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What: Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 en route from Boston to Kansas City
Where: JFK
When: Aug 13th 2012
Who: 73 passengers, 4 crew
Why: On takeoff, both right main landing gears blew. Pilots diverted to JFK and made an emergency landing.
After landing, the plane was stopped on the runway. A replacement jet was provided.
BA2202 flight passenger Sean Jude Kelly was drunk aboard his flight from Cancun Mexico. Normally, he is a moneybroker from Kent. But after a week in Cancun drinking, he became a hooligan.
On the flight home, he started threatening (278) passengers.
Three hours after taking off from Cancun, the British Airways captain detoured to Orlando Florida, where Kelly was arrested (before or after?) attacking a female Orlando police officer. Kelly is now being held in jail.
Flight attendants said Kelly spat at them, and fought other passengers. He drank half a 750ml bottle of Stolichnaya Vodka aboard the plane, and prior to boarding had taken anti-anxiety meds.
Speaking from my fantastic hotel in Cancun…
There’s plenty of rest and relaxation to be had in Cancun without spending the week in a bottle…
A small plane crashed in Llano, near Lake Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, on August 27.
Authorities said the single-engine Piper PA25 crashed in a vacant field near 165th Street East and East Avenue X.
The pilot, identified as Channing Morse, 67, of San Diego, was killed at the spot.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
United Airlines flight UA-6176 suffered a bird strike on the way to Nashville, Tennessee, on July 10th.
The incident happened when the plane flying from Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, was on approach to Nashville International Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Azores Airlines flight S4-134 had to return and make a safe emergency landing at Lajes Field, Lajes Air Base, Portugal, on July 15th.
The Airbus A320-200 en-route to Lisbon, Portugal had just departed Lajes’s runway when the crew reported a bird strike resulting in engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All 109 people onboard remained unharmed.
The flight was cancelled.
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What: Continental Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Newark to Glasgow, SC
Where: Glasgow
When: Nov 24th 2010
Who: 158 passengers, 8 crew
Why: On approach to Glasgow, a fuel leak was discovered in the right engine. The pilot landed safely in Glasgow, but the return flight was cancelled, and the plane was scheduled for maintenance.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-823 made an emergency landing in Okinawa, Japan, on December 18.
Authorities said the Boeing 767-300, en-route from Tokyo Narita Airport, Japan, to Taipei, Taiwan, was forced to divert after the crew reported haze in the cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 198 people on board remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
The incident is being investigated.