 and Christina, 13. and Dr. Kenneth Veteto
Why: Just after takeoff in rainy, foggy conditions, the plane hit a cable attached to a telecommunications tower, crashed, broke up and caught on fire. When the plane hit, the wings came off. The plane flipped several times. The family and a friend had been going to the University of Oklahoma football game. Dr Veteto leaves a wife and two children.
Two more of the family’s children were not on the plane.
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What: Red Wings Airlines Tupolev TU-204 en route from Nizhny Novgorod to Antalya
Where: Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport.
When: Saturday 6:40 p.m.
Who: 208 passengers (also reported as 200)
Why: After experiencing an engine problem, the crew burned fuel and landed safely at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. No injuries were reported.
Yemenia Flight 626 from Paris to Moroni sank into the ocean on June 30, killing 152 people, with one survivor. The black boxes were found Friday.
Just because the black boxes were found does not mean the route to discovery is on track. Apparently there was so much damage to the black boxes, there is going to be trouble recovering the data. That’s not new. In fact, usually when there is trouble reading the black boxes, investigators call in the company that made the boxes, and they are usually able to mine the data in spite of damage.
The BEA, the French aviation authority is handling the investigation. Many of those aboard were French and/or French Comoran.
Did they–are they–sending the boxes to the US? They’d have a better chance of recovery if they do.
What: Twin-engine Cessna 421B on approach to Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling
Where: crashed into a storage yard
When: January 2006
Who: Michael Waugh ( general manager and chief operating partner of Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Chicago), Kenneth Knudson (founder of Sybaris), and Scott Garland (financial adviser at Morgan Stanley)
Why: Circuit Judge John Ward awarded $6 million to Waugh’s widow, with the rest being divided among the couple’s three young sons.
Wrongful death suiit: Morgan Stanley improperly allowed employees to fly personal planes to conduct business–a situation which other financial institutions prohibit.
Pilot Mark Turek, a Morgan Stanley senior vice president was charged with negligence.
George’s Point of View
Settlements are seldom published
What: Delta/Northwest DC-9 en route from Detroit to Manchester
Where: Hancock Airport
When: Thursday afternoon
Who: 108 people
Why: An indicator signified that an engine failed, causing the pilot to commit to an emergency landing at Hancock airport. No injuries were reported.
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Contact Photographer Michael Durning
What: American Eagle E135 en route from Fayetteville, Arkansas to LaGuardia
Where: Springfield-Branson National Airport.
When: Sep 2nd 2009 6:40
Who: 22 passengers on board
Why: When smoke appeared in the cockpit, the pilot made an emergency landing in Springfield. No injuries reported and the source of the smoke was not found.
Not too sure how the passengers felt about ending up in Springfield instead of NY though.
What: Emirates Airline EK514 flying from Dubai to New Delhi
Where: Diverted to the Pakistani port city of Karachi
When: 10.35 pm
Who: 101 passengers, including external affairs minister SM Krishn coming from Brazil, and several senior Indian officials
Why: After waiting for the weather over India to clear, the pilot fly back to Dubai at 11.44 pm
Replacement flights were available (if crowded)
Pictured: A Dassault Falcon owned by Sears Canada
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Contact Photographer Corey Robinson
What: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private Dassault Falcon 900EX en route to Boston for the Kennedy funeral
Where: Boston
Who: Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Why: After a bird strike nearly crippled the landing gear, the pilot requested an emergency landing in Boston–and landed safely.
Safely for everyone but the bird.
George’s Point of View
Birds could care less who the plane it belongs to.
Pictured: An Air New Zealand Boeing 737
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Contact Photographer Jonathan Rankin
What: Air New Zealand Boeing 737 en route from Auckland to Christchurch
Where: Wellington
When: Wednesday Sep 02, 2009
Who: 95 passengers
Why: Ten minutes after takeoff, smoke was streaming from the plane’s right engine, and the cabin filled with the smell of burning rubber. The plane diverted to Wellington where it landed safely, and passengers debarked.
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Contact Photographer Paul Spijkers
What: Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400
Where: emergency landing in Perth
When: Sep 2, 2009
Who: 290 passengers
Why: Four hours into the 7/12 hour flight, a fuel leak occurred. Engine 4, the source, was shut down as a consequence. 90 minutes after the leak was detected, the plane made a safe emergency landing in Perth. Last year an exploding oxygen tank blew a hole in this very plane; but there is no connection.
George’s Point of View
Last year an exploding oxygen tank blew a hole in this very plane; but there is no connection, except perhaps that Qantas crew was able to handle and contain the situation both times.
What: 1955 Piper PA-22 single-engine plane en route to to Grants Pass
Where: Canyon Mountain on the hillside behind Forest Glen Senior Residence in southern Oregon
When: 9:30 a.m. Sunday
Who: Ernie Knigge, Elaina Knigge
Why: The plane crashed in a steep, rugged area in a stand of old-growth trees. The cause of the crash has not been determined. The couple co-owned the 1955 plane.
What: Robinson R44 practicing aerial maneuvers operating out of Hawkins Field Airport
Where: duplex-style house about half a mile east of Hawkins Field airport in Jackson, MississippI
When: Tues September 1, 2009 at 1932
Who: Two FAA officials, pilot Charles Farmer and pilot Larry Wells of Crystal Springs
Why: While in the course of a standard pilot proficiency check, it appeared the helicopter was experiencing engine trouble and trying to land, when the helicopter fell from the sky, clipped a tree and crashed into the unoccupied half a duplex house in Jackson Mississippi. The two victims both of whom worked for the FAA were taken to the Mississippi Medical Center, where Charles Farmer died. Larry Wells sustained serious injuries.
The 2007 R-44 Rotorcraft belonged to WEBB GROUP FLP of Jackson Ms.
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Contact Photographer Gerry Stegmeier
What: Swiss International Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Zurich Switzerland to Hamburg Germany
Where: on approach to Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel airport
When: Sep 1st 2009
Why: On approach to Fuhlsbuettel, the plane developed a hydraulic problem. Gear doors remained open and the plane landed safely, and was towed to the terminal.
An Indigo Airbus arriving from Delhi
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Contact Photographer Sunandan Subramaniam
What: IndiGo Airbus A320-200 en route from Bangalore to New Delhi India
Where: Hyderabad
When: Sep 1st 2009
Who: 99 aboard
Why: While over Hyderabad, smoke was seen coming from an engine, and the fire alert went off. The plane managed a safe landing. It was not noted if the passengers debarked normally, or by slides, but no injuries were reported.
What: 2 Belarusian Sukhoi Su-27
Where: air show in Poland
When: Sunday August 31
Who: Two pilots
Why: During an air show in Poland, two jets collided. Neither pilot had the time to eject; so far the remains of only one have been found. The cause has been attributed to a bird flying into the engine of one of the jets
What: small one seat experimental aircraft built and owned by Neal O. Bond
Where: behind a home near the Pegasus Air Park on McIlhenny Road in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, about 40 miles north of Allentown PA
When: August 30, 2009
Who: the pilot
Why: A witness says that the plane was coming down with an unusual attitude, and part of the tail came off. A second or two later a wing came off. The plane crashed behind the airport; the pilot had been ejected from the craft, a homebuilt one seat vehicle.
The plane’s owner is treasurer of a radio-controlled vehicle club
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Contact Photographer Frank Robitaille
What: Air Canada Airbus A319-100 en route from Toronto to Liberia Costa Rica
Where: south of Pittsburgh
When: Aug 29th 2009
Why: Forty minutes into the flight, the left engine developed vibration. The flight returned to Toronto and safely performed an “overweight” landing. Passengers debarked and transferred to a replacement Airbus.
What: single-engine Trinidad TB-20 registration N654GT en route from Montgomery, Ala., to North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines
Where: just outside Pavo, Ga
When: Thursday August 27, 2009 wreckage found at 12:30 p.m August 28
Who: pilot/owner Robert F. Moreland and passenger Michael Villanueva
Why: The pilot had filed no flight plan, and bad weather hampered the search efforts. The plane crashed in a wooded area. We will be looking for updates on the cause.
George’s Point of View
Condolences to the families and to the Seminole tribe
