What: Helicopter over Dallas
Where: Regal Row and Empress Row
When: March 18, 2011, 9:30
Who: 3 passengers
Why: A helicopter a mile and a half from Dallas Love Field Airport had to make an emergency landing at the intersection of Regal Row and Empress Row when an air conditioning belt overheated.
There were no injuries.
A French air force E121 aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Newquay airport, Cornwall, UK, on the morning of November 21.
Emergency was declared after the plane’s engine caught fire while it was on its way back to Avord air base in France with 2 people aboard.
According to a Newquay airport spokesperson, “We were contacted by the aircraft to say they had an engine fire which they extinguished before they arrived at Newquay…They decided they needed to take a diversion from their training flight. They aircraft arrived safely and the emergency services weren’t required.”
On July 12, 2013, an Alaska Airlines BOEING 738 on flight 769 developed an odor in the cabin.
Pilots diverted to Chicago where they made a safe landing.
Three flight attendants were affected.
The flight made a safe landing with no additional injuries. The incident is under investigation.
* http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA769/history/20130712/2255Z/KBOS/KSAN
Cape Air flight 1815 made an emergency landing at Adirondack Regional Airport in Franklin County, New York, on August 25th.
The Cessna 402 plane heading from Albany International Airport to Ogdensburg Regional Airport, New York, was diverted after the crew noticed an engine issue and a whiff of smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All five passengers aboard remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in Daytona Beach, Florida, on April 4th.
The Piper PA-28 plane, carrying two people, went down shortly after taking off from Daytona Beach International Airport.
Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash.
It is believed that the pilot was a student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach while the passenger was a pilot examiner from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
SunExpress flight XG-2830 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on July 16th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Fuerteventura, Spain, to Dusseldorf, Germany, was diverted due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Safair flight FA-102 made an emergency landing in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 21st.
The plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to turn back due to a technical issue.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
