American Airlines flight AA-34 suffered a bird strike on the way to Newark, New Jersey, on September 3rd.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, was on final approach to Newark.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-253 made an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on May 21st.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a cracked windshield.
The plane landed back safely. There were 270 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Jetstar flight JQ-506 had to return and make an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport, Australia, on May 5th.
The Airbus A320-200 flying to Sydney, Australia, had to return due to a problem with one of its landing gear.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-157 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Manila, Philippines, on October 9th.
The Airbus A350-900 plane heading from Hong Kong, China, to Brisbane, Australia, was diverted after it encountered severe turbulence that injured six crew members and one passenger.
The plane landed safely. The injured were taken to hospital.
Laser Airlines flight QL-940 had to return and make an emergency landing in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 17th.
The plane took off for Maracaibo, Venezuela, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed back safely. All 148 people aboard remained unharmed.
SEATTLE, Dec. 17, 2010 — Boeing and Fujitsu have established a strategic alliance in which the companies will develop a service to enable greater efficiency in aircraft maintenance operations. The partnership will employ unique tools such as Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) and Contact Memory Buttons (CMB) to allow customers to use these technologies without needing to retrofit their own fleets. Airlines can reduce costs by reducing inventory and manual data entry errors without having to create new processes.
Under the new alliance, Fujitsu will provide Boeing with a globally-shared platform that includes automated identification technology devices, device readers, software applications and a system integration and deployment service. Boeing will tailor solutions for each customer’s needs, integrate those solutions into the customer’s operational environment and establish a long-range plan that will expand automated identification technology solutions across the customer’s enterprise. Boeing plans to launch this service (with a formal name) for airlines in the first quarter of 2012. The service will be available for Boeing and non-Boeing fleets and will be rapidly adaptable to any customer.
“We have been working with Boeing for more than five years to promote RFID implementation in the aviation industry and we are very excited to start this project jointly,” said Mitsutoshi Hirono, corporate vice president Fujitsu Limited.
The Boeing Transformation Service will enable customers to better manage aircraft components, equipment and materials by retrofitting them with automated identification technology devices, allowing automated data management and highly visible supply chain related maintenance processes. Prior to the launch of the new service in early 2012, the service will undergo three phases of beta testing through deployment with a launch customer.
“Our customers have told us they need these types of innovative solutions to improve operational efficiency,” said Per Noren, vice president, Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, Information Services. “We see an opportunity for the aviation industry that surpasses past expectations in establishing this partnership with Fujitsu.”
On Oct 31, 2013, a Norwegian Boeing 737-800#LN-DYC en route from Trondheim to Oslo with 130 passengers and 6 crew, was descending towards Oslo and was switched to a different runway. A second Norwegian Boeing 737-800 #LN-NOM en route from Oslo to Trondheim took off. Instructions from ATC became confused, and both planes followed a single instruction, bringing them into proximity.
Flight 741, which was landing, was below Flight 740. Flight 740 got a TCAS (Traffic collision avoidance system) warning and diverged. Accident Investigation Board Norway noted the minimum separation between the two aircraft was down to 0.2nm lateral at 500 feet vertical.
