JetBlue flight B6-532 suffered a bird strike near Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah, on November 7th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Long Beach, California, was on final approach to Salt Lake City International Airport when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-1060 made an emergency landing in Miami, Florida, on February 4th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back after the crew noticed smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed back safely. All crew members and both pilots were examined by the medical teams at the airport. One crew member was taken to a hospital.
Around noon on Oct 28, a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter carrying two Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife employees who were conducting fish counts (counting spawning nests, also called redds) crashed in the South Umpqua River near Days Creek. Both passengers and the pilot were conscious.
Power lines were damaged, and the plane was leaking fuel. Three hundred twenty people lost electricity. The FAA and the NTSB will be on hand to check out the accident. A hazmat team handled the fuel leak.
Two passengers, Holly Huchko, 34 and Eric Himmelreich, 35 were taken to Mercy Hospital in Roseburg, and the pilot to Sacred Heart at Riverbend. Huchko broke her back, Himmelreich broke a vertebra and the pilot, Fred Wittlake, broke an arm and some ribs.
The Umpqua Fish District office counts fish to help determine fishing regulation.
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What: Easyjet Airbus A320-200 en route from Heraklion (Greece) to London Gatwick,EN (UK)
Where: Athens International Airport
When: Apr 14th 2009 15.02 local time
Who: 137 passengers and 7 crew
Why: Pressurization. After observing problems with pressurization, the crew burned off ten minutes worth of fuel and landed on runway 21R. The problem turned out to be in the air conditioning. Easyjet’s press release terms this not an emergency but “merely a precautionary technical diversion.”
A small plane crashed in Ocala National Forest, Florida, on September 28th.
Authorities said the plane went down in a densely-wooded area in the 7400 block of County Road 314A.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center. He was identified as Herb Francis Clark Jr., 71, of Weirsdale, Florida.
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What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 en route from Orlando,FL to Sao Paulo Brazil
Where: Miami
When: July 19th 2011
Why: While en route, the odor of smoke was detected.
The crew diverted the flight to Miami where they made a safe landing less than half an hour after smoke was detected.
Seven hours later, hopefully after a good inspection, the flight continued to Sao Paulo.
A small plane crashed near Centennial airport in Colorado, on February 18th.
Authorities said the plane went down in a parking lot at Belford Avenue and Peoria Street.
There were two people aboard at the time; one of them was taken to a hospital while the other one was treated at the scene.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
