Air Canada flight AC-623 veered off runway during landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada, on February 25th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A320-200 plane coming from Halifax, Canada, was attempting to land in low visibility.
All 112 people on board remained safe.
Vueling Airlines flight VY-6598 made an emergency landing at Tenerife–South Airport in Canary Islands, Spain, on November 10th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Piper PA-28 plane crashed in Potter County, Pennsylvania, on October 16th.
The plane was heading from Richmond International Airport, Virginia, to St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport, Ontario, Canada, when it went down in Keating Township.
Three were three people aboard at the time; all of them were killed in the crash. They were identified as 18-year-old Cory Mijac, 25-year-old Rifat Tawig, and 18-year-old Benjamin Jeffries. All of them were from Ontario, Canada.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A small plane crash-landed near Leesburg Executive Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia, on April 22nd.
The Sonex experimental plane was heading to Georgia when the pilot decided to return to Leesburg due to bad weather. However, as he was approaching the airport, the plane developed an engine issue, forcing him to crash-land in a field.
The pilot Joseph R. Bryant, 53, of Washington, remained unharmed.
The FAA is investigating.
A medical helicopter crashed outside Comanche County Medical Hospital in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, on the morning of September 29th.
According to sources, the helicopter was attempting to make emergency landing due to some issue, when it lost control and crashed.
All four people onboard including the pilot remained unhurt.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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What: Native Air Aerospatiale AS.350BA Ecureuil (Eurocopter AS 350) training helicopter
Where: trying to land at San Carlos’s Cutter airport, San Carlos Indian reservation, 60 miles west of Phoenix
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009
Who: 2 on board
Why: The medical evacuation helicopter (configured for training) crashed on landing.
Both occupants of the helicopter were hospitalized with injuries.
A small plane crashed in an orchard near Bakersfield, California, on December 19.
The single-engine Piper PA32 aircraft took off from Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose, to Henderson Executive Airport, Las Vegas, when disappeared from the radar and went down.
There were five members of a Gilroy, California, family aboard the plane at the time of crash; all of them were killed. Their identities have not yet been released.
The accident is being investigated.
