Frontier Airlines flight F9-1686 made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on November 22nd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Nashville, Tennessee, was diverted after the crew noticed an odor in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventy-eight passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed near Camp Verde, Arizona, on August 18th.
The incident happened when the pilot was taking a friend for a short flight around Yavapai County.
Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. They were identified as pilot Glenn Tenniswood, 68, and passenger Ron Walker, 78.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
What: Continental Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Newark,NJ to London
Where: Newark
When: Sep 19th 2011
Why: While en route, a cabin sidewall overheated. The crew shut down the local electricity but not before a passenger was burned by the heater. The passenger was treated for minor injuries.
The incident occurred over Charlottetown in Canada. The flight crew returned to Newark and made a safe landing. A replacement Boeing completed the flight fourteen hours later.
So, now I wonder why back in Newark, maintenance deactivated the heater instead of repairing the problem. If it was there in the first place to counter a cold spot, did it not need to be repaired? I am hoping this was just deferred until the plane reached the appropriate hub.
The family of the victims (Arturo Rivera, makeup artist Jacob Yebale, attorney Mario Macias Pacheco and hair dresser Jorge “Gigi” Armando Sanchez Vasquez) of a 43-year-old Learjet that crashed in Mexico on December 9 have filed a negligence suit against Starwood Management LLC, Rodatz Financial Group Inc., McOco Inc. and Jenni Rivera Enterprises Inc.
Jenni Rivera was killed in the crash along with the 78 year old pilot and 20 year old co-pilot, neither of whom appeared to be licensed to operate the flight under the conditions (time and altitude) they were flying.
An airplane mechanic and a retired FAA examiner falsely certified Flying Tiger inspections between October 2006 and October 2009 and are being charged with “with mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice”
What: Cessna
Where: Thames Airport on New Zealand’s North Island
When: Monday October 27, 2008
Who: Pilot
Why: Pilot overshot the runway. The pilot was not hurt but the plane landed in a sewage pond and had to swim (through the sewage pond) to safety.
Kuwait Airways flight KU-304 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mumbai, India, on December 22nd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Kuwait City, Kuwait, but had to turn back due to issues with cabin pressurization.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
