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What: Southern Air Cargo Boeing 747-200 en route from Liege to Portugal
Where: Liege Belgium
When: Oct 30th 2009
Who: 5 crew
Why: While en route, the plane suffered a fire in the left engine. The crew put it out, dumped fuel and landed back at Liege.
Pictured: Nazca Airport
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Pictured: A Cessna 206 Super Skywagon
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What: Nazca Airlines Cessna U206F tourist flight en route from/to Nazca Airport
Where: El Mirador in the coastal Nazca Desert, Peru
When: Feb 25 2010
Who: Four Peruvians, one of whom was a boy, and one who was the pilot, and three Chileans.
Why: While on a tourist flight to view ancient geoglyphs known as the Nazca Lines, the plane crashed. The wreckage is about 150 yards (meters) from a figure known as “the spider”.
In November 2008, the same plane was involved in an emergency landing near kilómetro 424 de la carretera Panamericana Sur (South Pan-American highway). At that time, the problems was ascribed to engine trouble.
The Peruvian passengers were identified as Sameli Chavarry, Erika del Pilar Zúñiga, John Rojas Rodríguez and Dayesca Rojas Zuñira; the Chileans were Matías Poblete, Gabriela Ortega Poblete and Alejandra Cienfuegos.
The Federal Service for Transport Supervision of Russia, aka Rostransnadzor has posted on its website that “it decided to suspend flight operations on all An-12 aircraft operated by airlines in the Russian Federation, until the airlines take priority measures to lower the risk of operating a fleet of An-12 aircraft in accordance with established safety management systems.”
In the Russian Federation, 6 airlines operate 12 active AN- 12 planes. The safety issue came to the forefront with the recent flight shown below:
Avis Amur AN12 AN-12 en route from Magadan to Keperveyem
The notice was posted Here
Pictured: A KNAAPO Antonov An-12BP like the one that crashed
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What: Avis Amur AN12 AN-12 en route from Magadan to Keperveyem
Where: Magadan
When: Aug 9th 2011
Who: 11 crew
Why: While en route, the plane developed an engine fire and radioed that they would be returning to Magadan. The fire is being attributed to a fuel leak. The flight crashed on the way back, disappearing from radar. Fog and adverse weather prevented rescue teams from being able to fly in. The 9 crew and 2 attendants have been reported missing. The plane was carrying 16 tons of food.
The cargo plane was being leased from KnAAPO. Rescuers took a ground route to the area of the crash. The emergency beacon went off 10 kilometers from the Omsukchan village. No survivors were found.
Avis-Amur is being investigated for a maintenance of safety violations, and there may be criminal charges pending.
From (sic) http://www.mchs.gov.ru/rc/detail.php?rc_id=fareast&ID=466941
At 21:13 (NBC) 08/09/2011 from Khabarovsk to Magadan flew the plane of the Be-200ES Aviation Rescue Emergency Center of Russia, who will take part in the search for the missing in the Magadan region of the AN-12. Search operation in the area proposed for finding the plane continues. Capacity is being gang. Information about the found wreckage of the missing in the Magadan region of the AN-12 was not confirmed.
At the present time to organizing and conducting a search operation involved more than 120 people, including the Russian Emergencies Ministry specialists, aviation group, representatives of various agencies and organizations.
Of the villages Omsukchan, Dukat, as well as mine, “Juliet” in the direction of possible location of the missing aircraft sent several teams, including lifeguards, firefighters and mountain rescue specialists parts. When they have all necessary equipment for rescue and first aid. Aerial reconnaissance in the search area extends airplane AN-26. However, due to low clouds, complex mountainous terrain and the coming of darkness work to locate the missing aircraft’s location is much more complicated.
Conducted asking circumstances of the accident. To gather information and coordinate the search operation in the Main Russian Emergencies Ministry in the Magadan region and the Far Eastern regional center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations are working operational headquarters. In Kamchatka, in readiness for departure is the Mi-8 Russian Emergencies Ministry.
As previously reported, the day 09.08.2011 at Center for Crisis Management MES of Russia Magadan region, it was reported that a cargo plane AN-12, emitted by a 14.37 time in Khabarovsk city of Magadan in the Chukchi village Keperveym, an hour after take-off experiencing technical difficulties. The crew commander decided to return the aircraft to the airport of Magadan to perform an emergency landing. To meet the emergency board in airport moved all the online services of the city. But after a while contact with the aircraft was lost.
On board the plane, presumably, there were 11 people, and about 17 tons of cargo. The aircraft belonged to a private organization and has committed a commercial flight.
In Omsukchan district of Magadan region, which lost contact with air, was organized by the search operation. The first search began AN-26 aircraft from Magadan and Mi-8 helicopter of subsection Seymchan, who spent several hours aerial reconnaissance. However, the search produced no results.
American Airlines flight AA-169 made an emergency landing in San Jose, California, on June 17th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane, heading from San Francisco, California, to Los Angeles, California, had to be diverted after it developed cabin pressure issue.
The plane landed safely. All 159 passengers and 6 crew members remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-472 made a safe emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on September 20.
The Boeing 767-300 flying from Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil, was about to reach when the crew declared an emergency due to hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
United Airlines flight UA-6266 made an emergency landing in College Station, Texas, on December 21st.
The plane heading from Houston, Texas, to Boise, Idaho, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. All eighty people aboard remained safe.
American Airlines flight AA-2847 had to return and make an emergency landing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on December 22nd.
The plane took off for Charlotte, North Carolina, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a landing gear problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
