Allegiant Air flight 738 made an emergency landing in Savannah, Georgia, on April 27th.
Passengers reported that the plane flying from Orlando, Florida, to Elmira/Corning Regional Airport, New York, was diverted due to electrical issues.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 en route from Boston to Kansas City
Where: JFK
When: Aug 13th 2012
Who: 73 passengers, 4 crew
Why: On takeoff, both right main landing gears blew. Pilots diverted to JFK and made an emergency landing.
After landing, the plane was stopped on the runway. A replacement jet was provided.
Flybe flight BE-331 crash-landed at Belfast International Airport, Northern Ireland, on November 10th.
The plane was heading from George Best Belfast City Airport, Northern Ireland, to Inverness, Scotland, when the crew diverted to Belfast International Airport due to a gear problem.
The plane landed without nose gear.
One passenger was injured and was taken to a hospital.
IndiGo flight 6E-7124 made an emergency landing in Chennai, India, on November 4th.
The plane flying from Rajahmundry, India, was on final approach to Chennai when the crew went around due to an engine failure.
The plane subsequently landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-905 made an emergency landing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 1st.
The Boeing 777-200 plane flying from Miami, Florida, was descending toward Rio de Janeiro when the crew reported a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Southwest Airlines flight 484 made an emergency landing at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Maryland, on February 22nd.
The plane, en-route to T.F. Green Airport, Rhode Island, had to turn back due to a possible bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 135 passengers and 5 crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
A TennAir LLC Beechcraft Super King Air 200 #N92JR out of Clarksville TN developed a problem, and diverted to Wolf Road, just shy of flying into the Foxboro apartments.
At 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, the plane stopped half on the street, barred from hitting the apartment complex by a stand of trees. A couple of eleven year olds witnessed the force landing and ran into their apartments in anticipation of an explosion that didn’t happen. They did get interviewed about the accident.
The pilot had trouble with the plane and managed to get on the ground without injuring any one.
He survived, although not quite at the airport in Wheeling Illinois. THe extent of damage to the plane was not released.
