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Zak (netAirspace FAA) 14 Sep 11, 20:05Post
Not really an incident, but still a nice video of a Condor 753 (D-ABON) go-around at HAM today, after the PF couldn't get it down:

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ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 14 Sep 11, 20:11Post
Wir lieben Fliegen so much that we're gonna go around :)
My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.
FlyingAce (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 19 Sep 11, 06:21Post
TACA A320, smoke in cockpit:

http://avherald.com/h?article=443287d4&opt=0
A TACA Peru Airbus A320-200, flight T0-9 from Lima to Cuzco (Peru) with 90 passengers, was on approach to Cuzco when smoke began to emanate from one of the windshield heating systems. The crew accelerated the approach into Cuzco for a safe landing.

The airline reported a short circuit in the windshield heating system caused the smoke but no flames.


Some earlier reports I read (in Spanish) claimed that passengers had reported fire in one of the engines, which was not the case.

http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/articl ... -noticias/
Algunos pasajeros creyeron que había un incendio en una de las turbinas del ala derecha del avión


Translation: "Some passengers believed there was a fire in one of the engines on the right wing" ... uh, it's a 320, there is only one engine on each wing! {sarcastic}
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AndesSMF (Founding Member) 19 Sep 11, 06:29Post
TAME E190 w/o in a landing incident at UIO...guess what RWY? {sarcastic}

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... errun.html
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CO777ER (Database Editor & Founding Member) 19 Sep 11, 17:17Post
AndesSMF wrote:TAME E190 w/o in a landing incident at UIO...guess what RWY? {sarcastic}

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... errun.html

Is that E190 a write-off? If not, that's going to be one big repair job.
miamiair (netAirspace FAA) 19 Sep 11, 17:20Post
A write off. Just like IB's A346...
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JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 19 Sep 11, 17:31Post
miamiair wrote:A write off. Just like IB's A346...


Forward fuselage looks bent for starters, and that's before you consider engines, wings, gear...

As well as the usual rain issues, are there unusual winds at Quito? -
Witnesses said that the aircraft touched down well beyond the first third of the runway.
A million great ideas...
AndesSMF (Founding Member) 19 Sep 11, 17:46Post
JLAmber wrote:As well as the usual rain issues, are there unusual winds at Quito?

The geography is wicked around there. Use Google Earth to try and see the mountains and valleys that surround it. I can tell you that on departure from 35 you have to go around mountains to get enough height. Night flights with less than 3 miles visibility are not allowed.
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JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 21 Sep 11, 10:40Post
MAN T1 is currently shut due to a security scare:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-15002766

Some flights have been grounded and a terminal evacuated following a security alert at Manchester Airport.

An airport spokesman said a suspicious bag was discovered at the main security search area at Terminal 1 at 08:30 BST.

As a result, police said Terminal 1 has been closed while the device is examined and bomb disposal experts had been called.
A million great ideas...
Zak (netAirspace FAA) 21 Sep 11, 10:56Post
Aussies send a helicopter for a 777 landing because of spilled coffee?
An Air Canada Boeing 777-200, registration C-FNNH performing flight AC-33 (dep Sep 17th) from Vancouver,BC (Canada) to Sydney,NS (Australia) with 269 people on board, was enroute, cabin crew serving coffee and tea, when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing coffee and tea to leave the cups unexpectedly and spill over passengers and crew causing minor burns to 4 passengers and 2 crew. The aircraft continued to Sydney for a safe landing on runway 34L, where an Australian news helicopter filmed the arrival. Nobody needed to be taken to a hospital.

The airline confirmed 4 passengers and 2 crew received minor injuries from spilled beverages and were attended by a doctor on board.

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44332147&opt=1

Passenger count +1 on a PAL flight:
A PAL Philippine Airlines Boeing 747-400, registration RP-C7475 performing flight PR-104 from Manila (Philippines) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was enroute over the Pacific Ocean about 4 hours prior to estimated landing in San Francisco, when a loud cry filled the cabin followed by applause of passengers and cabin crew needed to adjust the passenger manifest and to produce an inflight incident report. The aircraft continued to San Francisco for a safe landing about 4 hours later.

The airline reported cabin crew noted in their inflight incident report (FIR) that a woman pregnant in her 35th week went into labour and assisted by three nurses on board and several cabin crew gave quick birth to a baby boy over the Pacific Ocean. The boy with good skin colour made a loud cry after arrival prompting other passenger to erupt in applause and started to breast feed. After landing in San Francisco both mother and baby were taken to a hospital.

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4433dff9&opt=1
Ideology: The mistaken belief that your beliefs are neither beliefs nor mistaken.
ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 21 Sep 11, 11:23Post
Media. {facepalm} {yuck} {sarcastic}
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JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 21 Sep 11, 11:46Post
ShanwickOceanic wrote:Media. {facepalm} {yuck} {sarcastic}


The only thing worse than the media when it comes to aviation reporting are the comments on AvHerald {facepalm}
A million great ideas...
Allstarflyer (Database Editor & Founding Member) 21 Sep 11, 12:40Post
The BUF METAR from the ADDS page

KBUF 211154Z 17006KT 10SM FEW035 SCT060 BKN085 BKN320 17/15 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP191 CONTRAILS BKN320 T01720150 10172 20133 53002

KBUF 211120Z 2112/2212 18009KT P6SM BKN080
FM211700 20012KT P6SM BKN080
FM212300 19008KT P6SM VCSH OVC050
FM220700 21006KT P6SM OVC015



Somebody in the weather office probably just back from duty . . .
gkirk 23 Sep 11, 07:36Post
TOM 738 landed on taxiway at Paphos - Sept 21st 2011
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44355a86&opt=0
A Thomson Airways Boeing 737-800, registration G-CDZH performing flight BY-3350 from Doncaster,EN (UK) to Paphos (Cyprus) with 192 passengers and 7 crew, was on approach to Paphos' runway 29 cleared to land on runway 29 when the aircraft aligned with the parallel taxiway and touched down on that taxiway, no other traffic was on the taxiway at that time. The aircraft rolled out safely and taxied to the apron.


Oooppppssssssssssssssssss

Delta A319 at New York, bird strike - Sept 22nd 2011
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4435d52e&opt=0
A Delta Airlines Airbus A319-100, flight DL-1380 from New York La Guardia,NY to Boston,MA (USA) with 27 people on board, departed La Guardia's runway 13 when the right hand engine ingested a bird prompting the crew to reduce the thrust on that engine. The aircraft levelled off at 4000 feet and diverted to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport for a safe landing on runway 22L about 15 minutes later.

Only 27 people? {crazy}
halls120 (Plank Owner) 23 Sep 11, 21:01Post
Zak wrote:Aussies send a helicopter for a 777 landing because of spilled coffee?


It probably had a lawyer on board.
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Allstarflyer (Database Editor & Founding Member) 29 Sep 11, 11:09Post
Bad night in Mexico

Planes diverted as Mexico City airport power fails


http://www.boston.com/news/world/latina ... wer_fails/

MEXICO CITY—An unspecified number of flights have been diverted from Mexico City because a power failure darkened the capital's international airport.

Airport managers say power and flight service is expected to be restored before midnight.

Officials say the apparent failure of a transformer threatened to start a fire at the facility. But they stress that passengers and planes were never at risk.

The airport hasn't said how many incoming flights were diverted to terminals at Acapulco, Veracruz, Monterrey and elsewhere in Mexico as a result of Wednesday's outage
GQfluffy (Database Editor & Founding Member) 06 Oct 11, 04:42Post
Was at LAX tonight (more specifically the Bradley Terminal) dropping a friend off for her flight to KUL via CAN on China Southern and I noticed there were several bomb squad cars parked by Terminal 2 as well as several news media vans. A quick search hasn't turned up anything... Fun fun. Smelled Jet-A for the first time in months...made me miss it. Told the missus I was going to the NAS meet on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. She rolled her eyes but said "Yes Dear". I'm the king of the world...for a few minutes. :))
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ORFflyer (Founding Member) 06 Oct 11, 11:12Post
Small plane crashed into a field about ten miles from here killing the pilot yesterday.
{rip}
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Zak (netAirspace FAA) 10 Oct 11, 15:38Post
Sky Airlines suffers gear collapse upon landing at Antalya
A Sky Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration TC-SKF performing flight ZY-8756 from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (Germany) to Antalya (Turkey) with 156 passengers, burst a right hand main gear tyre upon landing in Antalya followed by the collapse of the right main gear, slid to a stop on left main gear, nose gear and right engine pod and remained disabled on the runway. No injuries occurred, the passengers disembarked onto the runway.

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=444461f4&opt=0

According to German media, there was a panic on board, but I would read such statements with care - general media and holidaymakers are usually not a good combination when it comes to reports about aviation incidents.
Ideology: The mistaken belief that your beliefs are neither beliefs nor mistaken.
ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 19 Oct 11, 16:15Post
It's not even in service yet, and ANA have smacked their first 787 into a jetbridge already {facepalm}

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... ge-363604/

It was back in the air the next day, so it can't have been too terrible, but still... {facepalm}
My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.
Zak (netAirspace FAA) 19 Oct 11, 16:32Post
Maybe that's some Japanese tradition that is supposed to bring good luck, who knows... :))
Ideology: The mistaken belief that your beliefs are neither beliefs nor mistaken.
Allstarflyer (Database Editor & Founding Member) 19 Oct 11, 22:45Post
Let the finger-pointing begin

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local ... 95273.html

Authorities are searching for a 14-year-old autistic boy who wandered out of Bob Hope Airport after his flight was delayed.


So who has the responsibility of watching over a special needs passenger and/or UM during unexpected delays, specifically like this one? He was no longer on the a/c, so it's likely not so much the FA (and/or flight crew) as it is the gate agent(s). Some communication could likely be the difference here (between the FA and gate agent[s] ). I fly through BUR once or twice every year or so nowadays, not hard to leave the airport area (one big loop in and out).

Edit: more info

A little messy on the profile of this passenger

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... rport.html

Cameron is described as white, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 118 pounds with brown hair. He was wearing a white, long-sleeved sweater, light blue jeans and brown penny loafers.


And from the first link above

Smith was described as a white boy, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing about 118 pounds, with brown hair. He was last seen wearing a white, long-sleeve sweater with the initials "C.S." on it, brown loafers with no socks, blue jeans, a silver band ring and a silver chain necklace.


I suppose 5 inches doesn't make much difference when the rest of the descriptions seem to match. {sarcastic}
GQfluffy (Database Editor & Founding Member) 19 Oct 11, 23:37Post
The unaccompanied minor wandered out of the airport and boarded a parking lot shuttle, said Gill. Smith was last seen exiting the shuttle alone near the intersection of Hollywood Way and Thornton Avenue.


The article doesn't say if his folks did pay for him to be an unaccompanied minor, but I'm assuming since the bolded above in said article...that he was. In this case if he's off the plane and the crew deplaned as well....then it probably was a screw-up in communication. The F/As deplaned at figured since they're at the gate the gate agent should watch over the UM...and the gate agent probably never thought twice and assumed the F/As were watching him. In any case, both parties are in deep poo.
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Allstarflyer (Database Editor & Founding Member) 20 Oct 11, 02:39Post
Well, the kid was found, thankfully

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... k-airport/


Authorities in Southern California have found a 14-year-old autistic boy who wandered out of Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif.

The boy, Cameron James Smith, was found unharmed outside of a restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif., around 6 p.m. PT, according to the Burbank Police Department.


And even though the parents reportedly didn't pay the unaccompanied minor fee, and didn't explicitly share the kid wasn't older than 14, I think GQ might still be onto something. Somebody should be in deep in the stuff.
ORFflyer (Founding Member) 20 Oct 11, 14:39Post
Allstarflyer wrote:And even though the parents reportedly didn't pay the unaccompanied minor fee, and didn't explicitly share the kid wasn't older than 14, I think GQ might still be onto something. Somebody should be in deep in the stuff.


I don't know. If the parents just dropped him off and didn't tell anyone, then he isn't an official UM. Then it is they who should be in deep poo, and not the FAs or Gate Agents - how were they to know? I think the parents should be facing charges.

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