Delta Airlines flight DL-4281 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, New York, on January 28th.
The plane heading from Detroit, Michigan, to Stewart International Airport, New York, was diverted after the crew noticed a pressurization issue.
The plane landed safely. All thirty-two people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Cessna 180 Skywagon
Where: intersection of County Line Road and Great Western Drive,Longmont, CO
When: Mar 23 2012, 11:43 a.m
Who: 2 fatalities
What: Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Where: near the main entrance, north of Vance Brand Airport, Longmont, CO
When: Mar 23 2012, 11:48 a.m
Who: 1 injury
Why: Witnesses say that two planes collided then crashed miles apart, a few minutes later. They were both banking when they struck, and in each other’s blind spots.
Witnesses who saw the Skyhawk crash and helped the pilot out of the wreckage commend pilot Bev Cameron for avoiding hitting anyone. She was hospitalized at Longmont United Hospital with multiple trauma injuries after the crash.
The Skywagon struck wires and crashed in a parking lot. The two people aboard did not survive the impact. Their names have not been released.
Blue Islands flight SI718 had to divert and make an emergency landing at London Southend Airport in Essex, United Kingdom, at around 6:37 p.m. on January 13.
The flight, heading from Jersey to London City, was diverted after it was struck by lightning.
The ATR42 aircraft, carrying 30 passengers, landed uneventfully. None of the passengers and crew members was hurt.
Airline authorities said the aircraft was taken for inspection while the return flight to Jersey was cancelled.
An Air France flight had to make an emergency landing at Koltsovo International Airport in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on February 15.
According to Russian media, the decision for emergency landing was made after one of the engines of Boeing 777 stopped working. The flight was en-route from Seoul, South Korea to Paris, France at the time.
The plane, carrying 290 passengers and 18 crew members, landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH135 had to make an emergency landing at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, on October 24.
Airport spokesperson confirmed that the flight, en-route from Kuala Lumpur to Brisbane, requested a priority landing because an Australian passenger went into labour.
The plane, carrying 178 passengers, safely landed at 2:10 p.m. The woman, identified as Samual P. Jeyanthi, was shifted to Kasih Ibu Hospital.
The flight resumed its journey at 4:14 p.m.
Ebola scare prompted American Airlines flight 2791 to land in emergency at Midland International Airport and Spaceport, Texas, at 11:05 p.m. on October 7.
The emergency landing was made after a female passenger aboard the flight from Dallas to Midland, vomited and showed flu-like symptoms midair. The passenger was travelling from Istanbul, Turkey to Midland, through Dallas-Fort Worth international airport.
The plane landed safely and the patient was shifted to Midland Memorial Hospital. The other 69 passengers aboard the flight were allowed to leave but were told to carefully look for Ebola symptoms.
After extensive tests and consultations with CDC officials, the Midland Memorial Hospital confirmed that the patient was not affected by Ebola virus. According to the MMH press release, “As a reminder, the two primary cues that would suggest the potential for this virus are a fever at or above 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit and recent travel to an endemic area where several Ebola cases have been confirmed…Over the course of this event, the patient in question never had a fever nor have they traveled to or from an endemic region.”
All Nippon Airways flight NH-37 had to return and make an emergency landing in Tokyo, Japan, on August 12th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane took off for Itami Airport, Japan, but had to turn back due to an issue with the cabin pressurization system.
The plane landed safely. There were two hundred and seventy-four passengers and eleven crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
