SAS flight SK-945 made an emergency landing at Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland, on October 12.
The Airbus 330 plane, heading from Stockholm, Sweden to Chicago, USA, was diverted after the crew reported smoke in cabin. According to an airline spokesperson, “There was a smell of smoke in the cabin, which is believed to have been caused by a short-circuited coffee maker.”
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 146 passengers and 10 crew members remained unharmed.
JetBlue Airways flight 893 had to make an emergency landing at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Florida, on January 21st.
The plane heading from Newark, New Jersey, to Santiago, Dominican Republic, was diverted due to a bomb threat.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
MAP Linhas Aereas flight PAM-5952 made a safe landing at Val de Cans International Airport, Belem, Brazil, on July 4th.
The Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-300 flying from Altamira, Brazil, was about to land when the crew observed an unusual drag.
The plane landed safely.
All 24 passengers and 4 crew members remained unhurt.
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What: Lufthansa Airbus A330-300, registration D-AIKE en route from Frankfurt/Main to Seattle,WA
Where: Seattle Washington
When: Sunday, Mar 01, 2009
Why: When the pilot reported the loss of power in one engine, the flight assumed a lower altitude and continued on one engine to Seattle to land without a problem an hour later.
Seventy percent of the victims of Air France Flight 447 have been identified, according to Investigators of the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie.
DNA examiniation of bodies retrieved in April resulted in 103 more passengers found and identified, in addition to the 50 who had been identified before the plane’s location had been pinpointed.
In France, Air France and Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer who built the A330 involved in the accident, are under investigation since last March for “manslaughter.”
The final report of judicial experts is due in June 2012.
Now we are going to see everyone jump on the pilots, and play the blame game. But these pilots were cleared to fly. In gathering up blame, the tragedy begins with the Airbus.
The manufacturer should require INTENSE training to include all possible situations a pilot might encounter while in flight. Certainly, with the computers running much of the show, they have all possibilities listed within their “brains.”
It is not enough to train a pilot to take off and land a monster like the A330.
And, of course, the operator, Air France, should stop rushing the process of training. Pilots flying a jet should simply not be mystified by anything that happens, because whatever happens, their training should have already covered it.
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Eurowings flight 4U-78 made an emergency landing at Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany, on June 12th.
The plane was heading to Leipzig, Germany, when smoke was noticed on the flight deck, prompting the crew to turn back.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Lufthansa flight LH-446 made an emergency landing in Denver, Colorado, on July 25th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane was flying from Frankfurt, Germany, when the crew received indication of nose wheel steering loss.
The plane continued for a safe landing and was towed to the apron.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
