What: Dragonair Airbus A330-300 en route from Beijing to Hong Kong
Where: Hong Kong
When: May 13th 2011
Who: 135 passengers and 14 crew
Why: A quarter of an hour before landing in Hong Kong, the plane encountered turbulence. The seatbelt signs had just been turned on, and attendants were verifying that passengers were wearing seat belts when the turbulence occurred.
Five crew members and two passengers were injured.
LATAM Airlines flight JJ-3264 had to reject take off from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 22nd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was accelerating to take off for Belo Horizonte, Brazil, when the crew rejected take off reporting an engine fire indication.
The plane was towed to the apron. All 131 passengers and 6 crew members remained uninjured.
TAP Air Portugal flight TP-1739 suffered a bird strike in Porto Santo, Portugal, on April 6th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Lisbon, Portugal, was on approach to Porto Santo Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
On January 10, a Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Jacksonville to Atlanta encountered turbulence on approach to Atlanta.
A flight attendant was injured.
No other injuries were reported.
The incident is under investigation.
Hong Kong Airlines flight HX337 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, China, on March 10.
The Airbus A330-200, carrying 295 passengers and crew members, was en-route from Beijing to Hong Kong when the airline officials got information about possible explosive device onboard.
The pilot then diverted the plane to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport where it made an uneventful emergency landing.
Authorities said the aircraft was thoroughly searched upon landing, however, no explosive device was found.
Air Arabia flight G9-413 suffered a bird strike in Coimbatore, India, on October 29th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, was on approach to Coimbatore International Airport when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred and six people aboard remained unharmed.
Vietnam Airlines flight VN1266 had to make an emergency landing at Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the afternoon of December 16.
The pilot of the flight, en-route from Ho Chi Minh City to Vinh, sought permission for emergency landing after the cabin began de-pressurizing and oxygen masks deployed. However, instead of sending the ’general emergency’ code 7700, the pilot mistakenly sent code 7500 which means ‘unlawful interference’.
Emergency services were ready at the scene to handle hijacking situation when the Airbus A321-200 landed safely. None of the 140 people aboard was harmed.
The situation later got cleared and the airline released a statement confirming that the emergency landing was due to a technical issue and there was no hijacking incident.
The incident is under investigation.
