Plane Crashes

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Пропавший в Афганистане самолет был зарегистрирован в России

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Catastrophic ENGINE FAILURE after bird strike. Southwest Boeing 737 MAX 8 loses engine. Real ATC

Consumer trust in Boeing falls with latest aircraft emergency,report shows

Jan 20, 2024
Following another scary moment aboard a Boeing aircraft, when a 747 cargo plane landed safely after flames were seen shooting from an engine in the sky over Miami, consumer trust is falling for the company.

The latest emergency landing comes as the company is undergoing an unrelated FAA investigation while trying to retain consumer confidence. The Boeing 747 cargo flight, bound for Puerto Rico was forced to turn around just minutes after takeoff – flames appear to be shooting from an engine – the five-person crew was uninjured.

While Boeing promises transparency, the damage, at least temporarily, has been done. According to research firm Morning Consult, consumer net trust in the company has dropped 12 percentage points since the beginning of January.

 

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Solo pilot of a Beechcraft C99 Commuter crashes at southern New Hampshire originating from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport

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L-1 The Bolivarian Air Force (Venezuela) has destroyed a Gulfstream with registration V3-GRS, although this registration appears to be false. The plane came from Quintana Roo, in Mexico, and managed to reach the southwest of Lake Maracaibo, to an unprepared runway where it was hit by the Sukhoi 30 of the AMB. The plane would have entered Venezuelan airspace flying at low altitude, without authorization and with the transponder turned off. It is believed that the plane may belong to drug trafficking. At the moment it is unknown if there have been any victims.

 

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VIDEO: Flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing with damaged wing​

VIDEO: Flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing with damaged wing

A passenger on a plane from San Francisco to Boston took video showing damage to a part of a flap on the wing that caused an emergency landing in Denver.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A flight from San Francisco International Airport had to make an emergency landing in Denver on Monday because of problems with the wing.

One of the passengers took video where you can see damage to a part of a flap on the wing with a chunk apparently ripped off.

The flight was headed to Boston at the time.

United Airlines says the flight landed safely and another plane took customers all the way to Boston -- where they arrived early Tuesday Morning.

Is there a thread for all of the plane related incidents that have been happening lately?

 

[Alejo]

Hi,

There's this thread, Plane Crashes I think perhaps this article fits there.

 

[Alana]

Hi,

There's this thread, Plane Crashes I think perhaps this article fits there.

Thank you. The thread is moved.

 

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Unusual incident on LATAM plane bound for Auckland having flown from Sydney. Pilot said his gauges just blanked out when plane dropped suddenly.

Latam Airlines flight LA800 departed Sydney at 11.35am on Monday with 263 passengers and nine flight and cabin crew headed for Auckland. About two-thirds of the way into the three-hour flight, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner – which was eight years old, according to flight tracking data – “experienced a strong shake”, the airline said.
The incident occurred after a “technical problem”, the Chilean carrier said, as it continued to investigate the incident. Passengers on board the flight told New Zealand news site Stuff that once the plane landed, the pilot was in “shock” and said his “gauges just blanked out”. Without the instrument panel, passengers claimed the pilot said he briefly lost the ability to fly his plane.
Fifty people were treated by 14 ambulance crews who were waiting for the flight when it landed safely at Auckland airport on Monday at about 4.30pm local time.
Thirteen of those were hospitalised, including one in a serious condition.

The mid-air drop has been described as lasting for about a second or so.
The Auckland-based DJ Lucas Ellwood, a passenger who had his seatbelt on at the time of the drop, said the lunch service had just finished when the plane “all of a sudden fell”.

“It was over [in] under a second so it was a very quick jolt,” Ellwood told ABC News. “It felt like an earthquake had just hit.”
“Everything was smooth sailing and then it just struck us, with no warning from the pilots,” Ellwood told the Guardian.
Ellwood said everything that was not strapped down instantly hit the roof.
“It was harrowing,” he said. Passengers and crew members were left injured and bleeding, while others were visibly shaken, Ellwood said.

 

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Douglas DC-4 plane with 2 people on board crashes into river outside Fairbanks, Alaska

A Douglas C-54 Skymaster has crashed into the Tanana River outside Fairbanks, Alaska

There were two people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said in an email to The Associated Press. There was no immediate word on their conditions.

The C-54 is a military version of the Douglas DC-4, which was a World War II-era airplane. The website www.airlines.net said standard passenger seating for a DC-4 was 44 during its heyday, but most have been converted to freighters.

Troopers, who initially identified the crashed plane as a DC-4, said in a statement that people should avoid the area of the crash.

 

[mabar]

At least the plane arrived safely.

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F-35 fighter jet crashes in US during takeoff​

Marine Corps F-35B Crashes In New Mexico (Updated)

The mishap took place outside the Albuquerque International Sunport and the pilot reportedly safely ejected.

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An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter crashed outside the airfield at the Albuquerque International Sunport which is co-located with Kirkland AFB in New Mexico, according to media reports and video from the crash site. The pilot survived and was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries, fire officials said.

The incident took place shortly before 2 p.m. local time, according to a spokesman Albuquerque Fire Rescue, who added that the pilot was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

The aircraft was an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, according to imagery of the crash site and a recording of an air traffic control transmission.

Military aircraft crashes near University and Rio Bravo

Crews are responding to a military aircraft crash near University and Rio Bravo Tuesday afternoon. AFR says one person was rescued from the downed aircraft.

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Crews responded to a military aircraft crash near University and Rio Bravo Tuesday afternoon.

Lockheed Martin has confirmed a F-35B crashed off the airfield on the south side of the airport after a refueling stop at Kirtland Air Force Base. It was traveling from Fort Worth, Texas to Edwards Air Force Base in California.

 

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Plane hasn't been found yet and it's unclear what happened exactly.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/malawi-vice-presidents-plane-goes-missing-bbc-reports-2024-06-10/

Search continues for missing aircraft carrying Malawi vice president​

By Frank Phiri
June 11, 202412:27 AM GMT+2Updated an hour ago


BLANTYRE, Malawi, June 10 (Reuters) - Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, is found, the southern African nation's president said late on Monday.
Chilima, 51, was aboard a military aircraft with nine others that left Lilongwe, the capital, at 09:17 a.m. (0717 GMT), Malawi's Office of the President and Cabinet said in an earlier statement.
It said efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar had failed. The plane had been scheduled to land at Mzuzu Airport at 10:02 a.m.

The plane was unable to land at the airport due to poor visibility and was ordered to return to the capital, President Lazarus Chakwera said in a televised address to the nation.


"I'm holding on to every fibre of hope that we'll find survivors," he said, adding that the search area was concentrated around a 10 km (6 mile) radius in a forest reserve.
"I have given strict orders that the operation should continue until the plane is found."

He said Malawi had reached out to neighbouring countries, and the U.S., Britain, Norway and the Israeli governments for support in the rescue efforts.
Chilima, seen as a potential candidate in next year's presidential election, was arrested in 2022 over graft allegations.
However, a Malawi court dropped the corruption charges against him last month after the director of public prosecutions filed a notice for the case to be discontinued. Chilima has denied any wrongdoing.

 

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Maybe this belongs in the Africa thread due to the status of the passengers, but it says in the article that the pilot was told to turn around due to bad weather:

Malawi vice-president and nine others killed in plane crash

The flight - carrying vice-president Saulos Chilima, six other passengers and three military crew members - "went off radar" after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning.

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The vice-president of Malawi and nine others have died in a plane crash, the country's president has said.

The flight - carrying vice-president Saulos Chilima, six other passengers and three military crew members - "went off radar" after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning.

Hundreds of soldiers, police officers and forest rangers were searching for the plane after it disappeared while making the 45-minute flight from Lilongwe to the city of Mzuzu.

It was found destroyed in a mountainous part of the Chikangawa Forest, Malawi'sPresident Lazarus Chakwera said on Tuesday.

He added: "I'm deeply saddened, I'm sorry to inform you all that it has turn (sic) out to be a terrible tragedy.
"The search and rescue team has found the aircraft near a hill... they have found it completely destroyed with no survivors."

He also said air traffic controllers told the plane not to attempt a landing at Mzuzu's airport because of bad weather and poor visibility.

After asking the plane to turn back Lilongwe, Chakwera said air traffic control lost contact with the aircraft and it disappeared from radar.

The group - which also included former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, the ex-wife of former president Bakili Muluzi - was travelling to attend the funeral of a former government minister.

Chilima was seen as a potential candidate in next year's presidential election and was serving his second term as vice-president.

He was arrested in 2022 over allegations he received money in return for influencing the awarding of government procurement contracts for the Malawi armed forces and the police.

 

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Southwest Airlines has an unexpected and very low altitude descent from Las Vegas.

Low-flying commercial jet skims Oklahoma City suburb, startling residents

A Southwest Airlines flight triggered an alert early Wednesday as it flew low over Yukon. \

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Also, the tower at Charlotte Douglas Airport catches fire during demolition.




Shake, rattle, and roll on a United flight, losing parts after take-off.

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What is going on? I mean I know that these psychopaths keep enabling terrible quality control lately, and also that whole thing with the non-steel steel. But there’s gotta be more than that.

 

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Saurya Airlines CRJ-200ER crashes on takeoff at Nepal Kathmandu Tribhuvan Airport.

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Pilot only survivor of Nepal plane crash

All 19 onboard except the pilot died when the plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off.

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Some 18 people were killed after a plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu on Wednesday.

The pilot, who is currently receiving treatment in hospital, is the only survivor of the fatal accident.

Nineteen people were on the Saurya Airlines test flight, including technical staff members of the airline and two crew members.
Nepal's aviation industry has a poor safety record - that has been attributed to multiple factors over the years, from unpredictable weather to lax regulations.

The incident happened at around 11:15 local time (05:30 GMT), a few minutes after the plane took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport, according to a statement by the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority's search and rescue coordination centre.

The Saurya Airlines test flight on Wednesday was headed to Pokhara, as part of a routine maintenance check.

Airport chief Jagannath Niraula told BBC Nepali that the accident "happened as soon as it left the ground, in not even a minute", though airport authorities have not been able to confirm the cause of the accident.

However, the head of the Tribhuvan International Airport said that an initial assessment showed that the plane had flown in the wrong direction.

"As soon as it took off, it turned right, [when it] should have turned left," Mr Niraula told BBC Nepali.

Footage of the incident show the plane tilting above the runway before crashing into the ground, into flames. It quickly became enveloped in fire and smoke.

Photos show rescue workers making their way through the wreckage, with large parts of the plane completely blackened and charred. Photos of the aftermath also appeared to show parts of the plane inside an air freight container.

Fire engines and ambulances were rushed to the spot after the incident.

Seventeen of those who died are Nepali while one is a Yemeni national, who was working as an engineer.

Police spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki told BBC Nepali that the pilot sustained injuries to his eyes and forehead, but is not in any life threatening danger.

Nepal has been criticised for its poor air safety record. In January 2023, at least 72 people were killed in a Yeti Airlines crash that was later attributed to its pilots mistakenly cutting the power.

It was deadliest air crash in Nepal since 1992, when all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane died when it crashed on approach to Kathmandu Airport.

Saruya Airlines operates flights to five destinations within Nepal, with a fleet of three Bombardier CRJ-200 jets, according to the company’s website.

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ADSB data of previous aircraft indicates the correct altitude at the same point should be 1,600 feet. The incident prompted Air Traffic Control to alert the crew of the dangerously low altitude when it was approaching the airport on 14 July.

The aircraft diverted safely to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The incident comes weeks after a Southwest Airlines 737 descended to 500 feet while on approach to Oklahoma City in June and about 400 feet of the ocean off of Hawaii during poor weather conditions in April.


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With a diversion to Fort Lauderdale , I’m going to assume this was a weather diversion and the plane may have got caught in a microburst with incredibly strong downdrafts… this time of year, lots of powerful localized T-Storms in Tampa Bay afternoons.

 

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Hail storm ground fights in Calgary on Monday night
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Four Chinese tourists were among the five people killed in Nepal in helicopter crash

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Alaska Airlines Embraer E175LR aircraft loses hydraulic power in its front landing gear and diverts

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New audio, and video from crash landing at Sacramento golf course
Aug 6, 2024 video

A pilot walked away with a cut on his hand after an emergency crash landing at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento Sunday afternoon after his engine failed.