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Contact photographer Thierry Deutsch
What: Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Portland to Kahului Hawaii
Where: Sea-Tac, Seattle
When: Dec 28, 2010
Why: After takeoff from Portland, the crew discovered a problem with the trim. Protocol dictated diverting to Seattle. The plane made a safe landing around 11:00 a.m. after a couple of hours in the air.
No injuries were reported.
The NTSB is investigating.
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Contact photographer Claudio Marangon
What: Aegean Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Athens to Milan
Where: Milan
When: Nov 10th 2010
Who: 108 passengers, 6 crew
Why: On touchdown in Milan, the plane generated a brake fault message. The return flight was cancelled, and the plane was pulled from service briefly for repairs.
Emirates flight EK-522 had to make an emergency landing in Karachi, Pakistan, on February 14.
The Boeing 777-200, en-route from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down its left hand engine.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 170 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
El Al flight LY-30 had to make an emergency landing in Toronto, Canada, on December 20th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Tel Aviv, Israel, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 224 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Blue Air flight 0B-3102 had to return and make an emergency landing at Cluj International Airport, Romania, on April 1st.
The Boeing 737-300 plane took off for Henri Coanda International Airport, Romania, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Oman Air Flight 717, a Boeing 737-800 bumped a stationary Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300. The winglet on the Oman Air plane made contact.
The Oman Air flight to Dar-Es-Salaam and Muscat was only delayed four hours.
Neither plane reported damage. There is no indication if passengers were aboard either plane at the time of the incident.
The incident occurred at Zanzibar International Airport, now called Abeid Amani Karume International Airport.
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Contact photographer Giovanni Francisco Rodriguez Bravo
What: Single Engine Cessna 172 en route from Santa Cruz
When: May 11
Who: four people were killed: pilot Martyshev Basil, his wife and two children
Why: The plane took off from Santa Cruz 20 minutes after the expiry of the permitted duration of flights.
50 minutes after takeoff the plane fell from the sky. No cause is yet noted.
Apparently Martyshev was Russian and had U.S. citizenship, while his wife and children were citizens of Bolivia.
