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Off The Runway At Quito
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Event Date: Sept. 16 2011
TAME - Embraer ERJ-190
Registration Tail Number HC-CEZ
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The Date: Sept. 16 2011
The Time: 7:00 PM Local -- 00:00Z Sept. 17
The Place: Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito, Ecuador
"Taming
35" TAMW-
ERJ-190 Flight EQ148t
On The Scene
At Mariscal
Sucre International Airport, Quito July 11
2011
One of
3 TAME Embraer
ERJ-190 -
In Better
Days The
Ecuadorian
Air Force
-- Making
Your Travel Dreams Come True The dissertation he
wrote in order to obtain his promotion to Major included
the organizational outline, operation costs, routes and
the objectives of the airline. The Colonel's proposal had
the complete support of the
Commanding
General of the Ecuadorian Air Force, Colonel Guillermo
Freile Posso,
who gave the authorization to start the creation of
TAME.
As Colonel
Ortega recalls
"Our goals have always been ambitious, we want to work
with energy and dedication in order to place
TAME
as the most important airline in
Ecuador."
Gradually, TAME
grew both in infrastructure and clients. The resources
obtained from the most profitable routes were invested in
the improvement of the fleet, facilities and other
necessary elements needed in order to have an adequate
operation of the airline. TAME
is the perfect image of a successful company, which is
visible in its infrastructure growth. During its early
beginnings, they conducted domestic air flights with
World
War II vintage
C-47
aircraft. Over the next couple of years,
DC-3
and
DC-6
planes were incorporated. TAME
now has 9 brand new planes: 3
Airbus
A 320-233Y and
1 Airbus
A 319. In
March 2006, the first 2 Embraer
ERJ-170
arrived, then in June 2006, the first
Embraer
ERJ-190. Later
that year, on December 2007, two more models of the
ERJ-190
arrived to the country.. In 2008, 3
A320
were returned to the lesser due to the increase of the
lease of the planes. In replacement for these planes,
TAME
received two Airbus
A320. On
August 25, 2008, one Airbus
A319
was incorporated into the fleet, which increased the
TAME's
fleet capacity. Two months later,
TAME
received an Airbus
A320, which
replaced one of the original
A320.
On August 25, 2009; TAME
received a brand new Airbus
A320, with
this plane; TAME
finished its fleet renovation process. PROLOG TO
DISASTER Many of our recent
photo features have brought you stories of tragic air
losses where -- against all odds -- passengers &
crews walked away from the wreckage. We will never forget
the January 2009 "Miracle
On The Hudson"
when US
Airways
Flight
1549 survived
it's 3 minute flight -- and was successfully landed in
the Hudson
River
of
New York with
the courage and skill of
Captain
Chesley B. Sullenberger,
III. The
"Miracle" was simply stated: there were no fatalities.
Captain
Chesley B. Sullenberger,
III performed
the improbable! Just 42 days later
there was to be the "Miracle
At Schipol"
As Captain
Hasan Tahsin Arisan
brought his Turkish
Airlines
B737-800
down in a muddy farming field, short of a safe landing at
Amsterdam's
Schiphol International
Airport.
Miracle? Again,
that's the only definition when 127 souls survived a
horrendous impact from which no one should have walked
away. Actually, about 30 of the 127 survivors did just
that -- walked away with no deaths. The next major miracle
was to happen when an American
Airlines plane
with more than 150 people on board overshot the runway on
the night of Dec. 22 2009, while landing in heavy rain in
Kingston,
Jamaica,
injuring more than 40 people.
Flight
331 took off
from Miami
International Airport
at 8:52 p.m. ET and arrived at Kingston's
Norman
Manley International
Airport at
10:22 p.m. ET. The flight originated at
Reagan
National Airport in Washington,
D.C. It was
carrying 148 passengers and six crew members. Even though
the Boeing
737-800 broke
into three sections -- all walked away -- another
absolute miracle' Indeed, 2009 was the
year of aviation miracles! By 2011, some of this
amazing luck has apparently weakened. A Next Miracle?
-- Can the lucky streak continue? On Friday, Sept. 16,
2011 a Brazilian
built Embraer
E-190 twin jet
aircraft, registration HC-CEZ
performing a domestic flight
EQ-148
from Loja
to Quito,
in Ecuador
attempted a routine evening landing. The condition at
Quito's
Mariscal
Sucre International Airport that
night was raining at sundown. All normal. But the landing
on Runway
35 would not
be. This feature deals
with two concepts:"Taming
35" ........
and .......
of course
.......
as always .......
"Ship
Happens! ©"
The creation of
TAME
(Transportes
Aereos Militares
Ecuatorianos)
is the result
of a clever fusion between the need for the
Ecuadorian
Air Force to
finance itself and the decision to offer transport
services to the most remote regions of the country. There
was a pressing need to achieve a high standard in the
training skills of the Air Force pilots, which also meant
great expenses in the training. Another important reason
was that national integration was essential, especially
in the most remote regions of the country, where the
communication channels were minimal or nonexistent.
Therefore, these factors inspired
Colonel
Luis A. Ortega
to propose the creation of an
Ecuadorian
Air Force Airline.
Our Photo
Feature: "Miracle
On The Hudson"
-- Includes The Complete History of Aircraft Water
Landings
Our Photo
Feature: "Miracle
At Schipol"
Our Photo
Feature: "Miracle
At Kingston"
Our Photo
Feature: "Minor
Miracle On The
Obi"
Michael
S. McDaniel
- Your Editor
Flight EQ-148 Has Ended In The Mud, Off Runway 35
From The Cargo Letter - Sept. 16 2011A TAME Embraer ERJ-190, registration HC-CEZ on a domestic flight EQ-148 from Loja to Quito in Ecuador with 97 passengers and 4 crew, landed on Quito's runway 35 in rain at around 19:00L (00:00Z Sep 17th) but could not stop on the runway. The aircraft went over soft ground, through the localizer antenna and came to a stop at the airport perimeter wall about 275 meters/900 feet past the end of Runway 35.
A La Hora Newsphoto Shows The Virtual End of TAME Flight EQ-148
TAME Flight EQ-148 Overran Runway 35 By A Considerable Distance
The Cross Country "Journey" Was A Wild Ride. Quite Clearly, Runway 35 Has Not Been Tamed.
Quito's Mariscal Sucre International Airport Is Considered One of The World's Most Dangerous (see below)
How Could Anyone Have Survived?
97 Passenger & 4 Crew All Walked Away -- The Lucky Streak Continues!
The Embraer E-190 Has Flown It's Last Mile -- A Salvage May Be Limited To Seat & Airline Magazines
Normally, The Wings of An Embraer E-190 Do Not Fold For Storage
La Hora Newsphoto
Can You See It?
There It Is -- In The Center of Your Picture -- Runway 35.
Quito's Mariscal Sucre International Airport Is Located In The Center of A City., Surrounded By Mountains. A Dangerous Combination.
From The Cargo Letter - Sept. 16 2011Mariscal Sucre International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre) (IATA: UIO, ICAO: SEQU) is the international airport serving Quito, the capital city of Ecuador.It is named after Venezuelan born Antonio José de Sucre, known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (English: "Grand Marshal of Ayacucho"), a hero of Ecuadorian and Latin American independence. It began operations in 1960, and currently handles about 3.9 million passengers and 125,000 metric tons of freight per year. The airport, one of the highest in the world (at 2800 meters AMSL) is located in the northern part of the city, in the Chaupicruz parish, within 5 minutes of Quito's financial center; the terminals are located at the intersection of Amazonas and La Prensa avenues.
Due to its location -- in the middle of a city surrounded by mountains -- the current airport cannot be expanded to accommodate any larger aircraft or an increase in air traffic. Its operation poses higher risks, too; seven serious accidents and several incidents have taken place in recent years. A new airport is being built in the Tababela parish, about 18 km to the east of the city. This is being constructed by a private consortium and is slated to begin operations in November 2011.
The airport charges an international departure tax of US$40.80. As of March 1, 2009, this fee is no longer paid at the airport, it is now included in all international airfares since February 2011.
SPECIAL VIDEO FEATURE:
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The Dedication of This Feature Is Simple: To The Pilots & Crew of TAME Flight EQ-148 And Their Very Lucky Families.
SPECIAL NOTE: The historic dangers of carriage by air & sae continue to be quite real. Shippers must be encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or customs broker.
It's very dangerous out there.
INDEX
TO OUR "Taming 35"
PAGE SPECIAL
FEATURES:
Important Links To Our Feature:The Year of The Air Miracles - 2009
Our Photo Feature: "Miracle On The Hudson" -- Includes The Complete History of Aircraft Water LandingsOur Photo Feature: "Miracle At Schipol"
Our Photo Feature: "Miracle At Kingston"
The Minor Air Miracle of 2011
Our Photo Feature: "Minor Miracle On The Obi"La Hora National News of Ecuador
Some of Our Fire At Sea Features:
"Great Misfortune"- M/V Hyundai Fortune - March 2006M/T Vicuna Explodes - for Jan. 2005
"T-E-U Bar-Be-Cue" - aftermath of the M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania Loss - Nov. 2002
"Thar She Blows!" - M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania - Nov. 2002
"Meals: Ready To Explode" - Navy Barbecue at Guam June 2001
And ..... "Fighting Fires On Mars" - Jan. 2008Our Daily Vessel Casualties - stay informed
"Singles Only" - visit our individual moments of transport crisis for more.
The Greatest Container Losses Of All Time - these are the grand fathers -
M/V OOCL AmericaM/V APL Panama - The EPIC
"Great Misfortune"- M/V Hyundai Fortune - March 2006
SPECIAL NOTE: The historic dangers of carriage by sea continue to be quite real. Shippers must be encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or customs broker.It's very dangerous out there.
Thanks To Our Contributors For The "Taming 35" FeatureOur Contributor for this feature is:Our "Doc" - the faithful & enlightened source who must remain anonymousThe Cargo Letter appreciates the continuing efforts of these valued contributors.
NOTE: Please Provide Us With Your Additional Information For This Loss.
EDITOR'S NOTE FOR SURVEYORS, ATTORNEYS & MARINE ADJUSTERS: The Internet edition effort of The Cargo Letter now celebrates it's 8th Year of Service -- making us quite senior in this segment of the industry. We once estimated container underway losses at about 1,500 per year. Lloyd's put that figure at about 10,000 earlier this year. Quite obviously, the reporting mechanism for these massive losses is not supported by the lines. News of these events is not posted to the maritime community. Our new project is to call upon you -- those handling the claims -- to let us know of each container loss at sea-- in confidentiality. Many of you survey on behalf of cargo interests with no need for confidentiality. Others work for the lines & need to be protected. As a respected Int'l publication, The Cargo Letter enjoys full press privileges & cannot be forced to disclose our sources of information. No successful attempt has ever been made. If a personal notation for your report is desired -- each contributor will be given a "hot link" to your company Website in each & every report. Please take moment & report your "overside" containers to us. If you do not wish attribution, your entry will be "anonymous." This will will benefit our industry -- for obvious reasons! McD
* NOTE: The Cargo Letter wants you to know that by keeping the identity of our contributors 100% Confidential, you are able to view our continuing series of "Cargo Disasters." Our friends send us materials which benefit the industry. The materials are provided to our news publication with complete and enforceable confidentiality for the sender. In turn, we provide these materials to you.
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