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Aviation Audio Clips / Gear Up Landing Ocala

« Last post by KB4TEZ on Today at 12:25:41 PM »

Date:   05-MAY-24
Time:   22:45:00Z
Regis#:   N8540P
Aircraft Make:   NORTH AMERICAN
Aircraft Model:   AT-6D
Event Type:   INCIDENT
Highest Injury:   NONE
Aircraft Missing:   No
Damage:   MINOR
LOCATION
City:   OCALA
State:   FLORIDA
Country:   UNITED STATES
DESCRIPTION
Description:   AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, OCALA, FL.

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Aviation Audio Clips / AAL409 Fuel Emergency Diverts to KORF due to Bomb Threat at Bermuda

« Last post by RonR on Today at 12:15:18 PM »

On May 5, AAL409 from KMIA had started their descent into Bermuda (TXKF) when NY Center advised the flight crew of the bomb threat at TXKF.  The crew originally decided to wait it out in a holding pattern but ultimately opted to divert to KORF because it was not clear how long it would take for the bomb squad to go through the terminal.  After requesting the diversion from ATC, the crew declared a fuel emergency.  But after choosing a slower Mach speed and a different altitude, they realized they had plenty of fuel to get to KORF.  They did however continue with the fuel emergency eventually landing safely on runway 23 at KORF.  The attached audio file is about 23 minutes long and includes the HF communications with New York radio on their way back to KORF.

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL409/history/20240505/2240Z/KMIA/KORF

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Aviation Audio Clips / Re: AAL1263 Engine Failure After Departing KDCA

« Last post by RonR on Today at 12:03:44 PM »

You are right, don't know what happened there... it is attached now.

Ron

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Aviation Audio Clips / Cessna 172 lands in field after just taking off from North Perry Airport

« Last post by KB4TEZ on Today at 11:58:46 AM »

IDENTIFICATION
Date:   04-MAY-24
Time:   17:47:00Z
Regis#:   N738CN
Aircraft Make:   CESSNA
Aircraft Model:   172
Event Type:   INCIDENT
Highest Injury:   NONE
Aircraft Missing:   No
Damage:   UNKNOWN
LOCATION
City:   HOLLYWOOD
State:   FLORIDA
Country:   UNITED STATES
DESCRIPTION
Description:   AIRCRAFT DEPARTED, EXPERIENCED ENGINE ISSUES AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, HOLLYWOOD, FL.

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Aviation Audio Clips / Re: Rockwell Aero Commander 690A crashed near Palmyra Virginia

« Last post by KB4TEZ on Today at 08:42:20 AM »

I took out other transmissions from other airlines, (Wash. Center is a tad busy) and the long silences, from the initial contact to Wash Center, to Radar Contact lost is about 12 minutes.

More info from JuniorGA:
The preliminary automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) track data shows that the airplane departed from runway 16L at MNZ and climbed to an enroute altitude of about 20000 ft. The airplane was flying south at an average course of about 200°. At 08:50:25, the airplane began a sudden descending right turn towards 17000 feet. Towards the conclusion of the turn, the airplane began a climb back to 20000 feet but was now on an easternly heading. A few seconds later, the airplane began a series of uncoordinated turns until the flight track ceased. While the data suggests the airplane was still at 20000 feet during the end of the flight. The groundspeed values dropped from about 228 knots (when the aircraft climbed, right before the weird turns towards the end) to about 27 knots (at the conclusion of the flight).
The FR24 data shows a similar pattern, but without the turns at the end.
While there are still no photographs published as of the time of this writing, the early report from the sheriff office suggests there was an inflight breakup. The "main body" (as described in the news) was located in a wooded are and consumed by a post crash fire.
“If you live in the area affected by the plane crash and you locate a piece of the wreckage, contact the sheriffs office immediately and please do not disturb it,”

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Aviation Audio Clips / Re: Rockwell Aero Commander 690A crashed near Palmyra Virginia

« Last post by pinger on Today at 08:27:35 AM »

Thanks for finding this and sharing.  Question: was silence removed between transmissions in this clip or is it real time?

Just wondering how quickly things went from his first transmission to radar contact lost (it was 1 min 50 sec in the shared clip).

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Aviation Audio Clips / Re: AAL1263 Engine Failure After Departing KDCA

« Last post by baldiedc on Today at 08:18:05 AM »

hi pls do you have the audio, don't see it attached

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Aviation Audio Clips / Re: BAW18B at Bermuda Takeoff Clearance Cancelled due to Bomb Threat

« Last post by RonR on Today at 08:07:34 AM »

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/bomb-threat-british-airways-flight-london-bermuda-evacuation-b1155887.html

https://www.royalgazette.com/general/news/article/20240505/roads-closed-and-travellers-taken-off-flight-in-emergency/

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Aviation Audio Clips / Rockwell Aero Commander 690A crashed near Palmyra Virginia

« Last post by KB4TEZ on Today at 06:58:26 AM »

https://www.29news.com/2024/05/05/update-2-confirmed-dead-fluvanna-county-plane-crash-police-say/

(Picked him coming into Washington Center, never shot off a Mayday or PanPan, just that something with the autopilot.  RIP and thoughts, prayers with the families)

FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Virginia State Police (VSP) have confirmed two deaths following an early Sunday morning plane crash.

At 8:54 a.m. officials were alerted to reports of a plane crash in Fluvanna County.

Debris from a small, private plane was located in a wooded area near the 200 block of Miles Jackson Road in Palmyra.

The impact of the crash caused portions of the plane to catch fire. The Palmyra, Fork Union, Kents Store, and Lake Monticello Fire Companies responded to the scene to extinguish the fire and assist law enforcement.

According to a press release from VSP, both the pilot and passenger within the privately owned, twin-engine aircraft did not survive the crash.

VSP is still in the process of notifying the next of kin, and both bodies are being transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond for examination and autopsy.

The aircraft left the Manassas Regional Airport early Sunday morning and was flying toward South Carolina.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Aviation Audio Clips / BAW18B at Bermuda Takeoff Clearance Cancelled due to Bomb Threat

« Last post by RonR on May 05, 2024, 10:00:30 PM »

On May 5, BAW18B was departing Bermuda enroute to London and had just started their takeoff roll when the tower cancelled their takeoff clearance because of a bomb threat they had just received.  The flight crew stopped the aircraft on the runway and waited for emergency equipment to arrive.  The emergency equipment however did not come all the way out to the aircraft because of their own protocols preventing them from getting close to the aircraft until the police bomb disposal unit gave the "all clear".  Meanwhile, the passengers were still on the plane and the captain was anxious to get them off.  The aircraft eventually taxied off the runway but it was now 40 minutes since they aborted their takeoff.  The captain wanted to get the passengers off the plane and told the tower that he would evacuate the passengers via the slides if they couldn't get air stairs out to the plane quick enough.  The air stairs eventually arrived; the passengers exited the plane and had to walk back to the terminal (no busses were available).  At the same time the airport also received a bomb threat for the terminal so it too was evacuated.