On April 22, 2013 at 10:30am, a Los Angeles-Sydney-Melbourne flight damaged its wing while on the ground.
The United Airlines Boeing 747-400 was pulling into an air bay when it struck the airbridge of a parking bay at the airport in Melbourne.
Passengers disembarked by stairs. There were no injuries but the plane required repairs.
What: United Airlines/Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Denver to Casper
Where: Casper/Natrona County Airport
When: 10:30 am
Who: 43 passengers
Why: On approach, the plane developed a mechanical problem with its wing flap. The plane landed safely, and was sent to maintenance for work on the wing flaps.
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What: Transavia Boeing 737-700 en route from Rotterdam to Malaga, Spain
Where: Rotterdam
When: Mar 4th 2012
Who: 62 passengers
Why: Over France,Transavia Flight HV-5023 developed engine and hydraulic problems.
The crew returned to Rotterdam where they made a safe landing.
A replacement flight was provided.
GoJet flight UA-4540 blew a tire while landing in Austin, Texas, on October 12th.
The plane was coming from Denver, Colorado, when one of the main tires burst during landing.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The incident resulted in minor damage to engine and flaps.
United Airlines flight UA-1418 made an emergency landing in Calgary, Canada, on October 13th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was flying from Houston, Texas, when the crew declared an emergency due to problems with autopilot system and possible issues with nose gear.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 64 people aboard remained safe.
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What: All Nippon Network/Air Nippon Boeing 737-800 en route from Nagoya to Asahikawa
Where: Asahikawa Japan
When: Oct 26 2010
Who: 57 passengers and crew
Why: A controller at the Sapporo Area Control Center apparently forgot about minimum altitudes and instructed pilots of the All Nippon Network/Air Nippon jet to drop to 1,500 meters.
Area aircraft are not allowed below 3,000 meters.
Thirty minutes outside of Asahikawa, the plane instigated a EGPWS terrain warning which directed the crew to climb. The pull-up alarm alerts 20-30 seconds prior to projected ground impact.
The minimum safe altitude warning was triggered because over 2,197-meter Mt Pippu in Hokkaido. The plane corrected its height from (up to as close as) 220 meters above the peak to a greater clearance and made a safe landing thirty minutes later.
The Japan Transport Safety Board is investigating the incident.
Delta airlines flight 271 made an emergency landing at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 22.
The Boeing 767-300ER, heading from Paris to Newark Airport, New Jersey, had to be diverted due to extreme turbulence.
Authorities said the plane could not land in Newark due to high winds. It then attempted to land at JFK but that too could not be made possible. The pilot then diverted the plane to Boston where it made a safe emergency landing. There were 180 passengers and 11 crew members aboard at the time.
The authorities confirmed that 2 people were shifted to hospital due to motion sickness and minor injuries.
