Compass Airlines flight DL-5689 made a safe emergency landing at Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado, on May 20th.
The Embraer ERJ-175, heading from Utah, to Colorado, was mid-air when the crew reported a blown tyre and requested emergency services on standby.
The plane received minor damage.
All 79 people onboard remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-47 had to return and make an emergency landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on March 30.
The Boeing 767-300, en-route to New York, was climbing out of Amsterdam when the crew reported hydraulic failure, prompting the plane to return.
The plane landed safely.
All passengers onboard remained unharmed.
A private Cessna airplane crashed on Friday, March 21 before noon, behind Lowes in Palatka, Florida.
The incident happened in Putnam County in between Gainesville and Jacksonville. Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the possible cause of the crash.
The pilot, Richard Carrara, 73 and a passenger, Malcolm Clevenstine,, 71 were critically injured. They were taken to the nearby hospital. Malcolm Clevenstine, 71, died Friday at Shands Gainesville Hospital.
A single-engine, Liberty XL-2 plane crashed into the residential neighborhood of east Merritt Island, Florida, at 8:30 p.m. on June 9.
The accident happened after the plane took off from the Merritt Island Airport, with two people on board.
The Sheriff’s Office and the Brevard County Fire Rescue spokespersons confirmed that both the passengers of the ill-fated plane died at the spot. They were identified as 47-year-old John Brian Kish and 64-year-old Kenneth Allen Marks.
No one was injured on the ground. Some homes on Paula Avenue were slightly damaged. The crash also struck the power line, causing a blackout.
The airplane, built in 2006, was registered to Merritt Island-based Spatial Inc.
A Cessna 152 plane made an emergency landing at Sunken Meadow Park in Suffolk County, New York, on March 11th.
The plane was on a training flight when its engine failed, forcing the pilot to land on the beach.
There were two people aboard, including the instructor Robert Keleti, 61, and a student Bar Eliran, 43; none of them were injured.
Air Canada Rouge flight 1849 made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on December 19.
The Airbus A319 plane, en-route from Toronto, Canada, to Phoenix, Arizona, was diverted after it lost cabin pressure.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were131 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The passengers were accommodated in hotels and were transported to their destination next day in a replacement aircraft.
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What: Qantas Boeing 747-400 en route Sydney to Singapore
Where: Sydney
When: Mar 30th 2010
Who: 414 aboard
Why: While en route, a right engine experienced an engine surge. That engine had to be shut down. The crew had to dump fuel and return to Sydney where they made a safe landing about an hour after departure. Passengers were provided a replacement plane.
