17 Chinese passengers hurt as Hong Kong-bound flight hit by air turbulence

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It's hard to try to piece together what really happened to a small Cessna 421, that had left from Chicago early Saturday morning and was heading to Canada on a fishing trip, when the plane suddenly dropped altitude and went off radar, crashing in Price County, Wisconsin, killing the pilot and five adult passengers.

What I found interesting was that " there was a discussion between the pilot of the plane and air traffic controllers about "local weather phenomenon" just before the crash ..... and Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt's statement: ""We're dealing with things that people just don't want to talk about or see" yet, no clues are given "as to" what weather phenomenon this is in reference to or what the Sheriff meant when he said, "things that people just don't want to talk about or see"? Did air turbulence play a roll in this plane crash?

According to the FAA accident report, there was one pilot and five passengers on board the plane that crashed in Price County early Saturday morning.

FAA: Kevin King, 70, only certified pilot on board plane that crashed in Price Co.
http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Sheriffs-Dept-responding-to-plane-crash-in-Price-Co-431966523.html

Jul 02, 2017 - Kevin James King, 70, of Bensenville, IL is the only certified pilot among the 6 people on board the plane.

King is a certified commercial pilot, rated to fly single engine and multi-engine airplanes, as well as instrument airplanes.

The plane involved in the crash is an FAA registered Cessna 421 C, described as a multi-engine airplane, weighing less than 12,500 pounds, with a max speed of 90 miles per hour.

According to the FAA, the plane is owned by "Sky King Flying Service" based in Wilmington, Delaware. The plane was registered in 2011 and the registration is set to expire on November 30, 2017.

11:00 a.m.
The Price County Sheriff Department has identified the six victims of a deadly plane crash that happened early Saturday morning. Their names and ages are listed below.

Kevin James King, 70, of Bensenville, IL
James Francis, 63, of Norco, CA
Kyle Demauro, 21, of Bensenville, IL
Thomas Demauro, 56, of Bensenville, IL
Charles Tomlitz, 69, of Addison, IL
George Tomlitz, 45, from Brookfield, IL

Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt says his department continues to investigate the crash, with the help of the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Federal Aviation Administration.

10:00 p.m.
The family of two victims who died in the Price County plane crash are mourning the loss of Tom and Kyle DeMauro. Here's a written statement from the DeMauro family: (At link)

6:00 p.m.
At least two elementary school educators from suburban Bensenville, Illinois are among the victims in a deadly plane crash overnight Saturday, according to our affiliate in Chicago.

5:00 p.m.
During a press conference Sunday, investigators revealed six people were killed in the Price County plane crash. At this point, they're not releasing names, ages or their relationships. The Price County Sheriff did confirm they're all adults.

Early Saturday morning, the sheriff's office received a call from the Air Marine Operations Center that an aircraft dropped altitude quickly and radio contact was lost. The sheriff's office said the plane had left from Chicago and was heading to Canada on a fishing trip.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said there was a discussion between the pilot of the plane and air traffic controllers about "local weather phenomenon." At about 1:53 a.m., the aircraft dropped off radar.

Wreckage from the plane was found in the area of State Highway 111 and U.S. Highway 8 in the Township of Harmony.

"We're dealing with things that people just don't want to talk about or see," Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt said.

Several departments responded to help with the scene. But a surprising amount of help has also come from around the community. Schmidt said crews turned to someone from the Price County airport who owned a private helicopter. Crews were then able to view the plane wreckage from above.

"We're fortunate to have someone with a helicopter, and we were able to locate the compartment of a fuselage and the passenger compartment of an airplane," Sheriff Schmidt explained.

And while some assistance may have come in the form of an aircraft, other kinds of help came in a different form. Sandy Jensen owns Happy Daze bar and restaurant in the Village of Kennan, just outside of where crews are trying to figure out what happened in the crash. She said when some firefighters called her restaurant for help, she knew just what to do.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are assisting with the investigation. Right now, they don't know what caused the crash, as the investigation is in the 'fact-finding' stage. The NTSB will be inspecting the wreckage as it lays in the field Sunday and likely Monday.

The plane was a Cessna 421 and investigators said the pilot was certified to fly it.

 

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Re: Another case of wounded passengers due to air turbulence

It's hard to try to piece together what really happened to a small Cessna 421, that had left from Chicago early Saturday morning and was heading to Canada on a fishing trip, when the plane suddenly dropped altitude and went off radar, crashing in Price County, Wisconsin, killing the pilot and five adult passengers.

What I found interesting was that " there was a discussion between the pilot of the plane and air traffic controllers about "local weather phenomenon" just before the crash ..... and Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt's statement: ""We're dealing with things that people just don't want to talk about or see" yet, no clues are given "as to" what weather phenomenon this is in reference to or what the Sheriff meant when he said, "things that people just don't want to talk about or see"? Did air turbulence play a roll in this plane crash?

According to the FAA accident report, there was one pilot and five passengers on board the plane that crashed in Price County early Saturday morning.

FAA: Kevin King, 70, only certified pilot on board plane that crashed in Price Co.
http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Sheriffs-Dept-responding-to-plane-crash-in-Price-Co-431966523.html

A small airplane that went down in northern Wisconsin fell apart in the air, killing the six people onboard, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday.

Small plane that went down in Wisconsin fell apart in air, officials say
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wisconsin-plane-crash-fell-apart-midair-ntsb-investigation/

The Cessna 421 that crashed at 3:21 a.m. Saturday left from Waukegan, Illinois, and was flying to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba, NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss said.

"The debris field suggested an in-flight break up," Weiss said.

Lt. Gabe Lind at the Price County Sheriff's Office said the debris field from the crash stretched about a quarter mile from a heavily wooded area onto a state highway.

[...] NTSB investigators say there was a discussion between the pilot of the plane and air traffic controllers about "local weather phenomenon" in Catawba, Wisconsin, which is near the crash site just southwest of the city of Phillips. Soon after, the aircraft dropped off radar.

Weiss said investigators are still trying to determine what type of weather the plane encountered and whether it caused the crash.

[...] WSAW-TV reports that the on-site investigation into the plane crash is over Monday. The wreckage was removed from the area and taken to another location for further investigation.

NTSB will likely release a preliminary report about the investigation within 10 days. Final reports, including what caused the crash, will likely be released within 12 to 18 months.

 

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Details are still sketchy in this Military plane crash in Mississippi but it's being reported that the debris field is scattered throughout a 5-mile radius. The transport plane had originated at an air station at Cherry Point, N.C.

U.S. military plane crashes in Mississippi, 16 Marines dead
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/07/11/US-military-plane-crashes-in-Mississippi-16-Marines-dead/6421499749200/

July 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. Marine aircraft crashed in Mississippi on Monday night, killing all 16 military personnel on board, local authorities said.

Fred Randle, Leflore County emergency management director, confirmed that that there were no survivors in the crash, and all 16 victims were Marines.

The plane crashed in a soybean field in Leflore County, located about 100 miles north of Jackson, Miss. The debris from the crash scattered throughout a 5-mile radius.

A Mississippi state trooper told WMC Action News 5 that the plane had a great deal of ammunition on board, making investigation efforts difficult.

"There's a lot of ammo in the plane. That's why we are keeping so far back. We just don't know what it'll do. It burns a bit then goes out, burns a little more then dies down," the trooper said.

Investigators also told the news crew they believe the plane exploded in mid-air.

ATLANTA — Sixteen troops died when a Marine Corps transport plane crashed in the Mississippi Delta on Monday, the military said early Tuesday.

16 Troops Died in Mississippi Plane Crash, Marines Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/marines-plane-crash.html

In a brief statement, the Marines said the flight, involving a KC-130 transport plane, had originated at an air station at Cherry Point, N.C., near the Outer Banks. The Marines did not identify the dead or their service branch affiliations.

“While the details of this incident are being investigated, our focus remains on providing the necessary resources and support to the family and friends of these service members as they go through this extremely difficult time,” the statement said.

Military and local officials said the cause of the crash was unclear.

The transport plane, the military said, crashed at about 4 p.m. on Monday in Leflore County, Miss., about two hours north of Jackson. By late Monday, with a debris field spread over several miles of Mississippi Delta farmland, the local authorities announced that they were recovering bodies.

Edna Beavers was trimming the grass outside her house in Itta Bena, Miss., on Monday afternoon when, she said, she glanced up and saw a huge plume of black smoke rising from a soybean field about a mile away. “I was like, ‘Oh my God,’” Ms. Beavers, 68, said in an interview Monday night.

Ms. Beavers said the military plane crashed along County Road 547, a dirt road that connects acres of farmland between Itta Bena and Moorhead. There are few homes along the road, she said. A military jet later circled overhead, she said.

“That is a sad situation there,” she said.

President Trump, in a tweet on Tuesday, called the crash “heartbreaking.”

“Melania and I send our deepest condolences to all!” the president wrote, referring to his wife.

ITTA BENA, Miss. — A U.S. military plane crashed into a field in rural Mississippi on Monday, killing at least 16 people aboard and spreading debris for miles, officials said.

Marine Corps transport plane crash kills at least 16 in Mississippi
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/marine-corps-transport-plane-crash-kills-at-least-16-in-mississippi-1.477439#.WWTTB_6WwdU

Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that 16 bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta.

Marine Corps spokeswoman Capt. Sarah Burns said in a statement that a KC-130 "experienced a mishap" Monday evening but provided no details. The KC-130 is used as a refueling tanker.

Andy Jones said he was working on his family's catfish farm just before 4 p.m. when he heard a boom and looked up to see the plane corkscrewing downward with one engine smoking.

"You looked up and you saw the plane twirling around," he said. "It was spinning down."

Jones said the plane hit the ground behind some trees in a soybean field, and by the time he and other reached the crash site, fires were burning too intensely to approach the wreckage. The force of the crash nearly flattened the plane, Jones said.

"Beans are about waist-high, and there wasn't much sticking out above the beans," he said.

Jones said a man borrowed his cellphone to report to authorities that there were bodies across U.S. Highway 82, more than a mile from the crash site.

Greenwood Fire Chief Marcus Banks told the Greenwood Commonwealth that debris from the plane was scattered in a radius of about 5 miles (8 kilometers).

Jones said firefighters tried to put out the fire at the main crash site but withdrew after an explosion forced them back. The fire produced towering plumes of black smoke visible for miles across the flat region and continued to burn after dusk, more than four hours after the crash.

Aerial pictures taken by WLBT-TV showed the skeleton of the plane burning strongly.

"It was one of the worst fires you can imagine," Jones said. He said the fire was punctuated by the pops of small explosions.

Officials did not release information on what caused the crash or where the flight originated.

 

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U.S. military plane crashes in Mississippi, 16 Marines dead
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/07/11/US-military-plane-crashes-in-Mississippi-16-Marines-dead/6421499749200/

16 Troops Died in Mississippi Plane Crash, Marines Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/marines-plane-crash.html

Marine Corps transport plane crash kills at least 16 in Mississippi
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/marine-corps-transport-plane-crash-kills-at-least-16-in-mississippi-1.477439#.WWTTB_6WwdU

The Latest on the deadly military plane crash in Mississippi (all times local): 10:40 a.m. A Marine spokesman says a Navy corpsman and 15 Marines were killed in when a military plane crashed in rural Mississippi as it was headed from North Carolina to California.

The Latest: 15 Marines, 1 Navy corpsman killed in crash
https://www.mail.com/news/politics/5348878-latest-15-marines-1-navy-corpsman-killed-crash.html#.7518-stage-hero1-3

Marine Corps Maj. Andrew Aranda says Tuesday that the flight of the KC-130T originated Monday from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The plane was taking people and equipment to Naval Air Field El Centro, California, when it crashed Monday afternoon in a soybean field near Itta Bena, Mississippi.

Aranda says many of the Marines were from a unit based in New York with active duty and reserve members. The Marine Corps says personal weapons and small-arms ammunition were aboard.

 

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A cautionary action taken by Germany, after a passenger plane flying to Munster, Germany from Hurghada, Egypt lost communication.

Germany sent two fighter jets in order to escort a passenger plane heading from the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada to Munster in western Germany, according to media reports.

Germany Sends Fighter Jets to Escort Passenger Plane Coming From Hurghada
https://sputniknews.com/world/201707151055578531-germany-fighers-jets/

15.07.2017 - Two German fighter jets were sent on Saturday to escort a passenger plane heading from the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada to Munster in western Germany, local media reported.

The jets flew out after the loss of communication with the passenger plane, the Spiegel magazine reported.

The communication with the passenger jet was, however, restored before the fighters managed to reach it.

The exact causes of the loss of communication remain unknown with experts saying that the pilots may have set a wrong radio frequency.

On Friday, two German tourists were stabbed in Hurghada by an attacker, who was reportedly acting on the orders of the Daesh terror group, outlawed in Russia.

 

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U.S. military plane crashes in Mississippi, 16 Marines dead
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/07/11/US-military-plane-crashes-in-Mississippi-16-Marines-dead/6421499749200/

16 Troops Died in Mississippi Plane Crash, Marines Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/marines-plane-crash.html

Marine Corps transport plane crash kills at least 16 in Mississippi
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/marine-corps-transport-plane-crash-kills-at-least-16-in-mississippi-1.477439#.WWTTB_6WwdU

The Latest: 15 Marines, 1 Navy corpsman killed in crash
https://www.mail.com/news/politics/5348878-latest-15-marines-1-navy-corpsman-killed-crash.html#.7518-stage-hero1-3

Marines identify 16 service members killed in military plane crash
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/marines-identify-16-members-killed-military-plane-crash-212800927--abc-news-topstories.html

The Marine Corps KC-130 transport plane was flying from the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina, to the Naval Air Facility in El Centro, California, when it crashed in a field in LeFlore County, Mississippi, about 85 miles north of Jackson.

Witnesses described hearing a loud crackling noise around the time of the plane crash.

Nine Marines on board were from Marine Aerial Refueling and Transport Squadron VMGR 452 based out of Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York. The other six Marines and one Navy corpsman were from Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), part of the elite 2nd Marine Raider Battalion based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

The Raiders were traveling on from El Centro to Yuma, Arizona for pre-deployment training, carrying cargo, body armor, radios, weapons and small arms ammunition with them on the KC-130, said Maj. Nick Mannweiler, spokesman for MARSOC.

The U.S. Marines Corps released the names of fifteen Marines and one Navy corpsman killed in a military plane crash on Monday.

The Marine Corps KC-130 transport plane was flying from the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina, to the Naval Air Facility in El Centro, California, when it crashed in a field in LeFlore County, Mississippi, about 85 miles north of Jackson.

Mannweiler told ABC News that seven other team members from the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion had already flown to Yuma and were waiting for the six Marines and one Navy corpsman to arrive on Monday.

While it's unknown exactly where this Raider team would have deployed, the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion is paired with U.S. Central Command, which means they would have likely gone to the Middle East.

Here are the names of the sixteen service members who were killed in the crash:

Maj. Caine M. Goyette; Capt. Sean E. Elliott; Gunnery Sgt. Mark A. Hopkins; Gunnery Sgt. Brendan C. Johnson; Staff Sgt. Joshua M. Snowden; Sgt. Julian M. Kevianne; Sgt. Owen J. Lennon; Cpl. Daniel I. Baldassare; Cpl. Collin J. Schaaff; Staff Sgt. Robert H. Cox; Staff Sgt. William J. Kundrat; Sgt. Chad E. Jenson; Sgt. Talon R. Leach; Sgt. Joseph J. Murray; Sgt. Dietrich A. Schmieman; and Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan M. Lohrey

The fatal plane crash on Monday marked the second time Marine Raiders have faced a tragedy of this magnitude.

Fatal plane crash marks second tragedy faced by elite Marine unit
http://wnct.com/2017/07/14/fatal-plane-crash-marks-second-tragedy-faced-by-elite-marine-unit/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Back in 2015, another seven Raiders were killed in a training exercise in Florida.

MARSOC Deputy Commander Col. Stephen Grass spoke Friday on what he called a tragic coincidence.

Grass said the battalion’s focus is on caring for the fallen Raiders’ families.

Teams are typically made up of 14 members, and the seven who died in the fatal KC-130 crash were heading to pre-deployment training.

A 14-man team can expect to train many times together in progressively harder and different skill sets in order to build in their competency and their confidence in being able to safely conduct the missions we give them in the real world,” said Maj. Nicholas Mannweiler, public affairs officer.

The other seven members of the team were already in Yuma setting up for the exercise.

The second half of the team which was on the plane were bringing the equipment needed, like body armor, radios and weapons.

MARSOC doesn’t have its own aviation assets, and it’s typical for the unit to travel with Marine reservists. The colonel wouldn’t comment on more details of the investigation including who was flying the craft or the altitude it was traveling.

9OYS will continue to work on getting that information over the next few weeks.

 

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U.S. military plane crashes in Mississippi, 16 Marines dead
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/07/11/US-military-plane-crashes-in-Mississippi-16-Marines-dead/6421499749200/

16 Troops Died in Mississippi Plane Crash, Marines Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/marines-plane-crash.html

Marine Corps transport plane crash kills at least 16 in Mississippi
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/marine-corps-transport-plane-crash-kills-at-least-16-in-mississippi-1.477439#.WWTTB_6WwdU

The Latest: 15 Marines, 1 Navy corpsman killed in crash
https://www.mail.com/news/politics/5348878-latest-15-marines-1-navy-corpsman-killed-crash.html#.7518-stage-hero1-3

The US Marine Corps said Wednesday that the KC-130T transport aircraft that went down over Mississippi on Monday, killing 16, left two major impact sites about a mile apart.

Evidence Points to Mid-Air Issue During Fatal Marine Aircraft Crash
https://sputniknews.com/military/201707141055528553-marine-crash-mid-air-problem/

Officials first noticed something was wrong when air traffic control lost contact with the Yankee 72 around 4:00 p.m. local time Monday, 4th Marine Air Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Bradley James told reporters.

The aircraft was supposed to carry six Marines and a sailor to Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command from Cherry Point, North Carolina, to Yuma, Arizona, for training before deployment. Also aboard were nine Marine air crew from the Marine Aerial Refueling Squadron (VMGR)-452 in Newburgh, New York.

James said large plumes of smoke could be seen around Itta Bena, Mississippi, not long after air control lost contact with the aircraft. "Indications are, something went wrong at cruise altitude," he said. "There is a large debris pattern," according to Military.com.

As a safety precaution, explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) teams have been posted near the crash site, according to Marine officials, and James said that sites are being preserved so that an investigation into the crash can be conducted.

This is just being reported but 2 Marine's were struck by lightning at a North Carolina base on the same date (July 11) as the plane above left Cherry Point, NC and went down in Mississippi.

One US Marine has been declared brain-dead, and another was injured, after lightning struck a Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that they were both working on. The incident occurred at the Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina on July 11.

US Marine Left Brain-Dead by Lightning Strike in North Carolina
https://sputniknews.com/military/201707191055670340-marine-brain-dead-lightning-strike/

The Marines were performing maintenance on one of the Ospreys operated by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261), also called the "Raging Bulls." As the men went to leave the hangar, lightning struck the Osprey and injured both of them. Both men were rushed to Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital and treated for "serious injuries."

One of the Marines, whose name was not released, was discharged that same day. But Corporal Skyler James was kept in the hospital, though ultimately declared brain dead following "several days of treatment and evaluation." He remains alive through the use of a ventilator.

James hails from Sonoma, California, and became a Marine in March 2014 according to a statement from his commanding officer, Lt. Col Stephen Pirrotta.

[...] Initially, the Marine Corps reported that James had died. This came seven days after the lightning strike. The Corps moved slowly due to the development and deterioration of James' condition.

In his time in the service, James earned a Good Conduct medal, a Sea Service Deployment ribbon, a Global War on Terrorism Service medal, a National Defense Service medal and a promotion to corporal in October 2016.

 

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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/08/06/severe-turbulence-on-american-airlines-flight-leaves-10-injured.html

'Severe turbulence' on American Airlines flight leaves 10 injured

Published August 06, 2017 Fox News

Ten people were hospitalized on Saturday after an American Airlines flight heading to Philadelphia experienced "severe turbulence" with nearly 300 people on board.

American Airlines Flight 759 was heading to Philadelphia International Airport after departing from Athens, Greece, when it "briefly encountered severe turbulence" just before it landed, the airline said in a statement to FOX29.

Lol guys there's coffee inside the lights. INSIDE. God I smell terrible. pic.twitter.com/lcQ2GawaR8
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) August 5, 2017

"The seat belt sign was on at the time. Three passengers and seven crew members were transported to a local hospital for evaluation. We are taking care of our passengers and our crew members at this time and want to thank our team members for keeping our passengers safe," the statement read.

There were 287 passengers and 12 crew members on board at the time.

Passenger Ian Smith told WPVI it was 30 minutes before landing when the flight attendants told everyone to get in their seats.

"Thirty minutes out. They were giving us our drinks. The flight attendants were in the last couple rows when they said 'fasten your seat belts,'" Smith recalled to the news station.

"And then they said for the flight attendants to get to their seats, and they didn't even have time," Smith said. "It started shaking, then it took a big drop. Babies screaming, people in front of us hitting the ceiling."

Passengers said the turbulence lasted for about 15 seconds. The flight landed safely just after 3 p.m.

 

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No injuries but an emergency landing, due to serious damage to one engine in flight, by an unknown object?

An Air France A380 superjumbo jetliner taking more than 500 people from Paris to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Canada on Saturday following "serious damage" to one of its four engines, the airline said.

A380 superjumbo makes emergency landing in Canada: Air France
https://www.yahoo.com/news/a380-superjumbo-makes-emergency-landing-canada-air-france-223734309.html

"Flight 066 landed without further damage at the Goose Bay military airport in Canada and all of the 520 people on board were evacuated with no injuries," an Air France spokesman in Paris told AFP.

The Airbus double-decker, wide body aircraft was re-routed as it passed over Greenland, landing in Goose Bay in eastern Canada at 1542 GMT, the spokesman said.

The landing went off with no problems for the jetliner carrying 496 passengers and 24 crew members, the spokesman said. The airline was exploring options to get the passengers to the United States.

Video and photo images posted on social media, apparently by passengers or their relatives, showed extensive damage to the front of the outer starboard engine, with part of its external cowling stripped away.

The cause of the problem was unknown, with one of the plane's passengers suggesting that a bird might have collided with the engine which was damaged.

The passenger, Miguel Amador, posted online brief video footage apparently filmed from a window of the plane showing the damaged engine.

"Engine failure halfway over the Atlantic ocean... bird strike possibility," he wrote.

A fellow passenger, Iskandar, tweeted that the AF66 passengers "have a memory of their flight which will last a long time".

Air France operates 10 Airbus A380s, which are the largest passenger planes in the world.

Their version of the craft uses GP7200 engines, a giant turbofan built by General Electric and Pratt and Whitney of the US.

Goose Bay is a base operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force but is also a designated standby airport for diverted transatlantic flights.

Sales of the mammoth A380 have been sluggish and Airbus has said it will reduce production in 2019 to just eight of the superjumbos.

In 2015 the company produced 27 of them.

Nonetheless, Airbus CEO Tom Enders recently voiced confidence in the future of the plane.

Photos - Air France 066 has landed safe at #YYR after declaring mayday. Reports of engine fire and flaps and engine cowling missing.
https://twitter.com/i/moments/914219670160502791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

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Plane struggles to stay on runway in Germany after landing in extreme winds (VIDEO)
Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 12:28
https://www.rt.com/news/405885-emirates-plane-landing-germany/

Passengers of an Emirates plane landing in Dusseldorf were given a scare when winds from a powerful storm swayed their aircraft from side to side after touchdown, giving the pilots a run for their money as they fought to keep it on the runway.

Extremely strong winds from storm Xavier proved that even the Airbus A380 – the largest commercial aircraft in the world – isn’t immune from Mother Nature’s force.

Footage posted online by plane spotter Martin Bogdan shows the aircraft fighting crosswinds as it arrived at Dusseldorf Airport from Dubai on Thursday.

The real trouble began after it touched down, with the winds preventing the plane from traveling straight on the runway towards its assigned gate.

The video shows the plane being forced from side to side as the pilots struggled to keep it on the tarmac.

“I have filmed a few thousand crosswind landings at several airports in Europe within the past years, but this Airbus A380 crosswind landing was extremly (sic) hard and extraordinary,” Bogdan wrote on YouTube.

The pilots eventually manage to gain control, with Bogdan praising them online.

“This video shows the incredible skills of the pilots. Even after an unexpected wind gust after touchdown they managed to re-align with the runway. Incredible job by the pilots !!” he wrote.

Much of northern Germany was hit with winds of up to 80-96kph (50-60mph) on Thursday, while Berlin was hit with hurricane force gusts of 120kph (75mph). At least seven people have been killed as a result of the powerful storm, according to The Local.

https://youtu.be/roS6oFjCDhc?rel=0

 

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Another air turbulence incident

From South China Morning Post:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2114621/one-passenger-and-six-crew-injured-after-turbulence-hits

One passenger and six crew injured after turbulence hits Brisbane-bound Cathay Pacific flight

Cathay Pacific CX157 diverted to Manila in the Philippines so victims could get medical attention

A passenger and six cabin crew members on board a Brisbane-bound Cathay Pacific flight were injured when the aircraft was struck by severe air turbulence on Monday. The flight CX157 left Hong Kong International Airport at 12.49pm for the eastern Australian city and reportedly encountered the turbulence at about an hour into the journey, when meals were being served. The cabin was said to have been shaken for ten minutes, when cabin crew members were reportedly thrown up to the ceiling.

The Airbus A350, with 264 passengers, 11 crew workers and three pilots, was diverted to Manila in the Philippines for medical attention for the injured passengers and crew, an airline spokeswoman said.
It landed in Manila at 3.48pm local time. All other passengers who needed no medical assistances departed on the plane for Brisbane at 6:29pm. All affected passenger and cabin crew were later discharged from hospital after being treated. The spokeswoman said their staff at Manila was assisting them. An airline employee was on the way from Hong Kong to Manila to provide assistances