Delta Airlines flight DL-2056 encountered turbulence near LaGuardia Airport, New York, on February 24th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane flying from New Orleans, Louisiana, was on final approach to LaGuardia Airport, when it hit turbulence, prompting the crew to go around.
The plane subsequently landed safely.
Four passengers were injured in the incident.
IndiGo flight 6E-6468 made an emergency landing in Kochi, India, on November 12th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Hyderabad, India, but had to turn back due to indication of a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A United Express flight, operated by Shuttle America, made an emergency landing at Salina Regional Airport, Kansas, on September 25.
Authorities said the pilot requested an emergency landing after noticing smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully.
There were 70 passengers aboard at the time; one of them was treated for a nosebleed but authorities said that was not related to emergency landing.
What: Tampa Bay Aviation Robinson R22 Helicopter
Where: Bright Bay Court near Beer Can Island. Apollo Beach Florida
When: Nov 29, 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: 400 yards offshore, a helicopter crashed just off of Apollo Beach. The off-duty Tampa police officer who witnessed the crash said that the rotors looked like they came off the top of the chopper. Another witness reported an explosion.
Divers recovered the body of 60 year-old John Lawrence Ward of Tampa.
In the continuing quest recovering the bits and pieces of the Air France Flight 447 Airbus, and the Flight Data Recorder was recovered, the French navy sent a patrol to carry the black boxes to Cayenne, French Guyana, and then flown to Le Bourget to the BEA. The BEA Investigator-in-charge, a CENIPA Investigator, and French Judicial Peace officer will be present in the ten day exchange process.
BEA briefings indicate that on Monday the Cockpit Voice Recorder was identified. On Tuesday, it was recovered by the Remora 6000 ROV at 2:40, Tuesday May 3, 2001, and raised on board the Ile de Sein.
Bea Photos Documenting the Recovery
From the May 3 Briefing
A single-engine Cessna made a soft crash-landing at Tupelo Regional Airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, shortly before 6:30 p.m. on February 3.
The plane was returning from Starkville to Tupelo when it developed some landing gear issues.
According to Tupelo Fire Chief Thomas Walker, the aircraft’s back landing gear deployed normally but front gear did not come down. It kept skidding on its nose for about 30 yards before coming to halt in the middle of runway.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained unharmed.
The accident is being investigated.
A Delta Airlines flight, operated by ExpressJet, made an emergency landing at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama at around 9:25 a.m. on November 8.
The airport authorities said that the flight, on its way from Atlanta to Tulsa, Oklahoma, was diverted due to cracked windshield.
The CRJ-900 aircraft landed uneventfully and all 20 passengers and 4 crew members remained unharmed.
ExpressJet spokesperson said that an alternate aircraft was arranged for the passengers.
The cause of crack is not clear at the moment.
