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What: Freight Runners Express Beech 1900C en route from Milwaukee,WI to Dayton,OH
Where: Milwaukee
When: Sep 16th 2010
Who: pilot
Why: The approach to Dayton was aborted when the pilot received an unsafe gear message. The pilot returned to Milwaukee, and entered a holding pattern while pilot and ACC attempted to solve technical issues.
On landing in Milwaukee, the nose gear collapsed. The plane was damaged, but the pilot was unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-9958 had to return and make an emergency landing in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 28th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Boston, Massachusetts, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a pressurisation issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
A Russian plane had to make an emergency landing at Chelyabinsk Airport in Russia, on June 19.
The plane took off from Irkutsk, Siberia and was heading to Moscow when it had to land in Chelyabinsk due to a psychotic woman, who was singing songs and throwing water on the passengers.
The plane landed safely.
The woman, who is believed to have Russian and Israeli citizenship, was taken to a local psychiatric hospital.
What: Chartered King Air en route from Ruidoso N.M to Vernal
Where: Ruidoso N.M
When: Sept 6
Who: Bob Williams, Mikki Ramussen, Cindy Thomson, AudieWilliams, Kaye Williams, Linda Conde, Juan Carlos Sanchez.
Why: After the pilot determined there was a problem with the landing gear, he was directed to return to Ruidoso to make an emergency landing.
Instead of 3 landing gear, only one was down. Eventually all 3 of them were down when the plane landed; however on landing the gear collapsed, forcing the plane to a belly landing.
No one was injured but the plane was totaled. The Charter company provided a replacement flight the next day.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-471 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 29th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane heading from Dallas, Texas, to Kansas City, Missouri, was diverted due to an issue with the fuel system.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-two people aboard remained unharmed.
Aer Lingus flight EI 485 was forced to make an emergency landing at Cork Airport, Cork, Ireland, on the afternoon of October 18.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route to Dublin, Ireland, from Lisbon, Portugal, had to be diverted in emergency after a 24-year-old passenger “ran amok” and later died mid-air.
The plane landed uneventfully.
Among 168 passengers and 6 crew members aboard, 1 person sustained minor injuries while trying to help the man.
An Air India flight made an emergency landing at Sanganer Airport in Jaipur, India, on January 28th.
The plane heading from Rajkot to Delhi was diverted after a passenger suffered a cardiac arrest.
The plane landed uneventfully. The patient was rushed to a hospital.
