Delta Air Lines Flight 546 had to make an emergency landing at Norfolk International Airport, Virginia at 3:10 P.M. on July 5.
The Boeing 737 was heading towards John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, from Dominican Republic, when the pilots received warning of a possible mechanical issue in one of the engines and decided to land as a precaution.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 131 passengers and 6 crew members aboard remained safe and were accommodated in a replacement flight.
A chartered plane, carrying Mississippi State men’s basketball team, made an emergency landing in St. Louis, Missouri, on the night of February 14.
The incident happened when the team was returning to Starkville after defeating the Missouri Tigers in Columbia, Missouri.
According to Mississippi State sports information director Gregg Ellis, the plane had to land in emergency after its right engine failed.
The plane landed uneventfully and no one was harmed.
A small plane flipped over during take off at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, on March 26th.
Authorities said the Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft was carrying two people when it overturned and caught fire.
Both occupants of the plane were taken to hospital where one of them succumbed to his injuries.
The cause of accident is being investigated.
Transavia flight TO-4898 suffered turbulence on the way to Tel Aviv, Israel, on February 13th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Lyon, France, when it hit turbulence that injured thirteen people.
The plane continued for a safe landing. The injured were taken to hospitals.
On August 27 2013, a Flugschule Dortmund operated Piper PA-32R-301T Turbo Saratoga SP took off from Langeoog Airport to Arnsberg in Germany. Eight people were aboard. THe pilot reported engine problems, and his communication with ATC cut off.
The plane crashed in Wickede Germany in a field 1nm east of the runway.
Witnesses saw the plane above the forest, and it descended with a cloud of black smoke.
The pilot, another man, two women and a child died on impact. Three children survived, two of whom met rescue workers at the scene, and one who was taken from the wreckage. The wreckage was located south of the Ruhr near the boat house on the Ruhr meadows
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Contact photographer Art Brett
What: American Airlines MD-82 aircraft en route from Lambert to Chicago
Where: Lambert
When: Sept. 28, 2007
Who: 138 passengers, 3 flight attendants, two pilots
Why: When the fight experienced an emergency (engine fire) and the MD-82 returned to land at the airport of origin, the nose landing gear failed. After a go-around, the plane conducted an emergency landing and everyone debarked on to the runway.
The reason that this is in the news now is that the problems involved have been under investigation. The procedure that mechanics used to manually start one of the engines is held to be responsible for the fire. However the captain was also faulted for poor division of labor, resulting in inefficiency which is judged to have exacerbated the emergency.
NTSB Identification: DCA07MA310
Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier operation of AMERICAN AIRLINES
Accident occurred Friday, September 28, 2007 in St. Louis, MO
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), registration: N454AA
Injuries: 143 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On September 28, 2007, at 1316 central daylight time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), N454AA, operated by American Airlines as flight 1400, executed an emergeny landing at Lambert-St Louis International Airport (STL), St. Louis, Missouri, after the flight crew received a left engine fire warning during departure climb from the airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 121 scheduled domestic flight. After landing, the 2 flight crew, 3 flight attendants, and 138 passengers deplaned via airstairs and no occupant injuries were reported. The intended destination of the flight was Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois.
Upon receiving the left engine fire warning during climb, the flight crew discharged the aircraft engine fire bottles into the affected engine. During the visual return and single-engine approach to the airport, the nose landing gear did not extend. The flight crew then extended the nose landing gear using the emergency landing gear extension procedure. The airplane returned and then landed on runway 30L (11,019 feet by 200 feet, grooved concrete) and was met by STL Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicles
The NTSB identification number for this investigation was administratively changed from CHI07MA310 to DCA07MA310 on April 2, 2008.
Pictured: An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-3BG/ER
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Contact photographer Pieter-Jan Van De Vijver
What: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Addis Ababa to Lagos
Where: Lagos Nigeria
When: Dec 13th 2009
Who: 180 passengers
Why: On approach, ATC communication failed. With air traffic control’s radar and communication radio out of service, the flight circled, and after two hours in a holding pattern, landed after declaring a fuel emergency.
Other flights also had the same experience.
Nigeria’s Airspace Management Agency NAMA was unavailable for two hours.
