What: US Airways en route from Washington
What: US Airways en route from Washington
What: US Airways en route to Washington
Where: Reagan National Airport, Washington
When: July 31, 2012 2:00 pm
Who: 192 aboard
Why: One US Airways plane had been rerouted into Washington’s Reagan international airport. Its route had been changed in Warrenton, Va due to an approaching storm. The problem is that no one apparently told Reagan National and that rerouted plane was scheduled to land into two US Airways Jets that were taking off.

Warrenton, Va ATC changed courses due to weather and wind patterns.

Reagan Airport ATC caught the potential collision 12 seconds before it happened and rerouted the incoming jet.

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Helicoptors: How long has this been going on?

I was looking at the news and noticed this:

Paramedics die in AirCare helicopter crashThe National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash, which may have occurred through negligent acts, i.e. failure to properly maintain the helicopter

Have we always had so many helicopter crashes or are we just hearing about them now because our information management is what it is today?

Look at all of these incidents:


Swedish helicoptor crash. This was supposed to be his birthday present. Some birthday, huh.

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Compressor sends US Airways Airbus back to Phoenix


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What: A US Airways Airbus A320-200 en route from Phoenix to New Jersey
Where: Phoenix
When:
Who: 150 passengers and 5 crew
Why: During/after takeoff, the plane’s engine “popped” when the left engine compressor stalled. The pilot reported engine trouble, andreturned to Phoenix where they made a safe landing. An alternative plane was provided.

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Sikorsky Down off Norfolk, Va Beach


A US Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon crashed off a Norfolk Virginia beach, killing one of five aboard. The helicopter was assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fourteen.

Three were injured and hospitalized at at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. A rescue team is searching for one crewman who is still missing.

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Madrid Crash Video

Click thru to Video of Madrid Crash and initial phone call reporting the event

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Atlanta Officers Killed Chopper Search/Crash

What: OH-6A helicopter
Where: Atlanta
When: Nov 4, 2012
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: Pilot Richard J. Halford, 48, and tactical flight officer Shawn A. Smiley, 40 were killed when the low-flying police helicopter they were in hit a power line, fell to a city street and exploded. The officers were searching for a nine year old boy who was later found. The chopper did not hurt anyone on the ground.

Witnesses heard the helicopter and saw a flash of light when the chopper hit the pole. The chopper’s landing gear was caught in the support cables. The power company assisted authorities in getting it down.

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The helicopter has been moved to a secure location as investigators work to piece together what happened.

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Australia: Near Miss

Two planes that had a near miss avoided a collision by about 700 vertical feet were over Perth when one of the pilot’s collision collision alarm alerted him of the impending collision.

Flight QF581 from Sydney to Perth had gotten permission from ATC to go from 38,000ft which put them on a collision course with incoming QF 576.

Both planes swerved out of the way over Gulf St. Vincent.

Qantas Airbus A330-200, flight QF-576 was en route from Perth,WA to Sydney,NS. Qantas Airbus A330-200 was from Sydney,NS to Perth,WA. ATC gave clearance to QF581 whose pilot had averted disaster by the time clearance was rescinded.

The “loss of separation” incident is under investigation.

According to the vice-president of the Australian and International Pilots Association, TCAS typically warns about 25 seconds out.

* ACAS / TCAS (In-cockpit) TA alerts when there is a risk of collision in 40 seconds.


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TCAS ALERT

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