DENVER (AP) – An American airline that caught fire after landing in Denver, sending 12 people to the hospital, is the last in a series of aviation incidents that feed the flight security problems.
The incidents varied from the outdoor collision that killed 67 people near Washington in January at an airliner by cutting another in February while taxiing at Seattle airport.
Federal officials have tried to reassure travelers that the flight is the safest mode of transport, and statistics support it. But the cascade of titles on things that do not go to planes attracts increasing attention.
Here is an overview of some of the recent tragedies and misadventures:
Recent fatal crashes
– Two small planes collided in the air near an Arizona airport in mid-February, killing two people who were part of one of the planes. After the collision, an airplane landed without incident, but the other hit the ground near a track and caught fire. The accident occurred at Marana regional airport near Tucson.
– A small suburban plane crashed in western Alaska in early February, killing the 10 people on board. The accident was one of the deadliest in the state in 25 years. Radar data indicated that the plane quickly lost elevation and speed. The Coast Guard was not aware of the plane distress signals.
– A medical transport plane that had just taken off in a district of Philadelphia at the end of January, killing the six people on board and a person on the ground. The National Transportation Safety Board said that its cockpit vocal recorder has probably not worked for years. The crew did not call for a distress in air traffic control.
– The collision between a jet of passengers from American airlines and an army helicopter over the country’s capital killed everyone on the two planes in late January. It was the most deadly plane crushing in the United States since November 12, 2001, when a jet struck a New York district just after takeoff, killing 260 people on board and five on the ground.
– A jetliner exploited by Jeju Air has gathered a track, slammed a concrete fence and caught fire at the end of December in South Korea after his landing equipment was apparently not deployed. Every 181 people except two on board were killed in one of the worst aeronautical disasters in this country.
Injured incidents
– The American plane Airlines which caught fire at Denver International Airport on Thursday had been diverted there because the crew reported engine vibrations. During its entry to the door, an engine caught fire, which prompted the slides to be deployed so that the passengers could evacuate quickly. People led to hospitals have undergone minor injuries.
– A monomotor plane carrying five people crashed and caught fire in the parking lot on a retirement community on Sunday near a small airport near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone on board has survived. Three people were taken to a burning center.
– A Delta Air Lines jet turned around while landing at Pearson de Toronto airport in February. The 80 people on board survived, but some people have suffered minor injuries. Witnesses and videos of the scene showed that the plane landing so hard that its right wing was shell. Investigators said that when they were trying to determine the cause, they would consider weather conditions and the possibility of human error.
Closed calls
– A fedex cargo plane made an emergency landing at a New Jersey airport very busy earlier this month after a strike of birds caused a reception fire that could be seen in the morning. The plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport. There was no reported injury.
– Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight who were going to land at Chicago Midway Airport were forced to return to the sky to avoid another plane crossing the track at the end of February. The video has shown that the plane was approaching the track before it stops suddenly in business jet taxed on the track without authorization, said federal officials.
– At the beginning of February, a Japanese airplane Airlines has taxi on the Tarmac of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when he apparently cut the tail of a Delta Garé plane. No injury has been reported.
– At the beginning of January, passengers panicked when a man aboard a jetblue plane which was taxi to take off from Logan international airport from Boston opened a exit door over a wing, triggering an emergency slide to swell. Other passengers quickly retained the man and the plane did not take off.
Originally published:
California Daily Newspapers
