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Extreme Turbulence in Singapore Airlines flight 321

Fear of Landing

The report shows that the real risk is for the cabin crew. A few seconds later, at 07:49 UTC, “all hell broke loose” as passenger Andrew Davies said to CNN. The aircraft diverted to Bangkok, where it landed safely at 08:45 UTC (15:45 local time). Anyway, the seat belt light appeared.

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Dreamliner Crash in Ahmedabad: Air India flight 171

Fear of Landing

At Ahmedabad, 220 passengers boarded for the nine-hour flight to London manned by two flight crew and ten cabin crew. Business Today quotes a statement from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that one of the flight crew made a distress call to declare an emergency.

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Airbus rejects take off at Zürich

Fear of Landing

On board were two flight crew, five cabin crew and 106 passengers. VASAviation has published the interactions between the flight crew and the controller from LiveATC.net in case you want to follow along. The aircraft was a twenty-four year old Airbus A320-214 registered in Switzerland as HB-IHY. Back to the incident.

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Mid-Air Collision over the Potomac

Fear of Landing

The collision took place at 20:48 local time (01:48 UTC) and has been reported at less than 200 feet altitude. The maximum allowed altitude for the route that the helicopter was travelling, transiting from route 1 to route 4, was 200 feet above ground level. Over three hundred responders were deployed, fighting against the icy conditions.

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Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243: Shot Down Over Grozny

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While data was not received for the entire flight, the ADS-B data available from 05:13 UTC demonstrates variable altitude (feet AMSL) reports of 8,000 feet dozens of times and oscillating ground speed (Knots) and vertical rate (feet per minute) values. Thirty-eight people died in the crash, including both pilots and one cabin crew member.

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