Air New Zealand flight NZ-402 had to reject takeoff from Wellington, New Zealand, on November 3rd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Auckland, New Zealand, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a bird strike.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All one hundred and forty-eight people aboard remained uninjured.
JetBlue Airways flight B6-658 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, on February 2nd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Cleveland, Ohio, was diverted after the crew reported issues with cabin pressurization.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Lufthansa flight LH-608 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Larnaca International Airport, Cyprus, on July 20th.
The Airbus A330-300 flying from Munich, Germany, to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, had to divert due to an unusual odor in its cabin.
The plane landed safely.
All 186 passengers remained unhurt.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH-1 had to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on October 20th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane took off for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but had to turn back due to a water supply problem in the lavatories.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Although Air France CEO Gourgeon said last month there’s no evidence that the crash was caused by the Pitot tubes, which were made by Thales SA. Bouillard also said last year that speed-sensor failure couldn’t alone explain the crash, and that aviation records in Europe and the U.S. document dozens of incidents where the probes failed and pilots retained control.
Air France and Airbus have been charged with manslaughter over the accident
In our opinion, we believe the failure of the pitot tubes played to the weakness of the Airbus fly by wire logic system. We believe that the fly by wire system received a barrage of false data put out by the frozen tubes, and shut down, taking control of the plane from the pilots. Faulty computer logic does not excuse faulty pitot tubes,
This is conjecture on our part, but we will not be surprised if/when the black boxes are recovered, that they will reveal what happened, if they are still readable.
United Airlines flight UA-957 had to reject takeoff from Geneva, Switzerland, on February 3rd.
The Boeing 767-300 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Newark, New Jersey, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a bird strike.
The plane was towed to the apron.
Qatar Airways flight QR-82 had to divert for an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on February 21st.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Berlin, Germany, to Doha, Qatar, was diverted after the crew failed to retract landing gear.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
