A ShandsCair helicopter made an emergency landing at Belleview High School in Marion County, Florida, on October 4th.
The pilot decided to make an emergency landing after a patient became aggressive and attacked the medical team mid-air.
The aircraft landed safely. The 66-year-old male patient was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center.
Nordwind Airlines flight N4-5816 made an emergency landing in Ufa, Russia, on October 13th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Antalya, Turkey, was descending toward Ufa when it suffered a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely and was towed to the apron.
All two hundred and twenty-seven people aboard remained unharmed.
A plane skidded off the runway at Brookneal/Campbell County Airport in Virginia, on April 11.
The airport officials confirmed that the incident happened when the twin engine Cessna was attempting an emergency landing after its door came open midair. The plane was en-route from Florida to New York at the time.
The pilot, his wife and dog were onboard the plane. Authorities said only the pilot sustained minor injuries.
The incident remains under investigation.
What: Pioneer Caribbean Logistics Limited Twin Star helicopter en route from Marsh Harbour to Baker’s Bay
Where: Great Guana Cay, North Abaco, Bahamas
When: Nov 22, 2012, 1 p.m.
Who: 4 injured, 1 fatality
Why: The party aboard the helicopter was landing at a luxury resort community, Baker’s Bay Golf & Ocean Club on Great Guana Cay, when gusty winds blew the chopper into a spin and out of control. The helicopter’s rotor blades struck the ground near the Baker’s Bay townhomes, and the tail broke off. The pilot was injured, and hospitalized. One passenger, Lance Valdez, died on impact.
Valdez founded Pioneer Capital and lived in New York before he and his family moved to the Bahamas.
Jeffrey Soffer was also aboard the plane. Soffer was injured along with Dan and Paula Riordan. Soffer owns the Fountainebleau Miami Beach, condos in Las Vegas, the Bahamas and Washington D.C and is an investor in Turnberry Associates. Dan Riordan is also with Turnberry. The injured were taken by boat to Marsh Harbour.
From Marsh Harbour, the crash victims were flown by racing-team owner Roger Penske’s private jet to Miami where Soffer and the Riordans were hospitalized at Miami’s Ryder Trauma Center. One of the injured was taken to Nassau.
Civil Aviation Department investigators traveled to Abaco to begin examining the crash. The wreckage has been moved to a secure location. The Bahamas Ministry of Transportation and Aviation has completed its preliminary report on the Abaco helicopter crash. The report indicates that the airframe, engine and propeller manufacturers and designers have been notified of the accident.
What: United Airlines/Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Lincoln,NE to Denver,CO
Where: Lincoln Nebraska
When: June 6 2011, 7 am
Who: 53 passengers 3 crew
Why: On takeoff from Lincoln Airport, the crew detected smoke in the cockpit.
Pilots returned immediately to Lincoln and made a safe landing. Maintenance examined the plane. Takeoff was delayed for 9 hours.
What: Mountain Air Helicopter
Where: Mallarani Hill, Pyuthan
When: Sept 25, 2011
Who: Pilot Kumar Chalise, Shyam GC of Gulmi, Jitendra Jhankri and Hirababu Karki of Kathmandu
Why: The chopper was on a medical evacuation mission when they had to make an emergency landing.
Mallarani Hill is in Nepal, the country where the Buddha Air crash occurred yesterday,on the same day as this chopper emergency landing. Another source says the helicopter “made a crash landing at Okharpauwa of Nuwakot due to technical problems.”
Buddha Air, no connection to Mountain Air other than operating in the same country, suspended domestic flights in mourning for the Buddha Air Crash on Sunday. The victims of the crash will be returned to their families on Monday, Sept 26, 2011, following their autopsy at Tribhuvan University. A committee of 5 has been assigned by Nepal’s Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation to report on the crash within 90 days.
A single-engine plane crashed and caught fire in the Loveland Valley Ski Area, along Interstate 70 and west of Denver, Colorado, on June 30.
The incident happened after the plane took off from the Rocky Mountain Airport on Monday morning with a family of 3 persons on-board. All three of them were killed in the crash.
The victims belonged to Raymond, Ohio and were identified as James Kerker, 43, his wife, Amy Kerker, 39, and their 6-year-old son, Lucas Kerker. They were on their way to a family vacation in Moab, Utah, after stopping in Denver to visit family. Kerker was the registered owner of the plane and was piloting when it crashed.
Captain Randy Long from Clear Creek County Sheriff’s office said, “Initial call came from an eyewitness who watched the aircraft fail to gain enough altitude to clear the ridge line, turn back toward the Denver area, lose power and crash into the trees.”
The aircraft, which is believed to be a Piper PA model, was badly damaged. Capt. Long said, “There’s very little if anything left of the aircraft.”
The NTSB is looking into the cause of crash.