A small plane crashed in Barren County, Kentucky, on November 12th.
The incident happened when the Piper PA-32 plane was en-route to Lake Cumberland Regional Airport, in Somerset, Kentucky.
Four people were killed in the crash. They were identified as Kyle P. Stewart, 41, Quinton D. Whitaker, 40, Scott T. Foster, 41, and his son Noah Foster, 15.
The incident is being investigated.
United Airlines Flight 3730 had to make an emergency landing in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 22nd.
The plane, en-route from Jackson, Mississippi, to Chicago, Illinois, was diverted due to issues with cockpit flight control system.
The plane landed safely. All 37 people aboard remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed into woods near Waite Road in Sheridan, Chautauqua County, New York, at 11:30 A.M. on July 16.
The single-engine Cessna 162 crashed while the pilot was trying to return to Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport, New York, after facing some mechanical issue.
The pilot, identified as Francis Emmerling, 66, was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries. It is believed that Emmerling was the only person aboard.
The FAA and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department are investigating.
Delta Airlines flight DL-923 made an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 16th.
The Boeing 717-200 plane flying from Detroit, Michigan, was descending toward Kansas City when the crew requested emergency assistance due to an engine problem.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventeen people aboard remained unharmed.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-4266 made an emergency landing in Oakland, California, on April 11th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane flying from Denver, Colorado, was descending toward San Francisco, California, when the crew reported a blown tire and decided to divert.
The plane landed safely. All 119 people aboard remained safe.
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What: Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Delta Airlines en route from Louisville,KY to Minneapolis,MN (USA)
Where: Minneapolis
When: Dec 8th 2011
Why: While on approach to Minneapolis, the CRJ-200 underwent a flaps failure.
The pilots made efforts to correct the problems and were unsuccessful in facilitating reparations. They made a fast landing without flaps, but the landing was otherwise without incident.
On 12-JAN-2013, at 9:00 a Celtic Bank LLC Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian en route from Fox field in Paris Texas to Austin, but crashed minutes after takeoff, in Glory Texas.
There was fog in the area at the time of the crash.
The three people aboard the plane, pilot Rob Thompson, passenger Michael Endo who was Senior Vice-President of Celtic Bank and the bank’s commercial loan officer, and Michael Dale Bradley who was owner and Real Estate Broker with MBA Realty and who was consulting on a property sale.
All three men were from Salt Lake City Utah.
