Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact Photographer Miguel Nobrega
What: Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200 en route from Dublin to London
Where: Dublin
When: Sep 9th 2009
Who: 120 passengers
Why: 25 minutes into the flight, the plane indicated a hydraulics problem. The flight crew returned to London where mechanics confirmed the hydraulic problem. The landing was safe, with no reported injuries.
United Airlines flight UA-1584 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 16th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from San Francisco, California, to Newark, New Jersey, was diverted after the captain began to feel unwell.
The plane landed safely.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-3095 suffered a bird strike near Baltimore, Maryland, on March 17th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane flying from Norfolk, Virginia, was on final approach to Baltimore–Washington International Airport when it hit a flock of geese.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Sam Chui
What: Tara Air de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en route from Jumla to Nepalgunj
Where: Surkhet Airport
When: June 13, 2012
Who: 19 passengers
Why: Co-ilot Abhisek Rai was injured while flying the Tara Air jet from Jumla to Nepalgunj when a bird struck the plane’s front mirror.
Captain Prabhakar Ghimire decided to divert the flight, and made a safe landing at Surkhet Airport.
What: VIRGIN Australia Boeing en route from Brisbane to Los Angeles
Where: Los Angeles
When: August 27, 2012
Who: 416 passengers
Why: The flight made an emergency landing in LA when it developed problems with its landing gear.
Emergency services were on standby during the landing. Fortunately, pilots made a safe landing with no injuries reported.
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Normando Carvalho Jr.
What: US Airways Boeing 737-400 en route from Charlotte,NC to Houston,TX
Where: Charlotte
When: Feb 25 2010
Who: Not available
Why: After takeoff on this flight, an Albanian passenger got up and tried to exit the plane. It took 5 passengers and crew to subdue him. The pilots returned the plane to Charlotte where the disruptive Albanian-speaking passenger was taken into custody by police and removed to a hospital for observation.
Was he suicidal? Confused? Destructive? In despair? Incontinent? We may never know.
A small plane made an emergency landing on a golf course at 80200 block of Via Valerosa, La Quinta, California, on April 17.
Authorities said the single-engine Piper aircraft flipped over during landing.
According to a press release issued by the sheriff’s department, “It appears the plane experienced mechanical failure causing the pilot to conduct an emergency landing on the golf course… The pilot was the only occupant inside the plane and no one was injured during this incident.”
The FAA is investigating the incident.
