defroster failure
Southwest Flight Diverts to Louisville
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300, en route from Orlando to Chicago Where: Louisville Kentucky When: Mar 28 2011 3:00 pm Who: 101 passengers 5 crew Why: While en route, the cockpit began to fill with smoke. A pilot saw a problem with the windshield defroster wiring, and turned off the defroster. The pilots diverted... »
Jet Blue Cautionary Landing in Fort Lauderdale
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Frank Robitaille What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Fort Lauderdale to Boston,MA Where: Fort Lauderdale on Apr 22nd 2010 When: Apr 22nd 2010 Who: 94 passengers and 4 crew Why: After takeoff, fumes were detected on board. The flight returned to Fort Lauderdale... »
Birdstrike in Amsterdam Recalls Plane 2x
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer HGabor What: Transavia Boeing 737-700 en route from Amsterdam to Ibiza Spain Where: Amsterdam When: Jul 20th 2009 Who: 148 passengers Why: During takeoff, the flight struck a bird; it took about twenty minutes to land back at the airport where the plane was... »
Boeing emergency landing in Buenos Aires
What: Flight AA956, American Airlines Boeing 767 en route from Ezeiza International of Buenos Aires to New York Where: Buenos Aires When: May 20 took off at 8:39 p.m and landed at 1:17 Who: 200 passengers Why: The flight returned to Buenos Aires for an emergency landing due to a technical failure of the... »























