What: American Airlines en-route from Las Vegas to Chicago
Where: Eppley Airfield
When: ten o’clock on Monday night
Who: 140 passengers and five crew members
Why: Near Omaha, the plane lost cabin pressure. The pilot coped by dropping oxygen masks and dropping altitude from 25,000 feet to 14,000 feet. At Eppley, the passengers debarked, and took another flight to Chicago provided to them by American Airlines.
Pictured: McDonnell-Douglas-MD-82 similar to the one involved in the incident
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Contact photographer Michael Durning
What: American Airlines MD-80 en route from Lindbergh Field San Diego,CA to Dallas Ft. Worth,
Where: San Diego’s airport Lindbergh Field
When: 6:19 p.m. Sunday
Who: 146 passengers
Why: When smoke was discerned on board, the crew turned back to land at Lindbergh field
What: en route from Madera Municipal Airport
Where: crash landed just south of Avenue 17 just north of the airport at the north end of Madera
When: 1:30 p.m.
Who:
Why: When the engine lost power, the pilot, attemptedan “off-runway” emergency landing. The plane ripped through a barbed wire fence, skidded across the road and ended up in a vineyard after taking out a few rows of vines. The pilot was taken to Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno; the passenger was airlifted to the same hospital.
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What: 1006N EXP AEROCONVER Fixed Wing Single-Engine
Where: PASO ROBLES CA
When: 03/25/2009 at 18:40
Who: Pilot
Why: AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A VINEYARD, 3 MILES FROM PASO ROBLES AIRPORT, PASO ROBLES, CA
Are these separate incidents? Not enough information to tell.
pictured: Airbus similar to the one in the incident
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What: China Southern Airlines Airbus A320-200
Where: en route from Dayong to Shenzhen
When: Mar 27th 2009
Who: 100 passengers
Why: The right engine failed. After circling the airport for forty minutes, the plain landed without further incident in Dayong.
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Contact photographer Baires Aviation Photography
What: Aerolineas Argentinas McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Buenos Aires to Trelew, Argentina
Where: Trelew
When: Mar 25th 2009
Who: 41 passengers
Why: On approach to Trelew, an electrical problem caused the cabin to fill with smoke. After the safe landing, passengers debarked via slides. One flight attendant was treated for smoke inhalation.
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Contact photographer Michael Fast
What: Air Canada Embraer ERJ-175 en route from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Chicago O’Hare
Where: near Toronto
When: Mar 23rd 2009
Why: After take-off, the crew reported there was smoke in galley and returned to Toronto for a safe landing
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Contact photographer Mick Bajcar
What: Air Transat Airbus A310-300, registration C-GTSD en route from Panama City Panama to Montreal,QC Canada
Where: Montreal, QC Runway 06L
When: Mar 23rd 2009
Why: The crew reported an unsafe gear indication on approach, and initiated a go-around. They managed to lower and lock the gear but then nose gear steering was unavailable. They landed safely and had to be towed away, blocking the runway for fifteen minutes.
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Contact photographer Juan Carlos Guerra – APM
What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Guadalajara Mexico to Atlanta, GA
Where: Guadalajara
When: Mar 24th 2009
Who: 120 passengers and 5 crew,
Why: When the crew discovered an “unsafe gear indication” they burned off fuel, (Airport spokesman Miguel Aliaga said the pilot dumped fuel) and requested emergency services to stand by as they undertook an emergency landing on runway 28.
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Contact photographer Ruby Allesina
What: Eurofly Airbus A320-200, registration I-EEZI en route from Sharm El Sheikh Egypt to Bologna Italy
Where: Bologna Italy
When: Mar 21st 2009
Why: Bird strike on approach to Bologna. The plane suffered minor damage. No injuries were reported
A Sriwijaya Air Boeing on the runway in Indonesia
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Contact photographer Peter de Jong
What: Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Tanjungpinang airport on Bintan island to the capital, Jakarta.
Where: unscheduled landing at the nearest airstrip
When: Mar 23rd 2009
Who: 116 passengers and 6 crew
Why: Eight minutes after takeoff, the left hand engine failed with a loud bang. The whole flight took about 27 minutes.
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Contact photographer Steve Brimley
What: South African Airways Airbus A319-100 from Johannesburg en route to Port Elizabeth
Where: OR Tambo International airport.
When: Monday March 23
Why: The plane returned to the airport of origin to make an emergency landing due to an oil leak which was said to be non-threatening. Prior to this event, a gauge indicated a pressure problem. The crew shut down one engine when it lost oil pressure.
Passengers took another plane an hour and a half later.
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Contact photographer Michael Carter
What: FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-11F en route from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China to Tokyo-Narita Airport, Japan
Where: Crash occurred on the runway Tokyo-Narita Airport, Japan
When: 23 MAR 2009 06:48
Who: 2 crew members aboard, both fatalities
Why: The plane landed in high winds, bounced on to the nosewheel, banked left and when the left wing, hit the runway, a fire ensued.
News Footage includes audio of Bob Francis, former NTSB VC
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Contact photographer Jerry Search
What: single engine turboprop( Pilatus PC-12) owned by Eagle Cap Leasing en route from Oroville, Calif. (Brown Field Municipal airport in San Diego to Vacaville, Calif. to Oroville ) to Bozeman
Where: On approach to the Butte airport
When: Sunday March 22
Who: 17 Passengers included up to a dozen kids
Why: Prior to the crash, the pilot diverted from Butte to Bozeman but 500 feet from the airport, a witness said the plane made a number of sharp turns and nosedived into the ground. Seventeen bodies have been recovered, (12 is the upper limit) several more than should be boarded on the type of plane. The cause of the crash is under investigation.Japanese Video
What: twin-engine Beechcraft 200 propeller plane en route from Manta to Quito’s airport
Where: 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) from the airport near Hotel Quito
When: 5:20 pm (2220 GMT)
Who: seven people were killed: 5 aboard; 2 on the ground
Why: small military plane on a training flight clipped some tree tops and crashed into an apartment building. The reports list two buildings.
Initial reports said the deaths included the wife and son of the pilot, Major Julio Zaldumbide but we have not verified that information.
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Contact photographer Mick Bajcar
What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Prestwick in Scotland to Brussels Charleroi in Belgium
Where: Charleroi Airport in Belgium
When: Monday March 16 2009
Who: 157 passengers and crew
Why: On approach to Charleroi Airport, the crew reported a problem with the braking system. The plane landed safely.
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Contact photographer Mark Kopczak
What: United Airlines Airbus A319-100 registration N836UA en route from Chicago O’Hare,IL to Vancouver,BC
Where: runway 08R Vancouver
When: Mar 14th 2009
Why: After the failure of the hydraulics system on approach to Vancouver, the airbus managed a safe landing.
PICTURED: Piper PA-28
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Contact photographer Andrew McMenamin
What: PA-28 CHEROKEE #129AB en route from Brackett Airfield in La Verne
Where: NEAR POMONA, CA 2600 block of Pomona Boulevard
When: 03/14/2009 about 11:15 a.m. Saturday
Who: two on board, Chuck and Renee Shaffer
Why: Witnesses report hearing loud bangs just before the plane fell.
PICTURED: JAL Boeing 747-446
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What: Japan Airlines Flight JL8878 en route from Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport for Tokyo
Where: emergency landing at Shanghai
When: Takeoff 2 p.m. and arrived at 3:14 p.m on March 14
Who: 208 passengers and 14 crew
Why: It is reported that the aircraft had hit birds after takeoff. The plane experienced engine problems and began to shake necessitating the emergency landing.
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What: stolen plane
Where: Shopping mall parking lot in Goiania, near the centre of Brazil
When: 18:30 local time
Who: Kleber Barbosa da Silva and his 5 year old daughter Penelope Barbosa Correia were killed in the crash.
Why: The crash occurred after the husband and wife had an altercation, and da Silva threw his wife out of the car. She was hospitalized in Brasilia; da Silva went on to take his 5 yr old and steal the plane, which crashed in a parking lot.
Pictured: Couger-owned Sikorsky S-61N Helicopter
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Contact photographer Phil Earle
What: Cougar Helicopter’ Sikorsky Helibus (twin-turboshaft) en route to offshore Hibernia oil field to bring down two passengers and 14 were going to the Sea Rose oil platform
Where: off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the Atlantic.
When: Thursday morning March 12
Who: 18 people aboard
Why: At 9:15 a.m., the Sikorsky pilot sent an SOS to Gander Newfoundland air traffic controllers. After the mayday, the helicopter ditched in the Atlantic. Two people were sighted but only one was recovered. Robert Decker, has been transported to St. John’s hospital. Searchers received signals from survival suits equipped with water-activiated locator beacons and integrated life vests.
The search has been hampered by a gale force warning. Visibility is 10 nautical miles.
Couger, Husky Energy and ExxonMobile have made statements to the press. The Hibernia oil platform is owned by ExxonMobil Canada, Chevron Canada Resources, Petro-Canada, Canada Hibernia Holding Corporation, Murphy Oil and StatoilHydro Canada Ltd.
The SeaRose oil platform in the White Rose oil and gas field is operated by Husky Energy and Petro-Canada.
What: ASA Delta flight 50-seat CRJ-100 en route from Atlanta to Mobile, Ala.
Where: Landing in Atlanta
When: Fri Mar 13
Why: After a bird strike, the plane circled in northwest Georgia to burn off fuel; the pilot returned to Atlanta and landed safely. Debarking passengers saw damage incurred by the bird strike
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Contact photographer Daniel J. Evans
What: Continental Airlines Flight 145, Boeing 757-200 en route from Madrid to Newark, N.J
Where: landed at Bradley International Airport north of Hartford .
When: just before 3 p.m March 11, 2009
Who: not available
Why: A smoke alarm sounded in the jet’s lavatory, instigating the emergency landing.
What: Experimental Light Sport (ultra light) flying from Flying Little River Airport in McAlpin.
Where: Suwannee County off Highway 90 and 89th Road just past Live Oak
When: Mar 10, 2009
Who: An early report said that pilot Walter Richard of Louisiana has been flown to Shand’s Hospital in Gainesville. The name now released is Jimmy Burkholder, 68, of McAlpin, who is in the burn unit at Shands UF. A woman passenger was dead on the scene; her name has been released: Linda Sturtevant, 58, of Rhode Island
Why: The pilot dropped below power lines as the plane lost altitude, and struck the tree line.
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Contact photographer Ted Quackenbush
What: Bell 206 registered to Hillcrest Aircraft Company en route from Ogallala, Nebraska to Wichita. to Virginia for the U.S. Forest Service.
Where: Buckskin Road between 19th and 20th Avenues in McPherson County, 40 miles north of Wichita.
When: 2:45 p.m. Sunday March 8, 2009
Who: Pilot Roger Hershner was the only one aboard.
Why: The helicopter crashed after being in route for 2 hours; the crash is under investigation.
What: 1975 single-engine Cessna 182P registration number of N1913M en route from Cobb County Airport-McCollum Field to Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR race in Henry County.
Where: Crash occurred in Shadinger Lake. Carrollton, Georgia
When: Sunday morning 08-MAR-2009
Who: Pilot Kearney, and his wife Christa Kearney, and Timothy Dean Miller
Why: All the bodies were recovered from the lake. The crash is under investigation
