Envoy Air flight MQ-3822 made a safe landing following a bird strike near Pensacola, Florida, on April 5th.
The plane flying from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Virginia, was on approach to Pensacola when a bird impacted one of its engines.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Mahan Air flight W5-70 had to return and make an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on January 31st.
The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Tehran, Iran, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: A FedEx Cessna 208 Caravan operated by Empire Airlines
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Contact photographer Fred Seggie
What: FedEx Cessna 209 B en route from Syracuse to Plattsburg
Where: field off Elmer Hill Road, adjacent to the intersections of Elmerhill and Chmelewski roads, Oneida County, NY
When: Dec 03, 2009 7:45 a.m.
Who: pilot
Why: After his engine exploded in mid-air, the pilot–with 8,000 flight hours in this type plane–aimed to land at Griffiss International Airport. While losing altitude, he pulled the plane (with its smoking engine) up, missing several homes and then dropping to land in an open field beside the Lake Delta Volunteer Fire Department, not far from the airport.
A contractor, Wiggins Airways, out of Manchester, New Hampshire operated the plane.
What: Cessna 414A Chancellor En route from Texas to Hayden.
Where: Yampa Valley Regional Airport, Hayden, Colorado
When: Feb 19 2012 3:30 p.m.
Who: 6 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: Before flying to Colorado, the plane left Corpus Christi International Airport at 9 a.m. and stopped in Dalhart, Texas. By the time they reached Colorado, there was a heavy snow storm. The flight was coming in to the airport, and with zero visibility crashed 30 yards short of the airport.
Of the six aboard, two—a man and a woman—were killed on impact and four were injured. The plane crashed 300 yards from the airport’s fire station but did not catch afire. The four injured were conscious when they were taken to Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs. They had been going to Steamboat Springs for a ski vacation.
The name on the plane’s registration is Scott A. Humpal of Woodsboro Texas. The pilot and Humpal’s wife Gabby were the victims of the crash. Humpal and his three children survived the crash.
Eleven year old Sara, the youngest daughter, has a broken back. She is scheduled for surgery Monday. Scott has a punctured lung.
The NTSB is investigating.
Alaska Airlines flight 17 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, New York, on October 12,
The plane, en-route from Newark, New Jersey to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after the crew reported smoke coming out of a credit card reader. According to airline spokesperson Halley Knigge, apparently the smoke was caused due to a melting battery. “The flight crew used a fire extinguisher to stop the device from smoking while the captain made flight emergency arrangements,” she said.
The plane landed safely. There were 181 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; none of them were harmed.
Air France flight AF1059 had to return and make an emergency landing at Newcastle Airport, England, on August 31.
The Cityjet Avro RJ-85 plane took off for Paris but had to return shortly afterwards after the pilots reported cracked windshield.
The plane landed uneventfully and no one was hurt.
It is believed that the windshield cracked due to bird strike.
Air Baltic flight BT-432 suffered a bird strike on the way to Riga, Latvia, on September 24th.
The incident happened when the plane flying from Vienna, Austria, was on approach to Riga.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
