United Airlines flight UA-2118 had to return and make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on October 7th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a problem with the flight controls.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: Cessna 182
Where: Monocacy National Battlefield
When: March 30, 2010
Who: Pilot, Bethany Chase, 40, of Germantown, Md and passenger Gregory Windham 57, of Olney
Why: The pilot was making traffic surveys. She intended to land at Montgomery Airport, but there was a problem there with wind shear, and she redirected to Frederick Municipal airport, but her plane lost power. The plane flipped, and landed on Urbana Pike. No one was injured seriously. The passenger refused treatment, and the pilot was hospitalized with minor injuries.
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Kiev (Ukraine)
Where: returned to New York
When: May 3rd 2009
Who: 212 on board
Why: The crew listed “operational reasons” but listed no details. They turned back over Moncton,NB and returned flying at lower altitude.
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 En route from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Rome Fiumicino
Where: Bangor,ME
When: May 4th 2009
Why: En route, the plane lost all air data computers and had lost most of the flight instruments, and requested to return to the airport of origin. Instead, they diverted to Bangor Maine. A replacement plane completed the flight. Fortunately, all that was suffered was a delay of nine hours.
George’s Point of View
This caught my eye mostly because two Boeings flying out of NY’s JFK were both listed as having “technical difficulties.” I wanted to doublecheck and see if they were the same plane.
Not the same plane.
The first incident with the undisclosed technical difficulty involved plane registration registration N182DN.
The second incident, the one with the data computer problem, involved plane registration N196DN.I find myself curious to discover what is coincidence and what is not. It may not be the same plane; but it is the same airline, the same model plane. Is it the same flight crew? Same procedures? What about the equipment? Is there something here to discover?
A small plane made an emergency landing in Bellingham Bay, Washington, on October 5th.
The single-engine plane was attempting to land at the Bellingham International Airport when its engine failed.
The plane landed in approximately 3 to 4 feet of water.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained unharmed.
Transavia flight HV-6757 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, on July 16th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Groningen, Netherlands, to Palma, Majorca, Spain, was diverted due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: US Airways Boeing 757-200 en route from Orlando to Philadelphia
Where: Lynchburg
When: Apr 16th 2011
Who: flight attendant
Why: The plane took off as normal with no problem, but encountered turbulence near Lynchburg Virginia, during which a flight attendant was seriously injured.
The pilot descended to a lower altitude, and landed safely in Philadelphia less than an hour later.
A Hyderabad-bound Air India flight made an emergency landing immediately after take-off at Delhi airport on April 12.
The decision to land was made after some technical problems in the plane were discovered. The 131 passengers of the flight 560 faced some tense moments till landing safely. They later resumed their journey on another aircraft.
Also on board was a senior BJP leader, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, who has been aboard nine flights which made emergency landing in the past.
