Pictured: A Cougar-Helicopter/Sikorsky-S-92A
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Contact photographer Michael Durning
What: Cougar Sikorsky S-92 helicopter
Where: Halifax airport
When: Sept 23
Who: 17 people on board
Why: Chopper experienced engine failure in one of its engines while returning from an offshore rig. The helicopter landed safely and no one was injured.
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Contact photographer Anand Martinez
What: Amerijet International/ABX Air Boeing 767-200 en route from Santo Domingo to Miami
Where: Santo Domingo
When: Feb 18th 2010
Who: Flight crew (cargo flight)
Why: After takeoff, Las Americas International Airport Air traffic controllers witnessed the unknown individual falling out of the Boeing’s wheel well. The flight continued to its destination. The stowaway’s body was recovered, although it remains unidentified. Stowaways would normally fall off or freeze (40 below zero at altitudes).
What: London-bound Air India Boeing 777-300 flight AI-111 en route from Delhi
Where: Delhi
When: Saturday. The flight took off at 6:50 am. Emergency was declared at the airport at 7:50 am and it was withdrawn at 8:25 am after a safe landing.
Who: 115 passengers and 15 crew members, all safe
Why: After flying for 30 minutes, the alarm sounded, the pilot detected smoke in the cabin. and returned to the airport under Emergency conditions.
Pictured: An Air Transat Airbus A310-308
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Contact photographer Peter Tsagaris
What: Canadian Air Transat Airbus A310-300
Where: Tom Jobim International Airport, Rio de Janeiro
When: Dec 13, 2009
Who: Maintenance
Why: During a maintenance check, the plane jumped “chocks,” crossed the tarmac, crashed into two light poles, trees and a power box next to Tom Jobim International Airport maintenance hangar.
Damage was limited to the leading edge slats of both wings, and engine nose cowls.
The plane was undergoing tests by the Tap Maintenance and Engineering.
Do you think it passed?
Is this like the infamous “operation was a success but the patient died?” At least there were no reported injuries.
Air Berlin flight AB-7346 had to return and make an emergency landing at Munich Airport, Munich, Germany, on December 31.
The Airbus A330-200, flying towards Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, had to return due to some issue with its flaps.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
United Airlines flight UA-1258 made an emergency landing in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 23rd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Chicago, Illinois, was on approach to Boston when the crew reported they had a blown tire and declared an emergency.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: Irish Air Corps Pilatus in formation
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Contact photographer Frank Grealish
What: Irish Air Corps Pilatus PC-9(M) out of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel
Where: Crumlin East near Cornamona in Connemara Ireland
When: 12-OCT-2009
Who: 2 fatalities: Captain Derek Furniss, 32, from Rathfarnham in Dublin and Cadet David Jevens, 22, from Glynn in Co Wexford.
Why: The crash occurred in a remote area during a training flight. Two other planes involved in the same exercise returned safely to Galway airport. The crash is under investigation.
