What: LTA (Aerotuey) Cessna 208 Caravan en route to Angel Falls
Where: Canaima Venezuela
When: Friday April 16
Who: ten survivors, one child dead
Why: The engine failed just after takeoff; the plane hesitated on the runway, took off but after airborne, fell into a stand of trees near the runway. Survivors were airlifted to a hospital in Ciudad Bolivar, the nearest city (400 miles away).
Six year old Thomas Horne was the only fatality. He died en route to the hospital.
EasyJet flight U2-8650 had to return and make an emergency landing in Ibiza, Spain, on September 3rd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Gatwick Airport, England, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine failure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: An AeroStar Taxi Aereo Cessna 310Q. This is not reg # PT-JCZ that was involved in the crash, but this is another AeroStar Cessna 310
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Contact photographer Carlos A. Morillo Doria
What: AEROSTAR Cessna 310Q
Where: Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport
When: Dec 26 2009
Who: pilot, 4 passengers
Why: On landing at Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport, the pilot experienced problems with the landing gear.
The plane made a belly landing but there were no injuries reported. The runway was closed briefly.
No injuries! Safe landing! Always good to hear.
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Contact photographer Aldo Bidini
What: Batavia Airbus A320-200 en route from Pekanbaru to Jakarta Indonesia
Where: Pekanbaru, Sumatra
When: Jul 15th 2010
Who: 179 passengers and 7 crew
Why: While en route, the left engine emitted several big bangs. The engine was shut down and the crew returned to Pekanbaru Sumatra where they circled to burn off fuel before making a safe landing. 42 passengers returned their tickets, and the rest, held over because of a “night curfew”, were provided hotel accommodations and flew out on an alternative flight the next day.
What: Air Nasca Cessna 185 # OB-1808 sightseeing tour of Nazca Lines en route from Maria Reiche airport
Where: south of Lima, Peru
When: Oct. 2, 2010
Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities (Four British tourists, Peruvian pilot and co pilot )
Why: During a flight to observe the Nazca Lines, the plane experienced engine trouble. While the pilot was attempting an emergency landing, the sightseeing tour plane crashed, killing all aboard.
British passengers included Andrew Brown, 30, Gayle Callow, 34, and Warren Denham. The flight was piloted by Gilberto Zúñiga and Ricardo Cárdenas.
Some sources are saying there were only the three (not four) British passengers aboard, but other sources say there were three men and a woman in addition to the crew.
James Dauris, the British ambassador to Peru, has visited the scene of the crash.
About 40 planes operate in the area where flights have been banned before, due to more than a dozen local carriers not living up to international flight standards.
