Delta Canadair Regional Jet 700 flight 6194, normally a two hour direct flight from Charleston to LaGuardia made an emergency landing at 9:15 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport after a warning indicator went off in the cockpit.
What kind of warning caused the emergency diversion has not yet been released.
Passengers exited the plane and transferred to another. The flight arrived in New York at 11:55 a.m.
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What: Piper Saratoga en route from Pennsylvania to the Akron Canton Airport Where: 2.5 miles from the Akron Canton airport in between two houses on Charolais Street NW in Uniontown. When: 6:00 Friday evening, Who: pilot Michael Connell died in the crash. Why: The plane was on approach to runway 23 but landed 2.5 miles short of the airport. The garage of one of the houses burned. The FAA is investigating
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What: Joseph Andrew Stack’s (owner) Piper PA-28-236 Dakota en route from Georgetown Municipal Airport Where: Northwest Austin, Echelon building When: Feb 18, 2010 Who: Joseph Andrew Stack Why: The pilot apparently set his house on fire prior to crashing his plane into the Echelon Building that houses the Internal Revenue Service in Northwest Austin. Stack left a suicide note.
IRS employees in their offices described the crash “as if a bomb went off” “black and gray smoke billowing” and “windows blown out.”
American Airlines flight AA-1889 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on May 19th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Hartford, Connecticut, was diverted after a strong electrical odor was noticed on-board.
The plane landed safely.
Authorities said nine people were provided medical attention at the airport, and three of them were later taken to a hospital.
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On Feb 2, 2013, a privately owned Beechcraft 58 Baron with six aboard crashed in the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela.
The flight had taken off from Puerto Ordaz Airport and was en route to DelCaribe Gen S Marino Airport but suffered a complete loss of engine power. The pilot declared an emergency due to failures in both engines.
Fishermen found the plane located 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Cumana in the Gulf of Cariaco.
Two of the passengers were reported to be minors.
There was one fatality, a sixty-two year old woman, Vetide Ramos, who died in the crash. Five survivors were brought ashore in a boat, including Ruben Herrera, Poztty Ramos, Jose Ramos, Ivan Herrera (a minor) and pilot Jhonatan Mata.