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Lion Air Plane Overruns Runway at Indonesia’s Jalaluddin Airport

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    Where: Abmisibil Airport, Okbibab, Papua
    When: Dec 17, 2011
    Who: 5 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: The plane landed at Abmisibil Airport, and skidded into a ravine at the end of the runway.

    Pilot Arnold Burung did not survive. The injured, Jacob Uropmabin, Timothy Uropmabin, Ramli, and Rady (AKA Yakob Uropmabin,Timotius Uropmabin, Ramly and Radi) were hospitalized at Dian Harapan Hospital in Jayapura.

    Pacific Aerospace manufactures planes in New Zealand.

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    U.S. Air Force Boeing 707 Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Indonesia

    A U.S. Air Force Boeing 707 plane had to make an emergency landing at Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport, Indonesia, on March 24th.

    Indonesian air force spokesperson Air Vice Marshall Jemi Trisonjaya said the plane declared an emergency after one of the engines failed.

    The plane was transporting 20 American military personnel from a base in Diego Garcia to Kadena Air Base, Japan, at the time.

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    Rostov-on-Don plane skids off runway

    A Ural Airlines Airbus A320-214 en route from Moscow (Domodedovo airport) to Rostov-on-Don, ran off the runway on landing.

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    There were 119 people aboard with no injuries reported.

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    Lion Air Robinson Helicopter Crash Kills Governer


    Pictured: Lion Air Robinson Helicopter fleet published on Lion Air Website

    What: Lion Air Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter
    Where: Jael Subdivision in Barangay Iyam, south of Lucena City, Philippines
    When: MAY 17, 2010
    Who: 4 aboard the flight, and two or three on the ground including Rowena Navales (14) 7 fatalities in all.
    Why: The Lion Air helicopter had just taken off. A scant 300 feet later, the chopper swerved, the propeller stopped spinning, and the helicopter slammed into three houses in a neighborhood 70 miles south of Manila. The fire spread to five houses. There were two or three fatalities on the ground, possibly all children, in addition to those aboard the flight.

    Aboard were Quezon Gov. Rafael Nantes,his military escort Master Sergeant Alfred Dominguez, police escort Police Officer Randy Roferez, and the pilot identified as Nestor Sanchez.

    The crash is being attributed to mechanical problems.

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    Quito Runway Overrun


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    What: Tame Embraer ERJ 190 en route from Loja to Quito Ecuador
    Where: Quito Ecuador
    When: Sep 16th 2011
    Who: 97 passengers, 6 crew
    Why: Landing in Quito in rain halfway down the runway, the jet hydroplaned past the end of the runway to the perimeter wall. Nine hundred feet past the end of the runway.

    There were four injured. The incident is under investigation. The nose section appears to be smashed. The airport does not have collapsing concrete runway arresting systems.

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    Jetstar Airways Plane Returns to Australia due to Hydraulic Problem

    JetstarJetstar Airways flight JQ-127 had to return and make an emergency landing at Adelaide International Airport, Adelaide, Australia, on December 11.

    The Airbus A320-200, en-route to Bali, Indonesia, was above central Australia when some problem with the hydraulic system caused it to return and land.

    The plane landed safely.

    All passengers aboard remained unhurt and were accommodated in other flights.

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