Hawaiian Airlines flight 118 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Kahului Airport, Hawaii, on May 12.
According to the airline, the plane was heading from Honolulu to Kailua-Kona when it had to be diverted due to a “left engine surge.”
The faulty engine was smoking when the plane touched the runway and the firefighters had to spray foam to douse it.
All 73 passengers and 5 crew members remained uninjured in the incident.
Hawaiian Airlines flight 24 had to return and make an emergency landing at Kahului airport, Hawaii, on May 1.
Authorities said the plane took off for Oakland, California but returned half an hour later due to odor of fumes onboard.
The plane, carrying 224 passengers, landed uneventfully. The passengers were evacuated via emergency slides.
The airline confirmed that 2 people were shifted to hospital with minor injuries.
A Robinson R22 helicopter made an emergency landing at a construction site in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, at around 12:45 p.m. on March 17.
According to helicopter’s owner George Hanzawa of George’s Aviation Services Inc., the aircraft was heading from Honolulu to Kalaeloa when the pilot heard a strange sound. He then decided to make an emergency landing as a precaution.
The helicopter was carrying 2 people at the time, including the pilot; both of them remained unharmed.
The aircraft was not damaged.
Delta Air Lines flight 1559 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Hilo, Hawaii, on February 12.
The airline confirmed that the Boeing 757 aircraft, heading from Los Angeles to Honolulu, had to be diverted after it experienced a mechanical problem in one of the two engines.
The plane, carrying 234 people, landed safely and no injuries were reported.
Another aircraft was arranged which took the passengers to their destination.
A single-engine Cessna crashed in waters off Hawaii, some 11 miles west of Oahu, on the evening of January 25.
According to the Coast Guard, the plane was en-route from Kauai to Oahu when it ran out of fuel. The pilot made a mayday call at 6:18 p.m. shortly after which, the plane disappeared from the radar.
There were 3 adults and a child aboard at the time; all of them were rescued. They were later shifted to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, near Honolulu.
A small single-seater aircraft made a crash landing in the ocean just off a beach located on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, on September 24.
The pilot, Greg Harding, 59, who is a former Alaska bush pilot, reported that he had to make crash landing because the plane ran out of fuel. He said that he was on its way to Dillingham Airport, when “the engine just quit.”
According to Harding, he first thought of landing on the beach but there were about a dozen people on the shore.
The Piper PA-25-260 plane landed safely in around 5 ft of water. Harding remained uninjured.
The aircraft belongs to North Shore Aircraft Leasing Co. The company’s owner Ana “Suzy” Gromacki admired Harding’s skills and noted that he was not likely to survive of the plane had overturned.
The FAA is investigating.
A medical helicopter flying from Kona to Honolulu, Hawaii, made an emergency landing at Lanai at about 6:30 p.m. on June 13 due to engine failure.
The incident happened when the helicopter was carrying 4 people, including a female patient.
Ian Gregor, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman confirmed that the EC135 helicopter landed safely at Lanai.
Another plane was arranged to transport the patient to Honolulu.
FAA records show that the helicopter is registered to Utah-based air medical transport company Guardian Flight.
United Airlines flight 1296 en route from Los Angeles to Hawaii had to return and make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport on May 10 due to the smell of smoke in the cabin and cockpit.
The Boeing 757, with 149 passengers on board was flying over the Pacific Ocean when the odor was noticed in the plane.
The plane made an uneventful emergency landing at 11:38 am. None of the passengers or crew members were injured.
Maintenance crews are examining the plane.
Some passengers said they experienced the scariest moments of their lives when they were told to keep their oxygen masks and life vests on. One of the passengers, Rebecca Elder said that the smoke was coming from both sides of the plane. She further said “We looked around the other passengers, everybody was very calm and really nice and helped each other out.”