A small plane crashed while taking off at Greenville Municipal Airport, Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan, on September 11th.
The Piper Super Cub PA18 was carrying two men at the time.
Both the passengers sustained injuries and were taken to hospital.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
United Airlines flight UA-1700 had to return and make an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on December 29th.
The plane took off for San Francisco, California, but had to turn back due to a gear issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 145 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
What: Sky King/Direct Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Lakeland,FL to Niagara Falls,NY
Where: Lakeland
When: Oct 15th 2011
Why: The charter flight took off once and returned to the Lakeland with cabin pressure problems, then took off again, again with cabin pressure problems.
The passengers were booked on alternative flights.
Alaska Airlines flight AS-145 made an emergency landing in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 27th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Seattle, Washington, when the crew received indication of an engine oil filter bypass.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred sixty-five people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Continental Express flight from Knoxville to Houston
Where: Jackson- Evers International Airport
When: Sep 12, 2011, 11:45 am
Who: 52 aboard
Why: The flight was en route to Houston when it developed problems including smoke in the cockpit.
The crew heard an audible pop when they began smelling (but not seeing) smoke. The pilots diverted to Jackson- Evers International Airport and made a safe landing. Emergency services were on standby during the landing. THere were no reported injuries.
Repairs were made to the plane and the flight resumed by 12:30 pm.
On April 16, 2013, a Pearl Coral-owned de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth with two aboard crashed in Modimola Dam in Mmabatho in South Africa.
The training flight crashed into the water witnessed by a cattle herder near the dam.
When boats arrived to search, it was dark, and too late to search.
Initially, the occupants were assumed to be the pilot and an assistant; and it is assumed this was a trainer from Mafikeng Airport. The cause of the crash is unknown.
Police divers found the instructor in the water. The student pilot’s body was trapped inside the plane which was submerged in water with only its tail visible.
The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating.
Update
The fatalities were named by police as instructor Marthinus Steyn, 54, and student pilot Narco van Straaten, 23.
What: Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee
Where: Jesus Ernesto Lozano Airport Chihuahua Mexico
When: Sept 29, 2011
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: Four people were killed in a plane that crashed in Valle de Allende. The passengers were found beside the plane. The front of the plane was gone.
Valles Alejandro Medrano, 23, student
Jasmine Meza Gabriela Nuñez, 20, student
Marcos Moreno Angel Carrillo, 23, farmer
Gabriel Edgar Campos Abes, 24 pilot
They were from Jimenez, and two were students of Centro Cultural Universitario.
They crashed on land belonging to Capitán Ernesto Lozano, who heard the crash, and arrived in time to find two dead passengers, and two dying.
The cause of the accident is unknown. Investigators were called about the crash at 10:15 Sept 29, 2011
