What: Air France Airlinair Aerospatiale ATR-42-500 en route from Florence (Italy) to Lyon (France)
Where: diverted to Genoa (Italy)
When: Apr 25th 2009
Who: 32 passengers
Why: While en route, the crew observed a cracked windshield. The airplane landed safely about 50 minutes after departure from Florence.
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Alaska Airlines Flight Diverts to Spokane due to Medical Emergency
An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Spokane, Washington, on September 21st.The plane heading from Chicago, Illinois, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely. The patient was rushed to a hospital.
On Board Fisticuffs over Washington DC
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Contact photographer Gerry StegmeierWhat: United Airlines Boeing 767 en route from Chantilly Virginia to Ghana
Where: en route
When: May 29 , 2011
Who: 144 passengers
Why: After passenger one reclined his seat into passenger two’s lap, passenger two objected
and slapped passenger one in the head. Apparently passenger one retaliated. This escalated into a fight, which had to be broken up by passenger 3 and a flight attendant.The fight that erupted between passengers resulted in a fighter escort from Andrews Air Force Base being sent in to shadow the flight on its return/diversion to Washington.
No one was arrested and no charges were filed, but police did meet the UA flight on its arrival. The flight was delayed for eighteen hours.
Geneva-Bound EasyJet Flight Diverts to France
EasyJet flight U2-1454 had to divert for an emergency landing at Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, France, on October 7th.The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Porto, Portugal, to Geneva, Switzerland, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-one passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
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Turbulence Sends Flight to Lake Charles with Injured Flight Crew
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Contact photographer AlevikWhat: United Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Houston to New York
Where: Lake Charles Regional Airport
When: June 12, 2012 9 pm
Who: 88 passengers 3 injured
Why: While flight attendants were about to serve drinks when the flight encountered severe turbulence that slammed them into the ceiling of the plane, then the floor.Three members of the flight crew were injured during the flight, one of them seriously.
Pilots diverted to Lake Charles Regional Airport where the injured were taken to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.
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They really have to come up with science that sees all upcoming turbulence, so the plane can avoid it before something really bad happens. Air Cairo Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Cairo
Air Cairo flight SM-451 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Cairo, Egypt, on August 1.The Airbus A320-200 plane en-route from Alexandria, Egypt, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was diverted after the crew noticed a leak in one of the main cabin doors.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 111 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Continental Airlines Emergency Landing in San Antonio
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Contact photographer Orlando G. Rivera Rivera – SJU Aviation PhotographyWhat: Continental Airlines Boeing 737-900 en from Houston,TX to Puerto Vallarta
Where: San Antonio
When: Jun 25 2010 6:34 p.m
Who: 172 people on board
Why: After experiencing air pressurization problems while en route, the oxygen masks were deployed. Unable to handle the problem, the pilot diverted to San Antonio where it made a safe landing. A replacement jet was provided Saturday which left at 7:45 a.m. Passengers were provided hotel accommodations in the meantime.