What: Jet Blue en route from Syracuse to NYC, Kennedy Airport Where: Long Island When: July 15, 2012 Who: pilot Why: The flight was on approach to Kennedy when a laser struck the first officer in the eye. The jet made a safe landing, but the pilot suffered an eye injury. The green laser pointed directly into the cockpit and flashed twice when the jet was at 5,000 feet. First Officer Robert Pemberton was taken to Jamaica Hospital.
The FBI and the FAA are investigating. The source appears to be from West Islip, Babylon or Lindenhurst.
What: Alfa Airlines Antonov 24/26 en route from Khartoum to Talodi Where: near Talodi When: August 19. 2012 Who: 32 aboard, 32 fatalities, 6 crew, 26 occupants Why: Sudanese officials en route to a Muslim festival were aboard a flight that crashed into a hill near Talodi. According to some reports, the 35 year old plane crashed into a mountainside during a dust storm while on a second go-round on approach to the airport; other reports make no reference to mountains or dust and just say the crash occurred during seasonal rains.
Talodi is a town in South Kordofan.
Guidance and Endowments (religious affairs) Minister Ghazi al-Sadeq was killed in the crash, along with Mahjoub Abdel Raheem Toutou, state minister for youth and sports, and Eissa Daifallah, state minister for tourism, antiquities and wildlife were aboard the plane.
Initial reports indicated there were 31 aboard but that number was increased to 32.
The news video below says the accident occurred during the second go-round during a rain storm.
Alfa Airlines is on the list of airlines banned within the EU. The captain who was from Russia had been flying with Alfa Airlines for five years, according to “Inquirer News” and was flying with a Sudanese co-pilot.
What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Long Beach Where: New York When: Mar 28th 2010 Who: 144 on board Why: Leaving the runway, the plane’s tail impacted either hail or a bird or had a tail strike (reports conflict); the flight returned to JFK and made a safe landing so that the damage could be checked out. Passengers debarked, and boarded an alternative plane some time later.
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A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Bisha, Saudi Arabia, on February 2nd.