What: Cessna
Where: Thames Airport on New Zealand’s North Island
When: Monday October 27, 2008
Who: Pilot
Why: Pilot overshot the runway. The pilot was not hurt but the plane landed in a sewage pond and had to swim (through the sewage pond) to safety.
Air France flight AF-66 made an emergency landing in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on September 30th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane heading from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted after one of the engines suffered a serious damage.
The plane landed safely. All four hundred and ninety-seven passengers and twenty-three crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in Rio Grande river just south of Las Cruces in New Mexico, on June 25th.
The Cessna 172 was carrying two people when it hit power lines and went down just west of N.M. 28.
Both occupants were injured in the accident and were taken to hospital.
The crash is being investigated.
Norwegian Air flight DY-7148 had to divert and make a safe emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on May 30th.
The Shuttle Boeing 787-800, en-route from Boston, Massachusetts, to London, England, was diverted after it was refused to enter UK airspace due to unreliable transponder signals.
The plane landed uneventfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The plane resumed its flight 11 hours later.
Flybondi flight FO-2710 made an emergency landing in Cordoba, Argentina, on January 22nd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was on a test flight when the crew reported an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
What: Aviones Taxi AIFE Cessna 501 Citation ISP en route from Minatitlan to Veracruz
Where: Sierra de Santa Martha Mexico
When: Oct 6 2010
Who: 8 aboard
Why: Flying in cloudy weather, the Citation 511-Alpha Extra TKY disappeared from radar into the Santa Martha mountains. Six senior executives of Coppel (Arturo Peraza, Alejandro Quintero Uzun, David Gerardo Soria, Luis Salvador Sánchez, Norma Leticia Torres and Brenda Camacho. ) and 2 pilots ( Javier Montoya, Bernardo Estrada) were on board, visiting a flood damaged property.
The plane disappeared near the Sierra de Santa Martha, in Soteapan. Three helicopters tracking the flight have not located the wreckage, which may be located in jungle of Los Tuxtlas
A Ryanair flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at Limoges – Bellegarde Airport, Limoges, France, on April 28th.
The Boeing 737, en-route from Liverpool, England, to Alicante, Spain, was mid-air when two drunk men onboard began fighting, prompting the captain to divert the plane.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 180 passengers onboard remained unharmed.
The two men were taken to a nearby police station.
