What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Oakland to Burbank
Where: Burbank
When: January 20, 2010 9:57
Who: 81 passengers
Why: While en route from Sacramento, the Boeing 737 was struck by lightning. The plane landed safely at Bob Hope Airport, and was examined for damage from the lightning strike.
Two individuals aboard this flight were taken to Providence St. Joseph Medical Center for treatment.
On August 13, 2013, an AA Aerial Services and Frontline Energy operated Champion 7GCAA was on a survey mission over a natural gas transmission pipeline when it crashed in Hamlin Canyon, SW of Paradise, CA. The time is estimated at 11:35 a.m.
Witness Bob Smalley saw the plane circle to the right and fall out of the sky.
The plane caught fire on impact and by the time firemen got there, the plane was gone. When they arrived, they had no idea who was aboard and the plane was beyond identification. Twenty-one acres burned. The fire was contained by six engines, four water trucks, a bulldozer, four crews on the ground and aboveground, two air tankers and a spotter plane.
Afterwards, the plane was identified as one performing surveillance contracted for PG&E. The two people aboard who lost their lives were identified only as an employee of AA Aerial Services and one with Frontline Energy Service. However, the plane was registered to Fredrick Lewis, an agricultural pilot.
United Airlines flight UA-956 had to return and make an emergency landing in Newark, New Jersey, on June 12th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Geneva, Switzerland, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an equipment cooling issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The plane was a replacement for the original aircraft assigned for the flight, which had returned earlier due to loss of cabin pressure.
Flybondi flight FO-5101 made an emergency landing at El Palomar Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 17th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Cataratas del Iguazu International Airport, Argentina, when it suffered a loss of cabin pressure.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Ikar airlines flight IK-2474 had to make an emergency landing at Haikou airport, China on June 18.
The incident happened when the Boeing-767-300 was en route from Thailand to Yekaterinburg, located in the Russian Urals.
According to authorities, the decision to make an emergency landing was due to a power generator malfunction. The plane landed safely, with a delay of 3 hours from its scheduled landing time of 1:40 a.m. No one was hurt.
Gennady Chuprov, the airline’s Deputy Director General for flight safety, said that 231 passengers were accommodated at a Wuhan city hotel.
A Cessna 172 and a Cessna 172RG Cutlass collided over Westlake Village eight miles east northeast of Ventura.
The Cutlass, registered to Ameriflyers of Florida LLC made an emergency landing on the Westlake Golf Course, Westlake Village, California. Three aboard sustained minor injuries in a belly landing at 2:15 p.m. near the third hole. They were hospitalized with minor injuries.
The second plane crashed in the Santa Monica Mountains, sparking a brush fire and a search and rescue effort. The pilot was found under the wreckage.
One of the planes had left Santa Monica Airport on an engine test flight and was heading east when it collided with the other.
The date on this photo is anybody’s guess…
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Contact photographer Cornelius Saayman
What: Interlink Airlines Boeing 737-200 en route from Durban to Pretoria
Where: Durban
When: Dec 28th 2009
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the Interlink flight had a bird strike and had to return to Durban where it made a safe landing. The flight was cancelled.
