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What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Dallas to Memphis
Where: Little Rock Arkansas
When: Mar 5, 2012
Who: 129 passengers, 5 crew
Why: While en route, one of the plane’s engines developed an oil pressure issue. Pilots diverted to Little Rock and made a safe landing there. Another plane took passengers from Little Rock to Memphis.
A small plane crashed in a yard at the 4500 block of the South Shades Crest road, in Helena, Alabama, at around 2 p.m. on August 1.
All 4 people aboard the plane survived with minor injuries. They have been identified as the pilot, Dan Smith, and the passengers Andy Smith, Sharon Smith and a 17-year-old female whose name has not been disclosed. All of them hail from Tennessee. They were taken to local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Jefferson and Shelby County sheriff’s deputies and Helena police and firefighters arrived on the scene immediately after the crash. Helena police Detective Sgt. Chris Rollan said the pilot and passengers were saved by the neighbors who pulled them from the plane before it caught fire.
Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the plane was a Piper PA-32 aircraft that left Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Panama City, Florida, for Dickson Municipal Airport in Tennessee. The single-engine plane was built in 1978 and registered to Cougar Aviation LLC in Dickson, Tennessee.
The FAA and NTSB were called to determine the cause of crash.
Air Atlanta Icelandic flight CC-716 made an emergency landing at Frankfurt–Hahn Airport, Germany, on March 18th.
The Boeing 747-400 freighter plane took off for Greenville, South Carolina, but had to turn back due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Air France flight AF-443 had to return and make an emergency landing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 14th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, but had to turn back after the crew reported issues with the weather radar.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Air France flight AF-1123 had to return and make an emergency landing on Munich Airport, Germany, on July 14th.
The Airbus A319-100 flying to Charles de Gaulle airport, France, had to return due to some problem with its positioning system.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
What: Piper PA-28 Cherokee#N55620 en route from Delaware, Ohio to Creve Coeur airport.
Where: Creve Coeur Lake, Maryland Heights
When: Oct 24, 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: While attempting a landing on the shore, the piper that crashed into Creve Coeur Lake had two occupants, pilot Russell Hazelton, 78 who died at DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton and passenger Suzanne Hazelton, 69 who was on life support. The plane flipped on to its back during the attempted landing.
Lake Saint Louis Fire Protection District dive team, police and rescue services were on hand for the recovery.
Pictured: A Walmart Lear Jet
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What: Wal-Mart Lear 45 executive jet en route to Anchorage
Where: Boeing Field in Seattle
When: August 26, 2009
Who: six passengers on board
Why: When the pilot was unable to retract the landing gear, he returned to Boeing field; On landing, the front landing gear (still locked up) caught fire. The tire fire was put out with foam. There were no injuries reported.
