American Airlines flight AA-797 made an emergency landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 17th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Los Angeles, California, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Hello three stooges airport, Detroit.
Delta Expressjet Flight 5365 was backing up before taking off for Tulsa (picture cartoon airplane backing up, and running in place. You know how cartoon figures always do that before they go fast…)
The wingtip of the Expressjet plane got stuck in the window of a vehicle around 4 pm on Sept 9 2013.
The vehicle is owned, operated and parked on the tarmac of Detroit Metro Airport by Skychef, which caters food for airlines.
I wonder if Skychef caters food for Expressjet? I wonder if SkyChef should paint their vehicles bright orange and haul on their roof a Times-Square sized Bulletin board that says “Don’t Hit Me, I’m Just the Caterer.”
Apparently the car was stationary and the plane was backing up when the hang-up occurred.
Maybe the Skychef vehicle was where it was supposed to be, since they’ve got to get food to the planes. We’re pretty sure that the plane was where it was supposed to be. In fact, we’re not sure if we should be sending a bucket of pavement striping paint to the airport, or a pair of those rear view glasses advertised on the back of a comic book to the pilot. Heads up folks. That could be a very expensive fender bender.
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Contact photographer Raymond Wang
What: Air China Boeing 747-400 en route from New York to Beijing China
Where: Ticonderoga
When: Dec 18th 2009
Who: unknown
Why: Thirty minutes into the flight, the cabin developed pressurization problems and requested to fly at a lower altitude. Over Canada, the crew requested to fly even lower. 7 hours into the flight, the plane made an emergency landing in Anchorage.
Andrew Alessi was in an accident Interstate 10 and wanted police to kill him; then he bought a ticket, cleared security and when the flight was open for staff to get on board to clean the plane, stormed into the American Eagle jet just ahead of pursuit where he locked himself in the impregnable cockpit. No passengers were aboard.
The ground crew disconnected the batteries so he couldn’t start the airplane. After three hours, FBI negotiators talked him out. Alessi was put into lockdown after being taken into custody by Baton Rouge Police and faces charges.
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Air Arabia flight G9-445 had to return and make an emergency landing in Thiruvananthapuram, India, on August 9th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, but had to return shortly afterwards due to technical issues.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and sixty-two passengers and seven crew members remained unharmed.
Fatigue cracking not as a result of stress but because of a manufacturing issue causes widespread concern. The wing problem may cost Airbus a hundred million euros. Airbus will have to compensate airlines for the (estimated) five days time planes will be out of service for remediation.
Pictured: A Delta Connection (ASA – Atlantic Southeast Airlines) Canadair CL-600-2C10 Regional Jet CRJ-701ER
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Contact photographer Daniel J. Evans
What: Delta/Atlantic Southeast Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 en route from Flint, MI to Atlanta, GA
Where: NE of Louisville KY
When: Dec 7th 2009
Who: 61 passengers and 4 crew
Why: While en route from Flint, the crew found and reported a cracked windshield. The crew made an emergency landing in Louisville. Passengers debarked safely, and alternative transportation was provided.
