Air Horizont flight EVJ-910 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Portuguese Island of Porto Santo, on August 28th.
The Boeing 737-400 plane heading from Porto, Portugal, to Boa Vista, Cape Verde, was diverted due to indication of an engine issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
What: Ryanair plane en route from the UK
Where: Shannon Airport
When: shortly before 4pm in the afternoon feb 15
Who: 177 passengers and crew
Why: the pilot notified Shannon Airport control tower that it had a tire problem, performed a flyby to verify the condition of the landing gear, and then landed without further problems.
Etihad Airways flight EY-474 made an emergency landing at Phuket International Airport, Thailand, on December 9th.
The plane heading from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to Jakarta, Indonesia, was diverted after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely. The patient, identified as 63-year-old Indonesian citizen Syafrial Syarifun Waham, was rushed to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Eastern Airways flight T3-9625 made an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on July 24th.
The plane heading from Newcastle, England, to Geneva, Switzerland, was diverted due to indication of an engine malfunction.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
A replacement plane was arranged for the passengers.
Two teenage pilots successfully landed a Cessna 172 aircraft in emergency, at a road just south of Tulsa International Airport, Oklahoma, after it lost power on August 19.
The incident happened when the 18-year-old certified Pilot, Eric Nichols and his pilot-in-training friend Tanner Price were flying from Riverside Airport and performing a touch and go at Tulsa International Airport.
According to Nichols, the plane had just passed the runway when its speed indicator dropped to zero. ‘We had about 1,900 RPMs and I knew that wasn’t going to be enough to get us anywhere, so we didn’t have enough runway, I told tower, ‘I’m putting it down,’ and I set it down on the road here,’ said Nichols.
The teenagers carefully landed the plane between two utility poles and avoided hitting a car running on the road. Tulsa Fire Airport Chief, Michael Atchison was impressed with the boys’ performance in such life-threatening situation. “Real proud of those guys…They did a good job ’cause, you know, the tense moments right there, for them to lay it down, find a place to land it when they lost all the power. They did a great job,” Atchison said.
Nichols has only 61 hours of training while Tanner has just 13. Christensen Aviation, the owner of the plane, confirmed that neither the plane was damaged nor anyone was injured.
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What: Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter en route from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to Singapore
Where: Singapore
When: Dec 2nd 2011
Why: The freighter flight was landing on runway two, but drove off the runway.
The excursion caused the runway closure for more than an hour, although the plane did not require towing. There were no injuries.
Air Canada flight AC-885 had to return and make an emergency landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, on June 22nd.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Montreal, Canada, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
