American Airlines flight AA-1139 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida, on February 28th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Cancun, Mexico, to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, was diverted due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 154 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
NextJet flight 2N-251 made an emergency landing in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 5th.
The plane flying from Karlstad, Sweden, was on approach to Stockholm when the crew reported a gear issue and declared an emergency.
The plane went around and subsequently landed safely on second approach.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-846 had to divert for an emergency landing in San Jose, Costa Rica, on November 25th.
The plane heading from Santiago, Chile, to Houston, Texas, was diverted due to electrical problems.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Norwegian Air flight DY-7080 made an emergency landing at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, on December 5th.
The plane heading from Oakland, California, to Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, was diverted due to an unruly passenger.
The plane landed safely.
The flight continued after the police escorted the disruptive passenger off the plane. He was taken to a local hospital.
Aeroflot flight SU-1963 suffered a runway excursion after landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia, on January 21st.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane was coming from Astana, Kazakhstan.
All seventy-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Smoketown Banners Piper PA 18 en route from NJ
Where: Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island
When: January 15, 2010
Who: pilot
Why: While engaged in flying a 4,000-square-foot sailcloth banner marking the one year anniversary of the Hudson River emergency landing, the cylinder on the plane’s engine blew, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing. The pilot is shaken but uninjured; and the plane will be towed to New Holland, Pa.
The plane’s banner said “If you died today, would you go to heaven or hell? John 14:6”
Although the banner’s intent is being summarized as “marking the anniversary” of US Airways Flight 1549’s safe Hudson River landing, a lot of planes flew on Jan. 15, many of them also over the Hudson River location. One might expect that the banner of a flight whose only purpose was to “remember” the anniversary would actually mention Flight 1549 or Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
One might even wonder at the irony—or synchronicity—of a pedantic bible verse crash landing on a landfill. What would have happened if the banner had said “Thank you Sully” or “1549” or “Remember the miracle” or even “Remember” ?
Was today’s landing an accident, a publicity stunt, or a message?
On the ground, on January 15th 2010, there was a reunion of the survivors of flight 1549.
Do I think the words on that banner were condescending? superfluous? gawky? lumbering? bunglesome?
Well, let me express it this way:
Even without any well-meant instruction from the client who hired the banner flight, in every breath the survivors of Flight 1549 have taken since January 15th 2009 3:31 pm., they have tasted a sweeter blessing than the rest of us can ever guess.
And how does ANY ONE mock that blessing with some pompous, portentous, pretentious homily?
Trigana Air Service flight IL-7321 made a hard landing at Wamena Airport, Papua, Indonesia, on September 13th.
The Boeing 737-300 freighter en-route from Jayapura, Indonesia, touched down at the runway very hard in a nose high position.
The right main gear of the plane collapsed and it slid on its nose gear.
All 3 crew members and 15.3 tons of cargo remained safe.
