A small Cessna 172 plane made an emergency landing in a field on Woodlake Road near U.S. 460, Franklin County, Kentucky, on November 27.
The plane was heading from Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Frankfort, Kentucky when it apparently experienced engine issues and was forced to land in the field.
Authorities said the plane landed uneventfully. The pilot Dean Stoops and his only passenger Cindy Stoops remained safe.
The incident is under investigation.
Alaska Airlines flight AS-1097 made an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 16th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty passengers aboard remained unharmed.
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What: Itali Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Milan to Naples
Where: Milan on Feb 10th 2010
When: Feb 10 2010
Who: 6 crew
Why: After takeoff, the plane’s engine left a trail of sparks and was vibrating. A quarter of an hour later, the plane returned to the runway for a safe landing in spite of hydraulic damage. The speculation is that ice ingestion caused damage to the engine and hydraulics, but of course that is an open question until after the investigation.
Commutair flight C5-4968/ UA-4968 had to return and make an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Cheektowaga, New York, on June 14th.
The de Havilland Dash 8-200, en-route to Washington DC, on behalf of United Airlines, had to return when the crew noticed an engine failure just after it took off. The engine had to be shut down.
The plane landed safely.
All 40 people aboard remained unhurt.
Myanmar National Airlines flight UB-414 was hit by several pigeons at Heho Airport in Myanmar, on May 25th.
The plane was accelerating to take off for Yangon, Myanmar, when its left engine ingested several pigeons.
The pilots continued to take off and landed back safely. All 75 people aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
TezJet Air flight TEZ-107 had to return and make an emergency landing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on March 1st.
The plane took off for Batken, Kyrgyzstan, but had to turn back due to an uncontained engine failure.
The plane landed back safely. All ninety-six people aboard remained unharmed.
A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, on May 8th.
The plane took off for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
