PSA Airlines Flight 5209 made an emergency landing at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, on July 15th.
The plane heading from Norfolk, Virginia, to Charlotte, North Carolina, was diverted due to a possible issue with cargo hold’s fire extinguishing system.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
What: Brim Equipment Leasing Inc Hughes 369D
Where: Childress, TX
When: Nov 27, 2012, 4:05 p.m.
Who: 2 aboard, 1 fatality
Why: While hovering above ground, the aircraft was holding a passenger suspended fifty feet below. THe passenger was working on a power line a hundred feet above ground.
The helicopter lost power and fell. Pilot Keith Hard was sustained back injuries in the crash and was hospitalized at Childress Regional Medical Canter. Jonathan David Suhr was working on the power line and impacted the ground when the helicopter fell. Suhr was taken to Childress Regional Medical Center where he died.
The NTSB is investigating.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 28MP Make/Model: H369 Description: HUGHES 369D
Date: 11/27/2012 Time: 2158
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: CHILDRESS State: TX Country: US
DESCRIPTION
N28MP HUGHES 369D ROTORCRAFT STRUCK TREES DURING POWERLINE OPERATION AND
CRASHED, 1 PERSON WAS FATALLY INJURED, 1 SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, NEAR
CHILDRESS, TX
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The plane took off for Sochi, Russia, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and ninety-two people aboard remained unharmed.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-937 had to return and make an emergency landing in Tokyo, Japan, on August 21st.
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The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A United States Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Sea Hawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 crashed in the Red Sea on Sunday. Three of the five aboard are recuperating. Two are missing and presumed dead. The crew is from Naval Air Station North Island. (San Diego)
The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is supporting the rescue efforts. The crash is reported as an attempted landing on the deck.
The names of the two lost at sea have not been released. All of the crew wore floatation devices and safety gear-
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What: Virgin Blue Boeing 737-800 en route from Launceston to Sydney
Where: Launceston
When: Aug 20th 2009
Who: 151 passengers
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The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
