British Airways flight BA8703 had to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport, United Kingdom, on June 17.
The plane was heading from Edinburgh to London City Airport when it had to divert to Manchester.
An airline spokesperson said, “We apologise to customers for the diversion of the BA8703 Edinburgh to London City service into Manchester… This was due to an engine bleed warning light that illuminated on the flight deck… Safety is always our first priority.”
Delta Airlines flight DL-603 had to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, after a woman went into labour midair on August 24.
The Boeing 767-300, on its way from Amsterdam to Atlanta with 230 passengers, was flying over Blackpool, England, when the crew declared a medical emergency and requested to land at Shannon Airport.
The flight was then diverted to Ireland where it made an uneventful emergency landing at 1:50 p.m. Paramedics examined the woman and immediately shifted her to University Maternity Hospital Limerick where she later gave birth.
The flight resumed its journey and landed safely at its scheduled destination.
Air Koryo flight J5-151 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Shenyang, China, on July 22nd.
The Tupolev TU-204 flying from Pyogyang, North Korea, to Beijing, China, had to divert due to smoke in its cabin.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Avianca flight AV-39 made an emergency landing in Miami, Florida, on August 1st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Cali, Colombia, but had to turn back after it ran into turbulence that cracked a cabin window.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 120 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
On Jan 10, 2013, a Robinson R44 Astro en route from Augsburg to Bretzfeld got caught up in a 380 kilovolts high voltage power transmission line and crashed on the Autobahn 6 in Southwestern Germany.
The helicopter was flying below radar.
Pieces of the helicopter hit a truck, but the driver was not seriously hurt. The accident occurred during rush hour between the junction Schwäbisch Hall and just before the Kochertalbrücke.
The pilot, 42 year old Sven Berger was killed in the crash and will have to be identified thru his dna. The remains of the helicopter are melted, burned, broken and bent, and smell like burned plastic. First responders could not get through the flames to the helicopter.
Berger was a firefighter, member of the Commerce and Industry association and owned the Schwab Bacher Kithcen Studios. The tentative cause for the accident is poor visibility. There were spots of freezing temperatures, rain and fog in Brachbach.
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What: SA Airlink JS41 en route from from Durban to Pietermaritzburg
Where: Durban
When: Sep 24th 2009
Who: 4 people, (3 crewmembers) and a woman working on the ground at the school perimeter, have been airlifted to local hospitals. The captain is critical, the other 3 with serious injuries.
Why: The plane had smoke coming from its engines, lost height after takeoff.
The crew called Mayday and reported engine loss and smoke. They attempted an emergency landing in the field in front of a school and impacted the fence surrounding the school.
Preliminary examination apparently shows the hand engine was operating under full power and the left engine failed.
George’s Point of View
The fact that anyone at all survived this indicates that the emergency landing was a success.
However, maintenance is suspect.
Air New Zealand flight NZ-99 had to return and make an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on April 21st.
The plane took off for Tokyo, Japan, but had to turn back due to issues with the cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and fifty-six people aboard remained unharmed.
