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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Diverts to San Francisco After Flight Attendant Dies

Hawaiian Airlines Flight HA-50 made an emergency landing at San Francisco International Airport, California, on January 24th.

The plane heading from Hawaii to New York was diverted after a flight attendant suffered a medical emergency.

The plane landed safely. The flight attendant was pronounced dead upon arrival.


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Hawaiian Airlines Plane Suffers Bird Strike Near Hilo International Airport

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-192 suffered a bird strike near Hilo, Hawaii, on December 15th.

The incident happened when the Boeing 717-200 plane flying from Honolulu, Hawaii, was on approach to Hilo International Airport.

The plane continued for a safe landing.


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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Las Vegas

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-8 made an emergency landing in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 7th.

The plane flying from Honolulu, Hawaii, was on approach to Las Vegas when the crew noticed a possible mechanical issue and declared an emergency.

The plane landed safely. All two hundred and seventy-one people aboard remained unharmed.


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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Rejects Takeoff After Engine Failure

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-144 had to reject takeoff from Lihue, Hawaii, on November 3rd.

The Boeing 717-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Honolulu, Hawaii, when the crew rejected takeoff due to an engine failure.

The plane safely returned to the apron. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Oakland

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-37 made an emergency landing in Oakland, California, on October 22nd.

The Airbus A321-200N plane heading from San Diego, California, to Kahului, Hawaii, was diverted after the crew received indication of an engine issue.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventy-eight passengers and seven crew members remained unharmed.


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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Oakland

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-43 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Oakland, California, on September 12th.

The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from San Jose, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, was diverted due to a fuel distribution problem.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.


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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Kahului

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-23 made an emergency landing in Kahului, Hawaii, on August 31st.

The Boeing 767-300 plane was flying from Oakland, California, when the several passengers complained of breathing problems due to an unusual odor on board.

The plane continued for a safe landing.

Twelve passengers and three crew members were checked by medical teams at the airport.

It is believed that the odor was caused by a pepper spray.


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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in San Jose

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-43 had to return and make an emergency landing in San Jose, California, on December 19th.

The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Honolulu, Hawaii, but had to turn back due to failure of weather radar.

The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.


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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Returns to San Jose due to Mechanical Issue

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-43 had to return and make an emergency landing in San Jose, California, on March 7th.

The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Honolulu, Hawaii, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a mechanical issue.

The plane landed back safely. All 241 passengers and 11 crew members remained unharmed.


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How to Freeze, Suffocate, or Brain Damage Yourself; Or Terror at 38,000 Feet

Everyone following Aviation News by now has already heard of the sixteen-year-old boy who rode stowaway in the wheel well of a 767 from California to Kahului Airport in Maui Hawaii, surviving impossible conditions of 38,000 feet. Surviving outside of a plane is nothing short of a miracle. Conditions outside of a plane in flight are sub-human, making suffocation a certainty; and if one somehow were to manage the lack of air, then the trick would be surviving freezing conditions and decompression sickness. Hypoxia is almost a certainty at -80 degrees Fahrenheit, with no air.

Most people who attempt such a feat end up frozen solid, or fall off. Plus, should I not mention that an emotional sixteen year old who ran away from home should not be able to breach airport security;

Should not be able to survive the trip;and after he did, the story

… should not be publicized in such a way that future idiots be inspired to follow in his idiocy. Newscasters may as well have posted an invitation to every idiot, prankster, and t-word in town.

So all you stupids inspired to save yourself the cost of a plane ticket, if you are inspired to sneak on to a wheel well because you have a winter coat, and think you’re invincible, the truth is that this is how idiots die.

In George’s Point of View

Of course, the story is the breach of security not that the kid survived. Obviously in a real-life kind of way, it’s good the boy survived. Obviously in a real-life kind of way it is horrible and stupid that his survival is now going to be an idiot’s guide. But now let’s talk about what happened here.

Security failed so many times and so many ways that it boggles the mind. The perimeter of the airport should not have been breached; the security of the plane should not have been breached; and on arrival, the boy should immediately have been discovered. At least the ground crew did eventually find the boy “wandering the tarmac, dazed and confused.” But then the news got ahold of the story and made it global. Good job, news people.

In an interview at San Jose airport the spokesperson there said that no security is 100 percent fool proof.

I disagree. Airport security, access to planes, especially those planes ready to board passengers and take off must be fool-proof.

There are just too many fools out there.

TSA security checks at airport are tedious and essential. Security cannot afford to have one single gun or nut job to get through their security wall, not a single one.

Someone in California PLUS someone in Hawaii failed to do their job. Multiple someones. Aren’t security checks deliberately redundant? Surely someone at Hawaiian Airlines failed in a last-minute maintenance and/or security walk-around.

I do find it ludicrous that all of these security experts and specialists interviewed for news programs about this security breach, industry professionals like the grounds operations coordinator at O’Hare, essentially post detailed “how to” instructions to climbing inside a wheel well.

This is a wake-up call to security teams to plug the holes in their process, just as it is a wake—up call for idiots looking to die at 38,000 feet. Let’s hope the next one who tries this blunders into a security hole that has been filled with a smart security operative with some inescapable handcuffs in his pocket. Then let’s see how the news covers it.


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FAA Proposes $547,500 Civil Penalty Against Hawaiian Airlines

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $547,500 Civil Penalty against Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. for operating a Boeing 767-300 that was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.

The FAA alleges Hawaiian operated the aircraft thousands of times when it was not in compliance with a July 2000 Airworthiness Directive (AD) that required inspections of certain engine thrust reverser components. The purpose of the AD was to prevent a portion of the thrust reverser from coming off in flight, which could cause a rapid decompression of the aircraft.

The AD required initial and repetitive inspections of the components to detect damage and wear, and corrective actions if necessary. It required replacement of the components with new and improved parts within four years of the AD taking effect.

During a July 2012 inspection, the FAA discovered that some of Hawaiian’s records erroneously showed the AD did not apply to one of its Boeing 767 aircraft. The FAA alleges Hawaiian operated the aircraft more than 5,000 times – mostly on passenger carrying flights – between July 2004 and July 2012 when it was out of compliance with the AD. The FAA further alleges Hawaiian operated the aircraft on 14 passenger flights after the agency alerted the carrier that some of its records erroneously indicated that the AD did not apply to the aircraft.

Additionally, the FAA alleges Hawaiian failed to keep required records of the status of the AD for the aircraft in question.

Hawaiian has requested an informal conference with the FAA to discuss the matter.

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