AIRCRAFT INCIDENTS

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Fri Feb 13 2009
A British Airways Cityflyer Avro RJ-100, registration G-BXAR performing flight CJ-8456 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to London City,EN (UK) with 67 passengers and 4 crew, experienced the collapse of the nose gear while landing on runway 28 at London City around 19:40 local (19:40Z). The airplane came to a stop on the runway centerline. All people were evacuated from the the airplane using slides, one passenger is reported to have been brought to hospital with minor injuries.

The airport was closed, 11 incoming flights were diverted to Stansted, Heathrow, Luton and Southend.
London Ambulance Services said, they dispatched 6 ambulances and several single responders to the airport and treated 4 passengers on scene, but nobody was brought to a hospital.

British Airways said, that the nose gear collapsed on landing at London City Airport. As a precaution the passengers were evacuated using the slides. One passenger received minor injuries and was brought to a hospital.
The AAIB have launched an investigation into the accident.

The weather was generally clear at the time of the accident, the airport was reporting good visibility and high ceilings, and air temperatures were 3C 38F

-justin-

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WHY its so important to keep on your seatbelts


Accident: Northwest B744 near Tokyo on Fri
Feb 20th 2009, turbulence injures 38 passengers

A Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-400, registration N676NW performing flight NW-2 from Manila (Philippines) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 408 passengers and 14 crew, was in a holding near Chiba east of Tokyo about 30 minutes before landing with seatbelt signs turned on, when the airplane encountered severe turbulence and suddenly departed its assigned altitude. A number of passengers, who had not fastened their seatbelts, were thrown out of their seats and hit the ceiling. The crew reported about 2-3 injuries via radio, but did not declare emergency. The landing 30 minutes later at 12:19 local (03:19Z) was safe. A total of 38 passengers were injured in the upset and were brought to hospitals. Initially reported two serious injuries turned out less severe.

Authorities do not specify the nature of the injuries. TV pictures showed passengers holding their heads and necks.

Northwest Airlines said, no crew got injured in the accident.

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Fri Feb 20 2009

An US Airways Boeing 757-200, registration N934UW performing flight US-1670 from Fort Lauderdale,FL to Philadelphia,PA (USA) with 190 passengers and 6 crew, initiated an emergency descent from FL370 while enroute over the Atlantic, reached 10,000 feet within 7 minutes and diverted to Wilmington after the cabin pressure was lost about 50 minutes into the flight. The airplane landed safely at Wilmington International Airport,NC 30 minutes after begin of the emergency descent.
A replacement Airbus A321-200, which was on a repositioning flight HP-9171 from Phoenix,AZ to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was redirected to Wilmington, picked the passengers up and reached Philadelphia as flight HP-9011 with a delay of 5:40 hours.

The incident Boeing 757-200 departed Wilmington about 3:15 after landing at Wilmington and was ferried to Philadelphia as flight HP-9226 at a maximum cruise altitude of 10,000 feet.

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Mon Feb 23 2009
A British Airways Boeing 737-400, registration G-DOCA performing flight BA-2864 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Paphos (Cyprus) with 93 passengers and 6 crew, had just touched down with its main wheels, when the passengers felt a strong jolt. The crew brought the airplane to a safe stop, then announced, that the airplane had just been hit into the nose cone by a lightning strike.

The return flight was cancelled due to necessary examination of the airplane, the 150 passengers were brought to hotels.

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Wed Feb 25 2009
A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration TC-JGE performing flight TK-1951 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 135 passengers and 7 crew on board, performed a controlled landing on a field outside Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport while approaching runway 18R and broke up in three parts. The airplane is about 2000 meters short of the threshold runway 18R. No fire erupted. There are reports of injuries. The Dutch TV reports 4-5 fatalities based on survivor accounts, but clarified later that these were 4-5 body bags seens by survivors.
CNN reports 9 dead and 50 injured after the crash.

Surviving passengers reported, that the airplane jolted seriously and then impacted ground.

An off duty pilot on the ground watching the accident said, that the airplane performed a controlled landing following loss of thrust on both engines.
The crash happened around 10:40am local time. Weather conditions in Amsterdam at the time of the crash were overcast (ceiling 800 feet, temperature around 41F 5C, with mist and fog around, spotty drizzle.

-justin-

[MGC]

I was surprised by the lack of a fire with the Turkish jet crash. Wonder if they ran out of fuel?......MGC

[Brent]

Very surprised 125 people survived. The plane broke into three parts! But this accident just goes to show you what a difference fire can make.

Other than the commuter plane crash 2 weeks ago none of these accidents have been as bad as they could have been(going back to the Denver incident before Christmas and of course the Miracle on the Hudson last month).

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Sat Feb 28 2009
A Carpatair Saab 2000, registration YR-SBI performing flight V3-128 from Chisinau (Moldova) to Timisoara (Romania) with 47 passengers and 4 crew, aborted the approach to Timisoara after an unsafe gear indication for the nose gear. The airplane entered a holding for almost two hours as the crew attempted to lower the nose gear and burned off fuel. Emergency services foamed the runway in preparation for the partial gear up landing. The airplane subsequently landed without the nose gear and came to a safe stop. All occupants remained uninjured, the damage to the airplane is reported minor.

The Romanian Transport Ministry has launched an investigation into the incident.

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Sat Feb 28 2009
An Atlantic Southeast Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N741EV performing flight EV-4961/DL-4961 from Atlanta,GA to Savannah,GA (USA) with 56 passengers and 4 crew, overran runway 18 (7000 feet/2134 meters long, non-grooved, only instrument approaches VOR/DME or TACAN) at low speed while landing at Savannah's Hilton Head Airport. The airplane got stuck in soft ground just beyond the stop area before threshold of runway 36. No injuries occured, the airplane received no damage. The passengers disembarked normally and were bussed to the terminal.

The return flight to Atlanta, still EV-4961, had to be cancelled.
AT the time of the incident, ( 5pm ET), it was raining with fog, temp. was 63F, and occasional lightning was being observed in the western skies.

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Mon Mar 2 2009
The crew of an American Airlines Boeing 767-200, registration N338AA performing flight AA-280 from Los Angeles,CA to Miami,FL (USA) with 170 passengers, had to shut down an engine (CF6-80A2) in flight while enroute at FL390 near El Paso and decided to divert to El Paso,TX. The airplane landed safely.


Mon Mar 2 2009
The crew of a Jet2.com Boeing 757-200, registration G-LSAA from Manchester,EN (UK) to Taba (Egypt) with 184 passengers and 9 crew, declared emergency reporting a sudden decompression while enroute overhead Greece. The airplane diverted to Athens International Airport and landed safely on runway 21R.

The airline reported, that there were no serious injuries. Five passengers complained about ear pain following the decompression and were brought to a local hospital for examination

[srainhoutx]

A plane flying from Houston to College Station made an emergency landing Monday afternoon after the aircraft’s captain suspected a hydraulic problem, authorities said.

None of the 16 passengers or three crew members aboard Continental Connection flight 9499 was injured when the plane, owned by Colgan Air, landed in College Station, said Joe Williams, spokesman for Pinnacle Airlines, Colgan Air’s parent company.

The plane, a Saab 340-B that can seat 34 people, was towed to a hangar for inspection, Williams said.

No further information on Monday's incident was immediately available.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hea ... 90319.html

[Ed Mahmoud]

I'm still pretty sure, per passenger mile travelled, commercial airliners are probably safer than, say, tour buses.

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Wed Mar 4 2009
A laser beam was aimed at the cockpit of an Air Canada jet several times as it was about to land at Pearson International Airport this morning.
Theflight, AC 754, left San Francisco International Airport at around 11:30 p.m. last night and was scheduled to land in Toronto at about 6 a.m.
But as the plane descended, the cockpit crew reported being flashed by a green beam from the Downsview area.

The conversation between the pilots and the Pearson control tower was captured by LiveATC.net.
"We just had two laser hits," a male pilot can be heard saying.
After a short pause, the man reports more information.
"Where (Highway) 400 joins (Highway) 401, say, about three blocks northeast of that," he says.

An air traffic controller confirms that he received the report and can be heard relaying the information to a lieutenant.
Later, the pilots report seeing at least three more flashes as they descended.

In November, Canadian pilots called for better labelling on laser pointers and tougher penalties for those caught beaming the blinding lights at planes after similar incidents doubled across the country in the past year.
There have been 106 occurrences reported since 2005, 42 in Ontario alone, said Maryse Durette, a spokesperson for Transportation Canada. For 2008, there were 70 occurrences nationally, 26 in Ontario.
"It has the same effect as a very bright light on the eye so the effect on the eye is sun-blinding," Durette said.
"You know the degree of awareness that they (pilots) need to exercise when landing or taking off . . . then we consider that a very concerning issue."
Durrette added that the number of incidences are increasing.
There have already been six incidents in Ontario this year.
Only one person has ever been convicted of shining a laser beam into the cockpit of a plane in the air over Canada.

Last summer, David Mackow of Calgary pleaded guilty to endangering a flight after he admitted to shining a green laser from his downtown apartment at an Air Canada Jazz flight.He was fined $1,000 and was ordered to forfeit his laser pointer.
Such incidents are an offence under the Aeronautics Act and, if convicted, offenders can face a fine of up to $100,000, imprisonment for up to five years, or both.

[DanKellFla]

I'm still pretty sure, per passenger mile travelled, commercial airliners are probably safer than, say, tour buses.

Very true. It is even safer than crossing the street.

[RL3AO]

Commercial planes have fewer crashes than trains and buses, but when they do happen, they are usually much more catastrophic than train or bus crashes.

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Thu March 5 2009
An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPD performing flight AF-276 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 261 passengers and 16 crew, was on approach to Tokyo near Niigata above FL250, seat belt signs were still off, when the airplane encountered moderate to severe turbulence. Two flight attendants received hip fractures, all passengers escaped injuries though a number were up in the aisles. The airplane landed safely, the injured flight attendants were brought to a hospital.

Immediately following the turbulence the cockpit activated the seat belt sign and reassured passengers.

The Japanese Transportation Safety Board (JTSB) dispatched three investigators, the black boxes have been read out.

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FRI MAR 6 2009
A Continental Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N41135 performing flight CO-1884 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Saint Thomas (US Virgin Islands) with 180 people on board, declared emergency and returned to Newark after the right hand engine suffered a compressor stall at around 1000 feet and needed to be shut down. The airplane landed safely on its departure runway 22R 8 minutes after liftoff.

A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration N58101 took off with a delay of 4.5 hours.

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Monday March 9 2009
Accident: Lionair MD90 at Jakarta on Mar 9th 2009, departed runway on landing
last updated Monday, Mar 9th 2009 14:41Z

A Lionair McDonnell Douglas MD-90, registration PK-LIL performing flight JT-793 from Makassar to Jakarta (Indonesia) with 166 passengers and 6 crew, went off the runway at Jakarta by about 100-200 meters (330-660 feet) while landing on runway 25L in heavy rain at 15:43 local (08:43Z). The airplane got evacuated, no injuries are being reported. The airplane suffered substantial damage to the front gear and left wing.

According to preliminary reports the airplane caught a gust from the left side during the landing roll, veered off the runway and stopped on soft ground about 100-200 meters off the runway.
The airport authority closed the runway for at least 8 hours. According to a spokesman of the airport authority the airplane landed at 15:43 local time.
A Garuda Airbus A300-600 registration PK-GAQ arriving from Surabaya with 158 passengers had to declare a fuel emergency in the aftermath and safely diverted to Semarang.

An hour before the accident, the temperature was 88F 31C with light Northwest winds, very humid with dewpoints to 80F 27C .
Just prior to the accident, winds were gusting out of the South with a thunderstorm (cell to the south of the airport) , temperatures dropped to 77F 25C and visibilities were poor.

Metars:
WIII 091130Z 10003KT 2500 R25R//////N HZ FEW020CBSCT020 BKN100 25/25 Q1010 RETSRMK CB TO S
WIII 091100Z 00000KT 3000 TS FEW020CB SCT020 BKN10025/25 Q1010 RMK CB TO S
WIII 091030Z 13002KT 6000 FEW018CB SCT020 BKN10024/24 Q1009 RET S RMK CB TO S
WIII 091000Z 00//0KT 2000 R25R//////N TSRA FEW020CBSCT021 BKN12 0 24/24 Q1009 RMK CB TO S
WIII 090930Z 07004KT 2000 TSRA FEW020CB SCT021 BKN12025/24 Q100 9 RMK CB TO S
WIII 090900Z 14006KT 100V190 6000 TSRA FEW020CB SCT021 BKN120 24/24 Q1009 TEMPO TSRA RMK CB TO S
WIII 090830Z 18015G30KT 150V230 1000 R25R/P2000 TSRA FEW020CB SCT021 BKN120 25/24 Q1009 TEMPO TSRA RMK CB TO S
WIII 090800Z 34007KT 300V010 8000 RA FEW020CB SCT021 BKN Q1008 NOSIG RMK VC CB TO SW
WIII 090730Z 33004KT 8000 FEW020CB SCT021 BKN120 31/27 Q1008 RMK VC PREC TO S AND CB TO SW NOSIG
WIII 090700Z 35008KT 9000 FEW020CB SCT021 SCT120 31/27 Q1008 RERA NOSIG RMK CB TO S

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Thu Mar 12 2009
An Atlantic Southeast Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Delta Airlines, flight EV-5221/DL-5221 from Atlanta,GA to Mobile,AL (USA) with 50 passengers and 3 crew, struck two geese while climbing out of Atlanta. The crew decided to return to Atlanta, where the airplane landed safely about 30 minutes later.
Passengers reported that they heard a loud thud while the airplane was climbing out. The crew said in an announcement, that the airplane had hit two geese. After landing the passengers saw damage to the nose cone and wings.

The airline reported, that the airplane hit birds as it climbed out, but both engines continued to deliver normal thrust. The damage is not yet assessed.
The flight was cancelled. The passengers were provided with hotel vouchers and rebooked onto other flights the following day.

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Fri Mar 13 2009

An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N271AA performing flight AA-1604 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Houston,TX (USA) with 135 passengers and 5 crew on board, was on approach to Houston about 25nm from the airport, when the airplane was struck by a lightning. The crew reported a hole in the left side of the fuselage near the door indicating they didn't know, whether the structural integrity of the airplane had been compromised, declared emergency and landed safely on runway 09 at Houston's International Airport 14 minutes later.