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American Airline Diverts again. Really?
What: American Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Dallas to Orange County Where: LAX When: October 6, 2012 Who: 162 people aboard Why: American Airlines had another emergency Saturday, with a Dallas-Orange County flight making an diverting to LAX’s longer runways. The emergency diversion was needed due to a wing flap problem. Flaps help... »
US Airways Flight Diverts to Boston
What: U S Airways en route from Rhode Island Where: Boston When: Dec 27, 2010 Who: 80 passengers Why: While en route, the plane developed problems with the wing flaps. The flight diverted to Boston where they made a safe landing at Logan International. »
UA Lands in Casper
What: United Airlines/Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Denver to Casper Where: Casper/Natrona County Airport When: 10:30 am Who: 43 passengers Why: On approach, the plane developed a mechanical problem with its wing flap. The plane landed safely, and was sent to maintenance for work on the wing flaps. »
Southwest Emergency Landing at LAX
Pictured: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer Chris Heaton What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Phoenix to Burbank Where: LAX When: Sep 8th 2009 Why: When a problem with the wing flaps was detected, the flight diverted from Burbank to LAX to take... »
Emergency Landing of Fully Fueled plane Bursts Tires
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer Jerome Mervele What: Air Canada Boeing 777 Toronto to Beijing Where: Pearson International Airport When: July 24 Who: 288 passengers (or 305 also reported) Why: After takeoff, warning lights alerted pilots that the flight was experiencing a wing-flap problem. The crew landed the plane... »
2 Quad-City International Airport Emergencies
What: Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5322 CRJ 200 Where: Quad-City International Airport When: December 22, 2008 3 pm Who: 46 passengers, 3 crew members Why: There was a problem with a wing flap A second plane, Flight 5381, returned to Quad-City International Airport about an hour after it left with a similar wing flap... »
Spanair Cause Inconclusive
So far there have been no groundbreaking discoveries regarding the cause of the Aug. 20 Spanair crash beyond what was known originally: a problem with the plane’s wing flaps and the failure of a cockpit alarm, evidence of which is backed up by the plane’s black boxes. The plane’s history indicates that this was... »
Emergency Landing: U.S. Airways flight 2360
What: U.S. Airways flight 2360 Where: Blue Grass Airport When: 9:20 a.m. May 6, 2008 Who: The number of passengers was not disclosed. Why: flaps of the plane weren’t working properly. »
Emergency landing: Jet Blue
What: Jet Blue Where: FORT MYERS, Fla When: May 3, 2008 Who: 83 Passengers Why: non-working wing flaps. The airport has a long runway and the plane landed safely and without complications. »
