A small plane made an emergency landing at Grove Municipal Airport, Oklahoma, on October 7th.
The Cessna 172 plane was flying from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Chicago, Illinois, when the pilot declared an emergency due an electrical fire onboard.
The plane landed safely. There were two people aboard at the time, including a father and son; both of them remained unharmed.
The plane belongs to Engineers Flying Club, Bethany, Oklahoma.
A small plane made an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 12 in Sauk County, Wisconsin, on December 28th.
The pilot, Stephan Arnold, 69, of Madison, was forced to land on the highway after the plane lost power.
The pilot and his only passenger remained unharmed.
The plane was flying from Sauk-Prairie Airport in Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin, at the time.
What: Cessna en route from New Jersey to Saint Simon’s Island.
Where: near Wassaw Island, in the marsh east of Skidaway Island.
When: Saturday morning
Who: pilot Eugenia Singer and her dog
Why: The engine surged and then lost power. Air traffic control directed her to marshland, where she landed submerged.
On the Coast Guard Air Station Savannah rescue helicopter was flight mechanic Adam Morehouse who helped hoist Singer and her dog to safety in a basket.
KLM flight KL-622 encountered severe turbulence on the way to Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 1st.
The Boeing 777-200 plane was flying from Atlanta, Georgia, when it hit turbulence that injured two passengers and two crew members.
The crew continued the flight to Amsterdam and requested medical assistance at the airport.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-253 made an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on May 21st.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a cracked windshield.
The plane landed back safely. There were 270 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Boom Technology, a Denver, Colorado, based startup, wants to build a supersonic airplane that will be able to fly at 1,451 miles per hour, i.e. 2.6 times faster than any of the current airliners.
The company says its 40-seater aircrafts, at their cruising altitude of 60,000 feet, will reduce the time to fly from New York to London by half. So for a roundtrip price of $5,000, the travelers will be able to cover this distance in only 3.4 hours. Boom founder Blake Scholl said, “Imagine departing from New York at 6 a.m., and landing at Heathrow by 2:30 p.m. London time… You’ll be able to make afternoon meetings, you can stay until 9:30 p.m., have a full productive day, and and back in New York at 8 p.m. [local time] so you can tuck your kids into bed.”
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What: American Eagle Canadair CRJ-700 en route from Denver to Chicago
Where: Peoria
When: July 18, 2012
Who: 53 passengers, 4 crew
Why: The flight was en route when bad weather in Chicago made the pilot divert to Peoria.
On approach, when the wheels came down, smoke came down from the cabin ceiling. The pilot made an emergency landing, and emergency vehicles were on standby.
The video shows how passengers jumped from the plane, one by one. A single passenger injured an ankle while disembarking.
A shuttle was provided for passengers to get to Chicago
