A Southwest Airlines plane veered off the taxiway at Orlando International Airport, Florida, on August 11th.
The incident happened after the passengers of flight WN-311, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had exited the Boeing 737-700 plane.
Authorities said the aircraft was being taken for maintenance when it went off the taxiway and its nose gear collapsed.
No one was injured in the incident.
American Airlines flight AA-62 had to return and make an emergency landing in Miami, Florida, on April 12th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane took off for Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Sandy:
Thousands of flights cancelled due to Tropical Storm Sandy
National Weather Service
..HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS REPORTED OVER LONG ISLAND AND THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREAS…
Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
000
ABNT20 KNHC 292329
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC…CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO…
POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY IS ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE
SOUTH NEW JERSEY COAST. AT 1100 PM EDT…THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER WILL ISSUE ITS LAST ADVISORY ON SANDY. THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER…HPC…WILL BEGIN ISSUING
PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON SANDY AT 500 AM EDT TUESDAY. HPC PUBLIC
ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED UNDER THE SAME WMO AND AWIPS HEADERS AS
THE NHC PUBLIC ADVISORIES…AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA THE NHC
WEBSITE.
9:00 PM EDT Mon Oct 29
Location: 39.6°N 74.6°W
Moving: WNW at 21 mph
Min pressure: 947 mb
Max sustained: 80 mph
AVSEC World 2012 Postponed
Due to Hurricane Sandy and impending severe weather that has the potential to inflict enormous and unprecedented damage on the East Coast, and specifically the New York metropolitan region, the decision has been made to postpone AVSEC World 2012 and associated meetings and events. This decision was not made lightly but in the interest of the safety and security of our attendees.
Any reservations made at the below hotels through the conference registration system will be considered cancelled for arrival dates beginning on Sunday, 28 October unless we are otherwise notified.
The New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
The Sheraton Brooklyn New York
The NU Hotel
Any reservations made outside of the conference registration site will need to be attended to on your own accord.
Thank you for your understanding and we will continue to provide updates to you in a timely manner.
A tour helicopter made a crash landing, hit 2 vans, and caught fire in the parking area of Santa Barbara Municipal Golf Club in California, in the afternoon of May 5th.
The four-seater Robinson R-44 was returning to the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport after a tour, when it developed a mechanical problem.
All three people aboard sustained injuries.
The FAA is investigating.
What: LNP Saratoga Inc. Piper Saratoga was en route from Fort Yukon to Fairbanks
Where: Alaska
When: July 18, 2012 5 PM
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A plane owned by LNP Saratoga Inc and eased to the West Valley Flying Club of Palo Alto. disappeared from radar in Alaska on July 18.
The Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons were deployed and discovered the wreckage. Alaska State Troopers identified the 64-year-old pilot Stephen Knight and 60-year-old Gillian Knight of Queensland, Australia.
The pilots had been engaged in filing a “pop-up” Instrument Flight Rules Plan. The cloud cover was low.
Two other planes had been flying with the wrecked plane but each with a different route. The wreckage was located 63 kilometres north of Fairbanks.
Visibility hampered recovery operations on Wednesday but now the remains have been recovered and sent for autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office.
The SCAT-owned Canadian-built Bombardier Challenger CRJ-200 # UP-CJ006 crashed in Kyzyl Tu village five miles from its Almaty airport destination.
There was disagreement over the number of passengers (5 crew, 16 passengers)
Video below says several passes were made at landing. (unverified)
Raw video
Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-43 had to return and make an emergency landing in San Jose, California, on March 7th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Honolulu, Hawaii, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a mechanical issue.
The plane landed back safely. All 241 passengers and 11 crew members remained unharmed.
