On April 20, 2013, a Boeing A75N1 Stearman took off from Petaluma airport and lost power at 2,000 feet before making a hard landing in a Santa Rosa vineyard near 6500 Jamison Road. Witnesses heard a plane flying low around 10 a.m..
The pilot, Patrick Bell, circled looking for a place to land before finding the vineyard.
The pilot was able to exit the plane under his own steam and although the plane flipped, Bell was uninjured.
Etihad Airways flight EY-22 made an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on January 14th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, but had to turn back due to a cabin pressurization problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
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Contact photographer Alastair T. Gardiner
What: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Beirut to Addis Ababa
Where: 2 miles west of the coastal village of Na’ameh.
When: Jan 25 2010
Who: 7 crew 83 passengers
Why: Shortly after taking off in stormy weather and heavy lightning, Lebanese ATC lost contact. The plane disappeared from radar 45 minutes after leaving Beirut. Witnesses on the coast saw the plane as it crashed into the sea.
Other than one British citizen and one Syrian, families of all of the victims have submitted DNA to help identify relatives remains although only a portion of the 90 aboard have been found since the crash on January 25 into the Mediterranean sea minutes after takeoff. The plane’s black box and main sections of the plane have not yet been located but a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet
The government of Lebanon has formally requested U.S. Odyssey Marine Explorations for submarine assistance in retrieval of victims, the black box and assorted wreckage.
A 1944 Stearman biplane crashed on a runway at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California.
The incident happened at about 2 p.m on May 4 during the Thunder Over Solano air show, when the pilot was performing an acrobatic aerial maneuver very close to the ground. The specific stunt is known as “cutting a ribbon” where the plane is flown close to ground in inverted position and a knife from the plane is thrown to cut a ribbon, just off the ground.
Air force officials have identified the pilot as 77 year old Edward Andreini, belonging to Half Moon Bay. According to the FAA records, Andreini owned the 1944 Boeing E75 Super Stearman.
FAA and NTSB officials are investigating the accident.
American Airlines flight AA-207 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on October 28th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Milan–Malpensa Airport, Italy, to Miami, Florida, was diverted due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed uneventfully. All three hundred and seven people aboard remained unharmed.
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What: Kelowna Flightcraft Boeing 727-200 en route from Edmonton,AB to Hamilton,ON
Where: Edmonton Canada
When: Aug 19th 2011
Who: flight crew on freight flight
Why: After takeoff, the crew got an indication that one engine was hot.
The crew shut down the engine before fire suppression engaged.
They returned to Edmonton and made a safe landing, if a landing can be called safe with flames shooting out of an engine.
The emergency crews dealt with the engine that had been reported on fire, but actually it was another engine entirely which had been the source of the flames.
We aren’t entirely sure whose wires were crossed, the flight system or a human reading the flight system. What matters for the time being, is that there were no injuries. It will be interesting hearing how the investigation goes on this.
Delta Airlines flight DL-404 had to return and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on August 11.
The Boeing 777-200 en-route to Paris, France, had just departed when the crew noticed an open cargo door indication.
The plane landed safely after dumping fuel.
No injuries were reported.
