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What: Minden Air Corp Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
Where: Minden-Tahoe Airport in Carson Valley
When: June 3, 2012 3:30 pm.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: The inbound tanker was unable to lower all of it’s landing gear, and burned off (about 7000 gallons) of fuel before it made a belly landing at 3:30 pm.

Neither the pilot nor the co-pilot were injured but the plane did skid off the runway.

The air tanker is a fire-fighting plane which had been engaged in fighting a wildfire south of Reno.

Two videos of this tanker landing

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What: single-engine acrobatic Bellanca Super Decathlon plane
Where: Minaret Range California
When: Found Wednesday (a year after the plane was lost Sept. 3, 2007)
Who: Steve Fossett

Three days after a hiker, Preston Morrow, found Fossett’s pilot’s license, a glider license and a membership card for the National Aeronautic Association, the wreckage of his plane was found.

A piece of bone 2 by 1 1/2 inches was found–the only possible human remains found to be DNA tested. Apparently the plane flew horizontally into the mountain, then the wood, aluminum and cloth plane shattered and burned.

Once the DNA is confirmed, at least the family will be able to have closure.

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Tupolev Engine Shut Down over Russia


Pictured: a VaynahAvia (Dagestan Airlines) Tupolev Tu-134B-3
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Contact photographer Ignatiy Savranskiy

What: Dagestan Airlines Tupolev TU-154 en route from Makhachkala Russia to Sharjah
Where: Makhachkala
When: Nov 24th 2009
Who: 55 passengers and 12 crew
Why: After take-off, there were complications with an engine, prompting the flight crew to shut it down. The flight returned to the airport and made a safe landing. Passengers debarked and were provided alternative transportation.

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Boeing Emergency Landing, Dumps Fuel


photographer Andy Egloff
On Jan 8 2013, a Delta Airlines Boeing 777-232LR was en route from Johannesburg to Atlanta when one of the engines developed problems.

The pilots dumped fuel and diverted to the island of Ascension where they made a safe landing. Passengers say the plane swerved and fuel came pouring out. The crew was handling problems but did not make a lot of explanations to bewildered and hysterical passengers.

There is a British Air Force Base on the island, and the island is a British territory.

The good news is that the pilots made a rough but safe landing on Ascension. The bad news is that Ascension is a volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean about halfway between Recife Brazil and Luanda Angola.

Other sources say that a replacement 777-200 was flown in to Ascension, and that stranded passengers return to Atlanta was delayed less than 24 hours.

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Wilmington Emergency Landing: Medical


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What: Air Transat Airbus A-310 en route from Nova Scotia to Cuba
Where: Wilmington International Airport
When: Thursday night
Who: a passenger went into shock and passed out.
Why: Fortunately for the passenger, a doctor on board stabilized the patient. After landing, the 40-year-old passenger was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center and the flight continued on as scheduled to Cuba.

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P-51 Mustang Crashes in Schenectady

What: P-51 Mustang en route from Schenectady County Airport.
Where: GLENVILLE, N.Y in a wooded area north of the Empire State Aerosciences Museum and east of Route 50.
When: Tuesday Sept 23
Who: The pilot Charles Hudson, 42. was the only one on board. He is in critical condition. He was not the owner of the plane.
Why: Prior to takeoff, the pilot had been working on the engine. The plane lost power during takeoff, veered off to the side and crashing into the trees.

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GoJet Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Hydraulic Failure

GoJet Airlines flight DL-6219 made an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine, on July 18th.

The plane heading from Portland, Maine, to Detroit, Michigan, was diverted due to a hydraulic failure.

The plane landed safely. All seventy-two people aboard remained unharmed.

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