What: single-engine, home built plane registered to Robert C. Berrie of Higganum
Where: East Haddam’s Goodspeed Airport Connecticut
When: Saturday Morning
Who: Two individuals on board were injured.
Why: The plane had trouble gaining altitude shortly after takeoff. It then crashed into some trees off the runway around 8:30 a.m
Delta Airlines flight DL-8889 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, on May 23rd.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back due to a cabin pressure problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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A Ryanair flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at Nantes Atlantique Airport, France, on September 26.
The plane, en-route from Manchester, UK to Faro, Portugal, had to be diverted after a passenger fell sick mid-air.
According to an airline spokesperson, “This flight was diverted after a customer became ill on board. The aircraft landed normally and the customer was met by medical personnel, where they disembarked for further treatment, before the aircraft continued onward to Faro.
Jazz Air flight QK-8978 made an emergency landing in Montreal, Canada, on October 23rd.
The plane was flying from Ottawa, Canada, when the crew noticed an increase in oil pressure for the left engine.
The crew had to shut down the engine before landing in Montreal.
There were 31 passengers and 4 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
United Parcel Service flight 213 had to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on September 25.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 plane, heading from Louisville, Kentucky to Cologne, Germany, was diverted after the pilots noticed issues with one of its three engines and had to shut it down.
The plane landed safely. There were 6 crew members aboard at the time; none of them was hurt.
The plane was taken for inspection.
American Airlines flight 2293 returned to San Francisco International Airport for making an emergency landing at about 2:15 p.m. on October 13.
The Boeing 757 was on its way from San Francisco to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when the passengers noticed that the cabin wall was starting to tear apart. According to a passenger James Wilson, “It was the whole Row 14 on all sides, from the floor to the ceiling…It sounded like it was popping and banging so loud at first I thought stuff was coming out of the overhead compartments.”
American Airlines spokesman Matt Miller said that the flight was turned back due to a possible blown air duct. “When they realised those panels came loose, the captain decided it was best to return to San Francisco and landed the plane there safely,” he said.
He also confirmed that all 184 passengers and 6 crew members remained unhurt.
The incident is under investigation.
What: Piper PA-28R-180 Arrow en route from Mammoth Lakes to Palomar Airport
Where: I-15 & W. El Norte Pkwy, Escondido, CA
When: July 22, 2012, 11:25 p,
Who: 4 aboard
Why: After the plane was rented, it ran out of gas en route. The pilot, Pilot Ken Gheysar, managed to make a safe landing on a highway in light traffic.
No one was injured, but a 1996 Dodge Dakota pickup clipped the plane’s left wing while the plane was sitting on the shoulder.
The pilot and his family were returning home from a weekend in Mammoth Lakes.
It was towed by 8:20 a.m. with damage too severe to fly out.
