Air New Zealand flight NZ-677 made an emergency landing in Christchurch, New Zealand, on January 16th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Auckland to Dunedin, New Zealand, was diverted after the crew received an unsafe gear indication.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and eighteen people aboard remained unharmed.
A small plane made an emergency landing at Delta County Airport in Michigan, on November 3.
Authorities said the single-engine experimental Kitfox plane had to perform an emergency landing due to gearbox failure that stopped propeller movement.
The plane landed on the north side of the ramp and ended up into a ditch between taxiway and runway.
The pilot remained uninjured.
The NTSB is investigating.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS251 carrying Olympic diver Tom Daley and his team-mates including Sarah Barrow and Tonia Couch, had to make an emergency landing at a military base in the Russian city of Irkutsk on July 21.
The decision to make an emergency landing occurred after a technical issue developed with the Airbus A346, after it departed from Pudong International Airport, China, at 11.40am. It was scheduled to land at London Heathrow at 4.34 p.m.
At first, the pilot decided to land in a river. He was eventually able to reach an airstrip at a Russian army camp. There were 283 passengers and 12 crew members aboard at the time of incident; all of them remained unhurt.
The airline later released a statement saying, “Virgin Atlantic can confirm that the VS251 travelling from Shanghai to London Heathrow has diverted to Irkutsk Airport, Russia, as a precautionary measure due to a technical issue…Safety and security is always our top priority…The aircraft is currently on the ground and our customers are being looked after by our cabin crew. Our priority now is to ensure our customers resume their journey as soon as possible…The airline would like to thank passengers for their patience and apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
The English divers were returning after diving at the World Cup in Shanghai. They are also scheduled to participate in the upcoming Commonwealth Games at Glasgow 2014.
A Reuters release announces that the relatives of passengers killed in an Air France crash off Brazil have filed nearly two dozen wrongful death lawsuits against Airbus, alleging that aircraft maker’s A330 crashed because of flaws in the plane and its U.S.-made components.
The search for the black boxes is supposed to be continuing now that investigators have decided on the likeliest location where they may be found. The plane originally went down 680 miles off the coast of Brazil, but in the past ten months since the tragedy, water currents dispersing the wreckage will have made the search more difficult.
An Airbus Americas spokesman has said they “will be moving to have (the lawsuit) dismissed.”
Lawyers from the Miami-based firm Podhurst Orseck has not yet responded to Airbus statements.
A Southwest Airlines Flight made an emergency landing at the Indianapolis International Airport on Thursday April 17.
According to Carlo Bertolini, the spokesperson of Indianapolis Airport, flight 362 was headed from Baltimore to Indianapolis. The decision for emergency landing was made after Southwest Airlines received a threat. The plane made an uneventful landing at about 3:10 pm and all 138 passengers and 5 crew members were safely evacuated.
Bertolini further said that the airport personnel cleared the plane and passenger luggage after a thorough check up.
The Southwest Airlines released a statement saying that they could not discuss the details of the threat.
Pictured: A Oneworld (Qantas) Airbus A330-203
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Contact photographer Songyuan Andy Zheng
What: Qantas Airbus 330 en route from Sydney to Shanghai
Where: Sydney
When: ebruary 18, 2010
Who: 197 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the Qantas Airbus landing gear failed to retract, leading it to circle for 2 hours burning off fuel until it was light enough to land. Passengers were provided an alternative Airbus.
EasyJet flight U2-4557 had to return and make an emergency landing at Berlin Schonefeld Airport, Germany, on December 13th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to turn back due to smell of smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
