Pictured: Video clip
What: Banner plane
Where: North Myrtle Beach at Apache Pier
When: March 18 2011 1:30 pm
Who: pilot
Why: A pilot flying a plane dragging a banner ditched his plane in the surf off Myrtle Beach. 30 beachgoers rescued the helicopter pilot and a tow crew removed the plane’s wings to pull it on to the beach. The pilot survived and the damage to the plane appears to be minimal.
What: Allegiant Air en route from Orlando Florida to Plattsburgh New York
Where: North Carolina
When: October 23, 2011
Who: 145 passengers
Why: While en route, the pilots saw an indication of an oil pressure problem and diverted to Wilmington where they made a safe landing.
The flight made a safe landing in Wilmington.
WOW Air flight WW-117 made a safe landing at Baltimore–Washington International Airport, Baltimore, Maryland, on September 5th.
The Airbus A321-200 flying from Keflavik, Iceland, was about to land when a lot of noise was heard due to bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
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What: All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from Beijing to Tokyo
Where: Tokyo
When: June 20, 2012
Who: 190 aboard
Why: On nosegear touchdown, the jet received damage, bouncing before securing the landing and making it to the gate. No injuries were reported.
The video below records the “bounce.”
The skin of the jet developed several creases.
FedEx Federal Express flight FX-684 had to return and make an emergency landing in Rochester, New York, on October 21st.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Memphis, Tennessee, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a suspected flaps issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 2 crew members aboard at the time; both of them remained safe.
American Airlines flight AA-692 made an emergency landing in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 21st.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Honolulu, Hawaii, but had to turn back due to an EGT issue.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and eighty-five passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
What: Helicopter en route from Fifth Avenue Terminal
Where: San Diego Bay
When: August 22, 2010 6:20 p.m
Who: Pilot
Why: When his helicopter suffered power loss, the helicopter pilot attempted landing on the Coronado Bridge. Persons on the bridge were in fear of a bridge collision, but those on the bridge need not have worried; the helicopter ended up instead in San Diego Bay.
Flotation devices kept the helicopter from sinking, and harbor police rescued the pilot. Rescuers needed every moment as the the pilot canopy was “broken in around him” which I take to mean he was pretty well entrapped. After retrieving the pilot, he was treated at UCSD Medial Center.
