Accident and Incidents here (STICKY Cont.)

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NTSB investigates repeat RJ near-miss at O'Hare

Two Embraer regional jets under air traffic control guidance came close to colliding at the Chicago O'Hare international airport on 8 August in clear weather, an incident that appears very similar to a near-collision in the same location on 16 May

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...-at-ohare.html

Chautauqua E135 and Trans States E145 at Chicago on Aug 8th 2011, near collision
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=441e2751&opt=1

Expressjet E145 and Skywest CRJ2 at Chicago on May 16th 2011, near collision
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=43cd93df&opt=1

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Gulf Air pilots avert major tragedy

The professionalism of two Bahraini pilots averted a tragedy when a Gulf Air flight skidded off the runway on Monday while landing at Kochi International Airport in India due to extreme wet weather conditions.
This was in addition to the well-serviced aircraft and contribution of the cabin crew, according to passengers.
'This was not the pilots' first time at Kochi and they know the conditions well,' said Gulf Air chief operating officer Captain Nasser Al Salmi.
He said the pilot, who is 35, had been with the airline since 2002 and had experience in flying Airbus A320, 330 and 340.
'He has now been a captain for the last 18 months,' Capt Al Salmi told a Press conference at the Gulf Air headquarters in Muharraq.


http://www.tradearabia.com/news/TTN_204181.html

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China Hands Out Punishment After Airlines’ Bizarre Mid-Air Stand-Off

And you thought driving in China was treacherous.
The country’s General Administration of Civil Aviation on Monday announced its punishment for privately held Juneyao Airlines Co. after an incident earlier this month in the skies above Shanghai in which a Juneyao flight crew refused to give way to a Qatar Airways jet that had issued a “mayday” call and requested immediate permission to land as it ran low on fuel.
Juneyao, one of relatively few private carriers in an industry dominated by state-run airlines, was ordered to reduce its flight capacity by 10% and temporarily barred from going ahead with expansion plans as well as hiring foreign pilots. Officials also banned the flight’s captain, a South Korean citizen, from continuing work as a pilot in China, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The Qatar Airways flight, a Boeing 777 en route from Doha, had been circling above Shanghai Pudong International Airport due to bad weather, Xinhua reported. Authorities decided to divert it to the city’s smaller Hongqiao International Airport as it ran low on fuel. The Juneyao pilot refused six orders from the control tower to yield and allow the Qatari jet to land first. Both flights eventually landed safely, but the Civil Aviation Administration said the Qatar jet had only about 18 minutes worth of fuel left when it finally landed at Hongqiao.

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2...air-stand-off/

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Qatar B773 and Juneyao A320 near Shanghai on Aug 13th 2011, fuel emergency or not

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=441d508b/0000&opt=1
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=441d508b&opt=1

[BillW]

That is exactly what should not happen in China or anywhere else. A flight crew ignoring another aircrafts problems. A mayday or an emergency code is exactly that, and crews of an aircraft that give those mayday calls to the ATC do not do it untill all else has failed and there is no other option.
We do not want the skies to start having flight crews that please themselves and ignore the plight of an aircraft in trouble.
Any flight crew that is found guilty of such action should be taken off the job and either sacked or put on ground duties.

Bill.

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China's low-fuel landing row reflects growing pains

Published on Aug 30, 2011

Please also notice The Avherald,s publications of this incident , links in previous post.

fuel emergency or not

SHANGHAI (AP) - Aviation authorities have ordered stiff punishment for a local airline whose pilot refused to yield to a Qatar Airways jet requesting to land because it was short of fuel, highlighting growing concerns over safety in China's overcrowded skies.
The case was the latest to raise concern about China's increasingly busy airports, as traffic controllers struggle to keep up and airlines scramble for pilots, many of whom lack experience, analysts said on Tuesday.
The China Civil Aviation Administration, or CAAC, deemed the Aug 13 incident, a 'serious violation of regulations'.
In a notice on Tuesday, it said it had revoked the licence of the pilot of a Juneyao Airlines flight on Aug 13, who refused six requests from Shanghai air traffic control to give way after the Qatar Airlines jet from Doha issued a 'mayday' call seeking priority in landing because it was running short of fuel.



http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_707526.html

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PIA B743 near Lahore on Aug 30th 2011, turbulence injures 5

PIA B743 near Lahore on Aug 30th 2011, turbulence injures 5

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44224d35&opt=0

Reg. Jeddah flights ;

http://forum.flightradar24.com/threa...28continius%29

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Another AI Jeddah-Mumbai , Makes Emergency Landing

An Air India plane from Jeddah with 286 passengers and crew on board today landed under emergency conditions at the airport here following suspected hydraulic failure, the second such incident in as many days involving the state carrier.

All the passengers on the Jeddah-Mumbai flight were safe, an airline spokesperson

"The AI-390 flight, carrying 286 people, including over 260 passengers, had to make a precautionary landing at the Mumbai airport due to a suspected hydraulic failure at around 1345 hrs. All the passengers deplaned safely," the spokesperson told PTI.

Though the airline described the incident as a "precautionary" landing, a Mumbai airport spokesman said emergency services were activated at the airport at 1258 hrs and the Airbus 330 aircraft landed safely at 1348 hrs. The alert was withdrawn at 1413 hrs.

http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?733145

Air India A332 near Mumbai on Aug 31st 2011, hydraulic problems

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4423bcf3&opt=0

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Atlantic Southwest Wing Collapse After Failed Left Landing Gear

Atlantic/Southwest Airlines Bombardier CRJ-200 en route from Atlanta to Baton Rouge

http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=18188

Atlantic Southeast CRJ2 at Baton Rouge on Sep 1st 2011, left main gear up landing

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44248402&opt=0

Mike / Speedbird

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Turkish Air plane still stuck in mud, Mumbai runway closed

Mumbai: A Turkish Airways flight arriving from Istanbul to Mumbai veered off a rapid exit taxiway after landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 4:13 am this morning.

Flight TK-720 had 97 people on board; no casualties or injuries have been reported.

Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. said all emergency procedures were immediately activated and passengers were disembarked safely and taken to the terminal.

The incident happened close to the main runway and caused two flight diversions and delays in arrivals and departures. The main runway will remain shut till 8 pm as a precautionary measure. The other runway is operational, but there is an average delay of 20 minutes in arrivals and 40 minutes in departures.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/mu...ll-8-pm-130722

THY A343 at Mumbai on Sep 2nd 2011, runway excursion
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44246891&opt=1

Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/mu...8-pm-130722&cp

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Lufthansa A343 over Atlantic , chemical smell on board

Lufthansa A343 over Atlantic on Sep 1st 2011, chemical smell on board

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4423f8a8&opt=0
The aircraft departed Gander about 24 hours after landing and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 26.5 hours.


QUOTE of guest; (busdriver)
One word about impossible:
The Airbus is notorious for impossible ways of air movement. For example on the A321 the air from the lavs should be fully extracted overboard (that's what the manual says and what every mechanic would confirm). But actually the air from the door 2 lav enters the cockpit. How, no idea? It is said to be impossible.
I think there are ways of recirculating air from the cargo hold to re-enter the cabin. It happened before (when some dangerous goods spread a smell of strawberry to the cabin), and it is surely possible to have happened here.

I certainly would not risk an Atlantic crossing with everybody, including the crew falling sick because of some DG cargo.

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Second plane this week skids off runway in India

Whats wrong in India ??

Air traffic over India is on the rise as its fast-growing economy attracts business and its 1.2 billion population increasingly takes to the skies. New airports have been built in several cities but others such as Mumbai are heavily congested.

Turkish Airlines said the incident happened "as a result of excessive rainfall" and the carrier and local authorities were still investigating the cause of the event.


It was the second such mishap this week. On Monday, a Gulf Air plane skidded off the runway in Kerala's Kochi airport, which was also lashed by heavy rain.


http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110...us_india_crash

THY A343 at Mumbai on Sep 2nd 2011, runway excursion (Photo: Punit Paranjpe):
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44246891&opt=0

http://www.jacdec.de/news/news.htm

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Woman Gives Birth on Alitalia Flight

Boarding a plane to go from Milan to Paris should be an easy ordeal. With a flight time of 1 hour and 25 minutes, most of these short trips pass without any sort of noteworthy occurrence. However, one mother will always remember her quick plane ride because her son was born on board.

The little boy was born aboard the Alitalia plane, welcomed by the applause of fellow passengers of flight AZ 3508.

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http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/alit...italia-flight?

Alitalia A319 near Paris on Aug 31st 2011, cry after landing

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4424a626&opt=0

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Mumbai airport's main runway still shut; may reopen by evening

Mumbai airport's main runway still shut due to rains

The main runway of the international airport here remained shut for the second day today as incessant rains hampered the towing away of the Turkish Airline plane stuck in mud near the taxiway.
Officials hoped that the main runway would become functional by 5 pm.
"Continuous rain in the airport area has made the ground near the main runway more slushy, preventing movement of equipment for towing away the stranded plane," Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) spokesperson told PTI.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/...way-still.html

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Rain hits clearance of Mumbai airport runway, ops affected

Flight operations at Mumbai remained affected on Saturday, as rain hampered the removal of the Turkish Airlines Airbus A340 aircraft, which veered off the main runway at the city airport yesterday. Mumbai airport's main runway had been shut after the incident.
The closure of the main runway, combined with low visibility, led to flight operations being suspended four times on Saturday. Six flights were diverted and arrivals and departures were delayed by over an hour. To add to the woes, a Spicejet Boeing 737 from Bangalore made an emergency landing on Saturday afternoon.

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http://www.business-standard.com/ind...fected/447958/

Why officials could not remove the Turkish airline


All operations to remove the airline failed, even the 40 kg airbag which everyone hoped would do the trick
While deadlines kept being flouted on Saturday, the Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (MIAL), confirmed late on Saturday that by Sunday 8 am, the Airbus 340-300 Turkish aircraft would be removed and the runway opened.

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/sep...ine-mumbai.htm

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Man chokes to death on Jetstar flight , RIP

A 31-year-old New Zealander choked and died eating an airline meal on a Jetstar flight from Singapore to Auckland.
His girlfriend, Vanessa Preechakul, 27, told the New Zealand Herald how she sat next to the body of Robert Rippingale after he was moved to a curtained-off crew rest area for most of the 11-hour flight, last Monday.
A doctor on board pronounced Mr Rippingale dead 90 minutes after take-off.
RIP


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Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/travel/tra...#ixzz1Wxu2CMm8