This page was last edited on 14 July 2022, at 15:15. On 28 December 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 are preoccupied with a landing gear problem as the aircraft circles in a holding pattern in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. [26], Singapore Airlines offre una vasta gamma di opzioni alimentari su ogni volo. This special looked at accidents involving controlled flight into terrain. 4 of the 21 people on board are killed. China Airlines Flight 611 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taoyuan International Airport) in Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong. The crew is unaware of the fire and retracts the gear after takeoff, causing the fire to spread. The stabilizer failed due to an improperly maintained jackscrew assembly. On 30 July 1998, Proteus Airlines Flight 706 collides with a light aircraft during a detour over an ocean cruise liner and crashes into Quiberon Bay off the coast of Lorient, France. On 6 February 1958, British European Airways Flight 609, carrying members of the famed Manchester United association football team, club officials and journalists, crashes into a house about 300 meters from the end of the runway in Munich after it fails to become airborne, killing 23 of the 44 people on board. The captain then contacted Mather tower, stating that Flight 17 "has an extreme CG problem. 12:04:27 F/O Roger. Questo percorso era noto come Capital Express. It runs out of fuel and crashes in a sparsely populated area, killing 10 of the 189 people on board. The Airbus carried out an instrument landing system/distance-measuring equipment (ILS/DME) approach to runway 05L at Taipei Chiang Kai Shek Airport in light rain and fog, but came in 1,000 feet (300m) too high above the glide slope (at 1,515 feet (462m) and 1.2 nautical miles (1.4mi; 2.2km) short of the runway threshold). The jet slowed, pitched up by 40, rose 1,000 feet (300m), stalled, and crashed into a residential neighborhood, bursting into flames at local time 4:20 pm. Two under-inflated tires burst during the takeoff, starting a fire on the landing gear. The aircraft was 7.3 years old at the time of the accident, and had completed 20,193 flight hours. The accident flight was to be the aircraft's penultimate flight for China Airlines, as it was scheduled to be delivered to Orient Thai Airlines after its return flight from Hong Kong to Taipei. All 196 people on board were killed (including the governor of Taiwan's central bank, Sheu Yuan-dong, his wife, and three central bank officials[4][5]), along with seven people on the ground. The fire was caused by the combustion of lithium-ion batteries. [22][23], Nel 2012, Singapore Airlines lancia la sua applicazione per dispositivi iOS e Android, che integra tra le sue funzioni la possibilit per i passeggeri di effettuare il check-in pi velocemente. Le nuove poltrone, che offrono due posizioni di seduta, la Lazy Z e la Sundeck, sono cucite a mano in cuoio scozzese con ricamo in diamante. The captain is found to be still alive after being outside the cockpit for 21 minutes. Some charter services are also operated by the company. Nel 1946 venne riaperto l'aeroporto di Singapore e la compagnia aerea nazionale britannica ribattezzata British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) accett di cedere il controllo della MAL a una societ locale, la Singapore Straits Steamship Company. The disconnection was caused by the failure to properly secure and inspect the attachment bolt. [65], La compagnia utilizza l'A380 per servire anche voli commemorativi o stagionali. On 23 August 2005, TANS Per Flight 204 crashes into a muddy swamp while attempting to land at Pucallpa Airport, Peru, in a thunderstorm, killing 40 of the 98 people on board. The hostage rescue team of the French Gendarmerie storms the aircraft, and after a gun battle in the cabin, the hijackers are killed, while everyone else survives. The regulator's final report - and overall ruling - will then be published no later than 1st March next year. [11] The flight consisted of 175 Taiwanese nationals, along with five Americans, one French, and one Indonesian.[4][12][13]. On 16 August 2010, AIRES Flight 8250 crashes short of the runway while landing at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrs, Colombia, killing 2 of the 131 people on board. The crash was caused by ice developing on the wings in a manner that the on-board deicing system could not remove. The crew did not use the See and Avoid concept when they were operating under visual flight rules, and the pilot of the Cardinal had failed to turn on his aircraft's transponder, effectively making the aircraft invisible to radar systems on the ground. On 16 October 1991, Mandarin Airlines started operations with direct flights from Taipei to Sydney in Australia. No definitive accident report was published. It was later determined that an electrical short circuit caused the cargo door to open. All 88 passengers and crew members on board are killed. The aircraft involved in the accident was an Airbus A300B4-622R, registration B-1814. The contract to sell the aircraft was voided after the crash and Orient Thai replaced the original aircraft it supposed to be acquired with another 747 after the crash. The aircraft began to move erratically, and the elevator deflection and the bank angle began to decrease and increase, respectively. On 26 June 1988, Air France Flight 296Q fails to climb and crashes into trees after performing a flyby during an airshow at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, killing 3 people. The ground proximity warning system then started to sound. [55] Nel 2011, la compagnia aerea si impegnata a noleggiare altri 15 aeromobili. Latest news, expert advice and information on money. This was not the first time that a 747 had crashed because of a faulty repair following a tailstrike. All 14 people on board are killed. On 15 January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 suffers a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, causing both engines to fail. That crash had been attributed to a faulty repair to the rear pressure bulkhead, which had been damaged in 1978 in a tailstrike incident. On 12 November 1995, American Airlines Flight 1572 clips the tops of trees along Peak Mountain Ridge and strikes instrument landing system equipment on landing at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The cause of the crash was the pilot descending the aircraft below the minimum safe altitude for the approach.[3]. The crew members overcome a number of resulting failures and make a safe emergency landing back at Singapore with no injuries among the 469 passengers and crew members. They then advised traffic at the airport, which had not yet reopened its control tower,[clarification needed] that they were going to initiate the take-off from runway 22L. The situation was aggravated by the aircraft being repeatedly buffeted by jet blast from larger aircraft while parked, stressing the cables further. On 31 October 2014, an experimental spaceflight test vehicle named VSS Enterprise suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes into the Mojave Desert in California, United States, while performing a test flight. [1] In early 2000, the airline bought 5 Dornier 228 from Uni Air to fly outlying routes. One of the mounting points in the pylon attaching the engine to the wing had suffered damage caused by faulty maintenance procedures. The crew successfully abandons the takeoff and stops the aircraft on the runway, but the fire spreads to the cabin. [1][2][3][4] The aircraft had a 274-seat configuration. On 12 March 2018, US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 skids off the runway, travels through the airport perimeter fence, and crashes into a football field during landing at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. On 6 July 2013, while landing at San Francisco International Airport, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 strikes a seawall and crashes short of the runway. La compagnia ha preso in consegna il primo esemplare nel febbraio 2016 e ha iniziato a utilizzarlo su servizi regolari il 9 maggio 2016. On 27 August 2006, Comair Flight 5191, operating for Delta Connection, crashes into a wooded area while taking off from Blue Grass Airport in Kentucky, killing all but the first officer on board. It was delivered to the airline in 1979, and had logged more than 64,800 hours of flight time at the time of the accident. On 23 July 2014, TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes into the village of Xixi while attempting to land at Magong Airport during inclement weather and low visibility, killing 48 of the 58 people on board and injuring 5 people in the village. On 31 October 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from New York City to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board. [27], I passeggeri in Suite, First, Business ed Economy class possono usufruire del servizio "Book the Cook". I nuovi sedili rivestiti in pelle, progettati da JPA Design, sono prodotti da Poltrone Frau in Italia. [18]:70,72, At 17:05, a military Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft spotted a crashed airliner 23 nautical miles (26mi; 43km) northeast of Makung, Penghu Islands. On 26 September 1997, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, in low visibility. [12], La Business Class era precedentemente nota come Raffles Class fino al 2006. The weather was inclement, with rain and fog when the aircraft approached Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, so the pilot executed a missed approach. Nel febbraio 1989 nasce Tradewinds, la prima sussidiaria interamente controllata da Singapore Airlines, successivamente rinominata SilkAir. These planes were sold to Daily Air in 2005, a helicopter carrier in Taiwan which had won the bid to fly these money-losing routes. Note: This accident was previously featured in the episode "Cutting Corners" (S01E05) and as a special in the episode "Fatal Flaw" (S06E02). The cause of the crash remains disputed: the Canadian Aviation Safety Board (CASB) concluded that ice on the wings, combined with miscalculated weight, was the cause, but a minority report claims an on-board explosion. The pilots of the aircraft manage to make a safe emergency landing. I nuovi Boeing 777-300ER della compagnia aerea sono entrati in servizio commerciale il 5 dicembre 2006. [69] Nel 2016, la compagnia ha confermato che un A380 sarebbe stato restituito al locatore nell'ottobre 2017 al termine del suo leasing decennale; il primo stato messo fuori servizio nell'agosto 2017. On 16 August 1987, shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 stalls and crashes just beyond the runway, killing all but one of the 155 people on board and two people on the ground. On 18 August 1993, American International Airways Flight 808 stalls, rolls to the right and crashes into the ground 1 quarter of a mile short of the runway while manoeuvring onto final approach to Leeward Point Airfield in Guantnamo Bay, Cuba. Flying on autopilot once airborne, the aircraft heads west instead of north-northeast towards its destination. [6][27], China Airlines requested relatives to submit blood samples for DNA testing at the Criminal Investigation Bureau of National Police Administration (now National Police Agency) and two other locations.[28]. This special looked at how failures in communication lead to disasters. [9] Mandarin Airlines' E-190's featured a refreshed livery, with the first aircraft delivered in May 2007, becoming the first, and to date the only, Taiwanese airline to use this type of aircraft. Improper maintenance allowed a section of the horizontal stabilizer to break loose during flight, after which the pilots had no control. Singapore Airlines ha anche operato voli tra Singapore e Wellington via Canberra fino a maggio 2018, quando lo scalo intermedio stato cambiato a Melbourne. Mandarin Airlines operates the following services as of November 2012 [6] Destinations in China may include scheduled charter service or indirect routing which transit through other countries. The Boeing 757 crashes into the Pacific Ocean, killing everyone on board. La poltrona, larga 86 cm (34 pollici), trasformabile in un letto completamente orizzontale. His wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, are on board and are also killed. On 31 October 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184 loses control and crashes into a field while circling to land at O'Hare International Airport, killing all 68 people on board. This special looked at accidents caused by maintenance errors. China Airlines Flight 611 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taoyuan International Airport) in Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong.On 25 May 2002, the Boeing 747-209B operating the route disintegrated in midair and crashed into the Taiwan Strait, 23 nautical miles (26 mi; 43 km) northeast of the This special looked at how missteps during takeoff cause accidents. The A300, registered as B-1814, was en route from Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia to Taipei, Taiwan. On 18 September 1961, a Douglas DC-6 operated by Transair Sweden, carrying Dag Hammarskjld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, crashes en route to ceasefire negotiations in Northern Rhodesia during the Congo Crisis. Season 6 of Mayday is the first Science of Disaster season, consisting of three episodes. Background. [7][8], Nel 2020, a causa della pandemia Covid-19, Singapore Airlines ha trasportato 457.135 passeggeri, con una decrescita annua del 97,8%.[2]. All 150 people on board are killed. Our SMU Stories. 47 of the 126 people on board died. Il 1968 fu segnato dall'apertura di un nuovo quartier generale di 16 piani a Singapore, l'inizio dei voli verso Tokyo e l'acquisto di tre Boeing 707 e cinque Boeing 737. On 31 October 2015, Metrojet Flight 9268 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Sinai Peninsula during a routine chartered flight from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport to Pulkovo Airport, killing all 224 people on board. On 11 December 1994, a bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434 on the second leg of a service from Manila to Tokyo via Cebu City, killing a passenger, injuring many people and damaging some of the aircraft's control systems. As of 2022, the crash remains the deadliest in Taiwanese history, as well as the most recent accident involving fatalities for either 747 passenger flights or for China Airlines. The pilots had intentionally deviated from the standard flight path and deactivated the ground proximity warning system. Le prime due suite su entrambi i lati del velivolo possono formare un letto matrimoniale abbassando il divisore della privacy. Investigators later determined the cause of the false deployment to be a malfunction of an electronically-controlled hydraulic valve. On 9 May 2012, an aircraft on a demonstration tour crashes into Mount Salak in the province of West Java. Safety recommendations are addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration". A design flaw with the DC-10's cargo door locking mechanism was not rectified after the first accident, and the second DC-10's door opened during flight, causing the crash. This special looked at some of the most challenging landings of all time. I nuovi sedili, prodotti da Stelia Aerospace, misurano 66 cm (26 pollici) di lunghezza e sono trasformabili in un letto completamente piano lungo 190 cm (76 pollici). On 3 December 1990, two Northwest Airlines jets collide in heavy fog at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport after Flight 1482 mistakenly turns on to an active runway while Flight 299 is taking off. It was owned by the Bengaluru based United Breweries Group.The airline started commercial operations on 9 May 2005, right after Mallya's son Sidhartha's 18th birthday, reportedly as a birthday gift, with a fleet of four new Airbus A320-200s operating a flight from Mumbai to Delhi. [9], La First Class di Singapore Airlines disponibile sui Boeing 777-300 in una configurazione 1-2-1. Mentre Singapore Airlines elenca alcuni dei suoi 777-200ER come 777-200, tutti i presunti aeromobili della serie 200 furono tutti costruiti con miglioramenti solitamente esclusivi della -200ER; l'unica modifica risiede nei motori: quelli di SA montano i Trent 884, mentre gli altri i Trent 892. During this time, the pilot had disengaged the plane's autopilot, but was not aware of it, so during the go-around, he did nothing to actively take control of the plane, as he thought the autopilot would initiate the maneuver. The captain declared an emergency on Flight 17, believing a load shift had occurred. The pilots lost situational awareness and inadvertently taxied onto the wrong runway. [18]:159. On 9 January 1997, Comair Flight 3272 spirals out of control and crashes nose-first while on final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. At the time, it was the deadliest-ever aviation accident, and would lead to major changes in the regulation of flight operations over the United States. La compagnia aerea ha annunciato l'ordine di 19 Boeing 777-300ER nell'agosto 2004 con l'ordine firmato il 23 dicembre Singapore Airlines diventata il pi grande operatore al mondo del Boeing 777 quando ha preso in consegna il suo 58 velivolo di questo tipo, un Boeing 777-300, il 6 maggio 2005. All 181 passengers and 8 crew members on board are killed in the crash. On 20 December 1995, American Airlines Flight 965 is en route to Cali, Colombia. 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So we're gonna have to land it in like a turn. On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 overruns the runway, travels through the airport perimeter fence and plunges down a small ravine while attempting to land in a storm. An automatic system (of which the pilots were unaware) to increase the engines' thrust contributed to their failure. Note: Stephen Bogaert, the Marche 9V-SGA, 9V-SGB, 9V-SGC, 9V-SGD, 9V-SGE, 9V-SGF e 9V-SGG. La compagnia ha ri-aggiunto la rotta alla propria rete in seguito all'acquisizione del nuovo Airbus A350-900ULR (Ultra Long Range) il 18 ottobre 2018, ma stata nuovamente sospesa nel 2020 a causa della pandemia di COVID-19. [5] Le Singapore Girl sono vestite con il tradizionale "Sarong Kebaya" e sono sovente elogiate e premiate, per esempio la vincita per 23 anni consecutivi del "World's Best Cabin Crew Service", per la loro ospitalit e servizio di bordo.[6]. The pilot failed to acknowledge the warnings of the remaining crew regarding the aircraft's fuel state, while the remaining crew failed to adequately communicate the situation. Cockpit Voice Recorder transcript and accident summary "Flight GE 222 on 23 JULY 2014 - ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500)" . The accident was caused by neither pilot making visual contact with the other aircraft and a lack of automated collision warning systems. TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a TransAsia Airways domestic flight from Taipei to Kinmen (Quemoy), Taiwan.On 4 February 2015, the aircraft serving the flight, a 10-month-old ATR 72-600, crashed into the Keelung River shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, 5.4 km (3.4 mi; 2.9 nmi) to the east of Songshan in Taiwan.The aircraft had 53 passengers and five crew on On 3 January 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board. A black hole approach illusion had led the pilots to believe the aircraft was higher than it actually was. [3], Previously the headquarters was in a different building in Taipei. Le nuove caratteristiche introdotte includono dei divisori pi lunghi per maggiore privacy, un sistema di illuminazione regolabile del sedile ed un nuovo schermo LCD HD da 24" (61 cm). This special looked at the role of bad weather in aviation disasters and examines the US Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky. After descending, the crew successfully restarts the engines and lands safely. Opera significativamente anche su rotte transpacifiche, incluso i due voli senza scalo pi lunghi del mondo da Newark e Los Angeles rispettivamente. On 31 March 1995, TAROM Flight 371 banks steeply to the left and crashes into a field shortly after taking off from Otopeni International Airport, killing all 60 people on board. The aircraft involved in the accident was a 1968-built Douglas DC-8-71, registration N8079U.Operated by United Airlines (19681990) and Lneas Areas Paraguayas (19901994), later modified for service as a freighter before being sold. [n 1] This includes five Science of Disaster specials, each examining multiple crashes with similar causes. The flight crew consisted of 51-year-old Captain Yi Ching-Fong,[note 1] 52-year-old First Officer Shieh Yea Shyong,[note 2] and 54-year-old Flight Engineer Chao Sen Kuo. The in-flight break-up was caused by metal fatigue cracks resulting from improper repairs to the aircraft 22 years earlier. As of November 2012, Mandarin Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: As of January2022[update], Mandarin Airlines operates the following aircraft:[7], Mandarin Airlines announced the lease of eight Embraer 190 aircraft from GE Commercial Aviation Services in December 2005 to replace the aging Fokker 50 and Fokker 100s in its fleet. On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 suffers a pair of sudden uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres during a flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport. The aircraft flies over the airport and crashes into an unpopulated area nearby, killing both of the pilots. The pilot's 15-year-old son accidentally disabled the autopilot while in the captain's seat, causing the aircraft to bank heavily to the right, inducing the stall.
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