A giant plane lands on water.
Duration : 0:0:37
Feb 102010
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Police in Maryland say a homeless man tried to leave town in a stolen plane but crashed the single-engine aircraft on a municipal airport runway before he ever left the ground.
Fifty-one-year-old Calvin Cox faces a bond hearing Monday on charges of felony theft, burglary and trespass.
Lt. Clark Pennington says a Frederick County Sheriff’s Office canine team found Cox in the woods near the airport after an airport worker reported the crash of the Piper Super Cub at about 2:15 a.m. Monday.
Pennington says Cox is familiar with airplanes but not proficient in their operation.
He says the plane owned by the Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association had fuselage and propeller damage.
Cox doesn’t have a lawyer yet.
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Nov 152009
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Former finance minister Gerald Sendaula has said his quick instincts made him survive death on Thursday when a Rwandair plane bound for Entebbe rammed into the Kigali International Airport in Kanombe, a Kigali suburb.
One person of Rwandan nationality died at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali after sustaining serious injuries and several escaped with minor cuts. The accident happened around 12pm local time.
When we were in the air, our plane was told to comeback and on landing it first stopped and almost immediately accelerated hitting the VIP lounge, Mr Sendaula told Saturday Monitor yesterday, adding: On sensing danger, I unbuckled and thankfully the emergency doors were already open, so I got out and walked like a cat on one of its wings and run towards the terminal.
At that time, Mr Sendaula says, the gas had started leaking.
According to official information availed by the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority, three Ugandans, three Rwandans, one Indian and another unidentified national survived death in the a 50-seater CRJ 100 series leased from Jet Link Express, a regional airline based in Nairobi.
Jobanputra Kishor, the chairman of Picfare, was the other identified Ugandan and by Thursday evening, he had been evacuated to South Africa after he complained of breathing difficulties.
A total of 15 people were on board, including five crew members. Mr Jack Elk, the acting Chief Executive Officer of Rwandair, told Saturday Monitor that what happened was out of the pilots control.
The pilot reported technical difficulties after the plane took off. He was cleared to land back and after the plane had landed, it once again took off with auto full power and accelerated. This was beyond the pilots control, Mr Elk said.
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Nov 132009
In a recent edition of the BBC program Horizon (BBC2 9pm Tuesday 3rd October 2006) Professor Ed Galea, director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group at the University of Greenwich, made it very clear how important it is to sit near an exit on an airplane.
Although flying is still the safest form of transport and 90% of crashes have survivors he said “If you are within seven seat rows of a serviceable exit then your chances of surviving an accident is greater than your chances of perishing in that accident. And so if you’re greater than seven seat rows away, your chances of dying in the accident are greater than that of surviving.
Now that doesn’t mean that if you’re more than seven seat rows away you’re going to die in an accident, it just means that you have a greater statistical chance of not surviving the accident”.
So, if you could choose your seat, would you?
More and more airlines are offering passengers the chance to check-in over the internet in advance of their flight. This not only allows you to choose your seat and print your boarding pass but will also save you time at the airport especially if you only have hand luggage as you will be able to skip the check-in queue completely.
Sitting near an exit won’t guarantee your survival but, if you do, your chances are better. The safety experts who appeared on the program also recommended the following things you should do for your safety.
1.Follow the safety briefing given by the cabin crew and read the safety card carefully. Not all planes have the same layout or safety equipment e.g. oxygen masks, lifejackets etc.
2.Make a plan when you take your seat. Count how many seat rows to the nearest exit up and down the plane so you will know in the dark or smoke when you reach the exit row. Think about how you will get off the plane on dry land and in the water. Having a plan is a major contributing factor to getting off the plane quickly.
3.Keep your seat belt on and tight. Turbulence in mid flight can throw you round the cabin and the seat belt should be worn low and tight especially on take off and landing. Also practise the release mechanism it is very different to a car seat belt.
4.Practice the brace position. Make sure you get your torso as low as possible onto your thighs and knees to minimise the whiplash effect. You can do this subtly by pretending to pick something off the floor if you feel self conscious.
Seating location relative to the exits is important but there are many other factors, some within your control and some outside of your control, that will have an influence on what happens in the event of an emergency landing. So follow the tips above and don’t forget flying is still the safest form of transport.
Online check-in can and will save you time but will it save your life? Possibly I think is the best answer to that question and next time I fly I know I am going to check in online and choose a seat as close to an exit as I can.
Sean Mccarthy
http://www.articlesbase.com/flights-articles/online-checkin-at-uk-airports-it-will-save-you-time-but-will-it-save-your-life-74690.html
Nov 122009
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Nov 062009
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Nov 032009
Birds get into the engine of an airplane causing it to crash into the Hudson River. US Airways Jet Engine Plane Crashes In New York City Hudson River 1/15/09
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NEW YORK – A US Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after striking a bird that disabled two engines, sending passengers fleeing for safety in the frigid waters, a government official said.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said the US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport en route to Charlotte, N.C., when the crash occurred in the river near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.
US Airways Jet Engine Plane Crashes In New York City Hudson River 1/15/09
2009 New York City Plane Crash Live – US Airways Plane Crashes Into The Hudson River
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