Delta Airlines flight DL-5894 suffered a bird strike near Nashville, Tennessee, on March 3rd.
The incident happened shortly after the Embraer ERJ-170 plane departed for LaGuardia Airport, New York.
The plane continued to New York for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
What: American Airlines Boeing B767 en route from Dallas to Miami.
Where: Dallas TX
When: August 30, 2012
Who: no injuries
Why: According to the FAA report, during Push-back for departure, the plane hit a parked MD80.
Oops.
No injuries were reported. THe plane involved happened to be the Miami Dolphins charter plane scheduled to return the Dophins to Miami. The team was provided a replacement jet and they returned to Miami at 7:30 a.m. the next morning.
What: Delta Air Lines/ SkyWest en route from Cincinnati to Milwaukee
Where: Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee Wisconsin
When: June 6, 2011
Who: 41 passengers, 3 crew
Why: On approach to the airport, the landing gear developed problems.
The plane made a safe landing at 10 pm Monday night on one set of landing gear. Passengers were bussed to the terminal. Once passenger was hospitalized.
According to news crews covering the incident, the plane looked tilted on the runway. The airport was closed for two hours after the landing.
GoAir flight G8-338 made an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on June 21st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Mumbai, India, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All one hundred and fifty-five passengers aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Four people flying from Ames to a Las Vegas New Mexico airport in a CESSNA
210L were injured when the plane crashed on landing on July 2nd 2014.
The critically injured pilot, James Fretham, was hospitalized with broken bones and spinal injuries. He is from Chanhassen, Minnesota, where the plane is registered. The injured passengers, his wife Elizabeth and two daughters Grace and Caitrin, have been released from a Santa Fe hospital
Reports say that Fretham had surgery on July 4.
The plane was about to land in cloudy weather, but Fretham had to pull up to avoid hitting a truck obstructing the runway. The plane crashed when a wing glanced the ground.
Delta Airlines flight DL-5763 suffered severe turbulence on the way to Seattle, Washington, on February 13th.
The plane was flying from Santa Ana, California, when it hit turbulence which injured several people.
The crew subsequently decided to divert to Reno, Nevada, where the plane landed safely.
Eight people were injured, including seven passengers and a crew member.
What: Los Angeles Police Department helicopter
Where: Van Nuys Airport
When: April 24 2011, 6:00 am
Who: officers aboard
Why: In the San Fernando Valley near Saticoy Street and Densmore, gunfire struck the helicopter, which began smoking and leaking fuel. No one aboard the helicopter was hit.
The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing; at least one report said the chopper landed with a dead engine. The helicopter made an emergency landing at Van Nuys Airport, making an “auto-rotation” to land on the apron at a charter jet service, Clay Lacy Aviation. The helicopter was put aboard a flat-bed truck to be transported to Hooper Air Station for investigation.
The shooter was tracked down and arrested at his home and in possession of a semi-automatic rifle. The arrest was made at 7:10 a.m near Cohasset Street and Gloria Avenue. No one was injured. The shooter was reportedly distraught over the death of a friend.
* An autorotation is landing without a engine power. The airspeed of the descent turns the rotors fast enough to provide lift for a safe landing.
