Today Rossiya’s Boeing 747 EI-XLG departed Cambridge to Russia when during climbing, the gear failed to retract, resulting in a power reduction and low fly pass over the City of Cambridge and ultimately an over weight heavy landing on Cambridge’s tiny runway!
NEWS 30 pounds of cocaine found in the nose of an American Airlines Boeing 757
An American Airlines employee at Tulsa International Airport was conducting maintenance Sunday afternoon on a Boeing 757 and found one of seven bricks of the drug, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Casey Roebuck said.
The flight came from Bogota, Colombia, and landed in Miami, Florida, authorities said. The plane was initially scheduled for maintenance in Miami but was deferred to Tulsa due to a scheduling issue.
The Sheriff’s Office estimated the cocaine had a minimum value of $200,000. Investigators initially discovered five bricks, Roebuck said, and found two more a short time later.
The maintenance crew found the bricks in the nose of the plane in what appeared to be new insulation, Roebuck said. The bricks were covered with wheel grease, she said, probably in an effort to mask the scent from drug-sniffing dogs.
More than 150 flights cancelled after new Delta Airlines systems outage
Delta flights are departing and a ground stop has been lifted after a systems outage Sunday night led to departure delays and cancellations.
In a statement posted on the Atlanta-based airline’s website at 11:45 p.m., CEO Ed Bastian apologized to customers who were impacted by this “frustrating situation.”
Delta says about 150 flights have been cancelled, with more expected. Delta says a waiver has been issued for travel scheduled on Jan. 29 and 30, for rebooking by Feb. 3.
AP
VIDEO Singapore Airlines A380 was forced to aborted take-off due to a fault with the nose wheel
Singapore Airlines A380 flight #SQ286 from Auckland to Singapore was forced to abort the take-off due to a fault with the nose wheel.
NEWS 11 passengers from Iraq in detention at JFK airport after Donald Trump’s executive order
President Donald Trump’s announcement of a sweeping ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations has prompted an outpouring of grief, shock and anger around the United States.
Donald Trump’s executive order to close America’s borders to travellers from some Muslim-majority countries caused chaos on Saturday, as multiple people who had flown to the US were held at major airports while others were barred from boarding flights or were pulled off planes overseas.
By Saturday evening, there were 11 people in detention at New York City’s John F Kennedy airport who had arrived from Iraq and other barred countries, according to two Democratic members of Congress, Jerry Nadler and Nydia Velazquez, who joined protests at the airport.
Pre-approved refugees, students and workers holding visas and residency green cards were barred from flights to the US, according to reports emerging from Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Cairo and other cities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
By evening in New York, hundreds of protesters had massed at Kennedy airport, and demonstrators gathered at at least 10 other major airports, including Dulles, LAX, San Francisco, Denver and Philadelphia.
NEWS Qantas passenger tried to open door of Qantas A380 flight #QF12 above Pacific
A passenger is facing up to 10 years in jail after he allegedly attempted to open a door of a Sydney-bound Qantas A380 above the Pacific Ocean on January 17.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the Qantas A380 was cruising at 39,000 feet from Los Angeles, more than an hour away from Sydney when a passenger left his seat and allegedly tried to open the passenger door of the Airbus A380.
Crew members saw the alleged incident unfolding just after 7am and sprang into action. The passenger was returned to a seat, then four crew members sat around him for the remainder of the flight.
The 49-year-old was also spoken to by the captain and was handed over to the Australian Federal Police when the plane landed.
NEWS British Airways cabin crew announce six days of strike action
Unite has announced that its cabin crew members working for British Airways mixed fleet will take a further six days of strike action at the start of February. Members of the union are continuing a dispute over what the organisation brands “poverty pay”.
Unite will call members out on strike on February 5th-7th and 9th-11th.
The decision comes after an open letter urged British Airways to get back around the negotiating table.
VIDEO A Grumman mallard aircraft stalled and crashed into the swan river in Perth yesterday
A Grumman mallard aircraft stalled and crashed into the swan river in Perth yesterday as a part of Australia Day celebrations, killing the pilot and his passenger at around 4:30pm local time.
Dubai airport is the world’s busiest airport for international passengers in 2016
The figure, released this week by its operating authority, represents growth of 7.2 per cent on 2015, when 78 million passed through its doors. Dubai’s rise has been astonishing. The airport welcomed just 16 million fliers in 2002, meaning total growth in the last 16 years stands at 423 per cent. While it sees more international traffic than any other airport – with Heathrow and Hong Kong second and third – in terms of total passenger numbers, it remains some way off the pacesetter. Thanks to its extensive domestic routes, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International has been the world’s busiest airport since 1998, with more than 101 million passengers passing through its terminals in 2015 – that’s the equivalent of the population of Ethiopia.
VIDEO President Trump rides on Air Force One for first time #AF1
President Donald J. Trump takes off for the first time in Air Force One today to head to Philadelphia.
VIDEO Formula 1 pilot Jenson Button tested BA Airbus A380 simulator
Formula 1 star Jenson Button enjoyed racing through the skies this week after piloting a British Airways A380 flight simulator at London’s Heathrow Airport.
The former World Champion – who recently announced his retirement from the track – spent 90 minutes perfecting take-off, cruise and landing of the world’s largest commercial aircraft.
The simulator at British Airways’ state-of-the-art Flight Training Centre near London’s Heathrow Airport – where the airline’s 4,200 professional pilots are trained – uses cutting edge motion, audio and graphics technology to deliver a completely immersive experience.
Jenson was coached on the flight deck by British Airways’ Head of Technical and Training, Captain Dave Thomas and Senior First Officer; William Swinburn for his first ever sim experience.
The 37-year-old made three landings into Hong Kong International Airport in total and was thrilled to take control of the iconic double-decker four-engine aircraft, which forms the centrepiece of British Airways’ fleet along with the Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
British Airways’ A380s are now flying between London and Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Singapore, Washington, San Francisco, Miami and Vancouver.
#OnThisDay in 1972, Vesna Vulović survives a 33,000ft fall after JAT Flight 367 explodes
45 years ago today, JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367 (YU-AHT) was a scheduled passenger flight from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Sweden to Belgrade Airport, Yugoslavia with a stopover at Copenhagen, Denmark and Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 was carrying 23 passengers & 5 crew members.
YU-AHT, the aircraft involved taken at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport on 30 June 1971.
BOMBING
JAT Flight 367 piloted by Captain Ludvik Razdrih departed Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Sweden en-route to Copenhagen Airport, Denmark. The first leg of the flight was uneventful.
At 15:15 UTC, JAT Flight 367 took off from Copenhagen with a planned arrival time at Zagreb Airport, Yugoslavia. The en-route altitude was 33,000 ft (10,050 meters). Shortly after entering Czech airspace a homemade bomb placed in the forward cargo hold by émigré Croatian terrorists exploded.
Vesna Vulović was in a coma for 27 days. She was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down but survived. She holds the official record in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest fall survived without a parachute.
Vesna Vulović died on 23 December 2016. She was found dead by her friends; the cause of death is not yet known.
Article By: @AirCrashMayday
Sources: AviationSafety, Wikipedia
Tweeting your flight number to Sydney Airport will now get you the gate and departure time in 41 languages!
Travellers can now get real-time departure gate and time information from Sydney Airport by just tweeting the flight number.
You can ask the question and get replies in 41 languages!
@ckharvey23 Flight QF7 is scheduled to depart at 15:05 (25/01) from Gate 8.
— Sydney Airport (@flySYD) January 25, 2017
The new BizTweet service would help passengers plan their journey even before coming to airport, said Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather.
Free Wi-Fi on all Japan Airlines domestic flights!
Japan Airlines has decided to upgrade the current 15 minutes free in-flight internet campaign to a completely free internet service on all domestic flights. The service will be available on all flight operated by aircraft equipped with inflight Wi-Fi systems.
VIDEO Global SuperTank 747 fire fighting today in Chile #incendiosforestales
[VIDEO] Avión "Súper Tanket" realizó primera descarga sobre Mirario, comuna de Hualañé http://pic.twitter.com/sN6ZAAdix5
— VIVIMOSLANOTICIA.cl (@vlanoticia) January 25, 2017
#OnThisDay in 1990, Avianca Flight 52 runs out of fuel over New York
27 years ago today, Avianca Flight 52 (HK-2016) was a scheduled passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport, Colombia to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York with a stopover at José MarÃa Córdova International Airport, Colombia. The Boeing 707-321B was carrying 149 passengers & 9 crew members.
HK-2016, the accident aircraft involved.
ACCIDENT
Avianca Flight 52 departed El Dorado at 13:10 EST, five minutes ahead of schedule. The flight landed at its stopover at José MarÃa Córdova and prepared to fly to John F. Kennedy. The aircraft landed with 67,000lbs of fuel. At 15:08 EST Avianca Flight 52 took off from José MarÃa Córdova with approximately 81,000lbs of fuel on board.
When arriving near New York, the aircraft entered 3 holding patterns due to poor weather conditions. The first for 19 minutes over Norfolk, the second for 29 minutes over New Jersey and the third pattern over the CAMRN intersection for 29 minutes. Over CAMRN the aircraft descended from 14,000 ft to 11,000 ft. At 20:44:43, while holding at CAMRN for 26 minutes, the New York ARTCC radar controller advised Avianca Flight 52 to expect further clearance at 21:05. At that moment the Avianca crew advised ATC that they could only hold for 5 more minutes and that their alternate Boston, couldn’t be reached anymore due to the low state of fuel.
The flight left the holding pattern at 20:47 and the crew contacted the New York TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) who guided Avianca 52 for a runway 22L ILS approach. On finals, at 21:15 the crew contacted JFK Tower and they were cleared to land four minutes later. Due to the bad weather (300 ft ceiling, 400 m visibility, runway visual range of 2400 ft and wind shear of 10 kt) the crew had to carry out a missed approach at 21:23. ATC vectored the crew for another approach.
At about 21:32, 12 miles South East of JFK, engines 3 and 4 flamed out. Shortly afterward followed by the remaining two. At 21:34, heading 250 and flaps at 14 and gear up, the aircraft impacted on a hillside in a wooded residential area on the north shore of Long Island. The starboard side of the forward fuselage impacted and fractured the wooden deck of a residential home.
Of the 158 people on board, 73 died as a result of the crash. The lead flight attendant was the only crew member to survive. Of the surviving passengers, 73 adults and children over three years sustained serious injuries, while two sustained minor injuries. Of the 11 infants, two sustained minor injuries, eight were seriously injured and one, Kenneth Fernando Martinez, the four-month-old son of Gloria L. Martinez, died. The most common serious injuries were multiple lower leg fractures and dislocations, spinal fractures, hip fractures, head injuries and multiple lacerations and contusions.
INVESTIGATION
The investigation into the crash of Avianca Flight 52 was led by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The NTSB found severe damage on the floor of the cabin, leading many passengers seats to fracture where the legs met the floor track. This fracturing permitted many of the seats to come loose during the impact and aggravated the passengers’ injuries. The report posits that the passengers’ legs hit the lower seat frames in front of them. At the same time, the seat collapsed and twisted downward and to the left, likely causing hip and spinal fractures. As the impact progressed, the seats now separated, flung passengers forward into each other as well as into the other wreckage, causing head injuries and laceration.
Passengers holding onto infants reported being unable to either prevent their children from being ejected from their grasp in the impact or locate their children in the darkness afterward. The NTSB held that, had the children been in FAA-approved child seats, many injuries might have been mitigated. Rescuers remarked that some infants were found smiling or seemingly unharmed. The NTSB was unable to accurately chart where individual passengers were seated because Avianca only assigned seats to few passengers and many who were assigned reported moving after takeoff.
The cockpit was severely damaged in the impact. It struck an oak tree which penetrated the area occupied by Klotz and Moyano. All the seats occupied by the flight crew were found outside the cockpit. Neither of the pilots’ had shoulder straps as were required by United States domestic passenger flights. At least one flight crew member was airlifted to Nassau County Medical Center. The NTSB report states that all of the flight crew “died from blunt force head and upper torso trauma.” Five flight attendants also died from blunt force trauma to the limbs, abdomen, chest and head.
They concluded that the probable cause was the failure of the flight crew to adequately manage the aircraft fuel load and their failure to communicate an emergency fuel situation to air traffic control before fuel exhaustion occurred. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew failure to use an airline operational control dispatch system to assist them during the international flight into a high-density airport in poor weather.
Also contributing to the accident was inadequate traffic flow management by the FAA and the lack of standardized understandable terminology for pilots and controllers for minimum and emergency fuel states. The safety board also determines that windshear, crew fatigue, and stress were factors that led to the unsuccessful completion of the first approach and thus contributed to the accident.
Article By: @AirCrashMayday
Sources: Wikipedia, AviationSafety
NEWS Woman asked to disembark after confronting Donald Trump supporter
A passenger who berated a Trump supporter for “putting that man’s finger on the nuclear button” was thrown off a plane.
The woman told a flight attendant that she would like the man next to her to change seats, seemingly because of his support of Donald Trump. The woman then berated the man, saying “You put that man’s finger on the nuclear button”.
The flight attendant asked: “Is there going to be a problem?”. The woman said she was sorry and she would be quiet but an employee then said she would have to leave the plane.
The woman was escorted off the plane as passengers cheered and shouted “USA!”
BREAKING: 2 Aer Lingus Employees arrested over suspected illegal immigrant smuggling ring.
Gardai Immigration officers and the Special Unit have arrested three people as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected illegal immigrant smuggling network.
The three men aged 61, 56 and 28 were arrested Dublin Airport Sunday night, two of which are employees of Aer Lingus.
In a statement the airline said
Aer Lingus is co-operating fully with an Garda Siochana in their investigation. As this is an on-going criminal investigation we have no further comment to make.
The suspects are currently being detained at Ballymun and Coolock Garda Stations where they can be held for up to 24 hours.
United Airlines domestic flights were grounded for 2 hours by computer outage
All of United Airlines’ domestic flights were grounded for more than two hours Sunday night because of a computer outage, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
International flights weren’t affected by the ground stop, which the FAA said was issued at United’s request.
A ground stop is in place for domestic flights due to an IT issue. We’re working on a resolution. We apologize for the inconvenience.
— United (@united) January 23, 2017
The sources said the flights were grounded due to a problem with the communication system that airplanes use to send information to United operations. Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, is used to record and transmit a range of information, including departure times, as well as weight and balance, which is used to calculate takeoff speeds.
#OnThisDay in 1982, World Airways Flight 30 overruns the runway on landing at Boston Logan Airport
35 years ago today, World Airways Flight 30 (N113WA) was a scheduled passenger flight from Oakland International Airport, California to Logan International Airport, Boston via Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF was carrying 200 passengers & 12 crew members.
N113WA, the accident aircraft involved.
ACCIDENT
The first leg of the flight was uneventful. World Airways Flight 30 departed Newark under the command of Captain Peter Langley (58), First Officer Donald Hertzfeld (38) and Flight Engineer William Rogers (56).
World Airways Flight 30 made a non-precision instrument approach to runway 15R at Boston Logan International Airport and touched down 2800 feet past the displaced threshold. When the crew sensed that the aircraft couldn’t be stopped on the remaining runway, they steered the DC-10 off the side of the runway to avoid the approach light pier and slid into the shallow water. The nose gear separated as the DC-10 came to rest 250 ft past the runway end, 110 feet left of the extended centreline.
The three pilots, two flight attendants, and three passengers ended up in the water. Passengers Walter Metcalf 70, and Leo Metcalf, 40, were presumed drowned. They were never found.
INVESTIGATION
The investigation into the World Airways Flight 30 accident was led by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
They concluded that the probable cause was the minimal braking effectiveness on the ice-covered runway; the failure of Boston Logan International Airport management to exercise maximum efforts to assess the condition of the runway to assure continued safety of landing operations; the failure of air traffic control to transmit the most recent pilot reports of braking action to the pilot of flight 30 and the captains decision to accept and maintain an excessive airspeed derived from the auto throttle speed control system during the landing approach which caused the aircraft to land about 2,800 ft beyond the runway’s displaced threshold.
Article By: @AirCrashMayday
Sources: AviationSafety, Wikipedia
ALERT Second ground collision of the week at LaGuardia airport #UA1561
A United Airlines flight set to depart from New York to Denver early Thursday morning hit a fuel truck on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport, according to a United spokesman. It was the second collision of the week.
United Flight #UA1561 hit the truck during pushback. The tip of the plane’s winglet collided, causing very minor damage and no injuries. The plane, a Boeing 737-800, returned to the gate where the passengers were taken off safely and put on another aircraft.
They arrived in Denver about 90 minutes late, according to online flight tracker flightaware.com.
On Tuesday, an American Airlines plane hit the right wingtip of a Republic aircraft while pushing back from the terminal gate, the FAA said.
FBI arrests passenger who claimed he found note about bomb on board United flight to Denver
A 20-year-old man, who has been arrested for allegedly falsely claiming he found a letter in an airplane bathroom that indicated a bomb was on United Airlines flight, faces a potential penalty of 10 years in federal prison and $250,000 fine.
During a flight from San Diego to Denver, Korth allegedly claimed to have found in the plane’s bathroom and alerted the flight’s crew to the possible threat.
The note said that there was a bomb on the plane and that the flight crew should not attempt to land the aircraft, the news release says.
The crew notified authorities at Denver International Airport, including the FBI.
When the plane landed, it was parked on an isolated taxiway. Passengers were evacuated onto waiting buses and the aircraft was swept by Denver Police Department explosive detection canine assets. No explosives were found.
More on The Denver Post
ALERT Passenger died today on board Qantas #QF152 to Melbourne
A Qantas flight from Auckland to Melbourne has turned back after a passenger died following a heart attack.
The adult male suffered a cardiac arrest and died during Thursday morning’s flight #QF152, a St John’s ambulance spokeswoman confirmed.
The flight departed at 0610LT with a nurse on board who helped cabin crew, a Qantas spokesman told NZ Newswire.
The Boeing 737-800 (reg. ZK-ZQF) capable of carrying up to 174 passengers, was full.
ALERT A 69-year-old passenger died today on board KLM #KL701 from Amsterdam to Buenos Aires
A 69-year-old passenger died on Wednesday morning after an emergency landing at Afonso Pena International Airport in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, Brazil.
The passenger was on board KLM flight #KL701 from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
According to the press office, the Boeing 777-300 (reg. PH-BVF) diverted to Afonso Pena airport around 6:50 am due to a medical emergency (passenger’s heart problems) during the flight. The man was taken to the airport’s medical post, but he could not survive.
The plane took off from Afonso Pena airport at 9:05 am to Buenos Aires.
Air India creates ‘women only’ section on planes to prevent abuse of solo female passengers
Air India has announced plans to reserve six seats in each aeroplane for female passengers.
The state-run airline revealed the move was an attempt to preserve the safety of women travelling alone.
All of the seats in row three on Air India planes will now only be allocated to women.
The airline will also keep plastic handcuffs on all flights to restrain passengers who get ‘totally out of control.’
The move comes after a recent incident where a female passenger was groped by a male passenger while asleep on one of their planes.
Read more on Dailymail
NEWS EasyJet flight diverted to Malaga after turbulence causes technical issue
An EasyJet flight from London (LGW) was forced to land in Malaga after encountering severe turbulance on Tuesday.
Flight EZY5163 departed London at 7:30am GMT headed for AlmerÃa for a scheduled arrival time of 11:15am local time.
One passenger tweeted to airlive.net “Loud bang from below when we were bouncing around.”
After further inspection of the aircraft, engineerers confirmed the “lound bang” to be a technical issue from the turbulence.
After over an hour on the ground, the flight continued onto Almeria.
Were you on the flight or know more? Email BrendanGrainger@outlook.com
BREAKING Two planes clipped each other on the ground at LaGuardia Airport
Two planes clipped each other on the ground at LaGuardia Airport Tuesday afternoon, the Port Authority said.
American Airlines Flight 1365, a Boeing 737, struck American Eagle Flight 4548 as it was leaving from the D gate at Terminal B, the airline and the Port Authority said. The American Eagle aircraft was being operated by Republic Airlines, per American Airlines.
There were no injuries as a result of the small collision, which happened around 1:40 p.m., the Port Authority said.
Flight 1365, which had 97 passengers on board, departed for Miami, Florida, just before 3 p.m., per the flight tracking website Flightaware.com. Flight 4548, which had 56 passengers on board, had just arrived at the airport, American Airlines said.
“We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” American Airlines said in an emailed statement.
NEWS Underwater search for missing #MH370 suspended
The underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH370 has been suspended nearly three years after the plane vanished without a trace over the Indian Ocean, according to a joint statement from Chinese, Australian and Malaysian officials.
The three countries had been leading the search for #MH370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board.
“Despite every effort using the best science available, cutting edge technology, as well as modeling and advice from highly skilled professionals who are the best in their field, unfortunately, the search has not been able to locate the aircraft,” the statement said.
“The decision to suspend the underwater search has not been taken lightly nor without sadness.”
Voice370, a support group for family members of those aboard the flight, released a statement expressing their disappointment.
“Commercial planes cannot just be allowed to disappear without a trace,” the statement said.
“Stopping at this stage is nothing short of irresponsible, and betrays a shocking lack of faith in the data, tools and recommendations of an array of official experts assembled by the authorities themselves.”
Eurowings A330 flight #EW117 to Cologne makes emergency landing in Kuwait over bomb threat
A Germany-bound Eurowings passenger flight from Oman landed in Kuwait on Sunday over a bomb threat but no explosives were found on board, authorities said.
Eurowings said there were 287 passengers and 10 crew members on board the flight, which was being flown by SunExpress on its behalf.
The plane (reg. D-AXGF) from Salalah heading to Cologne was Eurowings flight #EW117, an Airbus A330-203.
The passengers on board were evacuated over the incident afer the plane’s captain had requested an emergency landing in Kuwait City. A Eurowings spokesman said passengers would be flown back to Germany from Kuwait on the same plane, an A330 jet.
#OnThisDay in 2002, Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 ditches in the Bengawan Solo River
15 years ago today, Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 (PK-GWA) was a scheduled domestic flight from Selaparang Airport, Ampenan, Indonesia to Adisucipto International Airport, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The Boeing 737-3Q8 was carrying 54 passengers & 6 crew members.
PK-GWA, the accident aircraft involved.
ACCIDENT
Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 departed Selaparang Airport at around 15:00 and climbed to the cruising altitude of 31,000 ft. During the initial descent, the crew decided to deviate from the planned route because of thunderstorms along their planned route. At 16:19 the flight encountered an area of severe turbulence and thunderstorm activity with extremely heavy precipitation and hail. The crew attempted to fly towards a gap between two storm cells.
About 90 seconds after entering the thunderstorm, as the airplane descended through about 18,000 ft at a flight idle power setting, both engines flamed out. The crew carried out three unsuccessful attempts to restart the engines followed by one unsuccessful attempt to start the auxiliary power unit (APU). The flight crew’s reported actions to restart the engines and APU. However, were contrary to the procedures contained in the Boeing 737 Operations Manual. For instance, they waited only about 1 minute between each restart attempt instead of 3 minutes.
As the airplane descended below an overcast cloud layer at about 8,000 ft, the crew observed the Bengawan Solo River and decided to attempt to ditch the airplane into the river with flaps and landing gear retracted. The ditch procedure was successful leaving the aircraft settled down on its belly in the shallow water, with the fuselage, wings and control surfaces largely intact.
During the evacuation only two doors were available. Residents of nearby villages assisted. Uninjured passengers and their personal belongings were temporarily sheltered in a nearby empty house, while injured passengers were transported by an available vehicle to the nearest clinic. Two flight attendants were found with severe injuries after the cabin floor ripped away after the tail impacted the water. One of the flight attendants didn’t survive.
INVESTIGATION
The investigation into the ditching of Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 was lead by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC).
They concluded that the pilot training in the interpretation of weather radar images was not formal, being given only during flight training. It is considered possible that the precipitation was so dense that it attenuated the radar signals, reducing the reflections that usually indicate precipitation and making such high density appear to be a clearer path. Had the crew manipulated the radar tilt to sweep the ground during descent, they would have been aware of the risks associated with the chosen flight path. Intense noise audible in data from the cockpit voice recorder as well as damage to the nose radome and engines indicate the presence of hail with the rain. The report concludes that the hail/water density exceeded the engine tolerance at flight idle, resulting in flameout.
Similar occurrence happened on 24 May 1988. TACA Flight 110 Bengawan Solo River (Boeing 737-3T0) suffered double engine flameout while descending in heavy precipitation with engines at flight idle. Following these incidents OMB 88-5 and AD 6-14-88 were issued to require minimum rpm of 45% and to restrict the use of autothrust in moderate/heavy precipitation; engine modification was provided for increased capacity of water ingestion.
Article By: @AirCrashMayday
Sources: AviationSafety, Wikipedia
BREAKING MyCargo Airlines Boeing 747-400F Crashes in Bishkek
At least 32 people including children have been confirmed dead after their Boeing 747-400F crashed on approach in Manas Airport.
Turkish Airlines flight #TK6491 was on approach into Manas Airport on Monday when the Boeing 747 crashed into a village in Kyrgyzstan damaging over 40 homes.
Bodies of four pilots and 38 villages have been found by rescue works, among them 6 children.
The aircraft was reportedly trying to land in dense fog before crashing into the village at 7:31am today local time.
The airport has been closed since the crash.
More to come
EMERGENCY An air collision was avoided over Belgium on the night of 31 December to 1 January
An air collision was avoided above Belgium on the night of 31 December to 1 January, between an Egyptian A300 cargo and an Air France A320 with passengers on board.
The Directorate General of Belgian Air Transport (DGTA) confirmed the incident this weekend, after the Flemish newspaper VRT deredactie echoed it in its columns. The two planes approached at least 300 feet vertically and 0.74 nautical miles horizontally, while flying over the city of Ghent at an altitude of 22,000 feet.
The Air France A320 was flying from Paris to Amsterdam, carrying about 160 passengers on board. The Egyptian cargo A300 was en route from Cologne to Cairo
An investigation is under way to determine the exact circumstances that may have led to this “serious incident”. According to the Belgian press, the crew of the Egyptian A300 cargo have ignored on three occasions the ATC instructions.
The ATC asked the Egyptian A300 to stop its climb as it approached dangerously from the French plane which began its descent to Amsterdam Schipol airport.
When the two planes approached each other dangerously close, TCAS warning system triggered in the cockpit but the Egyptian pilots did not react.
NEWS 70,000 birds around New York Airports have been slaughtered since US Airways Flight 1549 ditching
An Associated Press analysis of bird-killing programs at the New York City area’s three major airports found that nearly 70,000 gulls, starling, geese and other birds have been slaughtered, mostly by shooting and trapping since the ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009. It is not clear whether those killings have made the skies safer.
Of the 70,000 birds killed during that time, the most commonly slaughtered were seagulls, with 28,000 dead, followed by about 16,800 European starlings, nearly 6,000 brown-headed cowbirds and about 4,500 mourning doves. Canada geese come in a little further down the list with about 1,830 dead.
Of the 249 birds that damaged an aircraft from 2004 to April 2016, 54 were seagulls, 12 were osprey, 11 were double-crested cormorants and 30 were geese, according to Federal Aviation Administration data. The species wasn’t known in 69 instances.
Close to 35,000 European starlings were slaughtered at the three airports during that time period, but only one was involved in a strike that actually damaged an aircraft.
At JFK, an official with a 12-gauge shotgun shoots birds from May through to October as part of the Bird Hazard Reduction Program, which seeks to reduce a Laughing Gull colony in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge that had exploded in size.
The Port Authority document states “One must consider the consequences if this proven shooting program was discontinued and a serious bird strike occurred while the colony was still present.”
Source: @AP
Article By: @AirCrashMayday
#OnThisDay in 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 ditches in the Hudson River
8 years ago today, US Airways Flight 1549 (N106US) was a scheduled passenger flight from LaGuardia Airport, New York City to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington with a stopover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, North Carolina. The Airbus A320-214 was carrying 150 passengers and 5 crew members.
N106US, the accident aircraft involved taken on 26 December 2008.
ACCIDENT
The cockpit crew of US Airways Flight 1549 consisted of Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger, 57. Sully is a former fighter pilot who had been an airline pilot since leaving the United States Air Force in 1980. At the time of the accident he had logged 19,663 total flight hours, including 4,765 in an Airbus A320; he was also a glider pilot and expert on aviation safety. The First Officer was Jeffrey B. Skiles, 49. Skiles had accrued 15,643 career flight hours, but this was his first Airbus A320 assignment since qualifying to fly it. There were also three flight attendants aboard. The First Officer was Jeffrey B. Skiles, 49. Skiles had accrued 15,643 career flight hours, but this was his first Airbus A320 assignment since qualifying to fly it. There were also three flight attendants aboard.
US Airways Flight 1549 was cleared for takeoff from LaGuardia’s Runway 4 at 15:26 EST. The first officer was flying. As the aircraft reached an altitude of 3000 feet the crew saw a formation of Canada geese. Before they knew it, the windscreen turned dark brown and several loud thuds were heard. Both engines began to lose power and there was a burning smell.
The captain took over control of the aircraft while Skiles worked the checklist for engine restart. Sullenberger radioed ATC about their emergency situation: “Aaah this is Cactus 1549. We lost thrust in both engines. We are turning back towards LaGuardia. Air traffic controller Patrick Harten told its tower to hold all departures and directed Sullenberger back to Runway 13. Sullenberger responded “Unable”.
Sullenberger asked if they could attempt to land at Teterboro Airport controllers obtained permission for landing on Teterboro’s Runway 1. Sullenberger responded “We can’t do it… We’re gonna be in the Hudson”. The aircraft passed less than 900 ft above the George Washington Bridge. Sullenberger commanded over the cabin address system, “Brace for impact”, and the flight attendants relayed the command to passengers.
At 15:31 EST the aircraft made an unpowered ditching, descending southwards at about 130 knots into the middle of the North River section of the Hudson tidal estuary roughly opposite West 50th Street in Manhattan and Port Imperial in Weehawken, New Jersey. Flight attendants compared the ditching to a “hard landing” with “one impact, no bounce, then a gradual deceleration. The ebb tide then began to take the plane southward.
All occupants evacuated the airplane, climbing onto the wing and entering escape slides. Coast Guard vessels and commuter ferries rescued everyone on board. There were five serious injuring including a deep laceration in flight attendant Doreen Welsh’s leg. Seventy-eight people were treated for minor injuries and hypothermia.
The partially submerged plane was moored to a pier near the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan, roughly 4 miles downstream from the ditching location. The left engine, detached by the ditching, was recovered from the riverbed. On 17 January the aircraft was barged to New Jersey.
The incident came to be known as the “Miracle on the Hudson”, NTSB member described it as “the most successful ditching in aviation history.” The pilots and flight attendants received the Master’s Medal of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators for a “heroic and unique aviation achievement.
In 2010, the damaged plane (excluding the excluding its engines) was acquired for the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina which held a reception on June 11 to commemorate the arrival in Charlotte of the plane’s body with Sullenberger as keynote speaker and the passenger invited.
INVESTIGATION
The investigation into the ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 was led by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
They concluded that the probable cause was the ingestion of large birds into each engine, which resulted in an almost total loss of thrust in both engines and the subsequent ditching on the Hudson River. Contributing to the fuselage damage and resulting unavailability of the aft slide/rafts were:
Contributing to the fuselage damage and resulting unavailability of the aft slide/rafts were:
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of ditching certification without determining whether pilots could attain the ditching parameters without engine thrust.
- The lack of industry flight crew training and guidance on ditching techniques
- The captain’s resulting difficulty maintaining his intended airspeed on final approach due to the task saturation resulting from the emergency situation.
Contributing to the survivability of the accident was:
- The decision-making of the flight crew members and their crew resource management during the accident sequence
- The fortuitous use of an airplane that was equipped for an extended overwater flight, including the availability of the forward slide/rafts, even though it was not required to be equipped.
- The performance of the cabin crew members while expediting the evacuation of the airplane
- The proximity of the emergency responders to the accident site and their immediate and appropriate response to the accident.
Article By: @AirCrashMayday
Sources: AviationSafety, Wikipedia
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