Atlasjet flight KK-9764 had to make an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 18th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Tbilisi, Georgia, but had to turn back due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
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What: Continental/Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of Continental Airlines en route from Cleveland to Philadelphia
Where: Philadelphia
When: Dec 6th 2009
Who: 51 passengers and 3 crew
Why: On approach to Cleveland, the right engine failed. The landing was diverted from runway 27R to 27L. The flight made a safe landing.
Engine failure was due to a bird strike.
Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-588 made a safe landing at Bahawalpur Airport, Pakistan, on May 17.
The Avions de Trasport Regional ATR-42-500, flying from Karachi, Pakistan, was about to land when the crew detected some issue with one of its engines.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
United Airlines flight UA-881 returned to O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, on June 16th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane took off for Narita International Airport, Japan, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
An American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Honolulu to Los suffered engine trouble en route and one of its two engines was shut down.
Flight 246 declared an emergency in one of its two engines. Emergency services was on hand when the flight landed at 5:19 a.m. from Kona.
No injuries were reported of the 140 passengers and seven crew aboard the flight.
The last hour was flown on one engine.
Transavia flight HV-5807 had to return and make an emergency landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands, at May 28th.
The Boeing 737-800 flying to Thessaloniki, Greece, had to return because none of its toilets was working.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
On April 13, 2013, a Bandung to Denpasar Lion Air Boeing 737-800 en undershot the Denpasar Airport runway and ditched in the ocean—literally falling from a height of 55 yards. All of the 101 passengers and 7 crew got out alive, but at least twenty people were injured.
On impact, the plane broke in two. The brand new plane was delivered to Lion Air on March 28, 2013.
Passengers were evacuated into rubber boats. The injured were taken to three hospitals. No serious injuries were reported.
The pilot had 10,000 hours in the air.
Something happened. The investigation will do its best to pinpoint what exactly could knock out a plane with weeks of service. But with no serious injuries in a plane that is cracked in half, I have only two things to say: two best safety devices are 1) a well built plane and 2)a well-trained crew.
We’re posting this only hours after it happened. So expect updates when more information is available. Initial reports can be prone to misinformation.
