Hop Airlines flight A5-1278 made an emergency landing in Oslo, Norway, on December 3rd.
The plane was flying from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, when the crew reported a slat fail message and declared an emergency.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Westjet Encore flight WS-3291 made a safe landing at Edmonton International Airport, Alberta, Canada, on July 29th.
The de Havilland Dash 8-400 was about to land when the crew received a “Flap Drive” and “Flap Power” message.
The plane landed at a speed higher than the normal.
All 54 people aboard remained unhurt.
Westjet flight WS-16 made a safe emergency landing at St. John’s International Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on July 5th.
The Boeing 737-700, flying from Toronto, Ontario, was mid-air when the crew received a trailing flaps disagree message.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Condor flight XG-2063 had to return and make an emergency landing at Munich Airport, Munich, Germany, on June 5th.
The Boeing 757-300, en-route to Heraklion, Greece, had to return shortly after the crew received a spoiler fault message.
The plane landed uneventfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
A Russian cargo plane crashed into the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, on March 9th.
The Antonov An-26 plane, belonging to True Aviation cargo service, was transporting shrimp from Cox’s Bazar airport to Jessore district, Bangladesh, when it went down. According to airport manager Sadhan Kumar, “Before the crash the pilot sent us a message saying one of the two engines of the plane went out of order… We prepared the airport for its emergency landing but the aircraft could not make its way back here.”
There were four Ukrainian crew members aboard at the time; three of them were killed in the crash while fourth one was injured.
The crash is under investigation.
What: British Airways Miami to London
Where: en route
When: Jan 14 2012
Why: Passengers got the fright of their lives aboard the British Airways flight when a tape warning passengers to brace for an emergency water landing played in the cabin. The incident occurred three hours into the flight, and caused passengers significant psychological trauma. The fight attendant responded within thirty seconds, but the captain never came on with an explanation of how the pre-recorded message was activated.
A flight attendant came on the intercom and apologized for the mistake. This is the second time (that we know of) the recording has been played on a British Airways flight.
