Republic Airlines (2nd) (Indianapolis) United Express flight UA 4870 from Denver to Kansas City yesterday (March 14) with a Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) blew a tire on takeoff. After burning off fuel, the aircraft made a safe emergency landing back at DEN. The blown tire and landing were captured on video.
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Jazz Aviation (Halifax) (Air Canada Express) flight AC 8481 from Calgary to Grande Prairie with 71 passengers and four crew members suffered a right landing gear collapse when it attempted an emergency landing on runway 02 at Edmonton International Airport. Four passengers sustained injuries while landing and were transported to local hospitals. The aircraft came to a rest on its right wing. The aircraft involved was Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) C-GGBF (msn 4433). The turboprop reportedly suffered a blown tire on takeoff at Calgary and the flight crew decided to divert to and attempt the emergency landing at Edmonton due to strong cross winds at Calgary. The propeller sliced through the fuselage narrowly missing a passenger on landing.
Jazz Aviation issued this statement:
A Jazz Aviation LP Q400 aircraft, operating as Air Canada Express, was involved in an incident at Edmonton International Airport at 8:30 p.m. Central Mountain Time.
Jazz flight AC 8481 was en route to Grande Prairie from Calgary. The passenger list indicates the aircraft was carrying 71 passengers and four crew members.
Four passengers have been transported to Edmonton-area hospitals and the extent of their injuries cannot be confirmed at this time. All other passengers and crew members have been evaluated by medical responders on the scene and released.
Passengers are being taken care of by Air Canada and a Jazz team is on its way to the scene.
United Airlines (Chicago) flight UA 1463 was forced to make an emergency landing at Wichita, Kansas after the aft emergency chute accidentally inflated while the Boeing 737-700 was at cruising altitude. According to Flight Aware the 737-700 with 96 passengers and crew members on board was forced to make a rapid descent before the safe landing. Flight 1463 was en route from the Chicago (O’Hare) hub to Orange County (Santa Ana).
Read the full report from Eyewitness News 12: CLICK HERE
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Aeroflot Russian Airlines (Moscow) has issued this statement concerning a drunken passenger which caused the flight to make an unscheduled landing in Novosibirsk:
Onย Februaryย 18, 2014 Gagarin District Court ruled inย favor ofย Aeroflot inย its suit against Andrei Krivoruchko, the passenger whose actions onย board led toย anย emergency landing. The defendant will have toย pay 704,199.70 rubles (over $19,500) inย total, including compensation for the losses borne byย Aeroflot.
The incident happened onย Aprilย 22, 2013 during anย SU 206 flight from Moscow toย Shanghai. Asย stated byย the court, intoxicated Mrย Krivoruchko behaved inappropriately and expressed anย obvious disrespect for other passengers and the crew. Heย also threatened them with violence, physically resisted the crew members and did not comply with aย written warning ofย the aircraft commander toย stop violating the rules ofย onboard behavior.
Asย aย result, the captain was forced toย opt for anย emergency landing atย Novosibirsk airport. The unruly passenger was handed over toย local authorities. Aeroflot filed aย lawsuit onย this issue inย October 2013 and won the case.
However satisfactory for Aeroflot this adjudicationย is, itย still cannot beย considered too stringent byย the standards ofย many other countries inย Europe, Asia and America, where airborne drunken brawls are criminalized and aย refusal toย obey calls toย order, acts ofย violence orย attacks onย members ofย the crew are punished with imprisonment from aย few months upย toย 20ย years. Inย some cases, jail term can beย given even for smoking onย board.
Since the beginning ofย 2013, Aeroflot sees aย positive trend ofย hardening position ofย the Russian courts against airborne rowdies, including the area ofย financial responsibility for detrimental actions against the airline and other passengers. Nevertheless, the need ofย even more drastic measures against disruptive passengers isย evident. Aeroflot stands firm onย this issue and confirms its resolution not toย leave violating the rules ofย onboard behavior without serious consequences.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A330-243 VQ-BBE (msn 1014) prepares to land in Los Angeles.
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Air India (Delhi) flight AI 890 late on Sunday (January 5) did not go well. The flight was operating from Guwahati to Delhi with Airbus A320-231 VT-ESH (msn 469) with around 170 passengers and crew members. The flight diverted to Jaipur, India due to bad weather in Delhi. Unfortunately Jaipur’s ย weather deteriorated too with fog but the crew elected to make an emergency landing in Jaipur due to low fuel. On landing the aircraft reportedly burst several tires and the aircraft veered off the runway . The left wing collided with an object according to reports. Part of the outer portion of the left wing was clipped off.
Read the full account from a passenger on board the ill-fated flight from Yahoo! News India: CLICK HERE
Read the full account also from India Today (with photos): CLICK HERE
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