What: Ryanair Boeing 737 en route from London to Bratislava
Where: Berlin Germany
When: September 24, 2012
Why: The Ryanair flight was en route to Bratislava when it developed a fuel problem and diverted to Kassel Germany.
A warning light indicated a “possible technical issue” or leak.
Passengers disembarked, and boarded an alternative Ryanair flight.
The relatives of Germanwings flight 9525 crash victims have expressed “rage and despair”, after Lufthansa delayed return of the victims’ remains to Germany.
The plane, which crashed in France on March 24, was carrying 150 people, around half whom were German.
The airline had originally planned to bring the victim’s remains to Germany on June 9 and 10. However, on June 3, it sent an email to the families, informing them that the plan had been “temporarily interrupted” for an indefinite period.
Elmar Giemulla, an attorney representing several victims’ relatives, said “anger and despair are growing” among the families.
According to Germanwings spokesman Joachim Schoettes, errors in death certificates of victims forced the delay. “We’re working intensively on finding a solution as quickly as possible in the interests of the relatives,” he said.
A sport plane crashed in a residential area near Goeppingen city of Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, on January 18.
Authorities said the plane crashed between apartment buildings, scratching various houses, and ended up in a garden.
There were 2 people aboard the plane; both of them were killed in the crash.
According to Police officials, no one on the ground was injured however, the accident caused damage of around 100,000 euros.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-775 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Louisiana, on July 29th.
The Boeing 737-700 en-route from Tampa, Florida, to San Antonio, Texas, had to divert due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely.
All 125 passengers and 5 crew members aboard remained unhurt.
A Saudi cargo plane had to divert and make an emergency landing at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, on December 3.
The plane was heading from Italy to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, when the pilot noticed that the fuel level is alarmingly low and decided to divert.
The plane landed safely.
Authorities said the plane was able to resume its journey after refuelling.
El Al Israel Airlines has probably had the toughest week in its history due to a series of consecutive unfortunate incidents.
On May 15, the EL Al flight 289, en route from Tel Aviv to Venice, had to make emergency landing in Dubrovnik, Croatia, after its first officer passed out on the controls.
A few hours later on the same day, it was reported that another EL AL flight, bound from New York to Tel Aviv, was delayed by 4 hours. The delay was caused after some kids damaged the aircraft’s door.
In another incident, a cracked windshield forced the Brussels-bound EL AL flight 333 to return and make emergency landing at Tel Aviv.
The latest in the series is the May 20’s incident when unexpectedly, the oxygen masks deployed in a plane operated by El Al’s subsidiary ‘Up’, shortly before it took off. The passengers were then shifted to another plane which left the airport after a 3 hours delay.
SkyWest Airlines flight OO-2936 had to divert and make an emergency landing at DuPage Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on May 1st.
The plane en-route from O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was diverted after the crew reported smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 54 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
