Delta Airlines flight DL-2239 had to return and make an emergency landing in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 10th.
The plane took off for Charleston, South Carolina, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crash landed in a field near Strasburg, eastern Colorado, on the night of November 20.
The Authorities said the pilot was making an emergency landing due to engine failure when the plane flipped onto its top.
The pilot and his only passenger were shifted to hospital for examination. It is believed that none of them suffered any major injuries.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
Emirates flight EK35 had to make a priority landing in Newcastle, England, on March 23.
Authorities said the plane, flying from Dubai, declared an emergency at around 11 a.m. due to a medical emergency on board.
According to an airline spokesperson, “The aircraft landed safely and the passenger was met and attended to by medical staff.”
Pictured: A Wideroe De Havilland Canada DHC-8-103 Dash 8
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What: Wideroe de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Sogndal to Forde
Where: Bergen
When: Mar 2nd 2010
Who: 16 passengers and 3 crew
Why: While on route, the pitot heating system failed. The resulting nreliable airspeed indications convinced the crew to divert to Bergen, where they made a safe landing.
Offhand, I think this may be the first that I recall pitot tube issues on a de Havilland Dash 8-100. I wonder if these were thales tubes; and I wonder if airspeed can not be better determined with a more robust methodology. If I were a manufacturer, I would certainly have my engineers thinking about developing alternative technologies to bring to market.
A single-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airstrip near Caribou Street and Bogard Road in Wasilla, Alaska, on the morning of September 16th.
According to sources, the plane had encountered some mechanical issues that resulted in the crash.
The pilot was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
Qantas Airways plane had to return and make an emergency landing at Sydney Airport, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on April 5th.
The Airbus A380, en-route to Dubai, UAE, was mid-air when the crew detected engine vibration issues, prompting it to return eight hours after taking off from Melbourne.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 410 passengers onboard remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-56 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Shannon, Ireland, on February 27th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, to Newark, New Jersey, was diverted after a crack was noticed in first officer’s windshield.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.