Frontier Airlines flight F9-429 made an emergency landing in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 20th.
The Airbus A320-200N plane heading from Denver, Colorado, to Reno, Nevada, was diverted due to an issue with one of the navigation computers.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Volaris plane was hit by a luggage cart at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on February 17th.
The incident happened when the plane was lining up to perform flight Y4-919 to Guadalajara, Mexico.
The plane was unable to depart and safely returned to the apron.
American Airlines flight 669 had to return and make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania, on August 7.
The plane took off for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport but had to return shortly afterwards after fire was observed in its left engine.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 142 people aboard remained unhurt.
According to airline spokesperson Josh Freed, the engine burned-off some residual fuel during take off but remained operational the whole time.
Druk Air flight B3-724 made an emergency landing at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, West Bengal, India, at around 4.47 P.M. on November 19.
The plane, en-route from Doha, Qatar, to Paro, Bhutan, landed in emergency due to some technical issue.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 7 people aboard remained unhurt.
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What: AirBlue Airbus A321-200 en route from Karachi to Islamabad Pakistan
Where: Margalla Hills about 10nm north of Islamabad
When: Jul 28th 2010
Who: 146 passengers and 6 crew
Why: While on approach to Islamabad in poor weather conditions during monsoon rain and low visibility, radio contact was lost (at 09:45) and the plane impacted the terrain.
Helicopters flew into the mountainous area, which is difficult to access. Initial reports were that there were no survivors then helicopters were reported to have flown five survivors to hospitals. Six bodies have been recovered including the pilot but there are no survivors (in spite of the video report.)
What: Air France Airbus 380 en route from NY to Paris
Where: JFK, NY
When: April 11, 2011
Who: Air France Airbus passengers; and Comair passengers;
Why: A Delta/Comair Bombardier CRJ-700 (N641CA) which had just flown in from Boston was struck in the tail by the left wing of an Airbus.
There were no injuries, but a lot of inconvenience, plus damage to both planes. (The Comair left horizontal stabilizer and the Airbus wingtip.) The Air France flight was cancelled because of the damage. Both flights were cancelled, although the Air France flight hadn’t gone anywhere. The Air France passengers had to disembark and retrieve their luggage as alternatives for reaching their destination were sorted out.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
Lufthansa CityLine flight LH-2130 had to return and make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on August 8th.
The plane took off for Dresden, Germany, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
