American Airlines flight AA-88 had to return and make an emergency landing in Miami, Florida, on August 13th.
The plane had just departed for LaGuardia Airport, New York, when the crew suspected that one of the tires had blown during departure and decided to return.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
A small helicopter crashed into a vacant industrial building north of Salt Lake City, Utah, at around 2 p.m. on December 2.
The helicopter struck the roof of a two-story building and bursted into flames, with 2 occupants trapped inside.
Police Chief Craig Black confirmed that both people aboard the helicopter were pronounced dead at the spot. No one on the ground was injured.
The FAA is looking into the cause of crash.
Delta Airlines flight DL-5750 made an emergency landing in Eugene, Oregon, on November 8th.
The plane flying from Salt Lake City, Utah, was on final approach to Eugene when the crew went around reporting a nose gear steering problem.
The plane subsequently landed safely on second approach. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Tailwind Airlines flight XC-1845 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Sofia Airport, Bulgaria, on March 11th.
The Boeing 737-400, flying on behalf of Corendon Air, was en-route from Antalya, Turkey, to Zurich, Switzerland, had to divert due to a loss in cabin pressure.
The oxygen masks were released for the passengers, and they complained pressure and pain in ears.
The plane landed safely.
On Jan 25, 2013, a Ural Airlines Airbus A321-211 with 220 aboard was en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to Kazan Russia.
On approach to Kazan in poor visibility at 3:40 am local time, the first landing approach was aborted, and the rear fuselage of the plane struck an antenna. There is also a mention of an on board system failure.
Pilots made a safe landing on the next approach in spite of damage the rear fuselage contact area and brake line. We have heard of no reported injuries.
The investigation is underway.
The official report is below. Please pardon the translation.
Information on the incident at the international airport “Kazan”
As reported in “Ural Airlines”, January 25, 2013 in “Ural Airlines” incident occurred. Performing flight U6-3045, Sharm el-Sheikh on the Kazan aircraft A321, during the approach to landing in bad weather in the automatic mode (the height of the clouds 30 meters visibility – 800 meters) at the exit from the clouds of the crew determined neposadochnoe position of the aircraft. The pilots decided to execute a missed approach. When a missed approach was touching the fuselage antenna localizer radio beacon. Re-entry is made without comment, the crew and passengers were not injured.
To investigate the causes of the incident, a commission. For the flight U6-3046 Kazan-Sharm El-Sheikh directed backup aircraft.
According to the press service of the airport “Kazan”, in connection with an event, delayed departure flight U6-3046 airline “Ural Airlines” Kazan-Sharm El-Sheikh. Passengers (203) have been registered and are in the sterile area of ??departure. They provided food and refreshments. Reserve board arrived in Yekaterinburg at 09:24 Moscow time. After preparing the aircraft for flight, aircraft will fly to destination, estimated it will happen at 10:15 MSK 25.01.2013.
Airport “Kazan” is working normally.
TuiFly flight X3-2149 had to reject take-off at Fuerteventura Airport, Spain, on September 18th.
The Boeing 737-800 en-route to Hanover, Germany, had to abort taking off because its both left tyres had separated from the wheels.
The plane returned safely to the apron.
All 170 people aboard remained safe.
