A twin-propeller aircraft, on its way from Florida to Quincy, had to make an emergency landing in a soybean field near Quincy Regional Airport in Illinois, on October 26.
The pilot had to land the plane in emergency after it ran out of fuel.
All 4 people aboard the plane remained uninjured.
According to Quincy Airport manager Jarred Hester, the aircraft sustained some damage in the incident.
The FAA is investigating.
United Airlines flight UA-6180 had to return and make an emergency landing in Houston, Texas, on August 30th.
The plane took off for Norfolk, Virginia, but had to turn back due to a cabin pressurization problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: United Airlines A-319 en route from Rochester to Chicago
Where: Chicago
When: Mar 5 2010
Who: 120 passengers and five crew
Why: Less than an hour after takeoff, smoke was detected in the airbus lavoratory. The flight returned to Buffalo and made a safe landing. The source of the smoke was reported as an auxiliary power unit and also a water pump that started a fire which a flight attendant put out.
What: E300 EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA-300
Where: Salinas California
When: April 8 2012, 6:57
Who: two fatalities
Why: Captain George Mellone was flying his plane in Salinas with David Ostendorf when it crashed. Both died of blunt force trauma. Mellone was a harrier pilot who had flown home to Yuma for Easter weekend.
Mellone was a Marine Captain stationed at Air Station Yuma who graduated from the University of N. Dakota in 2007 with a degree in aviation management, and had earned three Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and obtained the rank of Captain since joining the Corps in 1999. He had been performing stunts right before his plane crashed. The cause of his crash is under investigation.
His co-pilot was 24-year-old David Gary Ostendorf, a 2010 St. Cloud State University aviation graduate, was an FAA controller at the Montery Regional Airport Tower. The cause of the crash has not been identified.
Regis#: 45R Make/Model: E300 Description: EXTRA FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH EA-300
Date: 04/08/2012 Time: 13:57
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: SALINAS State: CA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD , THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, 3 MILES FROM SALINAS, CA INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 2
A small plane had to make an emergency landing at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, Texas, on January 3rd.
Authorities said the single-engine Cessna 210, carrying 3 people, landed gears up on the north-south runway.
All occupants of the plane remained uninjured.
The plane is registered to Kenneth W. Isom, of Idalou.
The FAA is investigating the incident.
A small plane crashed at Mansfield Municipal Airport, Massachusetts, on February 23rd.
The Cessna 172 plane was carrying an instructor pilot and his student when it went down and caught fire.
Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. They were identified as Sydney Miti, 31, of Waltham, and Julian Lattermann, 18, of Dover.
Aeroflot flight SU-2342 made an emergency landing in Kaliningrad, Russia, on May 22nd.
The Airbus A320-200, heading from Moscow, Russia, to Hanover, Germany, was diverted after a passenger observed fuel leaking from a wing.
The plane landed safely. There were 154 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
