What: American Airlines MD-80 en route from Dallas to Calgary
Where: Oklahoma City
When: June 2, 2011
Who: 56 passengers 5 crew
Why: While en route, emergency indicators came on in the cockpit. The pilot diverted to Oklahoma City and landed at Will Rogers World Airport.
(Latitude 35.396 Longitude -97.597 )
The flight made a safe landing and passengers disembarked without problems. Maintenance is examining the plane
What: American Airlines Boeing B767 en route from Dallas to Miami.
Where: Dallas TX
When: August 30, 2012
Who: no injuries
Why: According to the FAA report, during Push-back for departure, the plane hit a parked MD80.
Oops.
No injuries were reported. THe plane involved happened to be the Miami Dolphins charter plane scheduled to return the Dophins to Miami. The team was provided a replacement jet and they returned to Miami at 7:30 a.m. the next morning.
United Airlines flight 1759 had to divert for an emergency landing at Tulsa International Airport, Oklahoma, on February 1st.
The plane heading from Denver, Colorado, to Tampa, Florida, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: American Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Dallas to Sao Paolo, Brazil
Where: Dallas
When: July 31, 2011
Who: 264 passengers, 14 crew
Why: Indicators convinced the pilots of Flight 963 that an engine caught on fire. The pilots returned to Dallas and landed the 777 safely. The brakes locked up and a tire blew out, but that kind of thing is not unusual for an overweight landing.
Onlookers saw the flight dumping fuel, described as fuel streaming from its jets. If they were alarmed, just think how the passengers felt.
Nippon Cargo Airlines flight KZ-5207 made an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on March 29th.
The Boeing 747-800 plane flying from Tokyo, Japan, was on final approach to Hong Kong when the crew received an engine fire indication.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Montreal
Where: Montreal
When: Nov 30th 2010
Who: 105 passengers and 6 crew
Why: After landing safely, the plane missed the turn to the proper taxiway and ended off the pavement, described as the front tires sliding “off the runway at low speed” Passengers disembarked via stairway with no injuries, and only minor injury to the plane.
Delta Airlines flight DL-2668 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on November 10th.
The Boeing 717-200 plane heading from LaGuardia Airport, New York, to Boston, Massachusetts, was diverted after the crew reported an engine failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 97 people aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
