*A GOJET CRJ700 had to return to St Louis, Missouri, yesterday, January 1, due to a security issue. Flight 7445 was on Domestic Service from STL to Chicago OHare, on behalf of UNITED AIRLINES, with 65 passengers and crew onboard. As the aircraft was being boarded in STL, computer systems failed, and the gate staff checked in the rest of the passengers by hand. After Flight 7445 departed, the computer systems came back online, and gate staff believed that 1 of the passengers checked in by hand was on the "No Fly" list. TSA was notified, and the CRJ was ordered back to St Louis, where they landed without incident, about 12 minutes after their original departure. Once on the ground, the TSA determined that the passenger was not on the "No Fly" list, and they were allowed back on the aircraft. Flight 7445 then departed STL again, and landed at OHare without incident, with about a 90 minute delay.
*A NORTHWEST AIRLINES A320 had to divert while enroute, yesterday, January 1. Flight 2364 was on Domestic Service from Detroit, Michigan, to Orlando, Florida, with 75 passengers and 5 crew members onboard. While inflight at 37000 feet, near Nashville, Tennessee, the crew reported that a suspcious package had been found onboard. The crew requested diversion and the A320 was diverted to Nashville, where it landed without incident. The aircraft was stopped on the taxiway. Passengers were offloaded and law enforcement and sniffer dogs searched the aircraft. The suspicious package turned out to be a wrapped Christmas ornament. The aircraft was later cleared to resume its journey and it landed in Orlando without incident.
*An EGYPTAIR Boeing 737 had to divert to Athens, Greece, due to engine problems, yesterday, January 1. Flight 731 was on International Service from Cairo, Egypt, to Berlin, Germany, with 100 passengers and crew onboard. The crew declared an emergency while inflight at 36000 feet, about 125 miles from Athens, with the crew reporting they had shut down their left hand engine. The 737 was diverted to Athens, where it landed without incident about 30 minutes later. The aircraft was removed from service for repairs. This is the 3rd Egyptair diversion to Athens in as many days. Of the incidents, 2 were due to engine problems, including this one. The other incident, unreported in the blog, involved a medical diversion to Athens. The EU had warned Egyptair last autumn that they needed to improve their service record, otherwise, they could end up on the EU blacklist.
*A WESTJET Boeing 737 was damaged on takeoff from Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday, December 31. Flight 1862, on International Service to Honolulu, Hawaii, with 153 passengers and 6 crew members onboard, departed normally. About 1 hour later, ATC notified the crew that a runway inspection revealed tire tread belonging to a Westjet aircraft on the runway, and that the debris most likely came from a main wheel on Flight 1862. The crew requested return, and entered holding patterns in order to burn off fuel. The 737 landed without incident about 4 hours after its initial departure. Post flight inspection revealed that 1 of the left hand main gear tires had shed its tread, and the aircraft was removed from service for repairs. Local media reported that passengers onboard said that they had heard a "pop" on departure.
*A WESTJET Boeing 737 suffered cabin pressure problems while inflight, on Wednesday, December 30. Flight 514 was on Domestic Service from Victoria to Calgary, Canada, when the crew declared an emergency about 10 minutes after departure. The 737 was about 60 miles from Victoria and climbing thru 27000 feet when the crew reported to ATC that they were having cabin pressure problems. The crew descended back to 27000 feet, maintained, and continued on to Calgary, where they landed without incident about 55 minutes later. The aircraft was removed from service for inspection.
*An AIR CANADA JAZZ CRJ200 had to perform a go-around in order to prevent a collision, on Tuesday, December 29. Flight 7665 was on International Service from Washington National to Ottawa, Canada, when Ottawa ATC ordered the aircraft to go-around. The CRJ was about 2 miles from touching down on runway 32, when ATC notified the aircraft that a snow plow, that was turning off the runway onto a taxiway, had become stuck in the snow. Ground crew managed to free the plow within 10 minutes and Flight 7665 landed without incident 10 minutes later.
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