American Airlines flight AA-174 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on October 7th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, to Heathrow Airport, England, was diverted due to an electrical problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Vias aéreas de Chipre aterradas em Londres
Que: Vias aéreas Airbus 330 de Chipre de Chipre
Onde: Aeroporto de Heathrow
Quando: Segunda-feira, fevereiro 2, 2009
Quem: 104 passageiros
Porque: O vôo de Airbus era uma de muitas vítimas da tempestade de neve a mais má em 18 anos– Centenas causadas tempo de cancelamentos do vôo e de transporte público virtualmente interrompido.
Eastern Airways flight T3 588 made an emergency landing at Aberdeen Airport in Scotland, on May 11.
According to an airline spokesperson, “On approach to Aberdeen, the captain of flight T3 588 from Durham Tees Valley received a cockpit warning indication relating to the smoke detector system in the toilet… The Saab 2000 aircraft with 26 passengers and four crew landed safely at 9.28pm… After landing, passengers disembarked via the aircraft steps on the runway as the airport fire service inspected the aircraft.”
No one was injured in the incident.
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What: Thomson Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from Cancun (Mexico) to Bristol,EN (UK),
Where: Bristol
When: Oct 3 2010
Why: On Sept 16, the same plane had had another hard landing causing damage.
On this flight, the plane accelerated for reasons unknown during a hard landing on arrival at Bristol. Unspecified damages occurred, no injuries reported.
A private helicopter crashed into a Delaware County field, central Ohio at about 12:45pm on Thursday, April 24.
According to Lt. Craig Cvetan, spokesperson of the State Highway Patrol, the helicopter was carrying two passengers; Henry Brecher, 81 and Todd Cramer, 50. Both of them were injured in the incident.
The injured were flown to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center through a medical helicopter. Their injuries are believed to be non-life threatening.
The 2006 Rotorway International, EXEC 162F helicopter also set fire to the 10 acre field where it crashed.
The authorities are investigating the cause of crash.
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 small plane crashed in Riegelwood, North Carolina, on the night of September 11.
The Cessna 172 was heading from Bolton to Wallace when it went down. North Carolina Wing Civil Air Patrol dispatched two aircrafts that found the wreckage at 1:15 a.m. on September 12.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was identified as Gene Pierce, 76, of Duplin County.
The cause of crash is not clear at the moment.