Alert 2 At Logan Airport - US Airways Flight 1776 Brake Problem (10/12/11)

On Wednesday, October 12th, 2011, a US Airways EMBRAER ERJ-190-100IGW, registration N955UW performing flight AWE1776, with 106 souls on board, from KPHL-KBOS, radioed into Boston (ZBW) Center, reporting that a Righthand Brake Fault Indicator warning light had illuminated on the dashboard. CACTUS1776 then held at between FL090-FL080 from 12:56pm EDT to 1:01pm EDT to allow for a few arrivals to jump in ahead of them. Then, around 1:06pm EDT, ZBW Center instructed CACTUS1776 to perform a 312 degrees turn from 37 degrees (NE) to 312 degrees (W) while 1.5 miles northeast of Route 44/Route 3 in Plymouth, MA at FL087. CACTUS1776 then executed an ILS landing on Runway 4R at KBOS at 1:27pm EDT without incident.

ZBW ATC AUDIO LINK: http://lix.in/-a51524

Two Perish In Remote Alaskan Plane Crash

A Cessna 207 Skywagon, tail number N1673U, operated by Inland Aviation Services, crashed Saturday night 37 miles west of McGrath, Alaska, killing 2 of the 6 occupants. The aircraft departed from PAMC (McGrath Airport) and was direct PANV (Anvik Airport).

Alaska National Guard's Rescue Coordination Center in Anchorage received an emergency distress signal from the aircraft, reporting that it was about 37 miles west of McGrath and immediately dispatched a HC-130 Hercules (reg #92-2104) and an HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter (reg #92-26468) from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (PAED), which dropped pararescumen from the 212th Rescue Squadron to the site of the plane crash, rescuing the four survivors.

According to Karen Ladegard, superintendent of the Iditarod School District, which oversees the school in the Athabascan community of Anvik and six other schools in the region, Julie Walker, a lifelong Anvik resident and longtime teacher in the village, and the pilot, Ernie Chase, who was originally from Anvik, were killed in the crash.

The crash is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.

AL ANG F-16 Over-shoots Runway 36 At KOSH

Around 11:20am this morning, an Alabama ANG F-16 from the 100th FS, serial #87-0296 over-ran Runway 36 after performing a normal landing with a high alpha rollout at KOSH (Wittman Regional Airport) in Wisconsin. The fighter jet failed to stop at the end of the runway and sustained moderate damage, resulting in the nose cone separating from the aircraft where the nose landing gear collapsed. For reference purposes, the dimensions of Runway 36 at KOSH are 8,002 ft x 150 ft; the minimum landing distance for an F-16 is 2,650 ft. Luckily, the pilot walked away from the incident and was taken to a local hospital for observation. The incident occurred after multiple F-16s were performing full afterburner passes over the crowd. The aircraft was participating in the EAA's AirVenture Show and the crash is currently under investigation.

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