Emergency

Under FAA JAA IKO rulings, it is mandated that if and when an emergency is declared by an airborne plane, ATC immediately diverts all incoming traffic and gives priority to the emergency situation. Most, if not all, of the events we have described as emergency are official emergencies. However, sometimes they are incorrectly reported as emergencies by our sources, have been downgraded from official emergency status, or are believed to be emergencies by passengers in fear for their lives.

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    Basketball Players Flying Late

    What: ExpressJet Flight 152 en route to Tampa
    Where: 41-passenger plane
    When: Jan 6 2008 – ten minutes into the flight at 4:15 p.m.
    Who: Passengers included Louisville’s basketball team
    Why: The flight had the equivalent of a “check engine” light go off in the instrument panel. The Louisville’s basketball team which was on board deplaned safely after an emergency landing. The passengers were rescheduled for transportation later Tuesday for its Wednesday game; the rescheduled flight took off from Standiford Field at about 9:05 p.m. scheduled to arrive in Tampa after 11 p.m.

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    Aussie Emergency Landing

    What: nine-seater plane, a charter of Shine Aviation Service
    Where: Geraldton Airport
    When: Jan 7 8:30 am
    Who: 9 passengers aboard.
    Why: Flight reported that a warning light predicted the landing gear might fail on landing. The emergency landing occurred when landing gear became stuck and its wheels failed to come down. The pilot used up excess fuel before landing without incident.

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    Cebu Pacific’s ATR Emergency Landing in Philippines


    What: Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 893 ATR-72-500 propeller-plane, bound for Caticlan, Aklan
    Where: NAIA 1’s Runway 06 Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila
    When: 7:21 am Wednesday morning
    Who: 53 passengers and four crew w
    Why: the pilot reported a problem in the right engine. Alarm lights in the instrument panel were blinking. The carrier provided flight vouchers for Caticlan via Kalibo. The passengers were bound for Caticlan, gateway airport of the country’s most popular tourist destination Boracay island. The carrier stated officially that “The engine of the 11-month-old ATR 72-500 aircraft will be checked by an international maintenance crew from Cebu Pacific”

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    Three River MI Lands on Frozen River


    What: BE36 Bonanza en route from Brownsville, Texas to Three Rivers airport (Also reported as a single engine Cessna)
    Where: on the frozen Saint Joseph river, east of Three Rivers MI
    When: 01/06/2009 Tuesday afternoon.
    Who: pilot, Fred Nelson Jr., his father, Fred Nelson Sr., and a dog. Both men and dog escaped injury.
    Why: The pilot had been attempting to reach the Three Rivers airport. Icing on the wings forced the pilot to make a forced landing on a frozen river at Three Rivers where the river is half a mile wide and the ice is six inches thick

    * UPDATE

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    PHI Medical Evacuation Emergency Landing


    What: PHI Bell 407 medical helicopter
    Where: emergency landing about 11 miles south of Lafayette–a parking lot at U.S. 231 and Indiana 28 in Romney
    When: Monday afternoon
    Who: A pilot, nurse, paramedic and patient
    Why: The PHI Bell 407 medical helicopter a patient when it was forced to land due to a mechanical problem Monday afternoon. An ambulance carried the patient to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Lafayette.

  • The Fatality That Wasn’t

    Around here, we’d really like to have more crises like this.

    What: small plane en route from the Ramona Airport
    Where: emergency landing in a field
    When: Monday
    Who: John Hammerstrand
    Why: The pilot reported engine trouble after take off but was never found by rescue parties. In fact, after the distress signal, he was considered missing during the two hour search. Until the man’s wife reported that he called to report he’d had arrived safely after his plane experienced a power failure

    Congratulations to pilot John Hammerstrand for being alive.

  • Sante Fe NM Emergency Landing

    What: plane en route Fort Collins, Colo., to Santa Fe
    Where: 11 miles north of the Santa Fe Municipal Airport off Buckman Road near Canyon Diablo a few miles east of White Rock in an open area with a number of roads.
    When: 4 p.m
    Who: Two men from Greeley, Colo with minor injuries
    Why: After the plane suffered engine failure, the pilot landed in the field…

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    Cessna Emergency Landing in NC


    What: JODA LLC’s Cessna 550 Citation II en route from Higuero/La Isabela-Dr. Joaquín Balaguer Airport (JBQ/MDJB), Dominican Republic to Wilmington-New Hanover County International Airport, NC (ILM/KILM),
    Where: Wilmington International Airport
    When: Jan 04 2009
    Who: Two crew members and a family of 5
    Why: When the plane was approaching and the gear failed.

    During the gear up landing, the Cessna slid off the runway . No injuries.

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    Indiana County Crash


    What: Piper Cherokee registered to Mark Goldinger, of Dayton, Armstrong County.
    Where: wooded area of White Township about a half mile from the Jimmy Stewart Airport.
    When: Jan 4 2009
    Who: The pilot was flying with his son and a friend
    Why: conditions deteriorated after Goldinger’s plane took off, including heavy fog and light rain. The pilot made several unsuccessful attempts to land. Everyone on the plane was taken to Conemaugh Memorial Hospital

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    Medellin Colombia: American Airlines Boeing’s Miraculous Safe Landing

    What: Fully fueled American Airlines Boeing 737 flight 924 en route from Rionegro to to Miami
    Where: emergency landing at Rionegro airport (Jose Maria Cordoba) near Medellín
    When: 9:50 AM flight
    Who: 148 passengers
    Why: Passengers heard an explosion, after which the crew was concerned that the full plane would not make it over the mountains. They turned back with a fire in one engine, and the crippled plane not climbing as it should.

    The plane circled the airport for half of an hour prior to the successful emergency landing. Though successful, the landing was not uneventful as the heat from braking actually fused the brakes, leaving the plane immobile on the runway. The passengers were successfully deplaned on site via stairs and ported from the runway to the terminal by bus.

    No cause has been given for the initial engine problem, but the American Airlines crew is to be commended for a near-miraculous safe-guardianship of the welfare of the passengers.

    The plane was carrying thousands of pounds of fuel.

    Spanish Article El Tiempo

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    Cessna lands safely on County Road


    What: Cessna Centurion T-210 en route from Dallas to Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport Colorado
    Where: East 37th Street between Boyd Lake and Rocky Mountain avenues
    When: Noon Wednesday
    Who: Pilot John Stewart and passengers Bonnie Evertson and Ryan Kole
    Why: The pilot lost power about five to eight miles south of the airport and had to land on County Road 24E. No one was injured. The plane sustained minor damage to its propeller and one wing after hitting street signs on landing.

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    Cirrus Emergency Landing on Hwy 61


    What: Cirrus SR22 on a demo flight over the North Shore
    Where: Landed on highway 61
    When: Wednesday 12 pm
    Who: pilot Justin Krom and two passengers
    Why: During the flight the engine apparently threw a rod shortly after takeoff, causing it to lose power. The pilot managed to land on the highway without any injuries.

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    Florida Ultralight Lands Safely


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    What: ultralight
    Where: 1500 block of Franklin Avenue, Ellenton,, Manatee County Fla
    When: 4:55 p.m.
    Who: pilot Kurt Pfister, 46, and passenger as Katie Kuss were not injured
    Why: The ultralight’s engine quit, and the plane made an emergency landing in the field. I the course of landing, the wheels struck power lines which took out electricity to ten homes; but the craft landed safely without injury to pilot or passenger

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    Flint-Bound Plane Returns to Airport

    What: Midwest Connect flight en route to Flint, Michigan
    Where: General Mitchell International Airport
    When: Monday
    Who: 40 passengers
    Why: the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and turned back. No Injuries reported.

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    Emergency Landing in Atlanta


    What: Cessna 210
    Where: Atlanta GA
    When: 5:07 p.m. Tuesday.
    Who: Pilot was the only one aboard
    Why: problem with the plane’s landing gear.

  • Emergency Landing Clovis NM


    What: TBM-700
    Where: CLOVIS, NM
    When: 12/23/2008 0045
    Who: 1 pilot, 3 passengers
    Why: GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING

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    Piper’s Emergency Belly Landing in Grand Bahamas Injures No one


    What: twin engine Piper Aztec en route from Nassau to Freeport
    Where: Runway 24 at the Grand Bahama International Airport.
    When: Sunday
    Who: pilot of the aircraft, 33-year-old Brevis Cox and four passengers: Ashnell Miller, Thera Seymour, Darren Rahming, and Jinnah Forde
    Why: On landing, both landing gears collapsed, After the successful emergency “belly” landing, the landing gear and wing flap were damaged.

  • Emergency Landing at Idaho Falls

    What: Cessna Citation x en route to Jackson Hole
    Where: emergency landing at the Idaho Falls Regional Airport
    When: before 3p.m. Saturday afternoon
    Who: Family aboard eventually took a limousine from Idaho Falls to Jackson Hole.
    Why: Plane experienced mechanical difficulties and landed safely with no injuries.

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    Emergency landing in Chillicothe


    What: single engine 1965 model Cessna en route from Mosby, Mo., to Macon
    Where: two miles southwest of Chillicothe Municipal Airport in a field near the Harry Hayen residence.
    When: 1 p.m. Wednesday.
    Who: Pilot and passenger were unhurt.
    Why: Kansas City Aviation Center notified the Chillicothe airport that the plane was experiencing trouble and would not make it to the airport. The plane experienced an engine malfunction but landed safely.

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    Port in the Storm: Jackson-Evers International Airport


    What: nine diversions and an emergency landing
    Where: Jackson-Evers International Airport
    When: Thursday Dec 18

    It sounds bad, but really it means that Jackson-Evers International Airport is a real port in the storm. All these diversions and no disasters. Good Job, Jackson-Evers

    • Continental flight en route to New York’s LaGuardia airport flew in with engine trouble.
    • Six were out of the Little Rock, Arkansas airport where there was a problem with runway lights.
    • Several flights were diverted to Jackson from Tulsa, Oklahoma due to weather.
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    United successful Belly Landing at O’Hare

    What: The United Express flight 7164, en route from O’Hare bound for South Bend
    Where: O’Hare Airport
    When: Monday night Dec 15
    Who: 28 passengers and 4 crew members
    Why: The plane was about to land in South Bend but instead, circled the airport and returned to Chicago because of a landing gear problem. When the plane hit the tarmac, the left wing shot sparks. The belly landing as the plane slid down the runway, half on its belly.