San Diego plane crash victims: Dad, 3 sons killed after Cessna 414 went down in water off Point Loma coast

A twin-engine Cessna 414 crash off Point Loma in San Diego resulted in the deaths of all six on board, including a father and his three sons.

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    Air India Rejected Takeoff, IX-212 Nosedives, ETC…


    Pictured: An Air India Airbus A320-231
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    Contact photographer Avinash – iPilot777

    What: Air India Airbus A320-200 en route from Muscat Oman to Kozhikode
    Where: Muscat
    When: May 20th 2010
    Who: 132 passengers
    Why: One of the engine’s Exhaust Gas Temperatures rose too high according to indicators, prompting pilots to reject takeoff. Some of the tires popped, but the flight made a safe stop on the runway. The incident predated the Air India crash at Mangalore.

    Another incident
    Four days after the Mangalore crash, Air India flight flight IX-212 hit an air pocket (or perhaps this could be termed clear air turbulence) while on “auto pilot” while the pilot was apparently in the VC. The flight dived five thousand feet while over Mumbai (reported to be as much as 15,000 feet). 112 passengers and 6 crew members landed safely.

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