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Contact photographer Petar Meznarek
What: Windrose Air Jetcharter Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier IA en route from Zagreb Croatia to St. Moritz Switzerland
When: Dec 19 2010
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A corporate jet scheduled eventually to fly to Rome aborted its landing and banked into a transformer in St. Moritz, bursting into flames. The German pilot and first officer did not survive the crash.
Pictured: A KLM – Royal Dutch AirlinesBoeing 737-306 taking off from Amsterdam – Schiphol
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Contact photographer Fred Willemsen
What: KLM Boeing 737-300 en route from Amsterdam to Warsaw
Where: Amsterdam
When: Feb 10 2010
Why: After being cleared to take off on one runway, the flight actually took off from the taxiway. No incident ensued, and the flight continued to its destination.
Amsterdam Schiphol airport is reportedly supposed to be a confusing airport which recently changed its runway markings; and at the time of incident, it was sunset, and had supposedly snowed, which may have obscured the yellow taxiway/white runway distinctions, although there was good visibility. Hopefully the investigation will be used to make negotiating the runways safer.
http://www.nu.nl/algemeen/2182654/vliegtuig-steeg-taxibaan.html
A single-engine Cessna plane made a crash landing on a ramp on northbound U.S. 287, north of Interstate 20, in Arlington, Texas, on the afternoon of June 27.
The plane landed on the highway ramp’s barrier wall and then crashed into a black pickup truck. The incident happened shortly before 5 p.m. after the aircraft lost oil pressure.
According to Jim Self, an Arlington assistant fire chief, the aircraft was towing an advertisement banner at the time of the accident. Self also confirmed that the pilot remained unhurt.
However, a statement from Arlington police stated that the plane’s wing crashed into the windshield of the truck and one person in the truck sustained minor injuries.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the accident.
What: experimental plane
Where: Healdsburg Municipal Airport
When: Thursday, May 21 10:58 a.m.
Who: Pilot
Why: A quartering wind caused the pilot to veer off the runway and into the Funsten Ranch vineyard grape vines. Plane owner/pilot was not injured when his homebuilt crashed.
Then…a mere six hours later…same place…
What: low-wing, single-engine Mooney
Where: Healdsburg Municipal Airport
When: 4:55 p.m
Who: pilot
Why: Right after take-off, the Mooney went to partial power, passed a home and powerlines, then skidded on its belly into the vineyard where this Mooney also crash-landed on grapevines by the Mazzocco Winery
A small seaplane crashed and caught fire in the mountainous area near Premana, east of Como, Italy.
The incident happened on June 9 after the plane took off from Lake Como with three persons aboard.
All three people were killed in the incident. Their identities are not known at the moment.
The crash happened at an inaccessible wooded area so the emergency crews had to reach there on foot.
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Contact photographer Inal Khaev
What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Brussels to Chicago
Where: Chicago
When: Feb 27 2010
Who: 211 aboard
Why: On approach to Chicago, the plane developed a flaps problem, and performed a go-round. On the next approach, the plane landed safely.
TAP Portugal flight TP-932 made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on November 15th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was flying from Lisbon, Portugal, when the crew declared an emergency due to a hydraulic problem.
The plane landed safely and was towed to the apron.
All passengers and crew members remained safe.
