United Airlines flight UA-164 had to return for an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, on March 8th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Houston, Texas, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. There were 133 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Jet Airways flight 9W-2423 had to make an emergency landing at Khajuraho Airport in Madhya Pradesh, India, on April 13.
The airport authorities said the plane, operating on the Delhi-Varanasi-Khajuraho route, had to declare emergency due to a technical snag.
According to the airline, “The aircraft, a Boeing B737-800, experienced a technical problem with the landing gear. Safetychutes were deployed and all the 59 passengers and eight crew on-board the aircraft disembarked safely and were transferred to the terminal.”
The incident is being investigated.
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What: Transaero Boeing 737-500 en route from Moscow to Krasnodar
Where: Moscow
When: May 19th 2010
Who: 87 passengers
Why: While en route, the crew received an indication of low hydraulic pressure. The flight returned to Moscow and made a safe landing. Passengers were booked onto other flights.
A two-seater American Super Decathlon aircraft crashed in a cornfield in Leflore County about 4 miles west of Greenwood, Mississippi, at around 7 p.m. on August 16.
Two Leflore County men, 71 year-old Grady Perkins of Greenwood, and 44 year-old Matt Weldon of Sidon, survived with injuries. They were airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
According to Perkins’ wife, he was a licensed pilot and was giving flying lessons to Weldon. They were practicing emergency landings when the single-engine plane lost power and went down.
Weldon, who suffered severe but non life-threatening injuries, managed to call 911. Ambulances and Leflore County sheriff’s deputies located the airplane in time to save them.
The plane is registered to Steve Jennings according to FAA records.
The FAA is investigating the crash.
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.
A Cessna 152 plane made an emergency landing at Sunken Meadow Park in Suffolk County, New York, on March 11th.
The plane was on a training flight when its engine failed, forcing the pilot to land on the beach.
There were two people aboard, including the instructor Robert Keleti, 61, and a student Bar Eliran, 43; none of them were injured.
What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Miami to Washington
Where: Charleston SC
When: August 9, 2011
Who: 152 passengers, six injuries
Why: After encountering turbulence over Florida, the pilots diverted to Charleston. Two flight attendants and one passenger were injured by turbulence, plus several others were hospitalized.
Diversion delayed the flight as mechanics examined the problems aboard the plane.
