What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Dallas/Ft Worth to Seattle Where: Boise When: Jan 28, 2012 Who: 141 aboard Why: The American Airlines jet was en route when the left engine began running hot. Pilots shut down the engine.
A replacement MD-80 was sent with parts and mechanics aboard to repair the stranded aircraft and assist the passengers.
Pilots diverted to Boise and made a safe landing.
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What: All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from Beijing to Tokyo Where: Tokyo When: June 20, 2012 Who: 190 aboard Why: On nosegear touchdown, the jet received damage, bouncing before securing the landing and making it to the gate. No injuries were reported.
The video below records the “bounce.”
The skin of the jet developed several creases.
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What: Egyptair Airbus A320-200 en route from Cairo to Kuwait Where: Egypt When: Dec 3, 2012 Who: 90 aboard Why: We have avoided this report for as long as possible, but finally decided to get it out of the way, since our mailboxes and emails are FULL of reports of: “Snake on a plane forces emergency landing”
“Cobra Forces EgyptAir Flight to Make Emergency Landing”
“Flight Crew Finds reptile”
“Real Life Snake on a plane”
“Egyptian Cobra Bites Akram Abdul Latfi, Egypt Air Passenger”
“Cobra upgraded to First Class on Flight**”
Here’s the story: Akram Abdul Latif who was aboard this Egyptair flight was bitten by a snake. Actual snake on a plane, not the terrible movie. The Jordan Times says the snake was a cobra and that Latif owns a reptile shop where he was taking it. The snake had gotten out and the pet shop owner was bitten in the hand while trying to return the snake to the carry-on (as so many are theoretically and realistically bitten while trying to get anything back in the bag.)
The flight was diverted to Al Bahr Al Ahmar where first aid was administered to the man, and apparently none to the snake, who died. Actually, the snake did not die; it apparently was with Latif when he was refusing medical treatment. Some of the reports infer Latif was allowed to bring the snake to his shop in Kuwait. Without a crystal ball, I can’t say whether or not reports will be full of “Kuwait Reptile Store Owner Jailed for Smuggling” but according to “Newsfix” the cobra was corralled and confiscated by the cops. No one indicates if the snake was returned to Latif, or if a snake license, fine or a “snake coralling fee” was levied.
One can not help but picture the plane landing, a bouncer tossing Latif, his bag and beast out on their respective keisters*, the plane closing up and zipping down the runway before Latif can get back on.
* For the sake of the paragraph, we are endowing both the snake and the bag with honorary keisters, as they are not provided their own by nature.
** Honors for the best title of an article about the snake on a plane
*** The snake photo is clipped from the youtube video
**** No snakes were harmed in the writing of this article
*****[insert your own] Etc.
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What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from New York to Milan Where: New York When: Jun 5 2010 Who: 218 passengers and 12 crew Why: The American Airlines Boeing rejected take-off due to an undisclosed issue. A replacement jet was provided.
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Jazz flight QK-8824 made a safe landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, DC, on May 16th.
An Allegiant Air flight had to make an emergency landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida, on October 19th.