EasyJet flight U2-6950 had to return and make an emergency landing at Tenerife–South Airport, Spain, on January 1st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Edinburgh Airport, Scotland, but had to turn back due to indication of an open door.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: CAA (Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation) en route from Kinshasa to Goma, Congo
Where: Goma
When: Thursday Nov 19 2009
Who: 117 passengers including the governor of North Kivu province
Why: On landing, the plane overshot the runway and landed in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo.
20 people were injured.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-330 made an emergency landing in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 29th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane flying from Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, was on approach to Baltimore when the crew reported a landing gear issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Japan Airlines flight JL-17 made an emergency landing at Narita International Airport, Japan, on January 29.
The plane was flying from Vancouver, Canada, when the crew reported the failure of right hand engine and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 166 people aboard remained safe.
An Arkansas Air National Guard C-130 plane made an emergency landing at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, Mississippi, on June 6th.
Authorities said the plane was on a training mission when it suffered an in-flight emergency, prompting the crew to turn around and land.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
What: single-engine Cessna en route from North Carolina to Long Island NY
Where: Heckscher State Park in East Islip, Long Island NY
When: April 15, 2012, 4 pm
Who: pilot and student
Why: Pilot David J. Jensen and a student were in the single-engine Cessna when it developed engine problems. The pilots made a safe landing on a Heckscher State Park runway normally dedicated to model planes.
The plane was not allowed to take off from that runway, and was dismantled for removal.
The incident is under investigation.
Two planes that had a near miss avoided a collision by about 700 vertical feet were over Perth when one of the pilot’s collision collision alarm alerted him of the impending collision.
Flight QF581 from Sydney to Perth had gotten permission from ATC to go from 38,000ft which put them on a collision course with incoming QF 576.
Both planes swerved out of the way over Gulf St. Vincent.
Qantas Airbus A330-200, flight QF-576 was en route from Perth,WA to Sydney,NS. Qantas Airbus A330-200 was from Sydney,NS to Perth,WA. ATC gave clearance to QF581 whose pilot had averted disaster by the time clearance was rescinded.
The “loss of separation” incident is under investigation.
According to the vice-president of the Australian and International Pilots Association, TCAS typically warns about 25 seconds out.
* ACAS / TCAS (In-cockpit) TA alerts when there is a risk of collision in 40 seconds.
TCAS ALERT
