Frontier Airlines flight F9-195 made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 24th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane heading from Austin, Texas, to Denver, Colorado, was diverted after smell of smoke was noticed on board.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Iberia Airbus A320-200 en route from Madrid to Vigo
Where: Vigo
When: Oct 14 2010
Who: 88 passengers
Why On landing, the plane underwent extreme vibrations from the nose gear, and stopped on the runway. A broken nose gear was interfering with a nose wheel. Passengers disembarked on the runway and were transported to the gate.
The plane was taken out of commission for repairs.
See the live enactment of a textbook definition of “tailstrike” performed by this Airbus A380:
Tailstrike is an aviation term that describes an event wherein the rear end of the aircraft “strikes” the runway.
George’s Point of View
Dear Airbus,
You’ve had all sorts of design problems with other designs.I believe you have a design problem on this one, too.
Signed,
GH
A 1963 Piper PA-24 Comanche plane had to make an emergency landing on Interstate 595 in Davie, Florida, on September 24.
The pilot, identified as Scott Richmond, 58, said he had to make an emergency landing after the plane ran out of fuel. He was en-route from South Carolina to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida at the time.
The plane clipped the top of a 2003 Honda Accord before landing on westbound lanes of I-595.
No one was injured in the incident.
The plane and the car sustained minor damage.
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.
Aeroflot flight SU-22 had to return and make an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, on March 25th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Saint Petersburg, Russia, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Piper PA-28-161 Warrior III registration EC-IYU en route from JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA
Where: two miles northwest of the JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA runway 20
When: 8. FEB-2009
Who: pilot
Why: A pilot’s training flight was interrupted at 1:30 when he had to make an emergency landing two miles from the airport. He was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
