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Cape Air plane makes emergency landing in Fla.
By Patrick Cassidy
pcassidy@capecodonline.com
January 23, 2009
A Cape Air plane made an emergency landing in Naples, Fla., last night after it lost both engines, according to a Federal Aviation Administration official.
Flight 9399 was en route from Key West to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers when it reported the loss of its engines and was diverted to Naples Municipal Airport on Florida’s west coast, said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.
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The plane glided to a safe landing. There were seven people onboard the Cessna 402C, Bergen said. Nobody was injured and there was no other damage to the plane, she said.
Cape Air flies the nine-passenger Cessna 402C planes out of several locations around the country, including between Cape Cod, the Islands and Boston. The company’s planes fly daily between Key West and Fort Myers in Florida. They also have flights out of Guam and nearby Pacific islands.
Cape Air spokeswoman Michelle Haynes said she could not comment on the cause until she received official information but that the company lauded the performance of the pilot.
The pilot, a veteran aviator of more than 30 years experience including time flying with Nantucket Airlines, Cape Air’s sister airline, had difficulty with the plane and turned it around during the flight, Haynes said. The six passengers on board were accommodated on buses as necessary, she said.
The FAA is investigating the incident and the cause behind the engines shutting down has not been determined, Bergen said.
In June 2007 Cape Air grounded its fleet of Cessnas after two engine failures in May and the discovery of abnormal wearing on engine parts. The parts were replaced in 49 of the planes but no problems were found in the company’s Florida-based aircraft.
In September a Cape Air plane crashed in West Tisbury killing the pilot, who was the only occupant of the plane. The FAA’s preliminary report on the crash found no catastrophic failure of the engines and propellers of that plane.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090123/NEWS11/90123021
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28803591/
Cape Air plane makes emergency landing in Fla.
By Patrick Cassidy
pcassidy@capecodonline.com
January 23, 2009
A Cape Air plane made an emergency landing in Naples, Fla., last night after it lost both engines, according to a Federal Aviation Administration official.
Flight 9399 was en route from Key West to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers when it reported the loss of its engines and was diverted to Naples Municipal Airport on Florida’s west coast, said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.
More Times Breaking News
The plane glided to a safe landing. There were seven people onboard the Cessna 402C, Bergen said. Nobody was injured and there was no other damage to the plane, she said.
Cape Air flies the nine-passenger Cessna 402C planes out of several locations around the country, including between Cape Cod, the Islands and Boston. The company’s planes fly daily between Key West and Fort Myers in Florida. They also have flights out of Guam and nearby Pacific islands.
Cape Air spokeswoman Michelle Haynes said she could not comment on the cause until she received official information but that the company lauded the performance of the pilot.
The pilot, a veteran aviator of more than 30 years experience including time flying with Nantucket Airlines, Cape Air’s sister airline, had difficulty with the plane and turned it around during the flight, Haynes said. The six passengers on board were accommodated on buses as necessary, she said.
The FAA is investigating the incident and the cause behind the engines shutting down has not been determined, Bergen said.
In June 2007 Cape Air grounded its fleet of Cessnas after two engine failures in May and the discovery of abnormal wearing on engine parts. The parts were replaced in 49 of the planes but no problems were found in the company’s Florida-based aircraft.
In September a Cape Air plane crashed in West Tisbury killing the pilot, who was the only occupant of the plane. The FAA’s preliminary report on the crash found no catastrophic failure of the engines and propellers of that plane.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090123/NEWS11/90123021
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28803591/