Germanwings Airlines flight 4U-585 made an emergency landing at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany, on October 27th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane was flying from Palma, Spain, when the crew discovered a leak in a hydraulic system.
The crew decided to continue to Cologne where the plane landed safely.
All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-1353 made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 29th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, was on final approach when the captain declared a medical emergency saying, “We’ve got an issue with one of the pilots.”
The plane continued for a safe landing. Emergency services performed CPR on the first officer, however, could not save his life.
The deceased first officer was identified as William “Mike” Grubbs, 58.
The incident is being investigated.
On a takeoff run, an Airbus 330 en route from Manchester to the Dominican Republic suffered an engine explosion.
The pilot aborted the takeoff. None of the 325 passengers aboard the Thomas Cook A330 were injured.
Passengers disembarked and the plane was inspected and for half an hour, the runway was closed. Emergency services were deployed.
How passengers were accommodated was not released.
What: Air China Airbus A330-300 en route from Beijing to Shanghai
Where: Shanghai
When: May 25th 2011
Who: passenger
Why: While en route, passengers smelled smoke in the cabin. The source was pinned down to an overhood bin, and turned out to be a passenger’s camera battery which caught on fire. The flames were between seven and eight inches.
The battery was isolated and the fire extinguished in the lavatory.
A Delta Airlines flight bound for Atlanta had to return and make an emergency landing at Kingston airport in Jamaica, shortly after it took off on June 30.
According to Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant the decision to make an emergency landing was made after a pneumatic leak was discovered in the engine 2 of the MD-88 jet.
The plane landed safely. All 149 passengers and 5 crew members aboard remained unhurt.
Emilio Ebanks, the spokesperson of Jamaica Fire Brigade said that smoke was seen to be coming out of the plane while it was in the air. Durrant said there was no fire in the aircraft.
British Airways flight A490 was forced to change its direction due to a Spanish military surveillance jet flying nearby in Gibraltar, on October 31.
According to the authorities, the Ejército del Aire P3 aircraft, which was flying ahead of the British Airways plane, ‘suddenly reversed its direction and took another course’, entering the flight path of Airbus A320. The air traffic controllers then asked the British Airways plane, which was around 10 to 15 miles from landing in Gibraltar, to change direction in order to maintain safe distance.
According to a statement released by Gibraltar authorities on Monday, “The Government of Gibraltar is waiting for a full report on the incident, which will clarify whether the Spanish military plane made an incursion into the airspace over British Gibraltar territorial waters.”
Capital Airlines Beijing flight JD-5158 had to return and make an emergency landing in Kunming, China, on August 26th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Hangzhou, China, but had to turn back due to the loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
