What: Alaskan Airlines Flight 363 en route from Sacramento to Seattle
Where: Sacramento International Airport
When: Jan 12, 2011 6:20 pm
Why: After takeoff, the plane ingested a bird into its engine.
The pilot returned to Sacramento and made a safe landing. The extent of damage to the plane’s engine has not been released. The flight was cancelled.
Below is a raw video of the landing after the bird strike.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) plane made an emergency landing at Royal Air Force Coningsby, near Horncastle, England on May 7.
The aircraft was on a practice flight for the Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations, to be held on May 10, when it caught fire and had to be landed in emergency.
None of the crew members was injured and the fire was extinguished after landing.
Due to the incident, the aircraft would not join the celebrations, confirmed the authorities.
WestJet flight 610 had to make an emergency landing in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, on September 3rd.
The plane heading from Calgary to Ottawa, Canada, was diverted after the crew reported smoke in the flight deck.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
American Eagle flight 3382 made an emergency landing at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, on April 25th.
The plane took off for Dallas, Texas, but had to turn back due to indication of a possible mechanical issue.
The plane landed safely. All seventy passengers and four crew members remained unharmed.
Polar Air Cargo flight PO-214 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Seattle – Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, on April 22nd.
The Boeing 747-800 was flying from Nagoya, Japan, to Cincinnati, Kentucky, when it declared medical emergency mid-air, as the captain was incapacitated, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully. The captain was taken to hospital.
On May 6, 2013, 9 people aboard an Angara Airlines Mil Mi-8T were lost during a rescue operation in Siberia.
Update
Fragments of missing Mi-8 helicopter found in Irkutsk
The helicopter was participating in a flood rescue and was carrying 1.9 tons of explosives for blasting ice dams in the river.
Missing are three crew, five officials and the emergency chief. Stanislav Omelyanchik.
The hotline number is Emergency telephone number – 8 (3952) 39 9999.
List of missing:
1. Omelyanchik Stanislav, acting chief of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Irkutsk region;
2. Stepanov Alexander, deputy head of the Baikal PSO;
3. Kashko Yuri, head of the North JI ACC Irkutsk region;
4. Pezhemsky Sergey, lifeguard-shooter Northern PSO;
5. Chekrygin Igor, chief OGKU “Center of Civil Defense”;
6. Arbatskii Sergey, instructor airborne fire service department Kirenskogo air base of the Irkutsk region of forests;
Airline crew “Angara”:
7. Igor Markov, the commander of the aircraft;
8. Zhizhel Andrey, flight instructor;
9. Kulebyakin Alexei Vasilievich, the mechanic.
Video (Russian)
What: US Airways/PSA CRJ2 Charlotte to Charleston,WV
Where: Charlotte-Douglas International airport.
When: Feb 12, 2012
Who: 44 passengers 3 crew
Why: A flight from Charlotte to Atlanta had just taken off when the plane began making unidentified noises. In about an hour after take-off, pilots returned to the airport to make a safe landing with emergency services on standby.
Passengers were provided alternative flights.