Indigo flight 6E-591 diverted and made a safe emergency landing at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on May 19th.
The Airbus A320-200, heading from Vadodara, to Delhi, India, was mid-air when the crew reported a technical fault, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed successfully.
All 183 people onboard remained unharmed.
A Qantas flight en route to Armidale from Sydney had to divert and make an emergency landing in Tamworth, NSW, Australia, on June 17.
The incident happened after one of the plane’s tires blew off during take-off. According to Qantas, the plane carrying 44 people was diverted to Tamworth because maintenance facilities were available at the airport.
The fire brigade, ambulances and police responded. The Tamworth Base Hospital was also put on alert.
The plane made a safe landing at about 9 p.m., after burning off extra fuel. No one was injured.
The passengers were transported to Armidale by bus.
Qantas engineers replaced the damaged tire.
Jet Airways flight 9W 469 made an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on October 1st.
The plane heading from Chandigarh to Mumbai, India, was diverted due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-656 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on June 7th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane flying from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was on final approach to Amsterdam when the crew reported a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: 1954 Beech Bonanza
Where: Bloomington in a field/rock quarry along Rockport Road
When: Thursday morning
Who: Pilot Larry Gering
Why: After Gering experienced engine trouble, he landed, one wing hit a tree, and part of the landing gear broke. A witness said “the plane coming down making a circle. . . see the smoke and hear his motor . . .”
The FAA is investigating.
What: Turkish Airbus en route from Istanbul to Johannesburg
Where: Entebbe
When: May 11, 2012
Who: 230 passengers
Why: A Turkish Airlines Airbus developed a technical problem and diverted to Entebbe for an emergency landing.
No injures were reported.
An undisclosed source said the airport received radio calls hurrying them to clear a runway prior to the unscheduled landing of the Turkish Airlines flight.
As you see, few details are available regarding this event. The Turkish Airlines offices in Kampala did not respond. An unofficial and unconfirmed blog post seemed to imply the event was a simulation.
Passengers were provided hotel accommodations.
So our choices for this unconfirmed situation is that this happened, didn’t happen, was pretended to have happened, or someone is pretending it didn’t happen. Your guess is as good as ours, or may be better.
What: private aircraft
Where: emergency landing at the Pocatello airport
When: Tuesday
Who: Pilot
Why: Fuel was reportedly leaking into the cockpit. Fire crews responded but the plane landed safely and there were no injuries.
