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None of the 143 passengers and crew on board a Tupolev 154 airliner survived a crash in Siberia July 3, 2001, a regional Emergencies Ministry duty officer said by telephone from Irkutsk, near the crash site. 'They all died,' Edmund Musin said.

 

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Aerial view of the Vladivostokavia Tu-154 plane crash site, near the village of Burdakovka, 30 kilometers (18 miles) away from Irkutsk, July 4, 2001. All passengers and crew died when the plane plunged into woods and exploded on a Tuesday evening flight from the Ural's city of Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok in Russia's far east, as it approached the city of Irkutsk for a scheduled stop. (Press Service of Emergency Situations Ministry/Russia via Reuters)

 

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The wreckage of a Vladivostokavia Tupolev 154 is seen after crashing 30 kilometers (18 miles) away from Irkutsk July 4, 2001. The Russian passenger plane with more than 140 people on board crashed on a Tuesday evening flight from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok in Russia's far east, as it approached the city of Irkutsk for a scheduled stop. (Mikhail Kolotushkin/Reuters)

 

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The wreckage of a Vladivostokavia Tupolev 154 is seen after crashing 30 kilometers (18 miles) away from Irkutsk July 4, 2001. The Russian passenger plane with more than 140 people on board crashed on a Tuesday evening flight from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok in Russia's far east, as it approached the city of Irkutsk for a scheduled stop. (Mikhail Kolotushkin/Reuters)

 

 

 

 

 

Seminario:    "El Factor Humano en Aviación"

 
Expositor:     FlightSafety International-USA  y la División de Estudios
                         Aeronáuticos-MEX                 
 
Idioma:           Español  (único en el mercado)
 
Fecha:            19 y 20 de Julio 2001
 
Horario:           9:00 a 14:00 horas (clase)
                         14:00 a 15:00 horas (almuerzo)
                         15:00 a 18:00 horas (clase)
                  
                          Nota: Primer día presentarse a las 8:00 hrs.
 
Lugar:             Hotel Radisson Deauville Resort, Miami Florida.

Atención:       Costo por esta ocasión $ 625.oo USCy, usted ahorra $ 170.oo USCy.
 

                  

 

 

 

 Imparten en español dentro de Iberoamérica su importante seminario ...

 

 

En vista que varios de nuestros nuevos usuarios presentaron problemas al recibir nuestro Boletín de Seguridad correspondiente al mes de Junio en su mensaje de bienvenida, estamos reenviando nuevamente el mismo anexo a este mensaje.

 

El archivo está en formato .pdf y podrá ser visualizado con ACROBAT READER.

 

De todas maneras le recordamos que nuestros boletines están siempre disponibles a través de los servicios de nuestra página de la lista de correo (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seguridadaerea), la cual podrán accesar siendo usuarios de YAHOO! o registrándose en dicho servidor.

 

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Ten dead in crash of Russian IL-76 cargo jet. Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian cargo plane crashed Saturday after taking off from a military airport near Moscow, killing all 10 crew members aboard, defense officials said. The four-engine Il-76 cargo jet was taking off from the Chkalovsky military airport, about 20 miles northeast of Moscow, when it went down, the Defense Ministry duty officer said. All 10 crew members died, the duty officer said. There were no passengers aboard the aircraft, he said. The plane belonged to the Rus commercial aviation company and was being flown by a civilian crew, the ITAR-Tass news agency said, citing a spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry. It was carrying a cargo of building materials and cosmetics, the report said. Radio contact with the aircraft was lost two minutes after it took off, ITAR-Tass said. It had reached an altitude of about 150 feet when it crashed about 550 yards from the end of the runway. The plane had full fuel tanks and a fire broke out immediately after the crash, the report said. Airport firefighters extinguished the blaze after about 40 minutes, ITAR-Tass said. Nearly 300 emergency personnel and firefighters were at the scene of the crash and they had already recovered the aircraft's flight recorders, the Interfax news agency said. The aircraft had been chartered to fly from Moscow to Norilsk, a major nickel producing region in northern Siberia, 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the Defense Ministry duty officer said. Although it was flying from a military airfield, it was not carrying military cargo, he said. Interfax said the plane was carrying about 40 tons of civilian cargo, and speculated that it may have been overloaded when it crashed. Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was informed about the accident and a commission to investigate the accident has been set up, ITAR-Tass said.   FUENTE: www.airdisaster.com   Departamento de Seguridad Aérea AEROPOSTAL-Alas de Venezuela Email corporativo: seguridad.aerea@... Web corporativa: www.aeropostal.com Web Lista de Correo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seguridadaerea

Ataque rebelde contra aeropuerto de Sri Lanka deja 17 muertos

24 de julio, 2001

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- El ejército de Sri Lanka aseguró el martes que había recuperado el control del aeropuerto internacional y de una base aérea adyacente en las afueras de la capital Colombo, después de un ataque guerrillero en el que murieron 17 personas y que causó daños o la destrucción de al menos once aviones.

Los vuelos del único aeropuerto internacional de la isla fueron cancelados y cientos de pasajeros fueron evacuados tras el ataque con proyectiles de mortero en horas de la madrugada. Las autoridades responsabilizaron por el ataque a los Tigres de la Liberación de Tamil Eelam, un grupo rebelde que ha luchado por 18 años por un estado tamil independiente en el norte y este de la isla de mayoría de etnia cingalesa.

El portavoz militar brigadier Sanath Karunaratne dijo que en los combates murieron cinco soldados y 12 guerrilleros. Ocho civiles resultaron heridos.

El funcionario añadió que nueve aviones militares y cinco aeronaves de pasajeros de SriLankan Airlines habían sufrido daños.

Reuters informó que proseguían combates esporádicos en el aeropuerto. Los vuelos de arribo y partida fueron desviados a a India u otros países, y los funcionarios consultados dijeron que ignoraban cuándo sería reabierto el aeropuerto Bandaranaike.

El ataque al aeropuerto -el primer ataque militar convencional de los rebeldes en la capital- es uno de las acciones guerrilleras más osadas y más nocivas, que probablemente golpee con dureza a la industria turística. Es la primera vez que los rebeldes atacan una base aérea, aunque han lanzado varios ataques contra el aeropuerto internacional.

El ataque de madrugada comenzó contra una base aérea y después se propagó al adyacente aeropuerto internacional, unos 30 kilómetros al norte de Colombo.

Densas columnas de humo se elevaban del aeropuerto después del ataque, que se produjo en el aniversario de un estallido popular de violencia de la etnia cingalesa contra la minoría tamil en 1983, que es considerado como el hecho que marcó el comienzo de la brutal guerra étnica de Sri Lanka.

Un incipiente proceso de paz con los rebeldes se ha visto estancado por varios meses, debido a la renuencia del gobierno a levantar una proscripción al grupo antes del inicio de conversaciones de paz directas.

En 1986, estalló una bomba en un avión de Air Lanka en el aeropuerto de Colombo, causando la muerte de 16 personas. La aerolínea estatal ahora se llama SriLankan Airlines.

FUENTE: CNN

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Cierran aeropuerto italiano por actividad del volcán Etna

28 de julio, 2001

CATANIA, Italia -- Los dos principales frentes de lava que bajan por las laderas del Monte Etna parecieron fluir más lentos el sábado, pero el aeropuerto de Catania fue cerrado porque las cenizas cubren la pista y crean peligro a la aeronavegación. Fue la segunda vez en otras tantas semanas que la actividad del Monte Etna, en Sicilia, obligó a cerrar el aeropuerto Fontanarossa.

Pero en el volcán, el río de lava incandescente pareció disminuir su ritmo de descenso, en comparación con la velocidad de días pasados, dijo en conferencia de prensa el geólogo Marco Neri, del Instituto Nacional de Geofísica y Vulcanología.

El sábado, la lava que desciende hacia la base turística Rifugio Sapienza estaba a unos 100 metros de los puestos de recuerdos, a una altitud de 1.910 metros.

Además, el frente de lava que se dirige hacia la población de Nicolosi, de 6.000 habitantes, estaba todavía a unos 4 kilómetros de distancia, en la misma posición que ha estado en días pasados.

Las cuadrillas de emergencia levantaron muros de más de tres metros, empleando motoniveladoras, camiones y herramientas manuales para proteger unos puestos de venta en la base turística, cuyo estacionamiento ya está cubierto por la lava y donde un almacén se incendió.

"Por el momento los terraplenes mantienen la lava bajo control", manifestó Salvatore Spampinato, geólogo del instituto. "Si el frente de lava mantiene las mismas características, la lava permanecerá bajo control", agregó.

Pero advirtió que pequeñas corrientes de lava, que se separan del flujo principal, pueden formarse en cualquier momento, e ir en cualquier dirección. "Cuando haya gran cantidad de pequeños ríos (de lava) esparciéndose, entonces habrá problemas", agregó.

El viernes en la noche se abrieron dos nuevas fracturas en la ladera del Etna, pero los expertos dijeron que no creaban ninguna amenaza a las estructuras, sino más bien podrían aliviar la presión que creó los dos principales frentes de lava que avanzaron hacia la base Sapienza y una población situada más abajo.

La lava ya cubrió la playa de estacionamiento de Sapienza y llegó a tres pilones centrales del cable carril de los esquiadores. Ahora se trabajaba en un dique frente a la base.

Funcionarios de la ciudad turística de Taormina, en la costa, cerca del volcán, expresaron su preocupación por el cierre del aeropuerto de Catania, que normalmente atrae a unas 10.000 personas a la isla durante el verano.

Hace dos semanas que el Etna lava y cenizas, a cientos de metros de altura, a través de fracturas de su ladera sur, y produce ruidos atronadores.

Para más información sobre este tema, la Internet tiene los siguientes sitios:http://www.geo.mtu.edu/7/8boris/ETNA.html, http://www.videobank.it/etna2001/ y http://www.lasiciliaweb.com/

 

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Adjunto enviamos Boletín de Seguridad Aérea correspondiente al mes de Julio.

 

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Wednesday August 1, 6:47 pm Eastern Time

Two dead in Baltimore helicopter crash

(UPDATE: Updates with second fatality)

BALTIMORE, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Two men died after their helicopter crashed at Baltimore/Washington International Airport on Wednesday, forcing a main runway to shut down, aviation officials said.

The four-seater Bell Jet Ranger III went down at about 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) on a taxiway near the construction site of a new state-of-the-art concourse for UAL Corp.'s (NYSE:UAL - news) United Airways. The helicopter had been hired by the state of Maryland to photograph construction activity being undertaken as part of a $1.8 billion state-sponsored airport expansion project.

Witnesses said they saw the helicopter spiraling erratically moments before the crash.

One of the two men on board was killed on impact and was pronounced dead at the scene, federal officials said. A second man died later at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

There were no reports of injuries on the ground, and no other aircraft were involved.

Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived on the scene within hours to begin an investigation.

The FAA said the crash forced the airport to close a main departure runway, one of four at the 3,200-acre (1,280 hectare) facility. BWI airport flight information reported a rash of late arrivals and flight delays.

The airport, located about 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Baltimore, handles more than 700 scheduled domestic and international flights a day.

The helicopter was registered to Baltimore-based U.S. Leaseco Inc., which operates under the name Helicopter Transport Services. The company declined to comment.

Cuba investiga el extraño aterrizaje de un piloto de EE.UU.

1 de agosto, 2001

LA HABANA (Reuters) -- Cuba investigaba el miércoles el caso de un estadounidense que realizó un aterrizaje forzoso en la isla caribeña con una avioneta en la que aprendía a volar.

El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba emitió un comunicado confirmando el incidente protagonizado por un piloto que, según su escuela de aviación en Estados Unidos, había dicho estar demasiado asustado para aterrizar en su primer vuelo en solitario.

Después de aterrizar de emergencia el martes por la tarde en las costas rocosas a las afueras de La Habana, el piloto, única persona a bordo de la avioneta Cessna 172, logró salir con vida del aparato y fue llevado por la policía a un hospital. "Resultó lesionado y fue trasladado a un centro hospitalario para su atención", dijo la nota de la cancillería.

"Las autoridades aeronauticas cubanas realizan actualmente las investigaciones de rigor sobre este incidente", añadió sin dar más detalles sobre los motivos que pudieron causar la travesía de los 160 kilómetros del estrecho de la Florida.

En Washington, el Departamento de Estado dijo que la misión diplomática en La Habana había solicitado ver al piloto aprendiz, pero descartó que el episodio tuviera motivos políticos.

"Hemos pedido acceso consular. Las circunstancias sugieren que este acto no tuvo motivos políticos", dijo un portavoz.

Un avión de la Marina de Estados Unidos siguió a la avioneta y trató de comunicarse con el piloto, pero no obtuvo respuesta, dijo el portavoz, quien precisó que el avión militar regresó antes de entrar en espacio aéreo cubano. Agregó que el piloto no era cubano-estadounidense y tenía un historial personal particular.

El hombre fue identificado por la escuela de aviación norteamericana Paradise Aviation de Marathon como John Reese, de unos 50 años , que empezó a tomar clases hace apenas dos semanas. Según informes de prensa estadounidense, Reese es un empleado de una pizzería y tiene antecedentes de comportamiento inestable. Según el diario Miami Herald, su esposa, Susan Reese, afirmó que se había ido de casa en cuatro ocasiones.

La vicepresidenta de la escuela, Ute Steigerwald, dijo que desconocían completamente los motivos de esta acción.

El vuelo en la tarde del martes habría sido su primer vuelo en solitario, si se trataba en realidad de un piloto novato, señaló Steigerwald. "Dijo que no podía aterrizar, que tenía miedo. El instructor habló con él, luego se volvió hacia al océano y no regresó (...) Parecía que sabía lo que estaba haciendo", sostuvo.

Una vez que se dirigió hacia el sur, el piloto no volvió a responder las llamadas por la radio. Antes de aterrizar, el avión voló muy bajo sobre el mar y cuando tocó tierra, se reventó una rueda y el aparato volcó, dijeron testigos.

La Sección de Intereses de Estados Unidos en La Habana no hizo comentarios sobre el caso de Reese, quien presumiblemente podría ser acusado por las autoridades cubanas de violación del espacio aéreo.

Aunque varios aviones han sido secuestrados a Cuba desde la revolución de Fidel Castro en 1959, en los últimos años el tráfico se ha producido en sentido contrario, con naves que trataban de llegar a Estados Unidos.

En el último caso, en septiembre del 2000, un grupo de 10 cubanos que querían llegar a Estados Unidos robó una avioneta empleada para fumigar que acabó estrellándose en el Golfo de México. Los nueve sobrevivientes fueron recogidos por un carguero y llevados a Estados Unidos.

Safety reviewed after death at National Airport

   Web Posted 2:40 AM ET, August 8, 2001.

WASHINGTON, DC — Investigators are reviewing ground safety procedures at Reagan National Airport this week as part of their effort to determine how a US Airways Express ground crew worker was fatally injured Sunday by a commuter plane's propeller, authorities said.

Paul Schlamm, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators will examine the airport's and US Airways' safety procedures "with an eye toward making recommendations that might prevent this sort of accident in the future."

The worker was killed about 5:35 p.m. Sunday after he removed a chock from beneath a wheel of a DeHavilland Dash-8 that was preparing to take off for White Plains, N.Y., said US Airways spokesman David Castelveter.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates National, identified the ramp worker yesterday as Samuel E. Harris, 47, of the Prince George's County community of Springdale.

Castelveter would not say how long Harris had worked for US Airways.

He said Harris would have been "in the vicinity of" the plane's right propeller while removing the chock, a blocklike device that keeps a plane stationary after the pilot starts the engines.

The Dash-8 is a high-winged plane powered by two turboprop engines.

"Safety is the first priority in our operations on the ground and in the air," Castelveter said. "Employees are regularly reminded to stand clear of the propeller. I don't know what caused this to happen."

The accident occurred at the airport's northern end, about 100 yards from the terminal, where commuter planes park, said Tom Sullivan, a spokesman for the airport authority. Harris died at the scene, Sullivan said.

An NTSB investigator has interviewed the plane's flight crew and will review interviews that authority police conducted with some of the 29 passengers who witnessed the accident, officials said. After the accident, the passengers were taken off the plane and rerouted.

The investigation is being conducted by the NTSB, airport authority police, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry and US Airways, officials said.

Emery To Ground Cargo Craft Indefinitely

By Don Phillips
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 14, 2001

Emery Worldwide Airlines, facing an imminent shutdown by the Federal Aviation Administration, agreed yesterday to voluntarily ground all of its cargo planes while working with the FAA to resolve numerous maintenance problems.

There is no indication when Emery, one of the nation's major cargo airlines, might fly again. Under the agreement, Emery will work with the FAA for 30 days to reach a final agreement that will lay out all the areas in which the airline must demonstrate its competence before it will be allowed to operate.

Every problem area must be "corrected, validated and demonstrated to its core," said Ava Mims, the FAA's deputy director of flight standards.

The action will cause the grounding of 37 aircraft -- eight DC-10s and 29 DC-8s.

Emery Worldwide Airlines is a subsidiary of CNF Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif. It has provided a fleet of aircraft for Emery Worldwide's airfreight unit.

Emery Worldwide chief executive Chutta Ratnathicam said in a statement that the airfreight and airline units are two separate CNF companies and that CNF had made arrangements with other carriers, including Wichita-based Ryan Aviation, to ensure that the airfreight operations will continue as normal.

Mims said the FAA had uncovered more than 100 apparent violations of federal aviation regulations during four separate inspections over a year and a half. But the airline had demonstrated "both an inability and an unwillingness" to correct the problems, she said.

The problems included improper repairs; failure to correct troubles officially reported by pilots, use of unapproved parts and unairworthy aircraft, inadequate record-keeping, and failure to follow procedures in its manuals and even to distribute the latest manual.

For example, Mims said the FAA found one DC-10 that flew from February to April despite 17 pilot reports that something was wrong with cabin pressurization.

One fatal crash and a crash landing are believed to have been caused by poor maintenance. A DC-8 freighter crash-landed at Nashville on April 26 when the left landing gear would not go down. Investigators later found that the wrong hydraulic valve was installed. A Feb. 16, 2000, crash near Sacramento that killed three crew members has been traced to apparent improper maintenance.

Regulators said they were particularly concerned by the numerous pilot complaints of poor maintenance and repairs.

Mims said the FAA had worked with Emery to correct its problems and initially it appeared the company would make good on its promises to improve. Emery did correct problems with its cargo-loading procedures, she said.

But progress stopped, she said, and "the FAA is duty-bound to take the action it did today."

Pressure had been building to take action. The National Transportation Safety Board had planned a hearing with top Emery management on Aug. 22 and 23 but postponed it after yesterday's grounding. Board member John Goglia, who was to have held the hearing, said Emery management needed to spend its time "building a better airline."

© 2001 The Washington Post Company

August 14, 2001

Emery's Aircraft Are Grounded as FAA
Cites More Than 100 Safety Violations

By Rick Brooks, Andy Pasztor and Stephen Power
Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Emery Worldwide Airlines Inc., under pressure from the Federal Aviation Administration, grounded its fleet of 37 planes after the agency said it uncovered more than 100 safety violations at the cargo airline, including operating aircraft that were unfit to fly.

The move, which could keep Emery's planes on the ground for at least several months, also followed a crash and a number of serious incidents involving Emery planes during the last 18 months that could have been related to improper maintenance procedures.

The Redwood City, Calif., airline was given an ultimatum by the FAA Saturday to stop flying by noon Monday, or else be stripped of its license. The FAA hadn't forced such a deal from a major airline since ValuJet Airlines halted operations following a 1996 crash that killed 110 passengers and crew. Emery is a unit of CNF Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif.

The agency's move follows a 19-month probe it described as one of the most time-consuming safety-related investigations conducted by the FAA in years. But the agency could face questions from lawmakers, the National Transportation Safety Board and even top FAA officials about why it took so long to respond aggressively to safety warnings about Emery's operations that were made more than two years ago. Emery pilots, for instance, have alleged a series of safety violations and that the company intimidated pilots into flying substandard aircraft.

The company has called the pilots' claims reckless. Emery said Monday it felt blind-sided by the FAA move, and that the airline had been told it was making progress in addressing the problems found by the agency.

The push to ground Emery's fleet of DC-8 and DC-10 aircraft may spark debate about whether there should be more rigorous oversight of all cargo airlines. Cargo carriers, which frequently fly older planes with less safety equipment, traditionally have been regulated differently than passenger airlines, and cargo carriers tend to have fewer federal inspectors overseeing operations than do passenger airlines. Those discrepancies persist, despite crumbling trade barriers that have helped make cargo airlines one of the fastest-growing segments of commercial aviation.

Emery officials said as many as 800 of the airline's 1,000 pilots and other workers will be laid off while flights are grounded.

In the meantime, Emery expects cargo shipments from its customers to be flown using subcontracting arrangements being made with other carriers, including closely held Ryan International Airlines Inc., Wichita, Kan. CNF said it doesn't know how much it might cost to lease outside aircraft or address the deficiencies spotted by the FAA. Emery generated 42% of CNF's second-quarter revenue of $1.26 billion.

Among the safety violations the FAA said it found at Emery are inadequate and improper repairs to correct mechanical irregularities, "numerous" repetitive pilot write-ups of the same problem on the same aircraft over extended periods, unapproved installation or alteration of aircraft parts, failure to follow procedures in manuals, failure to update current manuals and poor record-keeping.

Recently an Emery DC-10 jumbo jet had to make an unscheduled landing in St. Louis after problems with fuel-measuring devices made the crew concerned about running out of fuel, according to people familiar with the situation.

Investigators probing the February 2000 crash of an Emery DC-8 near Sacramento, Calif., that killed three crew members also think that an outside maintenance company might have incorrectly installed a bolt that apparently fell off the plane during its previous landing approach.

Minutes after taking off again, the plane slammed into a field where hundreds of people had gathered hours before for an outside flea market. The crash triggered an extensive, nationwide review by the FAA, including inspections as recently as June.

Despite the additional scrutiny, problems persisted at Emery, according to the FAA. In late April, another Emery DC-8 crash-landed in Nashville, Tenn. Federal investigators determined that mechanics installed the wrong part in the plane's landing gear, according to people familiar with the situation.

"It's apparent through these findings that there's an inability, as well as an unwillingness, to take sustained action in the areas we've identified," Ava Mims, the FAA's deputy director of flight-standards service, said Monday.

CNF officials said the FAA acted rashly in pressuring Emery to ground its planes. "I'm not trying to sugarcoat our deficiencies," a CNF spokesman said. But, he added, "We have remedied or are in the process of remedying everything they've asked us to do."

Emery, which specializes in shipments of at least 70 pounds, already had been battered by the economic slowdown, as well as growing competition from integrated delivery providers such as United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. Emery also lost its contracts to deliver Express Mail and Priority Mail for the U.S. Postal Service, which is shifting the business to FedEx later this month.

Analyst Scott Flower of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. speculated that Emery might decide it is cheaper to use subcontractors permanently instead of fixing the problems in its own fleet. A CNF spokesman responded: "Everything is on the table."

At 4 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, CNF shares were down $1.19, or 3.8%, to $30.31. The company also has large trucking and logistics businesses.

 

 

 

El MOONEY que aterrizó de emergencia en la I - 95

El último aterrizaje de emergencia en la autopista I- 95 entre Fort Lauderlade y Boca de Ratón, Florida, USA, ocurrió el día miércoles 08 de agosto de 2001 con anterioridad el día 12 de julio de 2001 aterrizó un Piper PA- 34 "Seneca" y el día 13 de junio de 2001, aterrizó un Beechcraft King Air C- 90 venezolano.

 

PIPER PA - 34 SENECA

 

BEECHCRAFT KING AIR C- 90

 

Fuente: Organización Rescate Humbolt

 

Aterrizajes de emergencia en la Autopista I - 95 Fort Lauderlade, Florida, USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anexamos gráficos de la tormenta CHANTAL, actualizado a las 11:25 a.m de hoy.

 

Saludos

 

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FAA moves to restrict South Korean airlines
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By Matthew L. Wald
New York Times News Service

August 19, 2001

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration told the government of South Korea on Friday that its regulation of aviation safety fell short of international standards, and that as a result, Korean carriers flying to the United States will not be allowed to expand their service, use American code-share partners or even change the airplanes they use.

The action, which set off protests in Seoul, was taken 14 months after international auditors first found that the Korean Civil Aviation Bureau had vast gaps in regulations and no training program for inspectors.

Americans involved in the case said the ruling was made after much consultation within the Bush administration and with Korean officials, and the news release issued by the FAA on Friday afternoon contained unusually conciliatory language, citing the "progressive leadership" of the Korean director of civil aviation and the minister of transportation and construction.

But Transportation Minister Oh Jang Seop, even before the announcement in Washington, told reporters in Seoul that the FAA had violated a pledge to discuss its ruling with the Koreans beforehand. An aide to Oh quoted him as telling a U.S. diplomat who delivered the news, "We think this is unfair."

Finance Minister Hin Nyum told Korean radio that he would file a complaint with the FAA. Prime Minister Lee Han Dong held an emergency meeting on the decision. The FAA is sending an associate administrator to Seoul on Monday.

In the past two years the United States has put similar restrictions on Greece, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, El Salvador and Panama, but none of these has a relationship with the United States as important as South Korea's.

Korean officials said the downgrading hurt national prestige and was a commercial blow as well.

Korean Air Lines, the larger of the two carriers that flies to the United States from Korea, had a code-share relationship with Delta Airlines and Air France that was suspended in 1999.

Under code sharing, one airline buys blocks of tickets from another carrier and then sells those tickets as its own.

The other carrier, Asiana, has had a code share with American Airlines since July 1998. Mark Slitt, a spokesman at American, said the airline immediately would begin recalling tickets sold for travel on Asiana and helping passengers get new tickets on Asiana.


Copyright (c) 2001, Chicago Tribune

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Detienen a una colombiana de 83 años por amenaza de bomba en un avión

 

MIAMI -- Una mujer colombiana de 83 años, al parecer molesta porque una asistente de vuelo le pidió que despachara su equipaje de mano, fue detenida tras hacer una falsa amenaza de bomba en el avión en que viajaría a Bogotá, dijo la policía de Miami.

Beatriz Escobar de Rodríguez, residente de Bogotá, fue obligada el miércoles a bajar del avión de American Airlines que se disponía a despegar hacia Colombia, dijo el portavoz de la policía del condado de Miami-Dade, Juan del Castillo.

La mujer abordó el vuelo llevando consigo equipaje de mano que no pudo ser acomodado en los compartimentos de la cabina o debajo del asiento, dijeron a la policía representantes de la aerolínea.

Una asistente de vuelo le comunicó entonces a Escobar de Rodríguez que era necesario entregar el equipaje para colocarlo en el compartimento de carga de la nave.

"¿Viste la bomba en mi maleta?", preguntó entonces la mujer al personal del vuelo, según la policía.

La aeronave había iniciado ya las maniobras para colocarse en posición de despegue y el piloto decidió volver entonces a la terminal para bajar a la pasajera, lo que demoró la partida durante dos horas, agregó el portavoz policial.

La policía inspeccionó el equipaje de mano de la señora De Rodríguez pero no encontró ninguna bomba y la mujer pasó la noche en un centro de detención aledaño al aeropuerto.

Escobar fue detenida y el avión voló rumbo a Bogotá.

Castillo dijo que los investigadores consideraban la edad de Escobar, pero que habían decidido presentar cargos contra ella.

"El gran mensaje es que nosotros tomamos las amenazas de forma muy seria, y creo que la aerolínea también", afirmó Castillo.

"Su castigo dependerá del juez", dijo un funcionario judicial. "Puede que siga en la cárcel durante 21 días o que se la deje en libertad bajo fianza".

(Con información de Reuters y Associated Press)

ACCIDENTE DE SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES

Date: 23 August 2001
Airline: Saudi Arabian Airlines
Flight No.: ---
Aircraft: Boeing 747-368
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fatalities: 0:6

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Posted: 24 August 2001, 12:28pm EDT (1628 GMT)

Air Transat plane forced to land after losing fuel. CNN

LISBON, Portugal -- Nine passengers were slightly injured when a Canadian passenger plane made an emergency landing in Portugal's Azores Islands. The Air Transat Airbus 330 flying from Toronto to Lisbon was forced to glide onto the runway after losing fuel over the Atlantic, Paulo Lagarto, a spokesman for Portugal's civil aviation agency, told Reuters. The tyres exploded as the plane landed at Lajes Airport at 0546 GMT, and airport emergency services immediately put out a fire, Lagarto said. The airport was closed. A spokesman for Portugal's civial aviation authority said the plane "told the control tower that it had had a loss of fuel and was going to have to divert to Lajes." He added: "After that, it said that it only had five minutes of fuel and probably would not reach Lajes. Therefore, it was going to have to glide in." Montreal-based Air Transat, Canada's biggest charter airline, said there were 291 passengers and 13 crew members on board and the plane had been in service since 1999. A company statement said: "At this point Air Transat is focusing on supporting its passengers and their families." Passenger Maria de Fatima told Portuguese state-run television that people on the plane realised about an hour before landing that the plane was in trouble. "We didn't know what was going to happen," she said. "The captain was very brave." A spokesman for the Azores emergency service told Reuters that nine passengers were treated for slight injuries. An airport spokesman said there were 295 passengers onboard. The number of crew members was not immediately known. Passenger Jose Gaspar told Lusa news agency that people started shouting and panicking when the plane hit turbulence during the descent. Passengers donned life jackets. Air Transat is Canada's largest charter airline.

Posted: 24 August 2001, 12:32pm EDT (1632 GMT)   Four killed in Congo plane crash. Associated Press

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - A Russian-built plane lost power and crashed into an eastern Congo jungle, killing four people and injuring seven others, the owner said Friday. Congolese rebel troops and civilians recovered the bodies of two Russian pilots and a three-year-old Congolese child after combing the crash site, 15 miles from Kavumu airport in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, said Patrice Bashengezi, who owned the plane. The Antonov-28, owned by Agefreco Air, crashed Thursday afternoon after one of the engines failed about eight minutes after taking off from Kama town, about 200 miles west of the crash site, Bashengezi said. The plane was carrying passengers and cargo in an area where roads are virtually impassable. ``The pilot chose to head for Bukavu instead of returning to the airport from which he took off or go to another one some ten minutes away by flight,'' he said. ``He did not make it. The aircraft plunged, hitting a tree before crashing on the ground about six minutes away from the destination.'' The three-year war between rebels in eastern Congo and the government in the capital, Kinshasa, has left millions dead and the country's infrastructure destroyed. Safety regulations for operating aircraft are rarely enforced.   FUENTE: Airdisaster

Posted: 24 August 2001, 1:11pm EDT (1711 GMT)

Air France Concorde makes first test flight. Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - Air France SA said on Friday it had made its first test flight of a Concorde supersonic passenger jet since one of the sleek aircraft crashed just outside Paris last year, killing 113 people. ``Over the Atlantic, the aircraft hit a supersonic speed for a few minutes, without reaching its cruising speed Mach 2,'' Air France said in a statement. Concorde's other operator, British Airways Plc, has already made several test flights, including supersonic runs, to assess the effect of safety modifications made to the aircraft. British and French civil aviation authorities are expected to approve the aircraft's return to service later this month, following the submission of modification plans by both companies and the aircraft's manufacturers. ``The technical services of the civil aviation authorities in both countries will probably decide some time early next week, most likely Tuesday or Wednesday,'' a spokeswoman at the French civil aviation authority told Reuters. The Concordes have been grounded for commercial flights since July 2000 when an Air France plane crashed into a hotel shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. Accident investigators have said they are almost certain the incident was caused by a stray metal strip on the runway, which exploded a tire, sending fragments into underwing fuel tanks. Fuel poured from the tanks and ignited, and the plane staggered through the air until an engine failed. Air France said mechanics had been aboard Friday's flight, which lasted 2-1/2 hours in a circuit from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, testing the aircraft's electrical and hydraulic systems as well as simulating an engine failure. Modifications to Concorde include adding a protective liner to the fuel tanks and tougher tires. Air France said a second supersonic flight was planned in the coming days to simulate an emergency landing and a landing using just three engines. Once Concorde has been granted its certificate of airworthiness its operators are expected to make the safety modifications to all the planes in their fleets. British Airways has seven of the aircraft, while Air France has five. A Concorde working group, including aviation officials from both countries, said last month that British Airways planned to resume commercial Concorde flights in September with Air France following one month later.

Accidente de avión en el sur de España deja tres muertos y 27 heridos

29 de agosto, 2001

MALAGA, España -- Por lo menos tres personas murieron y 27 resultaron heridas el miércoles al estrellarse un avión de pasajeros en una carretera próxima al aeropuerto de Málaga, en el sur de España.

La aeronave, con 41 pasajeros y tres tripulantes a bordo, volaba de Málaga a Melilla, un enclave español en la costa norte de Marruecos, cuando se vio obligada a realizar un aterrizaje de emergencia en torno a las 10.00 de la mañana (0800 GMT), dijo una portavoz policial.

A consecuencia del choque, el aparato quedó partido por la mitad. Varios de los pasajeros quedaron atrapados en su interior y por lo menos tres murieron, añadió la vocera.

La cadena Radio Nacional de España indicó que los muertos serían cuatro, y citó como fuente a un político de la región.

El avión era un bimotor CN235 fabricado por la empresa española CASA y operado por la compañía Binter Mediterráneo, también española y previamente subsidiaria de la aerolínea nacional Iberia.

(Con información de Associated Press)

 

Fuente: CNN