United Airlines flight UA-1919 made an emergency landing in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 24th.
The plane was heading from San Francisco, California, to Newark, New Jersey, when a panel door separated, forcing the crew to declare an emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully. No injuries were reported.
Delta flight DL-2420 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport, Kansas, on February 13th.
The Airbus A319-100, flying from Saint Louis, Missouri, to Salt Lake City, Utah, had to divert due to hydraulic leak.
The plane landed safely.
All 124 people aboard remained safe.
What: Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Los Angeles,CA to Honolulu
Where: Hilo Hawaii
When: Jun 30th 2009
Who: 237 passengers
Why: En route to Hawaii, an engine indicator light indicated a problem with an engine oil filter. After the engine was “idled” down, the plane diverted to Hilo and made a low speed approach, landing safely at 11:30 am.
Passengers were flown to Oahu on alternate transportation.
According to Hawaiin Airlines public report, examination of the plane revealed that the indicator was faulty.
Transavia flight HV-5244 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on October 13th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Lisbon, Portugal, to Rotterdam, Netherlands, was diverted due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: United Airlines flight 952 en route from Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. to Frankfurt in Germany
Where: emergency landing at Shannon Airport. Shannon Airport is reducing from 280 staff to being manned by skeleton staff of fewer than five Aer Lingus ground personnel; but emergency services were deployed.
When: Friday October 17 2008 landing safely at landed safely at 6.13am
Who: 190 passengers and crew
Why: A technical problem in the cockpit area resulted in smoke entering the flight deck. A replacement plane was provided for the passengers.
Twitter photo by Hilary Handtmann
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Los Angeles to Denver
Where: Denver
When: Jan 30, 2012, 9:45 a.m
Who: 89 passengers and 5 crew
Why: After landing from the LA flight, the jet knocked over an airport ramp lightpole around the C concourse.
The plane was taxiing to the Southwest gate on Concourse C. No one was injured in SW Flight 792 and no flights were disrupted.
Passengers disembarked on to the tarmac and were bused to the terminal. The NTSB is investigating.
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Contact Photographer Lukas Bluth
What: Lufthansa Airbus A330-300 en route from Frankfurt to Kolkata, India
Where: Hyderabad
When: Jun 8th 2009
Who: 225 passengers
Why: When the pilot spotted a hole in the runway, strong winds prevented it from landing at the other runway, so the approach was aborted. The airbus circled, then diverted to Hyderabad where it landed safely.
After the runway was repaired, the plane returned with 174 passengers.
George’s Point of View
I’ve talked about Aircraft maintenance before, but not that much about airport maintenance. It’s obviously important that runways be kept in tip-top shape. Taking them for granted results in accidents like the the TAM disaster.
Lufthansa is to be commended for NOT having an accident–in spite of the Kolkata airport’s disrepair.
