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Virgin Australia Flight Makes Emergency Landing due to Engine Issue
Virgin Australia flight VA-546 made an emergency landing in Brisbane, Australia, on October 12th.The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Coolangatta to Sydney, Australia, was diverted after the crew noticed an engine issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Air Canada: Autopilot Problem
Pictured: An Air Canada Boeing 767-333/ER at Toronto – Lester B. Pearson International
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographerWhat: Air Canada 767 en route from Toronto to Buenos Aires
Where: Toronto’s Pearson International Airport
When: Mar 16th 2010
Who: 129 aboard
Why: While en route, the flight developed a problem with the automatic pilot and diverted to Toronto where they made a safe landing with three fire trucks on standby. Passengers were rerouted.Delta Flight Diverts to Anchorage Due to Medical Emergency
Delta airlines flight 284 had to make an unscheduled landing at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, on the morning of March 4.According to the airline, the Boeing 777-200LR was diverted “in response to a customer medical situation on board”. The flight was heading from Narita International Airport, Japan, to Los Angeles at the time.
Delta confirmed in a statement, “The flight landed without incident and paramedics met the aircraft on arrival.”
The plane later took off again and landed in Los Angeles with a 2-hour delay.
- Airbus | Jet Blue | Medical emergency | pilot error | USA
Jet Blue Pilot Facing Hearing in Court
Update
U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson issued e a ruling Friday in Amarillo judging suspended JetBlue pilot Clayton F. Osbon as mentally competent to stand trial on federal charges stemming from a March 27 in-flight incident that forced his co-pilot to divert a Las Vegas-bound jet to Amarillo’s airport. He has no trial date set. It should be noted that the ruling that he is currently competent does not mean he was mentally competent at the time of the incident, at which time he was incoherent, racing inside the cabin, yelling about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and pounding on the cockpit doorWhat: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Las Vegas
Where: Amarillo
When: March 27 2012
Who: 1 medical emergency, 135 passengers, six crew
Why: While en route, the pilot of the JetBlue Airbus suffered a panic attack. He was locked out of the cockpit and restrained, and another JetBlue pilot who was aboard assisted the first officer in the cockpit as they diverted to Amarillo and made a safe landing.In George’s Point of View
JetBlue pilot Clayton F. Osbon was under the influence of medication when he was piloting that flight. It is too bad if we can not get this pilot medical help and at the same time put the medications on trial. S7 Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing due to Brakes Problem
S7 Airlines flight S7-1148 made an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, on February 6th.The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Krasnodar, Russia, was on final approach to Moscow when the crew reported a brakes problem and went around.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
- bird strike | Boeing | Emergency | Germany | Transavia
Bird-Hit Transavia Flight Makes Safe Landing at Berlin Schonefeld Airport
Transavia Airlines flight HV-9513 made a safe landing following a bird strike near Berlin Schonefeld Airport, Germany, on March 15th.The incident happened when the Boeing 737-700 plane flying from Munich, Germany, was on final approach.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
