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The "water bird" emergency landing is a technique developed by the Canadian Forces to safely land the Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King helicopter if one engine fails while flying over water. The emergency landing technique allows the boat-hull equipped aircraft to land on the water in a controlled fashion. [96]
US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States. On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia, losing all engine power.
Air Transat Flight 236 after the emergency landing. The Portuguese Aviation Accidents Prevention and Investigation Department (GPIAA) investigated the accident along with Canadian and French authorities. [9] The investigation revealed that the primary causal factors of the accident were crew actions in mishandling a fuel leak in the no. 2 ...
Spirit Airliens flight NK270 was forced to return to island’s Montego Bay shortly after takeoff Terrified Spirit Airlines passengers brace for emergency water landing on flight from Jamaica to ...
TACA Flight 110 was a scheduled international airline flight operated by TACA International Airlines, traveling from San Salvador to New Orleans, with a stopover in Belize City. On May 24, 1988, the flight encountered severe thunderstorm activity on its final approach to New Orleans International Airport .
Southern Airways Flight 242, another McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 which crash landed on a highway due to dual-engine flameout. 22 out of the 85 occupants survived the crash-landing. Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330-243 which successfully executed an emergency landing after a dual-engine flameout. Only 18 occupants out of the 306 were injured.
After take-off, both engines failed; pilots decided to make emergency landing on highway – Bundesautobahn 7 (also part of European route E45) – about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from Hamburg Airport. During landing, aircraft collided with bridge, shearing both wings; plane caught fire. 22: 121 17 July 1972 Civil Aviation Ministry test flight Tupolev Tu-134
On Sunday off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes in California emergency crews responded to a downed aircraft. The incident was reported shortly before 5:30 pm and there were two passengers on the ...