On Friday January 4, 2012, Delta flight 65 en route from Atlanta to Las Vegas experienced engine problems and had to divert to sky Harbor.
The Boeing 757-200 made a safe landing minus one engine with emergency services on standby. An inspection determined there had been a fuel leak. Passengers were provided an alternative flight and were scheduled to land in Las Vegas before 8:30 pm.’
Joseph Lepore of Bay Shore, New York, and Jan Paladino were flying the Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet that collided with a Boeing 737 operated by Gol Lineas Aereas Intelligentes SA. Lepore and Paladino guided the plane they were flying to safely while the larger jet crashed into the jungle, killing all aboard. The pilots were convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 52 months in prison because according to prosecutors, the aircraft’s anti-collision system was turned off for almost one hour. The pilots deny wrongdoing, and say the system was never off.
Lepore and Paladino are to be retried Monday.
Audio from the flight in YOUTUBE below
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TAROM flight RO-316 was intercepted by Hungarian military aircraft on April 28th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane heading from Munich, Germany, to Sibiu, Romania, was intercepted after it lost contact with the ATC in the Hungarian airspace.
The communication was subsequently restored and the military aircraft returned to the base.
The passenger plan continued for a safe landing in Sibiu.
The incident is under investigation.
A helicopter crashed in the back yard of a house in the Woodlands, Texas, at around 1 p.m. on January 16.
Authorities said the sole occupant of orange Safari Aero Sport Helicopter was killed in the crash. He was identified as Michael Gene Mims, 51, of Conroe. He was a businessman and deacon at the St. Anthony Padua Catholic Church.
No one on the ground was injured.
The NTSB and the FAA are trying to determine the cause of crash.
American Airlines flight AA-169 made an emergency landing in San Jose, California, on June 17th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane, heading from San Francisco, California, to Los Angeles, California, had to be diverted after it developed cabin pressure issue.
The plane landed safely. All 159 passengers and 6 crew members remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-1048 made an emergency landing in Newark, New Jersey, on December 8th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Cancun, Mexico, but had to turn back due to smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. There were one hundred and eighty-five people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight 6077, which took off from Port Columbus International Airport, Ohio at 5:35 p.m., had to make an emergency landing at JFK Airport’s Runway 22L at 6:55p.m. on June 3.
It was learned after landing that the shreds of the tire came off during the take-off. The pilot, not being sure of what happened, decided to make an emergency landing.
The Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft, being operated by Chautauqua Airlines, had 47 people on board.
The plane was inspected by the Port Authority Police Aircraft Fire Rescue Unit, who discovered the damage.
