An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Meridian, Mississippi, on December 5.
The plane, operated by ExpressJet, was heading from Dallas, Texas, to Columbia Metropolitan Airport, South Carolina, when the crew reported a crack in the windshield and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
The airline arranged another aircraft for the passengers.
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What: Southern Air Cargo Boeing 747-200 en route from Liege to Portugal
Where: Liege Belgium
When: Oct 30th 2009
Who: 5 crew
Why: While en route, the plane suffered a fire in the left engine. The crew put it out, dumped fuel and landed back at Liege.
Swiss International Air Lines flight LX-1957 made an emergency landing in Marseille, France, on February 22nd.
The Airbus A321-100 plane heading from Barcelona, Spain, to Zurich, Switzerland, was diverted due to an odor in the cockpit and a system malfunction indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
On Friday, April 18th 2014, Dan Marcotte, an experienced aerobatic stunt pilot survived a fiery plane crash by parachuting out of his single-passenger plane.
The plane bursted into flames and crashed on interstate 89 near Burlington, Vermont, moments after he jumped out. Hearing the explosion, the fire fighters rushed to scene and found Marcotte’s parachute dandling from a tree.
Vt. State Police Lt. Garry Scott said that Marcotte probably got the intuition that something was wrong with the plane, and he jumped out in time. He got some minor injuries, but his life is out of danger.
Marcotte is well known for his amazing stunts at grand events like Independence Day celebrations on the Burlington waterfront.
Transavia flight HV-5666 had to make an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal, on May 29th.
According to the airline, the plane heading from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Gran Canaria, Spain, was diverted due to ‘medical reasons’.
It is believed that the flight was diverted after a passenger’s body odor caused several other passengers around him to vomit and faint.
The plane landed safely.
TAP Portugal flight TP-752 made a hard landing at Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, Denmark, on July 15th.
The Airbus A320-200 flying from Lisbon, Portugal was mid-air when it lost contact with the ATC.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Finnair flight AY-1031 was evacuated at Tallinn Airport, Estonia, on January 30th.
The plane coming from Helsinki, Finland, had just landed at Tallinn Airport when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit.
All passengers were safely evacuated.