KLM Cityhopper flight KL-1155 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 18th.
The plane took off for Gothenburg, Sweden, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported light smoke on board.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
A small homemade plane clipped some trees and crashed in a street on the Anchorage Hillside, Alaska, on September 10th.
There was only the pilot and his dog aboard.
Both of them lost their lives in the crash.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
What: 1964 Cessna 150D airplane en route from Gene Snyder Airport in Pendleton County, Ky.
Where: Gene Snyder Airport in Pendleton County, Ky.in a wooded area near the end of the runway.
When: 1:20 Sunday afternoon
Who: Pilot Mark Martin and his sixteen year old son
Why: The engine stalled on takeoff. The crash is under investigation. This is the second time this week that a small plane taking off from this particular airport stalled and crashed.
What: British Airways Flight BA 341 Boeing 757, en route from France
Where: priority landing at Heathrow airport
When: British Summer Time (BST) 063 Sunday
Who: 137 passengers
Why: Fumes were detected in the passenger cabin, instigating an emergency landing. There were no injuries.
What: UNITED Airlines Airbus A320 en route FROM Washington DC to Cancun
Where: Tampa International Airport
When: May 21, 2012, 11:25 AM
Who: 127 passengers
Why: The DC-Cancun flight was over the Atlantic when it diverted to Tampa. Pilots informed ATC when smoke appeared in the cabin. They made a save landing.
Emergency services were on standby on arrival in Tampa. Passengers were evacuated on landing. No injuries were reported.
Mechanics took on examining the plane. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
On April 16, 2013, a Pearl Coral-owned de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth with two aboard crashed in Modimola Dam in Mmabatho in South Africa.
The training flight crashed into the water witnessed by a cattle herder near the dam.
When boats arrived to search, it was dark, and too late to search.
Initially, the occupants were assumed to be the pilot and an assistant; and it is assumed this was a trainer from Mafikeng Airport. The cause of the crash is unknown.
Police divers found the instructor in the water. The student pilot’s body was trapped inside the plane which was submerged in water with only its tail visible.
The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating.
Update
The fatalities were named by police as instructor Marthinus Steyn, 54, and student pilot Narco van Straaten, 23.
