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.
Aerotrans Cargo flight ATG-4419 had to make an emergency landing at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Germany, on February 26th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Baku, Azerbaijan, but had to turn back due to vibrations.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
It was noticed that the aft cowl of one the engines had partly separated during the flight.
El Al Israel Airlines has probably had the toughest week in its history due to a series of consecutive unfortunate incidents.
On May 15, the EL Al flight 289, en route from Tel Aviv to Venice, had to make emergency landing in Dubrovnik, Croatia, after its first officer passed out on the controls.
A few hours later on the same day, it was reported that another EL AL flight, bound from New York to Tel Aviv, was delayed by 4 hours. The delay was caused after some kids damaged the aircraft’s door.
In another incident, a cracked windshield forced the Brussels-bound EL AL flight 333 to return and make emergency landing at Tel Aviv.
The latest in the series is the May 20’s incident when unexpectedly, the oxygen masks deployed in a plane operated by El Al’s subsidiary ‘Up’, shortly before it took off. The passengers were then shifted to another plane which left the airport after a 3 hours delay.
A Cessna 150L made an emergency landing at Highway 640 west in Mascouche, Quebec, shortly after 10 a.m. on August 8.
The plane, which took off from Mascouche Airport earlier, experienced engine failure due to which it had to land on the highway at Chemin des Anglais. According to Quebec Provincial Police Sgt. Ronald McInnis, “The plane bumped a car when attempting to land on the highway, but no injuries have been reported.”
No one, including the pilot, reported any injuries.
Quebec Provincial Police suspended traffic on the highway for some time because of the emergency landing.
The Cessna 150L is registered to Carol Lavoie, Justin Lavoie, and Kevin Lavoie, from Lorraine, Quebec.
American Airlines flight AA-2386 had to make an emergency landing in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 8th.
The plane was flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when a bird hit it, prompting the pilots to declare an emergency.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
The aircraft’s radome was damaged due to bird strike.
What: en route from Congonhas airport (1030 GMT) in Sao Paulo to the northeastern city of Salvador.
Where: Cumbica air base
When: 046 GMT October 28th 2008
Who: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Why: The plane landed at Cumbica air base at 1046 GMT, because a light on the pilot’s control panel indicated that the cargo compartment wasn’t properly closed. The cargo compartment was closed, but the control panel was in error. The plane took off again at 9:31 am.
Air France flight AF-457 made an emergency landing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 10th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, but had to turn back due to issues with the speed indicators, autopilot and auto thrust.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
