A private helicopter made an emergency landing into the water off of Taylor’s Island, Maryland, on March 25.
Authorities said the helicopter apparently experienced a mechanical issue, after which, the pilot radioed a distress call and made a hard landing in around 4 feet of water.
There were 2 people aboard at the time, including the pilot Vincent T. Giglio, 45, of New Jersey, and his passenger, Ronald F. Lopes, 61, of New York; both of them remained unharmed.
What: Thai military Black Hawk chopper
Where: Myanmar border
When: July 18, 2011
Who: 9 aboard
Why: The chopper was on a search and rescue mission looking for 5 bodies in Saturday’s chopper crash in Krachan National park.
Those aboard the chopper were On board were Major General Tawan Ruangsri, the 9th Infantry Division chief and commander of the Surasee Task Force, Major Prapan Jiamsoongnoen, the 1st pilot, Major Chuphan Polwan, the 2nd pilot, Sargent Major Somkid Wongtoksaeng, the senior flight mechanic, Sargent Aram Wongsing, the second mechanic, Captain Jate Sudchai, Captain Chakraphan Bamrungphuet, Lance Corporal Itthisak Hinasuthi, and Sornwichai Kongtannukul, a TV Channel 5 cameraman.
While the chopper was en route, weather turned bad, and two of the three choppers on the mission returned to base. The third chopper was reported missing. Radio contact was lost at 11:55 a m.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-1769 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria, on June 3.
The Airbus A321-200, heading from Istanbul, Turkey to Prague, Czech Republic, was diverted after smoke was reported in its cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 117 passengers and 8 crew members remained safe.
The aircraft was inspected upon landing and was cleared to take off again after some time.
The flight landed in Prague with a 2.5 hours delay.
CityJet flight WX-180 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on January 13th.
The plane took off for London, United Kingdom, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an issue with nose gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: KLM Airbus A330-203 en route from Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport
Where: Nova Scotia
When: 19-OCT-2009
Who: Not Available
Why: While en route, the engine shut down in flight. The flight was diverted to Bangor, Maine,
An Israir flight made an emergency at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, on May 25.
The ATR plane took off from Sde Dov airport in north Tel Aviv and was en-route to Eilat when one of its engines failed. The pilot reported the situation to ATC and requested at emergency landing.
The plane, carrying around 80 passengers, landed safely. No one was hurt.
A replacement aircraft was arranged for the passengers.
What: ConocoPhillips (new) Boeing 737-700 en route from Anchorage to Deadhorse
Where: emergency landing in Fairbanks
When: Thursday May 28
Who: 135 oilfield workers
Why: The plane flew into a cloud of fifty (or thereabouts) ducks, cracking the 3 ply windshield, denting the engine cowling and forcing an emergency landing in Fairbanks.
George’s Point of View
There is no connection between ducks (n.) and duck (v.) (I checked.)
And then I was going to write something about airline insurance companies using ducks as mascots–but there’s already an insurance duck.
So let’s just hope the ducks that survive figure out how to get out of the way next time–and be glad that this time, no unfeathered passengers were hurt.
