On December 9, 2013 at 6:45 p.m, American Eagle flight 3162 safely departed Cincinnati en route to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport but then smoke developed in the cabin. It may have originated in the main gear.
Pilots declared emergency and returned to CVG airport and made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.
The plane was successfully evacuated. Fifty-three people were aboard.
No injuries.
American Airlines flight 295 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Lubbock, Texas, on December 23.
According to the airline, the plane, heading from Miami, Florida, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted due to a “mechanical issue.”
The plane landed uneventfully. All 186 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement aircraft for the passengers.
New Consumer protection ruling from the US Court of Appeals now requires the ticket total must be displayed in the largest type size and be the most prominent price in an ad or Web page, that airlines allow consumers who purchase tickets more than a week in advance to cancel reservations without penalty within 24 hours after purchase, and airlines are banned from increasing the price of tickets or baggage fees after tickets have been bought.
The 2011 rules say that the price shown in an ad must be “the entire price to be paid by the customer.”
The case had been brought by Allegiant Travel Co (ALGT.O), Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.N) and Spirit Airlines Inc (SAVE.O), and was supported by the industry’s trade association.
Consumers have been unable to comparison shop ticket prices since 2008, when airlines began charging fees for services that previously had been included.
The industry’s trade association does want consumers to know that taxes and government fees make up about 20 percent of a ticket’s total price.
What: Egyptair Airbus A320-200 en route from Cairo to Kuwait
Where: Egypt
When: Dec 3, 2012
Who: 90 aboard
Why: We have avoided this report for as long as possible, but finally decided to get it out of the way, since our mailboxes and emails are FULL of reports of:
“Snake on a plane forces emergency landing”
“Cobra Forces EgyptAir Flight to Make Emergency Landing”
“Flight Crew Finds reptile”
“Real Life Snake on a plane”
“Egyptian Cobra Bites Akram Abdul Latfi, Egypt Air Passenger”
“Cobra upgraded to First Class on Flight**”
Here’s the story: Akram Abdul Latif who was aboard this Egyptair flight was bitten by a snake. Actual snake on a plane, not the terrible movie. The Jordan Times says the snake was a cobra and that Latif owns a reptile shop where he was taking it. The snake had gotten out and the pet shop owner was bitten in the hand while trying to return the snake to the carry-on (as so many are theoretically and realistically bitten while trying to get anything back in the bag.)
The flight was diverted to Al Bahr Al Ahmar where first aid was administered to the man, and apparently none to the snake, who died. Actually, the snake did not die; it apparently was with Latif when he was refusing medical treatment. Some of the reports infer Latif was allowed to bring the snake to his shop in Kuwait. Without a crystal ball, I can’t say whether or not reports will be full of “Kuwait Reptile Store Owner Jailed for Smuggling” but according to “Newsfix” the cobra was corralled and confiscated by the cops. No one indicates if the snake was returned to Latif, or if a snake license, fine or a “snake coralling fee” was levied.
One can not help but picture the plane landing, a bouncer tossing Latif, his bag and beast out on their respective keisters*, the plane closing up and zipping down the runway before Latif can get back on.
* For the sake of the paragraph, we are endowing both the snake and the bag with honorary keisters, as they are not provided their own by nature.
** Honors for the best title of an article about the snake on a plane
*** The snake photo is clipped from the youtube video
**** No snakes were harmed in the writing of this article
*****[insert your own] Etc.
United Airlines flight UA-1884 suffered a bird strike near Portland, Oregon, on February 10th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Houston, Texas, was on approach to Portland International Airport.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: Egypt Air flight MF 968 en route from Cairo to Kuala Lumpur
Where: Mumbai international airport
When: Emergency landing 3 am on Friday; transport to hospital Monday May 11
Who: Ojo Joshua Oladele
Why: The passenger exhibited violent behavior while aboard the Cairo-Kuala Lumpur flight. (He assaulted the crew and bit the air marshall.) When his behavior became uncontrollable, the plane landed in Mumbai, where the passenger was escorted to Cooper Hospital suffering the throes of withdrawal. Because the Nigerian passenger did not have an Indian Visa, he was held in the airport in the custody of “security.” According to officials, when his condition improves, he will be sent back to Nigeria.
George’s Point of View
I wonder what the status is of his visa now?
JetBlue flight 111 heading to Chicago O’Hare International Airport had to return and make an emergency landing at Logan International Airport due to bird strike.
The incident happened shortly after the plane took off. The pilots then turned back towards Logan where they made an uneventful emergency landing at about 8 a.m. on May 27.
Massport Spokesman Matthew Brelis said that a bird has been ingested into the engine of the plane. An analysis of the remains of bird will determine its species.
All the passengers were evacuated, and JetBlue offered them other flight options to Chicago.
