The plane took off for Shetland, Scotland, but had to turn back after the crew received an unsafe nose gear indication.

The plane landed uneventfully. All eighteen passengers and three crew members remained safe.

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The plane flying from Zagreb, Croatia, was on final approach to Brussels when the crew received an unsafe nose gear indication and went around to work the checklists.

The plane subsequently landed safely. All fifty-eight people aboard remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 767-300 plane flying from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was on final approach when the crew received an unsafe gear indication and aborted the approach.

The crew subsequently worked the checklists and landed safely on second approach.

All 226 people aboard remained safe.

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The plane flying from Dusseldorf, Germany, was on final approach to Venice when the crew reported an unsafe gear indication and went around to work the checklists.

The plane landed safely on second approach. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted due to indication of an unsafe thrust reverser.

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

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The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, was on final approach to San Jose when the crew received an unsafe gear indication and went around.

The crew subsequently performed a manual gear extension and landed safely.

There were one hundred and eighty-six people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.

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The de Havilland Dash 8-300 flying from Palmerston North was about to reach when it had to enter a hold due to unsafe gear indication.

The plane landed safely.

All 30 people aboard remained safe.

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The plane flying from Bristol, England, was on final approach to Toulouse when the crew received an unsafe gear indication and went around to work the checklists.

The plane landed safely on second approach. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The plane flying from La Paz, Bolivia, was on approach to Uyuni, Bolivia, when the crew reported unsafe gear and decided to divert.

The plane landed safely. All 31 passengers and 3 crew members remained unharmed.

The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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The plane flying from Bologna, Italy, was on approach to Liege when the crew aborted approach reporting an unsafe gear indication.

The crew subsequently worked the checklists and landed uneventfully.

All passengers and crew members remained safe.

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The Airbus A330-300 plane flying from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was on final approach when the crew declared an emergency due to an unsafe nose gear indication.

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

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The plane flying from Dusseldorf, Germany, was on final approach when the crew received an unsafe gear indication.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The plane took off from Houston, Texas, and was on final approach to Monterrey, Mexico, when the crew reported an unsafe gear indication and decided to divert.

The aircraft’s nose gear collapsed upon landing in San Antonio.

One passenger sustained a minor injury in the accident.

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The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Belfast International Airport, United Kingdom, to Newark, New Jersey, was diverted due to an unsafe nose gear indication.

The plane landed safely. There were 121 passengers and 9 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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The Boeing 757-200 plane flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, was on approach to Shannon airport when the crew received an unsafe gear indication.

The crew continued for a low approach during which the ATC confirmed that the gear appeared to be down.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The plane flying from Heraklion, Greece, was on approach to Domodedovo when the crew reported an unsafe gear indication.

The crew went around and managed to lower and lock the gear before safely landing in Domodedovo.

Everyone aboard remained safe.

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The plane flying from Ufa, Russia, was on final approach when the crew reported an unsafe gear indication.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Madrid, Spain, was on approach to Rome Fiumicino Airport when the crew received an unsafe gear indication and declared an emergency.

The plane landed uneventfully. All 151 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.

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The plane was flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, when the crew received an unsafe gear indication and declared an emergency.

The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.

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The Airbus A319-100, flying from Baku, Azerbaijan, was about to reach its destination when the crew noticed an unsafe gear indication.

The plane landed safely.

No one was injured.

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The Saab 2000, flying from Geneva, Switzerland, to Lugano, Switzerland, had to divert after the crew received an unsafe indication for the nose gear.

The plane landed safely.

No one was injured.

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The Airbus A321-200 was flying from Chisinau, Moldavia, when on final approach, the crew reported an unsafe gear and requested an emergency landing.

The plane landed safely and was towed to the apron. All 112 people aboard remained unharmed.

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The Ukraine is saying…but the ICAO said it was safe.

Other countries were already avoiding the hot zone. We should ask the ICAO why they were professing it was safe when it was so obviously not.

Let’s all remember that greasing the wings of airline commerce does not mean greasing up the safety glasses too.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Safety measures failed because of corporate optimism, cutting corners and who knows what other reasons. Prepare for the mudslinging and blame throwing to begin. Someone pulled the trigger, and someone let it happen. Someone will be held accountable.

Now…Here is Malaysia’s Friday statement.
Cargo manifests, hedging on the passenger manifest, and a news clip (including 25 minutes with CBS and President Obama) and a partial translation of that raw smoke video we have seen 37 times and wondered about.

Friday, July 18, 08:20 PM GMT +0800 Media Statement 4 : MH17 Incident
Media Statement 4: MH17 Incident

1. Flight plan

MH17’s flight plan was approved by Eurocontrol, who are solely responsible for determining civil aircraft flight paths over European airspace. Eurocontrol is the air navigation service provider for Europe and is governed under ICAO rules.

The route over Ukrainian airspace where the incident occurred is commonly used for Europe to Asia flights. A flight from a different carrier was on the same route at the time of the MH17 incident, as were a number of other flights from other carriers in the days and weeks before. Eurocontrol maintains records of all flights across European airspace, including those across Ukraine.

In April, the International Civil Aviation Organization identified an area over the Crimean peninsula as risky. At no point did MH17 fly into, or request to fly into, this area. At all times, MH17 was in airspace approved by the ICAO.

2. Altitude

MH17 filed a flight plan requesting to fly at 35,000ft throughout Ukrainian airspace. This is close to the ‘optimum’ altitude.

However, an aircraft’s altitude in flight is determined by air traffic control on the ground. Upon entering Ukrainian airspace, MH17 was instructed by Ukrainian air traffic control to fly at 33,000ft.

3. Nationalities

Following this afternoon’s press conference, Malaysia Airlines can confirm that a further 16 passengers’ nationalities have been verified. The latest breakdown of nationalities of those on board the flight is as follows:

· 189 Netherlands

· 44 Malaysia

· 27 Australia

· 12 Indonensia

· 9 UK

· 4 Belgium

· 4 Germany

· 3 Philippines

· 1 Canada

· 1 New Zealand

Four passengers’ nationalities remain to be verified.

4. New flight route

Following this incident, Malaysia Airlines now avoids Ukrainian airspace entirely, flying further south over Turkey.

-end-

And below, take a look at an update of the raw news video with translation; families in distress; speculation about the terrorist/separatists.
Note ICAO was reportedly denying war zone warning and Ukraine was denying war, but the NOTAM warnings were ALREADY up by US, Britain and European aviation authorities.

Missed the flight. Second Chance.

CBS News Special Report: American on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 – 25 Minutes

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