A small cargo plane made an emergency landing at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 6th.
The plane was flying from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, when the pilot reported a landing gear problem.
The plane landed safely. The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained unharmed.
The plane belongs to Freight Runners Express, based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
FedEx Express flight FX-540 suffered a bird strike near Oakland International Airport, California, on December 10th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 767-300 plane flying from Memphis, Tennessee, was on approach to Oakland Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
What: Delta en route from Minneapolis to St Louis
Where: Eastern Iowa Airport
When: July 11, 2012, 6 pm
Who: 150 aboard
Why: The Delta flight was en route from Minneapolis to St Louis when it lost an engine. Pilots diverted to Cedar Rapids Iowa and made a safe landing.
Johnson and Linn County fire crews were reported as first responders. No injuries were reported.
American Airlines flight 362, en-route from Dallas to San Diego, had to divert and make an emergency landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona, at about 12:05 p.m. on August 24.
According to Rebecca Bloomfield from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, officials at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field received a call from the Transportation Security Administration’s Coordination Center that the FBI was looking into a tweet indicating about possible explosives aboard flight 362. The twitter threat was posted by @LizardSquad at around 10:45 a.m. on August 24. It read: @AmericanAir: We have been receiving reports that @j_smedley’s plane #362 from DFW to SAN has explosives on-board, please look into this.
She further said that the FBI officials then diverted the flight to Phoenix where it made a safe emergency landing. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Passengers had to wait while the federal investigators searched the plane for any explosives. The flight resumed to San Diego after 4 hours. The FBI is investigating the incident.
Lufthansa flight LH-1305 had to return and make an emergency landing at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 10.
According to the airline, the plane, heading from Istanbul to Frankfurt, was turned back after the crew members noticed an unusual sound in the cargo hold. However, some media sources reported that emergency was declared due to a bomb warning.
The plane landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remained unharmed.
According to Michael Lamberti, of Lufthansa, “When the plane touched down, it was discovered that one part of the cargo compartment was not secured well.”
The flight resumed after some time.
United Airlines Flight UA914 had to make an emergency landing at London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom, on July 1.
The Boeing 767-300 was en-route from Paris to Washington when it was diverted due to a “maintenance issue.”
Airport authorities confirmed that the plane landed safely. None of the 209 passengers and 10 crew members reported any injuries.
The plane was taken for inspection.
What: Cessna 337 en route from Fort McMurray to Buffalo Narrows, Sask.
Where: Fort McMurray
When: June 28, 2012 3:45 pm
Who: 2 aboard
Why: When the Cessna they were in developed engine trouble, the pilots made an emergency landing in a marsh south of Fort McMurray. No injuries were reported.
Canada’s TSB is investigating.
