Ryanair flight FR9886 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Bordeaux, France, on May 17th.
The plane, heading from Liverpool, England, to Alicante, Spain, was diverted due to a medical emergency.
According to an airline spokesperson, “This flight from Liverpool to Alicante diverted to Bordeaux after a customer became ill on board. The crew called ahead to request medical assistance, the aircraft landed normally and the customer disembarked and was met by medics for further treatment.”
Delta Airlines flight DL-453 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Billings, Montana, on December 2nd.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after all toilets stopped functioning.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
IndiGo flight 6E-395 made an emergency landing in Mumbai, India, on March 1st.
The Airbus A320-200N plane took off for Kolkata, India, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine issue.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and sixty-six passengers aboard remained unharmed.
Surinam Airways flight PY-993 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 19th.
The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Paramaribo, Surinam, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Update on the fatal crash of US-Bangla Airlines Flight BS211, a de Havilland Dash 8-400 #S2-AGU that performed flight BS-211 from Dhaka to Kathmandu.
There appear to be 22 survivors of 71 aboard. US-Bangla Airlines flight BS211 crashed on approach to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport, Nepal with 67 passengers and 4 crew aboard: 33 were Nepalis, 32 Bangladeshis, one Chinese and one Maldivian.
AviationHerald posted that the Ministry of Tourism reported 39 people died in the accident, 31 were rescued alive. (These numbers will change.)
The pilots aborted their first approach and the flight was cleared to land on runway 20.
The airport reported flight BS211 veered right off the runway and slid for about 300 meters until coming to a rest on a field in flames. The bodies of thirty-one deceased were recovered at the crash site. Eighteen were pronounced dead upon arrival at various hospitals.The General Manager at TIA (airport) Chhetri said “…the plane took a missed approach touching down the fencing area next to the parked planes at the airport.”
Air Traffic Control said “… pilot of Bangladeshi plane repeatedly informed the tower that he was on the right move and proper direction…Then, the plane suddenly took a wrong direction to the west of the Runway 02 threshold and crashed.”
See also: US- Bangla Plane Crashes in Nepal; 39 Killed, others Injured
Monday, March 12, 2018
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What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 en route from Fort Myers to Dallas TX
Where: Jacksonville
When: Mar 30th 2011
Why: While en route, the crew smelled smoke in the cabin.
They diverted to Jacksonville. By the time they landed, the odor dissipated. The plane was examined; and a replacement MD-83 was flown in.
Passengers arrived 2 and a half hours late.
An Air Canada flight had to divert and make an emergency landing in Calgary, Canada, on April 4th.
The plane en-route from Toronto to Vancouver, Canada, was diverted after a female passenger went into medical distress.
The plane landed safely. The patient was rushed to Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary.
The flight resumed shortly afterwards.
