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Contact photographer Agustin Anaya
What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 en route from Boston to Minneapolis
Where: Buffalo
When: Jul 2nd 2010
Who: 144 people aboard
Why: While west of Buffalo, the flight notified Buffalo ATC that they were down to one generator. The flight diverted to Buffalo on one generator and made a safe landing. Passengers were provided alternative transportation.
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Contact Photographer Bernd Sturm
What: ContactAir Fokker 100/Lufthansa en route from from Berlin Tegel to Stuttgart
Where: Stuttgart
When: Sep 14th 2009
Who: 73 passengers including Franz Muentefering and 5 crew (6 injury/issues)
Why:
Update:
According to news releases quoting Lufthansa, the Stuttgart emergency landing on Sept. 14 was “probably caused by a valve part that came loose and blocked the landing gear’s hydraulic system.”
“Part of a valve came loose internally and blocked a hydraulic line…It worked like a stopper.”
George’s Point of View
Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance. It’s a 14 year old plane. Should I repeat “maintenance” 14 times? It’s not as if the plane were self-aware and could tighten or replace its own valves.
The plane’s last inspection was in August, prior to Contact Air acquiring the plane. Even if Contact Air is not legally required to perform a post-purchase inspection, it seems like it would be a reasonable thing for a new owner to do.
If this were a used car purchase, would we take it for an inspection with our own mechanics, and to get tags?
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Contact Photographer Jorge Abreu
What: Thomson Airways Boeing 757-200 en route from Boa Vista Cape Verde to Manchester England
Where: Porto Santo
When: Jun 22nd 2009
Who: 230 passengers
Why: The pilot experienced a fuel leak in the right engine, shut it down, and diverted to Madeira for a safe landing.
George’s Point of View
That must have been harrowing flying on one engine and having to land on one of the Madeira islands. I wonder how they were alerted to the fuel leak–or if they just ran out of gas. Whatever the circumstances, all the more power to the flight crew for managing safely. Let’s hope maintenance can fix the problem in short order. They’ll probably have to fly a crew in.
Pictured: A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus
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Contact Photographer Steve Brimley
What: Guwahati- Kolkata Kingfisher Airbus A320-200 en route from Guwahati to Kolkata
Where: NSC Bose International Airport (Kolkata Airport is also known as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport)
When: Jul 7th 2009
Who: 117 passengers (alternately reported as 170)
Why: 125 km from landing at Kolkata, smoke was reported in the cabin coming from a galley. The plane landed safely and passengers debarked normally.
A newspaper report claims there was a false alarm from a cockpit indicator reporting a fire in the cargo belly. No plane registration number was given for either report, though, so it conceivably could have been sloppy reportage of two separate KingFisher Airbuses at the same airport.
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Contact photographer Thomas Posch
What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-400 en route from Paris to Atlanta, GA
Where: Atlanta, GA
When: Oct 27th 2009
Who:
Why: The flight encountered turbulence on approach to Atlanta. One member of the flight crew was injured.
Contact photographer Ammann Martin
What: Air Tanzania de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q en route from Kigoma to Dar es Salaam via Tabora
Where: Kigoma
When: Apr 9th 2012
Who: 35 passengers and 4 crew
Why: Air Tanzania was taking off from Kigoma when it suffered an engine failure. Two passengers were hospitalized with shock but there were no other injuries reported.
Pilots rejected takeoff.
The jet overran the runway. Local news reported that the pilots “hit a pothole” which prevented the takeoff. It is not unusual for us to end up with conflicting reasons behind accidents. We do not know if the runway was soft after recent rains. It is up to the official investigation to reveal what happened. We are just delighted that the pilots landed the plane with no loss of life or serious injury.
The right engine separated, and the right wing incurred some damage; the nose gear collapsed. The plane has been written off with substantial damage. Unless Air Tanzania tells us otherwise, we believe this is the last de Havilland Canada DHC-8 in the fleet.
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Contact photographer Andrey Gridyushko
What: Dniproavia Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Simferopol to Kiev
Where: Simferopol
When: Dec 17th 2009
Who: not available
Why: On take off, the plane had a bird strike.
The flight was delayed for passengers to debark and the engine to be examined.
