What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Poznan (Poland) to Madrid,SP (Spain)
Where: Frankfurt
When: Aug 30th 201
Why: While en route, the flight developed cabin pressure problems. The crew diverted to Frankfurt Germany where they made a safe landing.
Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-250 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Novosibirsk, Russia, on November 23rd.
The plane heading from London, United Kingdom, to Hong Kong, China, was diverted due to a smoke indication for the aft cargo hold.
The plane landed safely. There were 214 passengers and 18 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Asiana Flight 214 clipped a sea wall with its tail as it came in to land at the US airport and skidded out of control before catching fire at San Francisco’s international airport on July 6, killing three people and injuring dozens. Two months prior to the accident, South Korea’s transport ministry had requested Asiana Airlines Inc. to review safety measures.
On April 30, the Korean government told Asiana to hire more pilots, engineers and cabin crew, to centralize its safety management system and to set up oversight for aircraft maintenance.
Had Asiana complied with this directive? Did Asiana have adequate training for new pilots? Was the PIC aware of the situation of the SF airport? – South Korea’s Asiana Airlines will be subject of a three-week government investigation. These are some of the questions that the investigation should be covering.
Lee Kang-Kuk, a ten year pilot was 40 hours into his B777 flight training.
The wrecked fuselage of Asiana Airlines flight 214 is sitting in storage at San Francisco International Airport
SkyWest Airlines OO-4281 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, on August 12th.
The plane heading from Detroit, Michigan, to Newburgh, New York, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All forty-five passengers and three crew members remained unharmed.
CSA Czech Airlines flight OK-520 made an emergency landing in Frankfurt, Germany, on August 30th.
The plane heading from Prague, Czech Republic, to Dusseldorf, Germany, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All 55 passengers remained unhurt.
Jet2 flight LS-252 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Bordeaux, France, on August 10th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Faro, Portugal, to Leeds, England, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and twenty people aboard remained unharmed.
Serene Air flight ER-502 had to return and make an emergency landing at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan, on May 15th.
The Boeing 737-800 flying to Islamabad, Pakistan, had to return due to cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
