Southwest Airlines flight WN-3356 had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on January 8th.
The plane took off for San Francisco, California, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
EasyJet flight U2-1986 had to return and make an emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 13th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Manchester, England, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: United/GoJet Airlines en route from St. Louis regional jet en route to Denver
Where: Kansas City International Airport Overhaul Base
When: Dec 2 at 7:45 a.m
Who: Seventy-five people on board.
Why: Windshield on the co-pilot’s side cracked in a crazed pattern during the flight; the flight landed successfully with no injuries.
Envoy Air flight MQ-3594 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, on December 25th.
The plane took off for Abilene, Texas, but had to turn back due to a possible technical issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: A JetBlue Airways Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW 190AR
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Contact photographer John E. Jauchler
What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from New York to Nashville
Where: New York
When: Jan 6th 201
Who: not available
Why: After takeoff, the plane developed vibration. The pilot turned around; some runways were unavailable due to wind conditions; another flight circled so this flight could make a safe landing. The fight was cancelled. Maintenance discovered the engine cowling was missing.
A medical Eurocopter AS350 helicopter from Pioneer Hospital carrying a patient to Baptist Hospital in Jackson made a hard landing in the back yard of Don Forbush–an open field on Ratliff Ferry Road, Madison County around 9:30 pm on Sept 19. The helicopter sustained damage.
Rescue and law enforcement responded to the scene. The pilot was injured, and transported by UMC’s helicopter to the hospital. The patient he was flying was taken by another MedStat helicopter to University of Mississippi Medical Center.
The MedStat pilot who made the hard landing was commended for saving the lives of everyone aboard.
The incident is under investigation by the NTSB and the FAA.
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The small plane of a Pakistani-origin Indiana teenager went down shortly after leaving Pago Pago in American Samoa for Honolulu, over the Pacific Ocean on July 22.
Haris Suleman, 17 and his father Babar Suleman, were aboard the plane when it crashed. The Sulemans left Indiana on June 19 in a bid to make a world trip in 30 days to set the record for the fastest circumnavigation around the world in a single-engine airplane with the youngest pilot in command. The trip was also to raise money for the Citizens Foundation, a nonprofit that builds schools in Pakistan. They were scheduled to stops in England, Egypt and Pakistan and return home on July 30.
Annie Hayat, a family spokesperson, said the body of Haris Suleman had been recovered, but crews were still looking for his father. Haris’ sister Hiba Suleman said that the plane took off at about 9:50 p.m. and the air traffic controller saw the plane going down at 10:15. “With a trip like this, there’s always a risk, and they did prepare for that risk,” she said.
Babar Suleman was an experienced pilot while Haris recently received his license in June this year.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor in Los Angeles said the single-engine Hawker Beechcraft plane crashed into the ocean under unknown circumstances. The tail number provided by the FAA shows the plane is registered to the address of Babar Suleman in Plainfield, Indiana, west of Indianapolis.
The NTSB is investigating the cause of crash.
