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    Air Iceland Plane Rejects Take Off due to Bird Strike

    Air IcelandsAir Iceland flight NY-17 rejected take off from Isafjordur Airport in Iceland, on April 26th.

    The plane was accelerating for take-off when a bird hit one of its propellers, prompting the pilots to reject take off.

    The plane safely returned to the apron. All 19 passengers remained unharmed.

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    Southwest Emergency Landing in Phoenix

    What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 en route from El Paso to Phoenix
    Where: Phoenix
    When: Jun 30th 2011, 9:33 pm
    Who: 139 aboard
    Why: On approach to Phoenix, the pilot declared emergency and shut down an engine when one of the engines failed. Some of the systems operating were backup systems. Details about the engine issues were not released but Southwest said there was an “issue with engine exhaust.”

    The plane made a safe landing at 9:33 with emergency services on standby, but taxied to the gate, and did not need towing.

    Maintenance is examining the plane.

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    Jet2 Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Loss of Cabin Pressure

    Jet2 flight LS-264 made an emergency landing in Barcelona, Spain, on July 16th.

    The Boeing 737-300 plane heading from Ibiza, Spain, to Leeds, England, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.

    The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.

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    Middle East Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Fight Breaks Out Between Passengers

    A Middle East Airlines flight had to divert and make an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 11th.

    The plane heading from Beirut, Lebanon, to London, United Kingdom, was diverted after a violent fight broke out between two passengers.

    The crew were able to separate the two passengers before the plane landed safely.

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    Trainer Flight Crashes in Modimola Dam, South Africa

    On April 16, 2013, a Pearl Coral-owned de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth with two aboard crashed in Modimola Dam in Mmabatho in South Africa.

    The training flight crashed into the water witnessed by a cattle herder near the dam.

    When boats arrived to search, it was dark, and too late to search.

    Initially, the occupants were assumed to be the pilot and an assistant; and it is assumed this was a trainer from Mafikeng Airport. The cause of the crash is unknown.

    Police divers found the instructor in the water. The student pilot’s body was trapped inside the plane which was submerged in water with only its tail visible.

    The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating.


    Update
    The fatalities were named by police as instructor Marthinus Steyn, 54, and student pilot Narco van Straaten, 23.

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  • UK CAA Warns Against Rising Incidents of Laser Attacks on Pilots

    According to UK CAA statistics, over 1.400 incidents of laser attacks on pilots were reported last year, most of which occurred at Heathrow airport.

    In fact, on average four pilots are at risk of being blinded by laser light on approach to British airports every day.

    The CAA has warned that if a pilot is blinded or dazzled by a laser light on approach, it could result in a catastrophic incident. According to a regulator, “An aircraft on final approach at 1,000ft has around one minute before it reaches the threshold of the runway and touches down…A pilot dazzled by a laser can be blinded for up to ten seconds followed by over a minute of impaired vision. The risks to passengers and crew are all too obvious.”

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