Southwest Airlines flight WN-577 had to return and make an emergency landing in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 18th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Phoenix, Arizona, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All seventy people aboard remained unharmed.
Pictured: An EgyptAir Boeing 737-566
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Contact photographer Stelios Ioannou
What: Egypt Air Boeing 777-200 en route from Cairo to Bangkok
Where: Mumbai
When: Dec 24/25th 2009
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the plane developed an engine problem and shut down one of its engines. The flight diverted to Mumbai where it landed safely.
O que: Continental Airlines Boeing 777-200 rota de Bruxelas, Bélgica para Newark,NJ ?Onde:rota?Quando:18 de Junho 2009
Quem:247 passageiros e 3 tripulantes
Por que: Quatro horas de vôo em cima do Atlântico e o capitão morreu. Os outros dois co-pilotos controlaram o vôo e aterrissaram com segurança em Newark.
Opinião: O salário de um co-piloto é em média de $11/hora.
Um co-piloto deve ter um salário “profissional”, pois se algo acontece com o piloto, o co-piloto se torna o piloto principal. Nesse caso, a Continental teve sorte de ter dois co-pilotos no avião que aparentemente tinham boa experiência. Algumas vezes, os co-pilotos não têm muita experiência, o que pode causar uma tragédia.
British Airways flight BA282 made an emergency landing in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 10th.
The plane, heading from Los Angeles, California, to London, United Kingdom, was diverted after a passenger fell sick.
The plane landed safely.
According to the airline, “The customer was taken to hospital locally and the flight continued to Heathrow after a two-hour delay.”
A small plane crashed in the town of Mukwa in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, on November 6th.
The plane went down on Faskell Road, near the runway of a private airport Poppy’s Flying Acres.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was injured in the accident and was taken to a hospital in New London.
Sgt. Kevin Studzinski of the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office said the neighbors had pulled the pilot out of the aircraft. “The plane is considered a total loss, but that’s not what’s important… Due to their heroic actions the pilot is still alive today,” he said.
American Airlines flight AA-64 had to return and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on October 5th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back after the crew noticed an electrical problem.
The plane landed back uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
