At 6:15 near terminal floor an Air India Boeing had landed at Kennedy Airport and was en route to the gate when it struck a Jet blue Airbus with 140 passengers aboard. The plane was damaged in the tail but no passengers were injured. They were transferred to another flight.
There were no injuries on the Boeing either.
Germania Airlines flight ST-3356 made an emergency landing in Erfurt, Germany, on September 22nd.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Tenerife–South Airport, Spain, but had to turn back after the crew reported an unusual odor in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All 119 passengers aboard remained safe.
Aerolineas Argentinas flight AR-1324 made an emergency landing in Tucuman, Argentina, on December 14th.
The Boeing 737-8MAX plane heading from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, was diverted due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
13,000 feet above sea level on the sheer cliff called “Indian Face” by the locals, buffeted by freezing winds, crews rappelled from helicopters to search the wreckage in a dramatic rescue and reconnaissance attempt. No survivors were found.
The flame-charred tail of the twin-engine plane rested on the mountainside amid fuselage and assorted wreckage.
The Merida airport six miles away is hemmed in among mountains in a region notoriously difficult to navigate. Terrain forced searchers to camp a mile away and hike in. Pilots–including the one lost in this flight–receive specialized training to fly through the area.
Venezuela mourns.
Five people were killed after a BE020 plane crashed into the river Río de la Plata, which marks the border between Uruguay and Argentina, on May 27.
The incident happened after the aircraft flew from the Buenos Aires in San Fernando, Argentina, and was on its way to Carmelo, in Uruguay.
Five out of the nine passengers on board died; four of them were rescued and airlifted to hospitals in Buenos Aires and Uruguay. All of the passengers were from Argentina.
The dead have been identified as the pilot Leandro Larriera and passengers Fernando Sánchez, Facundo Alecha, Fernando Lonigro and Gustavo Fosco. Fosco was the communications director, while Fernando Sánchez was the press officer at the renowned car-manufacturing company, Renault.
Those who survived the crash include: Sebastián Vivona, Santiago Villamil, Paula Silvana Buery and Ignacio Javier Losa.
The plane was owned by Argentine textile businessman Federico Bonomi but he was not on board.
According to Uruguayan Navy spokesman Gastón Jaunsolo, the accident happened due to a fault in the plane and the passengers raised the alarm after they discovered the malfunction.
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What: Air Canada Boeing 777-333ER
Where: Toronto Canada
When: May 28 2012
Who: 318 passengers, 16 crew
Why: After a louder than normal take-off, fifteen minutes into the flight, pilots of the Air Canada Boeing en route from Toronto to Japan shut off an engine. Witnesses reported smoke and fire coming from the right engine.
The flight had to return to Toronto following engine problems. Falling bits of engine debris “hot bits of blackened metal” fell from the sky and caused some damage to parked vehicles near Derry and Kennedy Rds in Mississauga. The entire circuit of the flight took about an hour and a half.
There were no injuries on the flight, but emergency services were on standby on landing, in expectation of trauma.
What: Aeroflot Airbus A320-200 en route from Irkutsk to Moscow
Where: Novosibirsk
When: Jun 11th 2009
Who: 116 passengers and six crew members
Why: The Airbus made an emergency landing at Novosibirsk when the windshield cracked.
