A US Airways flight returned to Bluegrass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky, immediately after taking off at around 12:40 p.m. on June 14 and made a safe emergency landing.
The small plane was scheduled to go to Philadelphia with 33 people on-board.
Airport officials said that the decision for emergency landing was made after the thrust reverser of the plane, which is used to slow the plane down during a landing, got overheated.
Steves had a hard landing on all 3 wheels w/o lights and taxied to the terminal without further incident.
A Cirrus SR22 single-engine airplane crashed into the side of Colorado Custom Cabinets building, near Animas Air Park, on June 2.
The pilot Robert Bucksbaum survived unhurt, except a small bump on the back of his head.
“The plane ploughed through a chain-link fence and ran into the side of the building near the southwest end of the runway” said Bob Hansen, owner of Colorado Custom Cabinets.
An American Airlines flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 14th.
The plane, heading to Peoria International Airport, Illinois, had to be diverted after the crew reported a hydraulic issue.
The plane landed safely. There were 46 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
A Third Marine Aircraft Wing AV-8B Harrier jet, operating out of MCAS Yuma airbase crashed around 4:20 p.m. on June 4.
The plane crashed in a residential area at Cross Road and Fonzie Avenue in Imperial, California, near the U.S.-Mexico border, about 115 miles from San Diego.
The pilot managed to get out of the plane before it crashed and suffered only minor injuries. He was taken to a local hospital.
No other injuries were reported.
According to California Highway Patrol El Centro, one house caught fire, and two others were damaged by the crash. A total of eight houses were evacuated to collect evidence and assess the damage.
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar confirmed via Twitter that the Harrier jet crash impacted civilian structures.
An investigation to determine the cause of the crash has been initiated by concerned authorities.
Pictured: A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus
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What: Guwahati- Kolkata Kingfisher Airbus A320-200 en route from Guwahati to Kolkata
Where: NSC Bose International Airport (Kolkata Airport is also known as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport)
When: Jul 7th 2009
Who: 117 passengers (alternately reported as 170)
Why: 125 km from landing at Kolkata, smoke was reported in the cabin coming from a galley. The plane landed safely and passengers debarked normally.
A newspaper report claims there was a false alarm from a cockpit indicator reporting a fire in the cargo belly. No plane registration number was given for either report, though, so it conceivably could have been sloppy reportage of two separate KingFisher Airbuses at the same airport.
Scoot Airlines flight TZ-1 made an emergency landing in Singapore, on November 26th.
The plane flying from Sydney, Australia, was descending toward Singapore when sparks were seen emitting from the right engine. The crew subsequently shut down the engine and declared an emergency.
The plane made a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained safe.
