A British Airways flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at St. John’s International Airport, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, on October 13th.
The Boeing 777 was en-route from London to Tampa, Florida, when the crew reported medical emergency aboard.
The plane landed uneventfully.
The passenger was taken for treatment.
Delta Airlines flight DL-526 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on August 25th.
The plane heading from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Virginia, to Atlanta, Georgia, was diverted due to an engine issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 155 people aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
What: Bailey Helicopters Ltd.Eurocopter AS 350B2 AStar flying out of CYXJ/Fort St John General Airport
Where: Sleeping Beauty Mountain. Terrace BC, Canada
When: June 1, 2012
Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities
Why: At nine oclock, ATC lost contact with a training flight flown by 45-year-old Peter Bryant. Two other Bailey Helicopter employees were also aboard.
A search and rescue team including a Canadian Armed Forces Buffalo fixed-wing aircraft and a Cormorant helicopter out of Comox were all deployed to the electronic flight tracking system location and confirmed that the Eurocopter crashed in poor weather (described as “horrible”) into Sleeping Beauty Mountain. The area was undergoing rain and snow, and considered unsafe by an avalanche technician. One rescue searcher hiked to the crash site.
The remains have now been recovered, though it was a hazardous recovery, during which an avalanche occurred.
A private Cessna 172 crashed near a golf course at the Crawford Bay Airport in British Columbia, Canada, at about 6:30 p.m. on August 30.
According to Bill Yearwood of the Transportation Safety Board, the plane crashed after the pilot executed a rejected landing and decided to take off again. “Something was not right on the landing and the pilot elected to abort the landing. During that takeoff from the aborted landing, the aircraft contacted trees and tragically crashed,” he said.
The aircraft landed in an upside down position and caught fire. However, the witnesses managed to pull out the pilot and his only passenger from the wreckage before it bursted into flames. The female passenger died in the accident while the pilot suffered burn injuries. He was taken to a hospital.
The RCMP, BC Coroner Services and the Federal Transportation Safety Board are looking into the cause of crash.
The plane was registered in Alberta.
Aerolineas Argentinas flight AR-1324 made an emergency landing in Tucuman, Argentina, on December 14th.
The Boeing 737-8MAX plane heading from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, was diverted due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in a wooded area near William R. Pogue Municipal Airport in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, on April 21st.
Authorities said the single-engine aircraft went down moments after taking off from the airport.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was injured and was taken to hospital.
The FAA will investigate.
A British International Helicopter (BIH) Dauphin helicopter had to return and make an emergency landing at Newquay Cornwall Airport, United Kingdom, on December 15.
Authorities said the Eurocopter AS 365N2 Dauphin, based in HMS Drake, Devonport, had to declare an emergency after it developed an engine issue.
According to an airport spokesperson, “We can confirm that an AS65 helicopter with two persons on board made a precautionary return to Cornwall Airport Newquay at approximately 0930 this morning having experienced an issue with one of its engines. The aircraft landed without problem.”
