Accident and Incidents here (STICKY Cont.)

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Hong Kong A332 at Hong Kong on Aug 17th 2012,

Hong Kong A332 at Hong Kong on Aug 17th 2012, became disabled before vacating landing runway

became disabled due to a number of flat tyres near high speed turn off A7

http://avherald.com/h?article=454745de&opt=0

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A fire broke out in left engine of a jetl, moments after taking off from Newark

2 hours of terror on Newark jet

A fire broke out in the left engine of a jetliner moments after taking off from Newark Airport, horrifying passengers and people on the ground who saw the shooting flames.
“When the plane took off, it was shaking so much,” said Yaser Haj who was aboard the Boeing 757, United Flight 96, bound for Berlin. “We smelt it. We saw fire from the back.”
Haj, 47, said about 10 minutes after its 5:50 p.m. takeoff the pilot came over the loudspeaker and announced that debris had gone into the engine.
“They said they have to burn some fuel to land,” said Haj.
The plane circled in the sky for two nerve-wracking hours.

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/h...FQsN0hS6dZyUO?

United B752 at Newark on Aug 18th 2012, blew tyre on takeoff, both engines "red"

http://avherald.com/h?article=4547f10a&opt=0

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Delta airlines flight has rough landing at Tampa

TAMPA — A Delta airlines flight from New York City made a rough landing at Tampa International Airport late Saturday night when its main landing gear doors scraped against the runway, according to airport officials.

The landing gear doors of Flight 2391 came into contact with the runway as the MD88 plane landed at 10:35 p.m.

None of the Delta flight's 147 passengers were injured during the landing, said airport spokeswoman Janet Zink. It took 15 minutes to tow the plane to its gate.

But debris from the open landing gear doors left behind by the hard landing led airport officials to shut down runway 19R. Officials instead redirected airport traffic to runway 19L. But 19R was reopened by midnight.

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/busines...rport/1246641?

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ANOTHER FLIGHT MAKES EMERGENCY RETURN TO NEWARK, United

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A second United flight departing New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport in the last two days has had to make an emergency landing.

The Federal Aviation Administration says United Flight 409 bound for Seattle returned to the airport at about 9:15 a.m. Sunday after reports of possible smoke in the cabin and cockpit.

A United spokesman says the flight crew noticed an unusual smell in the cockpit. No injuries were reported.

The emergency was the second in as many days. On Saturday night, a United flight to Germany had to return to the airport after experiencing engine problems.

On Sunday, the FAA said one of the engines on the Berlin-bound flight apparently overheated on takeoff. An agency spokeswoman says that contrary to published reports, the aircraft didn't blow a tire during takeoff.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...Y_LANDINGS_NJ?

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3 United flights make unscheduled stops

Published: Aug. 20, 2012 at 3:17 AM
NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Three United Airlines flights made emergency landings during the weekend, including two at Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey, officials say.

All three jetliners landed safely.

New York's WCBS-TV reported the Federal Aviation Administration said United Flight 409, bound from Newark for Seattle, had to turn back about 9:15 a.m. Sunday because of possible smoke in the cabin and cockpit. The port authority told the TV station there was a small amount of smoke that dissipated before the plane landed and there were no injuries reported.

Also Sunday, Houston's KHOU-TV reported United said mechanical problems on their Boeing 737 prompted the crew of Boston-bound Flight 1124 to return to Houston's Bush International Airport "out of an abundance of caution."

On Saturday night, United Flight 96 leaving Newark for Berlin made an emergency landing after the plane blew a tire on takeoff, possibly sending debris into an engine, causing a fire. The Boeing 757 circled for nearly 2 hours to dump fuel before landing without incident.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/...351345447064/?

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Fire brigade called to plane ‘in trouble’, Easy Jet at Luton

FIRE crews were called to Luton Airport to a report of an easyJet plane having problems as it came in to land.

Crews from Luton, Stopsley and Bedford were called to the airport just before 7pm on Friday (August 17).

A spokesman for Beds Fire and Rescue said: “We got the call saying a plane was in trouble so we sent appliances but it turned out that the plane landed safely and we weren’t required to take any action.”

A resident who contacted the Luton News said he had witnessed the plane flying over his garden as it came in to land.

He said: “The sound was the strangest I have ever heard.”

http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/news...uble-1-4182574

Easyjet A319 at London on Aug 17th 2012, bird strike

http://avherald.com/h?article=454a03fc&opt=0

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TAMPA — A Delta airlines flight from New York City made a rough landing at Tampa International Airport late Saturday night when its main landing gear doors scraped against the runway, according to airport officials.

The landing gear doors of Flight 2391 came into contact with the runway as the MD88 plane landed at 10:35 p.m.

None of the Delta flight's 147 passengers were injured during the landing, said airport spokeswoman Janet Zink. It took 15 minutes to tow the plane to its gate.

But debris from the open landing gear doors left behind by the hard landing led airport officials to shut down runway 19R. Officials instead redirected airport traffic to runway 19L. But 19R was reopened by midnight.

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/busines...rport/1246641?

Delta MD88 at Tampa on Aug 18th 2012, unsafe gear

http://avherald.com/h?article=45492d74&opt=0

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1Time aircraft hit by difficulties again

A 1Time aircraft forced to do an emergency landing earlier this month after an engine failed, experienced engine difficulties again on Monday, the airline said.

The difficulties were encountered as flight T6 647 from Cape Town started its descent into Durban.

“During cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, cockpit indicators revealed that the left-hand engine had experienced technical problems,” it said in a statement.

Airline spokeswoman Refilwe Masemola later said the aircraft was the same one that had to make an emergency landing at Durban's King Shaka International Airport on August 5 after its left-engine failed.

“This is the same aircraft, but this time it is a different engine. Everything was checked out. This was an unforeseen problem,” she said.

The aircraft was able to safely operate on its other engine and no one was injured.

http://www.iol.co.za/business/compan...ain-1.1366785#

1time MD83 near Durban on Aug 20th 2012, engine shut down in flight

http://avherald.com/h?article=4549b7de&opt=0

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Intoxicated Calgary man forces transatlantic flight diversion

Man who claimed to be a Calgary oil executive had to be restrained to his first-class seat

RCMP have laid charges against an intoxicated passenger who forced a transatlantic Air Canada flight from London to Calgary to land in Edmonton.

Edmonton Airport RCMP say the 35-year-old Calgary man was arrested for causing a disturbance on board the aircraft.

They say he caused some minor damage to the aircraft, and assaulted a female crew member and another passenger.

A passenger on Monday's flight told CBC News the man was drunk, grabbed a bottle of alcohol off a cart and became abusive.

Annelies Bekes, a passenger from Victoria says it happened in first class. She claims the man was drunk when she got on the plane, and he kept drinking.

Bekes says he was walking down the aisles when the flight attendant told him to take his seat.

She says the man, who claimed to be an oil executive, had to be restrained to his first-class seat with wrist straps and duct tape.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...isruption.html

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Lufthansa B735 near Dusseldorf on Aug 21st 2012, bird strike, smoke in cockpit

Lufthansa B735 near Dusseldorf on Aug 21st 2012, bird strike, smoke in cockpit

A Lufthansa Boeing 737-500, registration D-ABIC performing flight LH-3386 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was climbing out of Dusseldorf's runway 23L when the crew stopped the climb at FL250 about 120nm west of Dusseldorf ................

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http://avherald.com/h?article=454a179c&opt=0

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Takeoff interrupted by bird at Shanghai airport (United)

A United Airlines' (again)
plane leaving Shanghai Pudong Airport for Los Angeles was forced to turn back after a bird struck and destroyed one of its engines on Tuesday, Oriental Morning Post reports.

The bird struck while the Boeing 747 was taxiing on the runway. The crew aborted the takeoff and reported the incident to the airport.

The plane was then directed to park and passengers were asked to deplane. There was no reported casualty, and other flights at the airport were not affected.

This is the second bird clash at Pudong Airport in one week. A China Spring Airlines plane was struck by birds shortly after it departed for Hong Kong on Sunday, and the plane had to return to the airport on a single engine as its other engine stopped working due to the incident. Luckily, no passenger or crew was injured, but the flight was delayed for more than four hours.

Seaside airports easily fall victim to bird hits as flight routes often conflict with the migratory routes of birds, especially in summer, the high activity season for birds, according to civil aviation experts.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...t_15696913.htm

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Air France A319 at Casablanca on Aug 8th 2011, landed on wrong runway

Air France A319 at Casablanca on Aug 8th 2011, landed on wrong runway

The French BEA released the final report in French, which was produced by Morocco's Bureau d Enquetes et d Analyses D Accidents d Aviation Civile (MBEA) and concluded the probable causes of the serious incident were:............................

http://avherald.com/h?article=443098ff/0000&opt=0 Maps and Photos

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Malmo Avi. RJ1H near Palma on Jul 6th 2012, smoke in cockpit

A Malmo Aviation Avro RJ-100, registration SE-DST performing flight TF-792 from Malmo (Sweden) to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) with 101 passengers and 5 crew, was on approach to Palma descending through about FL100 when a computer screen in the cockpit began to emit smell of smoke and smoke. The crew declared emergency and continued the approach. The smoke ceased permitting a normal and safe landing on runway 24L about 8 minutes later.

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http://avherald.com/h?article=452521ed&opt=0

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Airbuses Suffer Cockpit Power Failure, Await Fixes

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — As United Flight 731 climbed out of Newark with 107 people aboard, the pilot and first officer were startled to find screens that display crucial navigational information were blank or unreadable and radios were dead.

They had no way to communicate with air traffic controllers or detect other planes around them in the New York City area's crowded airspace.

"I made a comment to the captain about steering clear of New York City, not wanting to get shot down by USAF fighters," first officer Douglas Cochran later told investigators. He wasn't joking: "We both felt an extreme urgency to get this aircraft on the ground as soon as possible."

Within minutes, Cochran and the captain had turned around and safely landed the Denver-bound Airbus A320 at the Newark airport. Cochran later told investigators that clear weather might have been the only thing that saved them from a crash.

The January 2008 emergency was far from the first such multiple electrical failure in what is known as the Airbus A320 family of aircraft, and it wasn't the last, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press. More than 50 episodes involving the planes, which first went into service more than two decades ago, have been reported

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http://www.manufacturing.net/news/20...e-await-fixes?

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United B752 between Los Angeles and New York on Aug 21st 2012, bird strike

United is heavy in reports , (unlucky !! )

A United Boeing 757-200, registration N555UA performing flight UA-592 from Los Angeles,CA to New York JFK,NY (USA), departed Los Angeles' runway 25R and landed on New York's runway 31R and taxied to the gate, the crew using routine communication.

http://avherald.com/h?article=454acad0&opt=0