What: MacAir flight en route from Townsville to Mount Isa
Where: 42-seat plane en route from Cloncurry airport, Queensland
When: Jan 23 emergency call about 5.15pm
Who: 21 passengers
Why: News reports say that the pilot shut down the engine after a false mechanical warning. Passengers were taken the rest of the way to the airport (8 kilometers) by bus.
Note: alternating reports on this same incident say the plane was (was not) hit by lightning and the plane had 40 (21) passengers.
A two-seater light plane crash landed on to a service road near Muirs Highway in Mount Barker, Western Australia, on September 5th.
The RV9 lost all its power while the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing and hit the trees before crash landing.
The pilot and his wife were rescued with minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
A Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 scheduled from Melbourne to Maroochydore had a ground accident on the tarmac.
The plane collided with a Jetstar AirbusA320. None of the 175 passengers on the Virgin flight were injured but both planes sustained damage.
The Boeing’s left winglet was damaged.
The Virgin Australia plane was reversing.
The Jetstar sustained damage to the tail. It had just returned from Sydney, and was stationary during the collision.
An investigation is ongoing. Damages of about three million are estimated to each craft.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH148 had to return and make an emergency landing at Tullamarine airport in Melbourne, Australia, on June 12.
The flight was en-route from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur when the crew reported a possible engine fire and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely and none of the 300 passengers reported any injuries.
According to the airline, the initial inspection of the aircraft showed “no physical evidence of fire externally”.
A small plane crashed in a residential street in Melbourne, Australian, on June 8th.
The 50-year-old male pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash.
No one on the ground was injured.
Authorities said the plane clipped the fence of a house and brought down power lines in the area.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the cause of crash.
Emirates Airlines flight EK-407 made a safe emergency landing at Melbourne Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on July 14th.
The Airbus A380-800 en-route from Auckland, New Zealand was on approach to Melbourne’s runway when it was descended below the minimum assigned altitude, and climbed back after receiving instruction from the ATC.
The plane landed successfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
An investigation regarding the occurrence has been initiated.
Qantas flight QF-718 encountered severe turbulence near Canberra, Australia, on March 13th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Perth was descending toward Canberra when it hit turbulence that injured two flight attendants.
The plane continued for a safe landing. The injured crew members were taken to a hospital.
