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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from NY to Moscow
Where: New York
When: Nov 21, 2010
Who: 193 passengers, one of whom was Leonardo DiCaprio
Why: Immediately after takeoff, the plane “lost” the left engine. (I am assuming the pilot shut it down. In spite of alarmist NYT twitters, there was no fire.) A flash on takeoff, and a flame out and smoke were reported by separate crews. The plane had to dump fuel and returned less than an hour later to land in NY with a hundred rescue crew on hand for what appears to be a routine handling of a possible stall.

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Fargo: Bomb Scare

What: Delta Airlines/Pinnacle Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Minneapolis, MN to Grand Forks, ND
Where: Fargo
When: Oct 17th 2010
Who: 19 passengers, 3 crew
Why: While en route, a crew member noticed a passenger tampering with the bathroom fire suppression system. The pilot diverted to Fargo where they made a safe landing. The media reported something “suspicious” and a “bomb scare.” No bomb was found.

Passengers were taken by bus from Fargo to Grand Forks.

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American Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Portugal

American Airlines flight AA-66 had to divert for an emergency landing in Porto, Portugal, on January 22nd.

The plane was flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Barcelona, Spain, when the crew decided to divert due to an engine oil issue.

The plane landed uneventfully. There were 151 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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SmartWings Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Loss of Cabin Pressure

SmartWings flight 6H-734 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Kosice, Slovakia, on May 29th.

The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Warsaw, Poland, to Tel Aviv, Israel, was diverted after it lost cabin pressure.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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Delta Airlines Plane Diverts to JFK Airport

Delta Airlines flight DL-82 had to divert and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on January 25th.

The Boeing 767-400 plane heading from Atlanta, Georgia, to Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, was diverted after the crew reported a hydraulic failure.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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United Airlines Flight Rejects Takeoff After Bird Strike

United Airlines flight UA-209 had to reject takeoff from San Francisco, California, on November 22nd.

The Boeing 737-800 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Seattle, Washington, when the crew rejected takeoff reporting a bird strike.

The plane safely returned to the apron.

All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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Piper Crash in Tulsa kills 5

What: Six-passenger Piper en route from Jones Riverside Airport to Dallas
Where: Chandler Park in West Tulsa
When: 10:40 a.m., Saturday Sept 5 minutes after takeoff
Who: Two men, a woman and two girls Tulsa doctor Stephen Lester, his wife Dana, two teenage daughters, Laura, 16 and Christina, 13. and Dr. Kenneth Veteto
Why: Just after takeoff in rainy, foggy conditions, the plane hit a cable attached to a telecommunications tower, crashed, broke up and caught on fire. When the plane hit, the wings came off. The plane flipped several times. The family and a friend had been going to the University of Oklahoma football game. Dr Veteto leaves a wife and two children.

Two more of the family’s children were not on the plane.

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