A military helicopter made an emergency landing in Prentiss County, Mississippi, on March 23rd.
Authorities said the pilot decided to make an emergency landing after the Apache helicopter, heading to Tupelo, Mississippi, developed a transmission problem.
The aircraft landed safely near Booneville. There were two people aboard at the time; both remained unharmed.
The aircraft was returning after a training mission in Tennessee.
A U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed near the Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, on March 14th.
The F/A-18F Super Hornet plane was performing a training flight when it went down.
There were two aviators aboard, including the pilot Lt. Cmdr. James Brice Johnson and the weapons systems operator Lt. Caleb Nathaniel King; both were killed in the crash.
The incident is being investigated.
A Piper PA-32 plane crashed near Cuba Municipal airport in Missouri, on June 14.
The plane crashed in a wooded area when the pilot Jeffrey B. Hansen of St. Charles was en-route to Creve Coeur Airport, St. Louis, with his dog. Both of them were killed in the crash.
According to Missouri authorities, the pilot texted his family, about 5 minutes before crash, that his plane had hit turbulence.
The FAA is investigating.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-1643 overran the end of the runway on landing in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 18th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane was coming from Las Vegas, Nevada.
All one hundred and fifty passengers and six crew members remained safe.
Thomson Airways flight BY-6133 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Porto, Portugal, on April 17th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Las Palmas, Spain, to Bristol, England, was diverted due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All 220 people aboard remained unharmed.
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What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Dallas to Memphis
Where: Little Rock Arkansas
When: Mar 5, 2012
Who: 129 passengers, 5 crew
Why: While en route, one of the plane’s engines developed an oil pressure issue. Pilots diverted to Little Rock and made a safe landing there. Another plane took passengers from Little Rock to Memphis.
Pictured: an Air India Boeing 777-337/ER
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What: Air India en route from Delhi to Chennai
Where: Visakhapatnam airport, Delhi
When: Thu, 15 Oct 2009
Who: 162 passengers
Why: Twenty minutes after take-off, the Air India flight experienced an undefined technical problem and returned safely to the airport, where passengers debarked and were re-routed on another Air India flight, and technicians worked on the plane.
