UPS flight 5X-63 made a safe emergency landing at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, on May 16th.
The Boeing 747-400, flying from Hong Kong, China, was flying above the Pacific Ocean when the crew notice a slow oil leakage from one of its engines. The crew had to shut the engine down before landing.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Norwegian Air Shuttle flight DY-4464 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Stavanger, Norway, on March 27th.
The plane, flying from Edinburgh, United Kingdom, to Stockholm, Sweden, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All 161 people aboard remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Pegasus Airlines flight PC-383 had to return and make an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 25th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Hamburg, Germany, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Transavia flight HV-5666 had to make an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal, on May 29th.
According to the airline, the plane heading from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Gran Canaria, Spain, was diverted due to ‘medical reasons’.
It is believed that the flight was diverted after a passenger’s body odor caused several other passengers around him to vomit and faint.
The plane landed safely.
Delta Flight 1703 had to make an emergency landing at Tampa International Airport in Florida, on May 4.
According to the airline, the Boeing 737 was en-route from Tampa to Detroit when a “performance issue” in one of its two engines forced the pilot to turn around.
The plane landed uneventfully all 177 passengers aboard remained safe.
The airline provided a replacement aircraft for the passengers.
What: Mauritania Airways Boeing 737-700 en route from Nouakchott to Dakar Senegal to Conakry
Where: Conakry
When: Jul 28th 2010, 1:30 am
Who: 91 passengers and 6 crew, ten injuries.
Why: While landing in Conakry Guinea in heavy rain, the pilot landed halfway down the runway, resulting in an overran; they came to a dead stop off the tarmac in scrub land.
Passengers evacuated via emergency services. Reports vary, but between 2 and 12 had minor injuries.
Mauritania Airways is 51% owned by Tunisair; 49% by investors and the Mauritanian government.
View from a Cessna 172S Skyhawk SPIn Flight in Australia’s Northern Territory,
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Contact photographer Stuart JR
What: Cessna 182 on an inspection
Where: Northern Territory outback.
When: Wednesday night feb 25
Who: Pilot and passenger
Why: The Cessna’s pilot made an emergency landing when the plane experienced emergency problems. Rescue crews found the stranded pilot and passenger and flew them by helicopter to Elliot; the passenger was taken to Elliot Health clinic with a facial cut. The pilot was uninjured.
