A military transport plane crashed and caught fire at Montijo military base, Portugal, on July 11th.
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules plane, carrying seven crew members, was attempting to take off when it crashed.
Three crew members were killed in the crash. Authorities said that at least one other crew member was seriously injured.
ASL Airlines Belgium flight 3V-76B had to make an emergency landing in Liege, Belgium, on January 12th.
The plane flying from Bologna, Italy, was on approach to Liege when the crew aborted approach reporting an unsafe gear indication.
The crew subsequently worked the checklists and landed uneventfully.
All passengers and crew members remained safe.
On April 13, 2013, a Bandung to Denpasar Lion Air Boeing 737-800 en undershot the Denpasar Airport runway and ditched in the ocean—literally falling from a height of 55 yards. All of the 101 passengers and 7 crew got out alive, but at least twenty people were injured.
On impact, the plane broke in two. The brand new plane was delivered to Lion Air on March 28, 2013.
Passengers were evacuated into rubber boats. The injured were taken to three hospitals. No serious injuries were reported.
The pilot had 10,000 hours in the air.
Something happened. The investigation will do its best to pinpoint what exactly could knock out a plane with weeks of service. But with no serious injuries in a plane that is cracked in half, I have only two things to say: two best safety devices are 1) a well built plane and 2)a well-trained crew.
We’re posting this only hours after it happened. So expect updates when more information is available. Initial reports can be prone to misinformation.
TAP Air Portugal flight TP-1739 suffered a bird strike in Porto Santo, Portugal, on April 6th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Lisbon, Portugal, was on approach to Porto Santo Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Hong Kong Airlines flight HX-707 had to reject take off from Hong Kong, China, on October 30th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane was accelerating to take off for Denpasar, Indonesia, when the left engine emitted a loud bang, forcing the crew to reject take off.
The plane safely returned to the apron. Everyone aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
A Sita Air ferry flight make a safe emergency landing at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 16.
The Dornier DO-228 flying from Tenzing–Hillary Airport, Lukla, Nepal, was mid-air when its left side engine stopped working. The crew had to shut the engine down.
The plane landed safely.
All 3 crew members and 4 technicians aboard remained unhurt.
A small plane made an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 12 in Sauk County, Wisconsin, on December 28th.
The pilot, Stephan Arnold, 69, of Madison, was forced to land on the highway after the plane lost power.
The pilot and his only passenger remained unharmed.
The plane was flying from Sauk-Prairie Airport in Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin, at the time.
