A United Airlines/SkyWest Flight 5229 Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 ( Brownsville-Houston flight diverted to McAllen on July 12, 2013 when the pilots discovered pressurization problems.
Pilots received a cabin door indicator light in the flight deck.
Passengers disembarked without any problems.
None of the 43 aboard suffered injury.
ExpressJet flight EV-5508 had to reject takeoff from Atlanta, Georgia, on August 9th.
The Canadair CRJ-900 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the crew reported a blown tire and rejected takeoff.
The plane was disabled on the runway and had to be towed off.
Everyone aboard remained safe.
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What: Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Jeddah to Paris
Where: Athens
When: Jul 14 2011
Who: 168 (?) 187 aboard
Why: While en route, the Airbus experienced instrument failure. The pilot decided to divert to Greece.
The pilot made an visual (ILS?) approach to Athens airport, with its instruments inoperable.
The plane made a safe landing with no injuries reported. After maintenance went over the plane, it was back in the air within five or six hours.
On July 12, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Washington to Riad made an emergency landing in Athens due to instruments indicating a fire in the luggage compartment. (No fire was found.) according to Thailand News Agency.
Airlink flight 4Z-8127 made an emergency landing in Windhoek, Namibia, on January 28th.
The plane took off for Cape Town, South Africa, but had to turn back due to a cabin pressurization problem.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Flybe flight BE-1274 made an emergency landing in Birmingham, England, on August 29th.
The plane flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Manchester, England, was diverted after the crew became aware that one of the tires had burst during departure. An airline spokesperson said the plane was diverted as a “precautionary measure to take into consideration more favorable wind conditions”
The plane landed safely. All 76 people aboard remained unhurt.
What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca
Where: Los Tejocotes
When: December 9 20123:30
Who: 7 aboard
Why: After a Saturday night concert in Monterrey, singer Jenni Rivera took off in a Learjet with a plane crew and her makeup artist, publicist and lawyer. but she did not arrive in Toluca at 4:30.
ATC lost track of the learjet 10 minutes and 61.8 miles into the flight at coordinates 99,52,18 24,45,50 North West. The plane has been reported missing in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.
Those missing are listed as: Miguel Perez and Alejandro Torres, and passengers Jenni Rivera, Alberto Rivera Saavedra, Mario Macias, Jacob Llenares and one more person identified as “Gerardo N.”
Newspaper reports that plane is owned by Starwood Management. A Learjet reportedly owned by Starwood was deregistered as of 07/31/2012 and exported to Mexico. However this is the record of N345MC, the plane reported that the singer’s entourage was in.
Starwood management was in US court regarding forfeiture of aircraft property. See Starwood Management LLC v. United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration
A Learjet with Rivera and her crew aboard departed the Monterrey International Airport at 03.15 (15.09 GMT)
Two helicopters and a plane began searching at 4.40 pm.
