A corporate jet made an emergency landing at Sioux Falls Regional Airport, South Dakota, on April 30th.
It is believed that the plane, travelling from Canada to Salt Lake City, Utah, was diverted after it lost cabin pressure.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were five people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
On May 1, 2013, at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, a single engine Cessna Centurion made a belly landing.
The pilot landed, and suffered a landing gear emergency. Though the landing gear collapsed, the pilot made a belly landing on the runway without any destructive acrobatics.
The FAA is investigating.
On May 1, three other Cessna’s suffered issues:
-Cessna gear collapsed on rollout in Oakland CA
-Cessna landed gear up in Missouri
-Cessna towing banner flipped over off Louisiana runway, one minor injury
Air New Zealand flight NZ-99 had to return and make an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on April 21st.
The plane took off for Tokyo, Japan, but had to turn back due to issues with the cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and fifty-six people aboard remained unharmed.
Iberia flight IB-3417 had to reject takeoff at Paris Orly Airport, Orly, France, on May 27th.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route to Madrid, Spain, was cleared for takeoff when the crew reported one of the engines not accelerating properly.
The plane returned to the apron.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-1641 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on January 19th.
The plane took off for Florence, Italy, but had to turn back due to the failure of anti-ice systems.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
An Allegiant Air flight made an emergency landing at Hector International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota, on December 28.
The plane was en-route from Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida, to Appleton, Wisconsin, when the crew decided to divert due to a mechanical issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 107 passengers and six crew members remained safe.
The passengers were accommodated in another flight.
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Michael Carter
What: Continental/ ExpressJet Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Manchester NH to Newark NJ
Where: Logan
When: Jan 18, 2010
Who: 44 passengers and 3 crew
Why: After taking off 6 hours late after ground stops due to the weather, after five minutes in flight, smoke in the cabin forced the pilots to divert to Logan Airport. Emergency was declared due to “smoke in the lavatory.” In the meantime, passengers were covering their faces because of the smoke. A leak, mechanical problem and possible fire was reported on the Continental flight and speculation is that de-icing fluid had infiltrated the engine, causing burn-off.
The plane landed safely at Logan, with emergency crews on standby.
37 passengers boarded another plane around 3 pm to continue to their destination.
