American Airlines flight AA-952 made a safe landing after bird strike in Newark, New Jersey, on September 24th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, was on final approach when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
What: Delta Boeing 737 London to Detroit
Where: London
When: Nov 1
Who: 213 passengers plus pilot George LaPerle
Why: Scotland Yard took Delta pilot George LaPerle from his plane.
He was so drunk…(how drunk was he? Five times the pilots legal limit, that’s how drunk.) He was so drunk, he thought his Detroit flight was bound for New York. With him at the controls, he wouldn’t have gotten out of Heathrow much less across the Atlantic.
LaPerle is suspended by Delta and will be going to court in the UK on Nov 16. Let’s hope for his sake he shows up sober, and already on his ten step plan.
Filing this one under “pilot error.”
Rusline flight 7R-424 had to return and make an emergency landing at Lipetsk Airport, Russia, on July 28th.
The Canadair CRJ-200 en-route to Sochi, Russia, had to return due to engine failure. The crew had to shut its engine down mid-air.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
United Airlines flight UA-125 made an emergency landing in Athens, Greece, on September 30th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to return shortly afterwards after the passengers noticed fluid leaking from the left hand wing.
The plane landed safely. All 209 passengers and 11 crew members remained unhurt.
Avianca Airlines flight AV-8562 had to return and make an emergency landing in Bogota, Colombia, on November 1st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Bucaramanga, Colombia, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All 135 passengers and 7 crew members remained unharmed.
A private, single-engine plane made an emergency landing at Jack Brooks Regional Airport in Beaumont, Texas, on January 3.
The incident happened when a Southeast Texas family was returning home from vacation in Colorado. Airport authorities said the pilot sought permission for emergency landing after the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy.
The plane landed on its belly. Everyone aboard, including 2 adults and a child, remained unharmed.
Qantas Airways flight QF-7 had to return and make an emergency landing in Sydney, Australia, on August 4th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane took off for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the flaps.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
