An XTR330 aircraft made an emergency landing on Volunteer Boulevard near Henderson Executive Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, shortly after 11:45 a.m. on November 5.
The pilot of the aircraft, operated by Sky Combat Ace, reported mechanical issues shortly after taking off at 11:15 a.m. and declared emergency.
The plane landed with only minor damage. There were 2 people aboard at the time of incident; none of them was injured.
Sky Combat Ace and the NTSB are looking into the cause of incident.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-5913 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 19th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane heading from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was diverted due to issues with the cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed into a home near the Winter Haven Regional Airport, Florida, on February 23rd.
The incident happened when instructor pilot James Wagner, 64, and student pilot Timothy Sheehy, 33, were performing simulated engine failure training.
Wagner was killed in the crash while Sheehy survived with minor injuries.
Authorities said one occupant of the house, 17-year-old Carmele Ngalamulume, was injured. All other occupants, including two people inside the house and three children playing in the front yard, remained unhurt.
Delta flight 95 had to turn back for emergency landing at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Georgia, on January 18.
The Boeing 777, en-route from Atlanta to Narita, Japan, had to return after a pilot of another flight reported smoke coming out of its landing gear.
The plane landed safely and all 308 people aboard remained unharmed.
Firefighters and technicians inspected the plane and cleared it at around 1 p.m. after which it again took off for Japan.
What: Delta /Atlantic Southeast Airlines 50-seat CRJ-200 Bombardier en route from Columbus to Atlanta
Where: Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
When: June 11, 2009
Who: 19 passengers and 3 crew
Why: On approach to Atlanta, the left main gear failed to extend, in spite of extended efforts. After a partial gear landing, the plane ended up off runway 27 right. No one was reported to be injured.
A small plane crashed in a farmland in Bloomfield, New Mexico, on the morning of October 28th.
The Cirrus SR22 encountered engine malfunction mid-air and crashed shortly afterward.
The pilot, who was the only person onboard, rescued himself through a parachute and escaped without injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
Delta airlines flight 284 had to make an unscheduled landing at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, on the morning of March 4.
According to the airline, the Boeing 777-200LR was diverted “in response to a customer medical situation on board”. The flight was heading from Narita International Airport, Japan, to Los Angeles at the time.
Delta confirmed in a statement, “The flight landed without incident and paramedics met the aircraft on arrival.”
The plane later took off again and landed in Los Angeles with a 2-hour delay.
