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Five people died in a landing accident in Honduras, when an airplane attempted to land during bad weather. Watch this video to see how treacherous that landing is in good weather.
Written by tb_neg on May 31st, 2008 with no comments.
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United Flight 1427 hit severe turbulence out of DEN and turned around to land.
CBS4Denver has the details. Please buckle up at all times, especially in the mountain areas.
And here is the Pilot Report of Turbulence from that flight, it must have been quite a ride. According to the report, the aircraft’s altitude varied by 1800 feet in the course of a minute.
DEN UA /OV ALS030060/TM 0625/FL370/TP A320/TB SEVERE TURB/ SEVERE MTN WAVE/RM ± 1800 FPM
Thank you to Chris Sloan from the Airchive for sending this in.
Written by tb_neg on April 16th, 2008 with 5 comments.
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A Jamaican planning to board a flight at Orlando International Airport was detained and questioned by FBI agents Tuesday after they found components for pipe bombs and explosive and flammable liquids in his checked luggage.
The suspect was identified late Tuesday as Kevin Brown, 32, a Jamaican national who was scheduled to fly on Air Jamaica Flight 80 to Montego Bay at 2:55 p.m. Transportation Security Administration officers spotted him acting suspiciously about noon, TSA and law-enforcement officials said. Several officials said the man was “acting strange” and questioned his mental stability.
Written by tb_neg on April 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Poorly executed planning at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 has left many travelers in misery as over 15,000 pieces of luggage pile up due to a multitude of factors:
Written by tb_neg on March 31st, 2008 with 2 comments.
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Be sure to watch this incredible video of a Lufthansa A320 attempting to land in a strong cross wind on March 1st. Fortunately, there were no injuries and the plane is back in service.
Written by tb_neg on March 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Fortunately, the plane landed safely, but a little turbulence might have gone a long way to prevent the pilots from falling asleep at the wheel of Go! Flight 1002, which continued right past the airport as the pilots were asleep, staying at 21,000 ft.
Written by tb_neg on February 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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PIREP 01:48Z 02/08/08
ABQ UUA /OV ABQ005025/TM 0148/FL300/TP B737/TB SEV 300/RM 1 INJURY AWC-WEBSWA
Hot off the pilot reports of turbulence, an injury due to severe turbulence on a Southwest flight occurred over New Mexico.
Written by tb_neg on February 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Six people were taken to local hospitals after a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Chicago hit severe turbulence early this morning and was diverted to Denver.
Several of the people injured were members of the flight crew, so the plane was delayed while another crew took over the flight, Denver International Airport spokesman Chuck Cannon said.
Cannon described the injuries as “fairly minor,” such as complaints about back pain.
The plane landed at DIA around 3 a.m., and paramedics were called to check on passengers, he said.
Note some articles say 10 were injured.
Written by tb_neg on January 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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British Airways Flight 38, despite losing power to both engines, was saved by an incredibly skilled flight crew, and managed to land the plane short of the runway with only minor injuries and no fatalities at London’s Heathrow airport. There is no official cause to the incident yet, but an official report and findings can take years of investigating. Some might call it a miracle, but I think that it takes away from the skilled crew that saved everyone’s lives.
Turbulence Forecast reminds you to pay attention during safety drills and help the flight crew do the job by following all instructions.
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Written by tb_neg on January 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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Air Canada Flight 190 may have hit a very rare phenomenom called an ‘Atmospheric Bore’, a sort of tidal wave in the sky. They are exceptionally rare.
A rogue aerial wave known as an atmospheric bore may have thrown an Air Canada jetliner into a series of rolls and dives that injured 10 people and knocked out part of the airplane’s computer system this week.
University of Western Ontario physics professor Wayne Hocking, an expert in atmospheric turbulence, said conditions in the area where the Airbus A319 was thrown out of control Thursday morning were likely to produce the rare and powerful phenomenon, which he described as a high-altitude version of a tidal bore.
Written by tb_neg on January 15th, 2008 with 4 comments.
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