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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Los Angeles to New York
Where: Las Vegas
When: Jun 16th 2011
Why: While en route, the right windshield of the Boeing developed a crack.
The flight crew diverted to Las Vegas where they made a safe landing. The disposition of the passengers is not known, though we presume that the passengers were provided alternative flights to Kennedy airport
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What: Delta/ Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Detroit to Rochester
Where: Rochester
When: Apr 27th 2010
Who: 15 passengers and 3 crew
Why: On approach to Rochester, the crew smelled smoke in the cockpit, and smoke was visibly detected. The flight made a safe landing, ostensibly planning to evacuate on the runway. However, after the safe landing, the plane taxied to the gate.
Maintenance confirmed that the smoke was caused by burning hydraulic fluid.
Skywest Airlines flight OO-3623/ DL-3623 made an emergency landing at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, Kansas, on July 15th.
The Canadair CRJ-200 en route to Minnesota was climbing out when the crew declared an emergency after losing the hydraulic fluid in its landing gear.
The plane landed safely.
All 43 people aboard remained unhurt.
Remember when that Boeing 787 botched it’s test flight and caught on fire? The one with the power distribution panel that burned up, insulation and all? Well that plane flew out of Laredo today. The Dreamliner has its wings back.
This is what Boeing had to say as of a week ago:
EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 24, 2010 — Boeing is developing minor design changes to power distribution panels on the 787 and updates to the systems software that manages and protects power distribution on the airplane. These changes come as the result of what has been learned from the investigation of an onboard electrical fire on a test airplane, ZA002, earlier this month in Laredo, Texas.
“We have successfully simulated key aspects of the onboard event in our laboratory and are moving forward with developing design fixes,” said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of the 787 program. “Boeing is developing a plan to enable a return to 787 flight test activities and will present it to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as soon as it is complete.”
Engineers have determined that the fault began as either a short circuit or an electrical arc in the P100 power distribution panel, most likely caused by the presence of foreign debris. The design changes will improve the protection within the panel. Software changes also will be implemented to further improve fault protection.
The P100 panel is one of five major power distribution panels on the 787. It receives power from the left engine and distributes it to an array of systems.
The 787 team is now assessing the time required to complete the design changes and software updates that are being developed. A revised 787 program schedule is expected to be finalized in the next few weeks.
“Our team is focused on developing these changes and moving forward with the flight test program,” said Fancher. “The team in Laredo is also well along in preparing to return ZA002 to Seattle.”
What: Piper PA-28R-180 Arrow en route from Mammoth Lakes to Palomar Airport
Where: I-15 & W. El Norte Pkwy, Escondido, CA
When: July 22, 2012, 11:25 p,
Who: 4 aboard
Why: After the plane was rented, it ran out of gas en route. The pilot, Pilot Ken Gheysar, managed to make a safe landing on a highway in light traffic.
No one was injured, but a 1996 Dodge Dakota pickup clipped the plane’s left wing while the plane was sitting on the shoulder.
The pilot and his family were returning home from a weekend in Mammoth Lakes.
It was towed by 8:20 a.m. with damage too severe to fly out.
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What: Mahan Airbus A300-600 en route from Tehran to Mashad
Where: Mashad
When: Sep 4th 2011
Who: 230 passengers
Why: The hard landing of Mahan flight W5-613 blew out the nose wheel tires, causing the flight to skid off the runway on collapsed nose gear.
Slides were used to evacuate the flight, injuring eleven in the process, all of whom initially went to the hospital. Three were retained with serious injuries.
Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaii was among the injured.
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Contact photographer Santo Cuce
What: Carpatair Fokker 70 en route from Timisoara to Iasi Romania
Where: Timisoara
When: Jun 13th 2011
Who: 72 passengers, 4 crew
Why: After pressure problems were detected on board, the flight returned to Timisoara where it made a safe landing.
A replacement Fokker was provided, although passengers experienced a delay.
