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.
What: Single engine plane en route from Sky Ranch in Edinburg to Glens Falls
Where: Barkersville Road and Southline Road in the Town of Providence
When: 10:47 a.m
Who: pilot Timothy J. Cowper
Why: When the engine failed, the pilot circled and attempted a landing in the area of Barkersville Road and Southline Road. On hitting a small hill in the field, the plane overturned.
The pilot landed the plane on the right main landing gear, holding the left wing off the runway until the plane’s speed had slowed. The problem was with the left wing gear which would not lock.
What: Air India’s Delhi- Hyderabad-Tirupati flight (IC 942) en route from Indira Gandhi International airport to London
Where: Indira Gandhi International airport
When: Friday-10.15 takeoff; declared emergency around 11.15 am
Who: 66 passengers on board 6 crew members
Why: emergency landing an hour after take off. Passengers rerouted in another aircraft around 12.30 and took off around 1 pm. There was a technical emergency. No one was injured.
What: Qantas Boeing 767 en route from Melbourne Airport bound for Sydney,
Where: Flight 434 left Melbourne at 1.30pm (AEDT) and landed back at Tullamarine at 2.15pm.
When: shortly after 2:00pm (AEDT)
Why: After the pilot discovered a fault with landing gear indicators, he returned to the airport where passengers deplaned and took another flight. Passengers were delayed more than two hours.
What: en route from Congonhas airport (1030 GMT) in Sao Paulo to the northeastern city of Salvador.
Where: Cumbica air base
When: 046 GMT October 28th 2008
Who: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Why: The plane landed at Cumbica air base at 1046 GMT, because a light on the pilot’s control panel indicated that the cargo compartment wasn’t properly closed. The cargo compartment was closed, but the control panel was in error. The plane took off again at 9:31 am.
What: German Lufthansa Airbus A300-600 en route from Malta to Frankfurt.
Where: Malta International Airport
When: Tuesday
Who: 205 passengers evacuated with no injuries.
Why: The crew reported a fire in its cargo hold and returned for an emergency landing 25 minutes after embarking.
What: Cessna
Where: Thames Airport on New Zealand’s North Island
When: Monday October 27, 2008
Who: Pilot
Why: Pilot overshot the runway. The pilot was not hurt but the plane landed in a sewage pond and had to swim (through the sewage pond) to safety.
What: biplane
Where: in a field southeast of Ohio 123 near the Ohio 122 intersection north of Lebanon in Clearcreek Township.
When: Sunday, Oct 26, about 5:20 p.m
Who: Nobody was injured and no damage was done and only the pilot was aboard.
Why: The plane ran out of gas, landed, refueled and and took off by 6:45 p.m
What: Rans S-7 homebuilt en route from Idaho Falls, Idaho to Lake Havasu along the California/Arizona border.
Where: the dry lake bed of Sevier Lake
When: Friday
Who: Pilot Errol Spaulding of Rigby and passenger Dale Cresap of Idaho Falls
Why: The plane landed in several feet of soft deep mud in Sevier Lake and had to be retrieved by a hovercraft. After landing, the plane’s wheels sank into the mud, tilting the plane forward onto the propeller which was damaged.
What: 1978 Cessna fixed wing, single engine aircraft en route from Hillsboro Airport to Corvallis
Where: in the Jackson Bottom Wildlife Refuge
When: Saturday
Who: Teenaged pilot
Why: The Cessna experienced mechanical problems near Hillsboro Airport.
The dates reported are not infrequently incorrect. One wonders if this misreported unfound Florida Hillsboro Imaginary Crash may have somehow been a misdirected Ham radio report of the above Hillsboro Oregon Crash.
What: Angel Flight plane (not being used for a patient)
Where: Portland Jetport
When: Thursday afternoon
Who: The pilot was the only one on board. No injuries.
Why: nose gear was damaged — meaning the front wheel would not fully extend — so the plane was forced to land on its belly.
What: Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter belonging to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C.
Where: farmer’s field near Tarboro N.C.
When: just after 6 p.m. Tuesday
Who: No one was injured
Why: Emergency landing because of a small electrical fire that started on board. The helicopter is to be repaired on-site and returned to MCAS New River
What: private plane
Where: flying over the Atlantic emergency when there was a problem with one of the engines. Landing at the the Bedfordshire airport in Luton and then flew on to London on the same plane.
When: Monday
Who: Enrique Iglesias
Why:After engine trouble, the pilot shut down one of the jet’s engines, and made an emergency landing at the nearest airport.
What: single-engine plane en route to Salina airport
Where: Kansas Interstate Highway 135.
When: Saturday afternoon
Who: pilot Joseph Prelogar, of Kansas City, Kan. and his wife
Why: The engine quit. The pilot was trying to switch to the fuel tank with the remaining fuel but engine would not restart. After landing, the plane’s nose gear collapsed and the front end was damaged. There were no injuries.
What: United Airlines Flight 167 en route to Los Angeles from Boston
Where: diverted to O’Hare International Airport
When: Wednesday 8:37 p.m
Who: 138 people were on board.
Why: When about a dozen passengers became sick during a flight, the flight was diverted to O’Hare and an EMS Plan 2 was called which sends at least 10 ambulances to the scene. Some passengers became sick from the smell of vomit on the plane. Those who fell ill were reportedly part of the same tour group of about 40. One among them reported feeling sick prior to takeoff. Four were hospitalized at Lutheran General Hospital. Fourteen declined to be hospitalized when examined by paramedics though the entire tour group was examined by paramedics. No food was served on the flight.
What: Frankfurt-based XL Airways Boeing 737-800 flight G1-614 en route from Frankfurt Germany to Antalya Turkey registration D-AXLF
Where: emergency landing at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport
When: on Saturday Oct 18 7:47 a.m. (0547 GMT)
Who: 163 passengers and six crew (official release said 183 passengers and 6 crew)
Why: The pilot reported engine failure, and requested an emergency landing with five minutes to manoeuvre and land the plane at the nearest airport. Smoke was seen coming from one of the plane’s two engines and the emergency crew doused said engine with foam. The official report denies fire, and says only “unspecified “engine problems” instigated the emergency landing
What: United Airlines 757 en route from Boston to San Francisco.
Where: Hancock Airport
When: 10/16/08
Who: 155 passengers
Why:smoke detector in a bathroom went off. No injuries on landing.
What: Norwegian Air Boeing 737-8Q8 en route from Rygge Airport to Barcelona
Where: Rygge Airport
When: 10/17/2007 Friday
Who: 163 passengers 7 crew
Why: 20 minutes into the flight, an alarm warned of fire in one of the wings. Smoke was reported in the cabin.The aircraft was breaking very hard, and used half the runway to stop. On return to the airport, passengers deplaned via emergency slides, but there was apparently no external wing fire. There was a minor injury on the slide disembarkment.
What: ultralight aircraft
Where: in Pine Hall on Knight Road in Stokes county NC
When: 6:40pm.
Who: unnamed pilot.
Why: When the pilot’s engine quit, the pilot made an emergency landing in a tobacco field. The vehicle was described as a “hangglider with a motor”
