Alaska Airlines flight AS-7015 suffered a wing tip strike on landing in Anchorage, Alaska, on December 19th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-700 plane was coming from Barrow, Alaska.
The plane rolled out uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
British Airways flight BA-65 had to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on November 29th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Nairobi, Kenya, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A medical helicopter, on its way to United Regional Health Care, Wichita Falls, Texas, went down just a few blocks away from its destination, shortly before 2 a.m. on October 4.
The Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter crashed when it was transporting a patient from Waurika, Oklahoma to the North Texas hospital.
There were 3 crew members, including a pilot, a flight and a paramedic, aboard the aircraft, along with the patient.
The authorities confirmed that the patient lost his life in the accident, while the crew members sustained serious injuries. The pilot is admitted in United Regional Health Care where his condition is believed to be serious but stable. The paramedic and nurse are being treated at a burn unit in Dallas, however, both of them are in critical condition.
The incident is being investigated.
A small plane made an emergency landing at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, Florida, on April 28th.
The plane was flying from Belize to Tampa, Florida, when the pilot declared an emergency reporting that the left main gear wheel was missing.
The plane landed safely. Chief Operating Officer of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, Mark Stuckey, said, “Luckily when it did land, the aircraft did not catch fire, there were sparks but it safely skidded into the grass.”
There were four people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
A twin-engine Beechcraft crashed into a building at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas, on October 30.
The aircraft reported trouble soon after departing from the airport. It then lost power and crashed into the flight safety center, while it was returning to the runway.
Atleast 4 people, including the pilot Mark Goldstein, were killed in the accident while 5 others were injured. One of the injured is believed to be in critical condition.
According to Wichita Fire Chief Ron Blackwell, the pilot was the only one travelling in the plane. Officials also said that the flight safety building had around 100 occupants at the time of accident.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
American Airlines flight AA-1743 encountered severe turbulence on the way to San Francisco, California, on February 14th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane was flying from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when it hit turbulence that injured a flight attendant.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
What: Spicejet Boeing 737-800 en route from Mumbai to Hyderabad
Where: Mumbai
When: May 27th 2011
Who: 140 passengers
Why: While en route, the cargo hold indicated a fire. The crew followed procedures (checklists) and returned to Mumbai where they made a safe landing half an hour after take off. A replacement jet was provided.
No actual fire was located.
