FedEx Express Flight 406 made an emergency landing at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, Kansas, on February 26th.
The Boeing 757, en-route from Portland, Oregon, to Memphis, Tennessee, when the crew reported a pressurization problem and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. There were two people aboard at the time; both of them remained unhurt.
Air Arabia flight G9824 had to return for an emergency landing at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, United Arab Emirates, on February 26th.
The plane took off for Peshawar, Pakistan, but had to return shortly afterwards after a Pakistani passenger suffered a cardiac arrest.
The plane landed safely. Authorities said the passenger died on his way to the hospital.
Air France flight AF-524 had to return and make an emergency landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, on November 25th.
The plane took off for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Grumman American AA-1 aircraft crashed in woods around half mile west of Tipton Airport near Fort Meade, Maryland, on February 8.
The incident happened shortly after the plane took off from Tipton Airport, with 2 people aboard.
Authorities said both occupants of the plane were extricated from the wreckage and shifted to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. They were identified as Thomas Cline, 82, of Silver Spring and Jeff Barnett, 57, of Glen Burnie.
The FAA and the NTSB is investigating.
What: single-engine homebuilt plane( S FLUT-R-BUG SA6) en route from Santa Ynez Valley Airport
Where: Sycamore Valley Ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley in the 6500 block of Figueroa Mountain Road.
When: Between 2 and 2:30 pm.
Why: The pilot had to land because of engine trouble. After landing, he worked on his plane, and took off again to fly the 10 miles to the airport, but the engine quit again and the plane crashed into some oak trees. The pilot sustained a scratch on his head but the plane is considered “substantial”
Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG 0085 had to make an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 28.
The Airbus 310 was coming from Singapore when the pilot reported a fire warning from one of its engines and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely and none of the 210 passengers aboard was harmed.
Authorities said it was a false alarm and no evidence of fire was found.
