What: United Skywest Sierra CRJ 200 en route from Tucson to San Francisco
Where: Fresno
When: Monday Nov 22
Who: 37 passengers and three crew
Why: While en route, the flight developed problems with the hydraulics. They diverted to Fresno and made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
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What: Japan Airlines Airbus A300-600 en route from Aomori to Tokyo Haneda
Where: Haneda Airport
When: Apr 17th 2009
Who: 120 people
Why: After touchdown at Haneda Airport, the engine started smoking; flames were shooting out of the exhaust. The crew engaged the ” engine fire suppression system.” Passengers did NOT debark via emergency procedures.Plane Makes Safe Emergency Landing at O’Hare Without Nose Landing Gear
Go Jet flight 3645, operated by United Airlines, had to make an emergency landing at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, on the afternoon of March 14.The plane was flying from Grand Rapids, Michigan, when its front landing gear failed to deploy. The pilot then declared emergency and asked the passengers to brace for landing.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 37 passengers and 4 crew members remained unharmed.
The cause of incident is under investigation.
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Medical Helicopter Crashes After Delivering Patients
PICTURED: a Eurocopter AS350B2
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Contact photographer Michal NowickiWhat: OmniFlight American Eurocopter AS350B2 medical helicopter en route from Charleston to Conway
Where: 63 miles southwest of Conway, S.C
When: 2308 PM, ET on Friday, September 25, 2009
Who: 3 person crew:p ilot, flight nurse and paramedic
Why: The helicopter had dropped off a patient at about 9:35 p.m. Friday in Charleston. Thunderstorms were in the area at the time of the crash. The weather was described as “convective.” - airliners.net | Boeing | Diversion | electrical | odor | oxygen masks | Southwest
Southwest Electric Emergency, Diversion to El Paso
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Contact photographer Ron CarterWhat: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-500 en route from Houston to Phoenix
Where: El Paso Texas
When: May 4, 2011, 5 pm
Who: 138 aboard
Why: While en route, an electrical smell was detected. Oxygen masks were deployed.The flight diverted to El Paso and made a safe landing. Passengers did not have to use emergency slides. They were provided an alternate flight to Phoenix while the plane was ferried for inspections.
Turbulence Rocks Air France Boeing over Narita Japan
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There is wisdom in keeping your seats belts fastened even when the seat belt sign is off —What: Air France passenger plane Boeing 777-200 flight 276 en route from Paris to Narita airport
Where: Narita airport
Who: 261 passengers and 16 crewmembers. Passsengers had no injuries, but 2 crew members suffered hip and thoracic fractures.
Why: The plane was hit by turbulence while circling above waters off Chiba Prefecture while waiting to land at Narita airport. The plane landed safely and was sent back to France after examination.Nippon Airways Boeing Loses AC and Cabin Pressure
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Contact Photographer TakashiWhat: All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 767-300 en route from Matsuyama to Tokyo
Where: Tokyo’s Haneda airport
When: Thursday August 27
Who: 262 passengers and 8 crew
Why: The left hand air conditioning system failed shortly after takeoff. Then, while en route, cabin pressure dropped. At that point, oxygen masks deployed; the pilot descended 10,000 feet to normalize pressure and flew the last 45 minutes of the flight. Though some passengers felt ill, there were no injuries, and the plane landed normally.George’s Point of View
That must have been a fun, white-knuckled flight, leaving terror-induced claw marks etched into the armrests.