WestJet flight WS-1578 had to divert for an emergency landing in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on May 19th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane heading from Calgary, Canada, to Chicago, Illinois, was diverted due to a strong electrical odor in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
What: Piper PA-22-150 single engine aircraft
Where: Greenfield County, Indiana
When: May 26, 2012, 7:00 a.m.
Who: 3 aboard
Why: Near the Pennsy biking trail and County Road 400 east, a single engine aircraft, a Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer has crashed.
The accident occurred south of Pope Airfield where the pilot had just attempted takeoff but failed to achieve adequate lift to fly over the treeline.
They did miss power lines.
Pilot Melvin Grant, of Greenfield, and passengers Mark Grant and Andrew Pfaff were taken to Indianapolis’s Methodist Hospital.
The FAA is investigating.
On March 23, 2013, an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Newark-Dallas flight diverted to Dulles when the first officer got sick.
There were 141 passengers aboard American Airlines 1589, who disembarked in Dulles and boarded another flight at 2:00 pm.
The first officer was hospitalized.
What: single engine Beechcraft Musketeer on student flight
Where: East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood Open Space Preserve
When: 08/23/2011, 9:30 am
Who: instructor and student pilot
Why: While practicing touch and go maneuvers at Palo Alto Airport, the plane’s engine failed.
When the engine failed, the plane went down in the Ravenswood Open Space Preserve. A plane crashed there in Feb of 2010, which shook the neighborhood, but many locals were unaware of when this incident happened. This was an emergency landing, although the plane went off course after glancing against a tree.
Both Instructor Jassen Todorov and student pilot David Shoemaker survived.
Mistral Air flight AZ-1822 had to return and make an emergency landing at Trapani, Italy, on April 9.
The Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, en-route to Pantelleria, Italy, had to return due to an engine problem. The crew had to shut-down the engine mid-air.
The plane landed safely.
All 33 people aboard remained safe.
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Contact Photographer Mark Kryst
What: Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Orlando to Montreal
Where: Montreal
When: Jun 21st 2009
Who: 85 people on board
Why: After a normal lift-off and flight, on approach to Montreal, birds struck the plane’s right wing lodging the flaps in an extended position. Despite the slat problem, the plane landed safely within 20 minutes of the strike.
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Contact photographer John E. Jauchler
What: United Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from San Diego to Denver,CO
Where: Denver
When: Oct 21st 2009
Why: While en route, one of the three on board hydraulics systems failed. After landing, the Airbus had to be towed. The plane landed safely with no injuries and had to be towed, as anticipated.
