What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Chicago to Boston Where: Albany When: Jan 9th 2012, 3 pm Who: 124 passengers and 6 crew Why: While en route, the left engine lost oil pressure.
Pilots shut down the engine and diverted to Albany. They circled, and dumped fuel before making a safe landing. Emergency services were on standby.
Until 2008, the Albany Airport was a regular stop for American Airlines, and hopes soon to be a regular stop again.
A replacement jet was provided. Some passengers rented cars rather than wait.
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What: Beechcraft 35 Bonanza Where: Glencoe, MN When: March 21, 2012, 11:00 a.m. Who: 3 fatalities Why: The plane crashed on farmland four mines north of Glencoe killing what appears to be a family of three aboard the plane and also three dogs. Conditions were five miles visibility and overcast at 900 feet and the pilot may have been flying by visual flight rules in conditions when VFR flight isn’t allowed. Visibility in the area is known to drop “at the drop of a hat” so the pilot may have flown into worsening conditions inadvertently.
Witnesses say they heard the plane sputtering, and heard a popping noise before impact. Others saw the plane flying low before it hit the ground in foggy drizzly weather leaving a two-hundred yard debris field. The plane may have been flying from St. Cloud.
By the time bystanders arrived on the scene, the plane was missing the tail and a wing, and was engulfed in a “ball of flame.”
The plane had just been sold by a St. Cloud resident to a new owner.
Stuart Dahlberg, 52, his wife Ivelisse Morillo, and his mother, Mae Dahlberg were en route to visit family in Colorado when they were killed in the crash. Stuart Dahlberg was an experienced pilot.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 3871N Make/Model: BE35 Description: 35 Bonanza
Date: 03/21/2012 Time: 1612
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: GLENCOE State: MN Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FIELD. THE THREE PERSONS ONBOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED. 4-5 MILES NORTH OF GLENCOE, MN
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 3
WEATHER: 20007KT 5SM BT OVC 009 14/13 A2998
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What: Vladivostok Avia Tu-204 en route from Moscow to Blagoveshchensk Where: Yekaterinburg When: June 20, 2010 Who: 116 passengers (11 children) Why: While en route, an engine malfunctioned and the flight had to divert from Blagoveshchensk to Yekaterinburg. A replacement jet was provided which is scheduled to take off at 7:30 Yekaterinburg time
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What: PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A310-300 en route from Quetta to Islamabad Where: Islamabad When: Oct 24 2010 Who: 187 passengers Why: On approach to Islamabad, nose gear failed. The pilot shut down the plane on the runway, and the plane was towed.
What: PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A310-300 en route from Manchester to Islamabad Where: Manchester When: Oct 24 2010 Who: 190 passengers Why: After takeoff, suffering a technical problem, the pilot returned to Manchester where he made a safe landing. The flight (or a replacement) was rescheduled for the next day.
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Alaska Airlines flight AS-1506 had to return and make an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington, on February 26th.