A small plane made an emergency landing in a field in Codorus Township, Pennsylvania, on March 23rd.
The pilot Craig McDonald, of Columbia, Maryland, said he decided to make an emergency landing after his single-engine Cessna 162 plane lost power. He remained unharmed in the incident.
The plane was flying from Lancaster Airport, Pennsylvania, to Carroll County Regional Airport, Maryland, at the time.
Transavia flight HV-6845 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 28th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Boa Vista, Cape Verde, but had to turn back due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
An IndiGo Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Swami Vivekananda Airport in Chhattisgarh, India, on September 27th.
The plane took off for Kolkata, India, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Ryanair flight had to make an emergency landing at Aarhus Airport in Denmark on February 10.
The flight, en-route from Riga, Latvia to Dublin, Ireland, had to be diverted after a drunken male passenger stripped off his shirt and started punching the cabin walls. The fellow passengers and crew members restrained the man while the pilot decided to make an unscheduled landing in Denmark.
The plane landed uneventfully and the man was arrested by East Jutland Police.
According to an airline spokesperson, “This flight from Riga to Dublin diverted into Aarhus after a passenger became disruptive in-flight…On arrival, police removed and detained this passenger before the aircraft departed to Dublin. We are fully assisting the police with their investigations and the individual has been banned from travelling on our airline…We will not tolerate unruly or disruptive behaviour at any time and we sincerely apologised to other customers for any inconvenience caused. The safety and comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority.”
A Gulfstream IV aircraft caught fire in the air at around 9:40 p.m on May 31 and went down in Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, about 20 miles northwest of Boston.
The plane left Hanscom Field for Atlantic City International Airport but came down shortly after taking off.
There were seven people aboard the plane at the time of accident; all of them were killed when it erupted into a fireball 60 feet in the air.
The victims included Lewis Katz, 72, a Philadelphia media mogul, and former owner of the New Jersey Devils and New Jersey Nets, and Anne Leeds – the wife of a municipal New Jersey politician. The names of other victims have not so far been released by the authorities.
The National Transportation Safety Board has started an investigation to determine the reasons of the plane crash.
Aer Lingus flight EI-131 had to return and make an emergency landing in Dublin, Ireland, on November 4th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Hartford, Connecticut, but had to turn back due to an electrical problem.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and thirty-seven passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Air Astana Airbus A319-100 en route from Almaty to Pavlodar Kasakhstan
Where: Astana Kasakhstan
When: Aug 1st 2009
Who: 72 passengers and 7 crew
Why: The Air Astana Airbus declared an emergency when they discovered an (unspecified) brake problem. The flight diverted to Astana and made a safe landing.
