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What: Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 en route from Phoenix,AZ to Salt Lake City,UT
Where: Phoenix
When: Nov 2, 2009
Who: 127 passengers, 5 crew
Why: A couple of minutes after takeoff, the plane struck a flock of birds, and had to return to the airport.
The strikes damaged the windshield, the airplane’s skin, and the damage affected the pressurization in the cabin.
What: Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Sacramento to Kahului
Where: Sacramento
When: April 9, 2011, 10:20am
Who: 169 passengers
Why: After takeoff from Sacramento, a bird was ingested into the plane’s engine, causing engine trouble. The flight returned to Sacramento where it made a safe landing. A replacement flight was scheduled for the afternoon.
Recent bird include the Skywest/Delta Canadair CRJ 700 (Portland-Salt Lake City) strike on April 6 2011, the GOL Linhas Aereas Boeing 737-800 (Salvador-Aracaju) strike on April 3, and the Air France Boeing 777 strike in Paris (Paris-HongKong) on Mar 24.
Austrian Airlines flight OS-836 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Bucharest, Romania, on May 8th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Vienna, Austria, was diverted due to a technical problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A 1967 Beechcraft Bonzana plane had to make an emergency landing on Interstate-65, between the cities of Seymour and Crothersville, in Indiana, on February 27th.
The plane was heading from Seymour, Indiana, to Louisville, Kentucky, when it developed a mechanical problem. The pilot Aaron Wright, 44, of Carmel, attempted to return to the airport but realized he could not make it and landed on the interstate instead.
The plane was carrying three people, including Wright, his wife, and 13-year-old son; all of them remained uninjured.
Indiana State Police, the FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
A Turkish Airlines chartered plane, which took off from Sabiha Gokcen Airport on the Asian side of Istanbul for Milan in Italy, made an emergency landing at the Ataturk Airport, Istanbul at noon on August 5.
According to the airport officials, the aircraft with 96 passengers aboard developed some technical fault immediately after taking off.
The officials further added that the passengers will be provided with another THY flight to resume their journey to Milan.
JetBlue flight B6-275 had to divert and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, on October 21st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Hartford, Connecticut, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, was diverted after the crew reported smell of smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 142 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
What: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s patrol Air-24-American Euro Copter
Where: Lakewood California
When: Oct 21, 2012 8:50 p.m.
Why: The flight crew heard a loud noise from the helicopter and made an emergency street landing at Del Amo Boulevard and Paramount.
After making a safe landing and determining that a bird had struck the fuselage above the pilot canopy, they returned to the helicopter and flew back for repairs.
Lakewood Sheriff Deputies handled traffic until the helicopter left the scene.
