A corporate jet made an emergency landing at Sioux Falls Regional Airport, South Dakota, on April 30th.
It is believed that the plane, travelling from Canada to Salt Lake City, Utah, was diverted after it lost cabin pressure.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were five people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Pictured: A Temco D-16 Twin Navion
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What: AZ Aeromachine 1946 Twin Navion twin engine en route from Anoka County-Blaine Airport
Where: Cardinal Creek Conservation Area, Eden Prarie
When: 12:30 p.m Oct 5, 2009
Who: pilot Bob Fiske
Why: When the plane crashed, witnesses rushed to break the windshield and rescue the trapped pilot.
The pilot was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
United Airlines flight UA5 had to return and make an emergency landing at London Heathrow Airport, UK, at around 3 p.m. on October 10.
The Boeing 787, en-route to Houston, Texas, was returned after it got struck by lightning midair.
The plane landed uneventfully and none of the 130 passengers was hurt.
United Airlines said that the aircraft was taken for examination.
A single-engine Cessna made a soft crash-landing at Tupelo Regional Airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, shortly before 6:30 p.m. on February 3.
The plane was returning from Starkville to Tupelo when it developed some landing gear issues.
According to Tupelo Fire Chief Thomas Walker, the aircraft’s back landing gear deployed normally but front gear did not come down. It kept skidding on its nose for about 30 yards before coming to halt in the middle of runway.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained unharmed.
The accident is being investigated.
A Cessna 180 aircraft went down on a dirt road near Boca Raton Airport in Florida, at around 12:45 p.m. on October 12.
The accident happened when the aircraft was on its way from Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Georgia, to Boca Raton Airport.
There were 2 people aboard at the time of crash. Both of them escaped with only minor injuries.
The aircraft is registered to John Dukesherer of Michigan.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
United Airlines flight UA-208 had to divert and make an unscheduled landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on June 15th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Orlando, Florida, to Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
IndiGo flight 6E-287 had to reject takeoff from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, on August 30th.
The plane was accelerating to takeoff for Bangalore, India, when the crew rejected takeoff due to bird strikes.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All one hundred and seventy-eight people aboard remained safe.
