Kuwait Airways flight KU-357 suffered a temporary runway excursion after landing at Cochin International Airport, India, on August 14th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A330-200 plane was coming from Kuwait.
The plane subsequently returned onto the runway center line.
All one hundred and sixty-one people aboard remained unharmed.
Wizz Air flight W6-4321 had to reject takeoff from Sofia, Bulgaria, on February 26th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Beauvais, France, when the crew rejected takeoff due to unreliable airspeed indications.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
VietJet flight PK-368 had to return and make an emergency landing in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 5th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Islamabad, Pakistan, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an instrument problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
EasyJet flight U2-8835 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Sofia Airport, Bulgaria, on November 10.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route from London, UK, to Antalya, Turkey, had to divert due to a strong burning smell in cabin.
The plane landed safely.
All 30 passenger and 6 crew members aboard remained unhurt.
Alitalia flight AZ-1637 made a safe landing at Bari International Airport-Karol Wojtyla, Bari, Italy, on October 26.
The Airbus A320-200, flying from Linate Airport, Milan, Italy, sustained damage to one of its flaps due to bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
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What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from West Palm Beach to Boston
Where: en route
When: Mar 27 2010
Why: On the return flight coming home from her son’s funeral, 76 year old Renee Rappaport was returning to her seat after visiting the bathroom, and found the aisle was blocked by a beverage cart, and a flight attendant who told her to wait. She tried to squeeze by to get to her seat, and wouldn’t fit. The woman was arrested on arrival in Boston for shoving the flight attendant, and charged with assault.
Is rudeness an arrestable offense?
A 76 year old woman arrested for trying to get back to her seat.
It sounds like something out of Golden Girls, with Beatrice Arthur getting arrested for being her usual pushy self (although unlike our 76 year old airline passenger, Beatrice Arthur was in her 60’s when it was filmed, only 70 at the end of the series.)
Even though I don’t know all the facts, the bare bones of the situation are enough for me to feel that if I were the kind of person who started writing campaigns, I would start one now. I would inundate Jet Blue’s mail boxes with letters demanding more respectful treatment of the elderly.
Is this bizarre escalation some Jet Blue policy or a flight attendant’s strategy not to get written up?
There is something wrong with a 76 year old woman being arrested for assault while on a plane trying to get back to her seat. One wonders if the flight attendant could not have backed the cart up, or done something in a courteous fashion during or after the event. Even if the elderly woman were a female version of the governor of California, is she not entitled to some courtesy?
I have come across both belligerent flight attendants and hospitable flight attendants. I think I can safely speculate that a little graciousness on the part of the flight attendant would have prevented the situation from happening, certainly from escalating to arrest. At the very least, such an arrest is frivolous, and a waste of the police force’s valuable time.
Maybe it marks me as old fashioned, but I believe a flight attendant’s job is not an entitlement; but an elderly passenger is entitled to some degree of courtesy and understanding.
If Jet Blue’s policy is to arrest in this situation, they deserve all the bad press they get.
On the other hand, if Renee Rappaport is capable of a serious assault, I can get her some gloves and schedule a grudge match against the flight attendant in Las Vegas.
Airblue Airbus A321-200 narrowly escaped accident when one of its tires burst upon landing at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 4th.
The aircraft was coming from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, when one of the tires burst during landing. The plane tilted toward its side and the right hand engine touched the ground.
There were 230 passengers aboard the flight PA-271 at the time; all of them remained safe.
