What: Wideroe de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Vardoe to Vadso Where: Kirkenes Norway When: Sep 7th 2010 Who: 28 passengers and 3 crew Why: While en route, the plane indicated low oil pressure in an engine and the engine was shut down. The flight diverted to Kirkenes where it made a safe landing. The problem was repaired within 3 hours and the flight resumed.
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What: jet2.com Boeing 737-300 en route from Manchester to Budapest Where: Budapest When: Mar 22nd 2012 Who: 127 passengers Why: By the approach to Budapest, the flight had developed a hydraulic leak.
Pilots made a fast landing on hot brakes with emergency services and maintenance on standby to deal with the hydraulic fluid on the runway.
Passengers disembarked on to the runway and were ported to the terminal.
Before the plane was towed, the brakes were examined.
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Pictured: Couger-owned Sikorsky S-61N Helicopter Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Phil Earle
On March 12, 2009, about 0926 ADT, Atlantic Daylight Time, a Sikorsky S-92A helicopter, Canadian registry C-GZCH, operated by Cougar Helicopters, impacted the waters of the North Atlantic about 28 miles east of Cape Spear near St. John’s, Newfoundland. There were two pilots, Pilot Matthew William Thomas Davis, 34, of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador and First Officer Tim Lanouette, 48, of Comox, British Columbia, both of whomdied in the accident, and 16 passengers on board the helicopter. One passenger, Robert Decker, survived with serious injuries, but the other occupants were fatally injured. The helicopter was en route from St. John’s International Airport (CYYT) to an offshore oil platform in the Hibernia oil field. The pilot made a MAYDAY call due to a mechanical difficulty, and was returning to St. John’s at the time of the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and the sea state had 3 – 5 meter swells. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed.
The NTSB has recommended that any gearbox losing oil pressure should have the capacity to run dry for 30 minutes before failure. In the case of Flight 491, the elapsed time between the warning light and the ditching of the aircraft in the sea was 11 minutes. Two of the three main gearbox mounting studs were broken. When they broke, the helicopter lost oil rapidly and the gears began to overheat.
On March 23, 2009, Sikorsky released a bulletin that most of the world’s S-92TM helicopter fleet already had complied with the company notice to retrofit the aircraft’s gearbox oil bowl with steel mounting studs.
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What: Westjet Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Victoria to Calgary Where: Victoria When: Dec 30th 2009 Who: not available Why: After takeoff, the plane developed a problem with cabin pressure. The flight flew at a lower altitude and continued on to Calgary where it landed safely.
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What: Russian Boeing 747 cargo flight en route
from Kandahar Where: Sharjah International Airport When: Sunday October 25 7.30pm Who: Not available Why: At Sharjah International Airport, a Russian cargo plane made an emergency landing when a fire developed in one of its four engines. The pilot shut down the affected engine and made a safe landing. The aircraft is currently grounded at the Sharjah airport pending repair and investigation.
The incident occurred four days after the Azza Transport B707 at Sharjah on Oct 21st 2009 went up in a fireball and grounded the airport for several hours.
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American Airlines flight AA-1799 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 12th.
Norwegian Air Shuttle flight DY-1933 made an emergency landing in Shiraz, Iran, on December 14th.