A light-weight plane crashed near Bagdad airstrip in Arizona, on January 16.
Authorities said the home-built plane went down after a strong wind gust bent its wing during a test flight.
The pilot, identified as Donald Low, 79, of Bagdad suffered minor leg injuries and was shifted to Flagstaff Medical Center.
The NTSB is investigating.
What: Skywest Embraer en route from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
Where: Los Angeles
When: Dec 6th 2012
Who: 1 injury
Why: While landing in Los Angeles, the flight encountered turbulence.
The pilot made a safe landing, but one flight attendant was injured by turbulence.
Delta Airlines flight DL-118 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on January 2nd.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Boston, Massachusetts, to Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, was diverted due to a generator failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. All one hundred and ninety-seven people aboard remained safe.
American Airlines flight AA-428 had to return and make an emergency landing in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 5th.
The plane took off for Denver, Colorado, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 138 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
A single-engine Cessna 170 collided with an experimental plane in the skies over a lakebed near Wabuska in Lyon County of Northern Nevada, at around 8 a.m. on October 12.
According to Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, the accident happened during an informal fly-in event which was held over the weekend at the dry lake bed.
The pilots of both the aircrafts were pronounced dead at the scene. Their identities have not yet been released.
No injuries were reported and it is believed that the planes did not have any passengers.
The FAA is investigating.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS-7 made an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on July 30th.
The Boeing 787-900 plane was flying from Heathrow Airport, England, when the crew needed to shut down one of the engines due to an engine oil leak.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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What: UTAir Aviation Aérospatiale AS 350 B3 Ecureuil en route from Lensk to Talakan
Where: Lensk, Russia
When: July 4, 2012 18:11
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: Four people were aboard the UTAir helicopter when it crashed near Lensk Russia, killing the pilot and copilot and two passengers just moments after the pilots lost contact with ATC.
Initial reports said there were only three aboard. The helicopter normally performed a regular shuttle flight.
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