Virgin Australia flight VA-646 made a hard landing at Canberra Airport, Australia, on November 19th.
The incident happened after the plane flying from Sydney, Australia, encountered wind shear.
Authorities said the aircraft’s tail skid and the fuselage contacted the runway.
No injuries were reported.
Australia’s TSB is investigating.
Horizon Air flight QX-417 made a safe landing after a bird strike in Boise, Idaho, on September 29th.
The plane flying from Portland, Oregon, was on final approach when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
On January 7, 2013, on a training flight, a Piper Cherokee VH-JXR with only the pilot aboard took off. He noticed a problem with flying the plane and did a flyby over the airport where his instructor discovered visually that the plane had lost a right rear wheel during takeoff from Mangalore Airport Australia.
The pilot circled to burn fuel, and talked with his instructor and emergency teams. He landed the plane safely on two wheels.
The 21 year old Chinese pilot trainee made a safe landing with emergency crews on standby. The pilot had 120 hours of flight experience. English is his second language.
Air Asia X flight D7-207 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Brisbane Airport, Queensland, Australia, on July 3rd.
The Airbus A330-300 flying from Coolangatta, Australia, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, had to divert due to bird strike resulting in engine problems.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 345 passengers and 14 crew members aboard remained safe.
United Airlines flight UA-801 made a safe landing at Austin–Bergstrom International Airport, Texas, on September 18th.
The Airbus A319-100 flying from Houston, Texas, was about to land when the crew reported an indication of engine fire.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
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What: Qantas Boeing 747-400 en route from Sydney to Los Angeles
Where: Sydney
When: Jan 15th 2011
Who: 344 passengers
Why: On the runway for takeoff, a left engine made a banging noise and shot flames. The pilots were able to stop the jet on the runway, and the plane was towed and inspected. Passengers were provided an alternative flight 4 and a half hours later.
An Australian pilot, Russell Crane, has invented a Green Orientation Light (GO Light) system, which can help solve the spatial disorientation problem.
“Presently, to verify orientation when there are no visual cues, the pilot has to focus on their small attitude indicator (AI) instrument… However, this verification requires the pilot firstly to recognise that they may be disorientated and actively focus their attention on the AI,” Crane said in a statement.
However, the GO Light system will provide a constant reference point to the horizon in the pilot’s peripheral vision, which will continually keep him informed about the plane’s altitude. According to Crane, this will not only mitigate the issue of unrecognized spatial disorientation, but will also allow pilots to focus more on other instruments while being confident and aware about the plane’s altitude and orientation.
Ron Bartsch, the Chairman of AvLaw International said, “GO Light takes the concept of the AI and turns it into a constant part of the pilot’s subconscious perception. If this concept can be taken forward and commercialised, it could be the most important Australian aviation invention since the black box.”
