What: Fed Ex Boeing 727-200
Where: Philadelphia
When: September 19, 2012 11:05PM
Who: Flight crew
Why: Audio below of the Fed Ex flight as it turns back to Philadelphia as the number one engine loses oil.
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The incident occured, when the passengers of ill-fated airplane were returning after attending a sale of live cattle and embryos in Hereford. The wreckage of crashed plane was found on Monday, April 28, at the South Dakota Wind Energy Center, located towards south of Highmore and containing 27 turbines, having a height of 213 feet, excluding the blade length.
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Alarm ON Fed Ex Canada Flight
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Contact photographer Barry Shipley
What: Fed Ex/Morningstar Boeing 737-200 en route from Winnipeg to Calgary
Where: Winnipeg
When: May 3rd 2011
Why: The plane was on the runway when the pilot received an indication of fire. The fire indication would not shut down, even after the plane stopped. Emergency services responded. The plane was “rebooted” and the indication shut down.
(Just like my kitchen alarm that goes off whenever I cook, regardless of whether something is burning or not. I promise it wasn’t me. I promise I wasn’t cooking in the non-existent galley.)
Delta Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Chattanooga
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The plane landed safely. All one hundred and sixty-four people aboard remained unharmed.
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