American Airlines flight 1804 made an emergency landing at McGhee Tyson Airport, Tennessee, on January 31st.
The plane flying from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Indianapolis, Indiana, was diverted due to a bomb threat.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
No explosive material was found upon inspection.
Exploits Vallet Air Service flight AC-7804 made a hard landing at Gander International Airport, Canada, on April 20.
The Beech 1900D, flying on behalf of Air Canada, had its nose gear collapsed causing it to skid on its nose to a stop on the runway.
There were 14 passengers and 2 crew members aboard. Three of them were injured.
The plane sustained minor damage.
A small plane crashed in Tehachapi, California, on November 19th.
Authorities said the single-engine Cessna 152 plane went down in the Capital Hills area of Tehachapi.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash.
The FAA and the NTSB will investigate.
Rossiya Airlines flight SU-6551 had to return and make an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, on January 24th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Sochi, Russia, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew received a cabin pressure warning.
The plane landed safely. All 157 people aboard remained unharmed.
On August 30th, Air Canada flight AC-7 made an emergency landing at Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada.
The plane took off for Hong Kong, China, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic indication.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained safe.
The National Transportation Safety Board issued five new Safety Alerts last week that provide general aviation (GA) pilots with mitigating strategies for preventing accidents. These Safety Alerts follow five that were issued in March at a Board Meeting that focused on the most frequent types of general aviation accidents.
“Knowing these accidents, which sometimes include entire families, can be prevented is why ‘General Aviation Safety’ is on our Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements,” said NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman. “At a time when many people are putting together their list of resolutions for the coming year, these five Safety Alerts remind pilots, mechanics and passengers of basic safety precautions to add to their checklists to ensure a safe flight for all on board.”
A Safety Alert is a brief information sheet that pinpoints a particular safety hazard and offers practical remedies to address the issue.
The five Safety Alerts issued last week are:
• Check Your Restraints
• Engine Power Loss Due to Carburetor Icing
• “Armed” for Safety: Emergency Locator Transmitters
• All Secure, All Clear (securing items in the aircraft cabin)
• Proper Use of Fiber or Nylon Self-Locking Nuts
The NTSB is charged with investigating about 1,500 aviation accidents annually. Each year, about 475 pilots and passengers are killed and hundreds more are seriously injured in GA accidents in the United States.
FedEx Express Flight 406 made an emergency landing at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, Kansas, on February 26th.
The Boeing 757, en-route from Portland, Oregon, to Memphis, Tennessee, when the crew reported a pressurization problem and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. There were two people aboard at the time; both of them remained unhurt.
