A small plane crashed in Bingham County, Idaho, on December 17th.
Authorities said the plane went down near Aberdeen Municipal Airport.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was identified as Daniel Angus, 42, of Aberdeen.
Alaska Airlines flight 7 had to make an emergency landing at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, on August 29th.
The plane heading from JFK Airport, New York, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after an unruly passenger tried to open a door mid-air.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 180 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The unruly passenger was arrested upon landing.
Air India flight AI-822 had to return and make an emergency landing in Srinagar, India, on August 26th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Jammu, India, but had to turn back after the crew reported that they had not received a locked indication for the gear.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and forty-five people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Cirrus
Where: Katowice International Airport southern Poland
When: Nov 13, 2011
Who: 2 men and 2 women were aboard
Why: After takeoff, the plane disappeared 4.3 miles from the airport.
The wreckage was found in Zyglinie Forest at 8:20 pm. The four passengers all in their late forties and early fifties, died in the crash.
American Airlines flight AA-2214 veered off runway at San Antonio Airport, Texas, on June 3rd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, when the crew rejected takeoff due to unknown reasons.
The aircraft subsequently veered off the runway and got stuck in the mud.
All 38 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
Delta Airlines flight 611 had to land in emergency on Wake Island, after a mechanical problem was discovered in one of the plane’s engines.
The flight, with 145 passengers on-board, was on its way from Honolulu, Hawaii to Nogoya, Japan when the engine fault was noticed. It was then diverted to the Wake Island, located northwards of Marshall Islands, where it made safe emergency landing.
All the passengers and crew members remained injured.
The airline sent a team of mechanics to examine and repair the aircraft.
A small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Amagansett, New York, on June 2nd.
The incident happened when the Piper PA-31 Navajo plane was carrying four people, including the pilot Jon Dollard, 47, famed Hamptons home builder Ben Krupinski, 70, his wife, Bonnie Bistrian Krupinski, 70, and their grandson, Will Maerov, 22.
As of June 3rd, only two bodies had been recovered. However, all four occupants of the plane are presumed dead.
