A Volaris plane was hit by a luggage cart at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on February 17th.
The incident happened when the plane was lining up to perform flight Y4-919 to Guadalajara, Mexico.
The plane was unable to depart and safely returned to the apron.
On Sept 26, a United Airlines Boeing 737-924ER (WL), flight 1603, was en route from Houston to Seattle with 161 passengers and six crew when the pilot suffered a heart attack.
The first officer took over and diverted Flight 1603 to Boise, Idaho. A doctor and military personnel aboard the plane performed CPR on the Captain in First Class.
A pilot/trainer who was a passenger took the copilot seat as the co-pilot took the captain’s seat and made the safe landing in Idaho.
Capt. Henry Skillern, 63, was taken to Saint Alphonsus Hospital in Boise where he he died.
United flew in a pilot from San Francisco and then Flight 1603 continued to Seattle.
A Mooney en route from Palm Springs to San Diego Gillespie Field went missing on Wednesday October 9. The sheriff’s deputies helicopter search was suspended Wednesday due to gusty winds, and was found on Thursday at 1:00 a.m.
The search for the plane registered to Andrew Thulin, of San Diego was centered four miles northeast of Julian, near the Volcan Mountain Wilderness. Emergency responders and searchers included US Border Patrol, deputies from Julian, and sheriff’s search and rescue.
Rescuers pinged the pilot’s phone to locate the wreckage and the bodies of a man and woman.
Delta Airlines flight DL-41 had to make an emergency landing in Sydney, Australia, on October 1st.
The plane was flying from Los Angeles, California, when the crew declared an emergency due to hydraulic problems.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
What: N79TE LLC Beechcraft Beechjet 400A en route from Northeast Alabama Regional Airport to Jacksonville Florida
Where: Peachtree Airport, GA
When: June 18 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Who: 2 crew, 2 passengers
Why: After landing at the airport, the plane overran the runway, and avoided the barriers. The gear collapsed and the plane slid downhill, and stopped outside of the perimeter fence. There were minor injuries reported, and those aboard were hospitalized. The pilot sustained a head injury.
The injuries were described as non-fatal and moderate. There was no fire, though fuel did leak on to the runway and was contained. There are a couple of cracks on the fuselage.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 826JH Make/Model: BE40 Description: 400 Beechjet (T-1 Jayhawk, T-400)
Date: 06/18/2012 Time: 1406
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Minor Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: CHAMBLEE State: GA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND THROUGH THE FENCE, CHAMBLEE, GA
Southwest Airlines flight WN-1495 made a safe landing following a bird strike in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on February 7th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane flying from Dallas Love Field, Texas, was on final approach to Fort Lauderdale when one of the engines ingested a bird.
The plane continued for safe landing.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in a field in Clermont, Florida, on March 12th.
Authorities said the RV-8A plane went down between South Lake Hospital and Skyridge Valley subdivision.
The plane was carrying two people at the time; both of them were killed in the crash. Their identities have not yet been released.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
