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What: Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Istanbul to Stuttgart
Where: Istanbul
When: Jan 28th 2010
Who: 42 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the flight crew found an (undesignated) problem in the left engine. That engine was shut down, and the flight returned to Ataturk Airport for a safe landing. Passengers were rebooked when the flight was cancelled.
Here’s something we don’t hear too often:
A plane’s propeller blade broke off, vibrated and the plane’s engine broke and fell off during flight. People survived this, so we can presume the flight didn’t get too high.
On Sept 10, 2013, a Vintage Wings of Canada Boeing PT-27 Stearman took off and crashed with two aboard.
The plane crashed right after takeoff from McGill Airfield. The two aboard the plane suffered minor injuries.
Fire trucks and ambulances responded to the scene.
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The incident is being investigated by Canadian Transportation Safety board.
Canadian Aviation Daily Reporting System reported this as:
A Vintage Wings of Canada Boeing B75N1 (C-GKUE) from Brandon, MB (CYBR) to St. Andrews, MB (CYAV) crashed on departure from runway 26 at CYBR. Emergency services and RCMP responded. RCC, TSB, NOC and CACO all advised.
Update AOR 166176-V1: A Vintage Wings of Canada Boeing B75N1 (C-GKUE) from Brandon, MB (CYBR) to St. Andrews, MB (CYAV) departed runway 26 and shortly after take-off the engine was observed detached from the aircraft. Aircraft went vertical and then crashed onto the runway. ARFF responded in 2 minutes. Runway 08/26 closed at 1807Z. As a result, Westjet Encore (WJE3242) DH8D diverted to Winnipeg, MB and a private M20P returned to Portage La Prairie, MB. Runway was re-opened at 1950Z.
Volaris flight Y4-773 made an emergency landing in Guadalajara, Mexico, on August 13th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Mexico City to Tijuana, Mexico, was diverted after the crew noticed flight control problems.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Joseph Lepore of Bay Shore, New York, and Jan Paladino were flying the Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet that collided with a Boeing 737 operated by Gol Lineas Aereas Intelligentes SA. Lepore and Paladino guided the plane they were flying to safely while the larger jet crashed into the jungle, killing all aboard. The pilots were convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 52 months in prison because according to prosecutors, the aircraft’s anti-collision system was turned off for almost one hour. The pilots deny wrongdoing, and say the system was never off.
Lepore and Paladino are to be retried Monday.
Audio from the flight in YOUTUBE below
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Contact photographer Phil VabreWhat: Wingaway Air Piper PA-31P-350 Mojave en route from Bankstown Aerodrome to Brisbane Australia
Where: Canley Vale Road, Australia
When: June 15 2010 08:05 am
Who: 2 aboard, 28-year-old pilot Andrew Wilson and a female nurse on board, both fatalities
Why: After takeoff, the flight developed engine failure. Unable to gain altitude, the pilot reported he would be returning to Bankstown, but plane crashed on Canley Vale Road near Sydney just outside of the ATC three mile boundary. The pilot had been engaged in several minutes of conversation with ATC.
After the crash, the pilot and nurse were fatally injured. A car transporting one adult and three children was hit with crash debris; and the home belonging to Kevin Huynh caught on fire. 5 on the ground were hospitalized.
Swiss International Airlines flight LX-14 made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 17th.
The plane, heading from Zurich, Switzerland, to New York, had to turn back due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. No injuries were reported.
Delta Airlines flight DL-762 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee, on May 8th.
The Boeing 717-200, heading from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chicago, Illinois, had to divert after it encountered turbulence, resulting in the separation of its right hand engine’s cowl.
The plane received substantial damage.
All 114 people onboard remained unhurt.
