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Contact Photographer Jeff Rodeback
What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 en route from Oakland CA to Salt Lake City
Where: Salt Lake City
When: Aug 6th 2009
Who: 146 passengers
Why: On the landing approach, the flight encountered turbulence. Everyone (except a few attendants) were belted in. There were no injuries.
Pictured: A similar Beech A36 Bonanza 36
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Contact photographer James whipple
What: Beechcraft A36TC en route from Kalamazoo to Muskoka, Ontario
Where: Kalamazoo Battle Creek International Airport
When: Oct 27, 2009
Who: pilot
Why: Witnesses say the plane took off at a low speed, wavered and began to flap back and forth. Just after liftoff, the plane crashed past the north end of the runway after plowing through security fences and coming to a halt in the parking lot and catching fire. The pilot’s injuries were fatal.
What: Wingspan Inc Single engine Marchetti SF-260 aerobatic plane en route from Santa Monica Airport
Where: Santa Monica Airport at the west end of the runway
When: 5:05 p.m. Wednesday Jan 28
Who: The victims were Paulo Emanuele, general manager of the airliners.net website. and Martin Schaedel a consultant to FareCompare, an airline fare comparison.
Why: The plane departed Santa Monica Airport runway 21 and began a left turn for noise abatement, then turned back to the right descending at a 70-80 degree angle.The plane appeared to lose power and crash on the west end of the runway.
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Contact photographer Pise – Roma Spotters Club
What: Kuwait Airways Airbus A300-600 en route from Kuwait City (Kuwait) to Dhaka (Bangladesh)
Where: Kuwait
When: Nov 10th 2010
Who: 226 passengers and 12 crew
Why: Just after takeoff, smoke was reported in the cabin. The plane returned to the airport and made a safe landing.
Passengers evacuated using emergency slides. Several passengers and a crew member were injured during evacuation.
Delta Airlines flight DL-181 made an emergency landing in Manila, Philippines, on July 18th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane flying from Narita International Airport, Japan, was descending toward Manila when the crew noticed a hydraulic leak.
The plane landed safely and was towed to the apron. All one hundred and twenty passengers and nine crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Ruud Brinks
What: Arkefly Boeing 767 Amsterdam to Aruba
Where: Shannon Airport in Ireland
When: 1030 GMT
Who: 231 passengers (?) 11 crew
Why: While over the Atlantic, the pilot asked to divert to Shannon, when a passenger began making threats, and acting aggressively. The Arkefly Boeing made a safe emergency landing at Shannon Airport, and stranding passengers there.
The security alert was concerning a 44 year old Dutchman who was traveling alone went from being unruly to making bomb threats. After being taken off the plane, the man has been in official custody, held at Shannon Garda station and arrested under the Air Navigation and Transport Act. The plane was towed to a secure remote location for a police search.
A replacement flight was provided by Arkefly.
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Contact photographer Helmut Schnichels
What: United Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from Washington to Los Angeles,CA
Where: Kansas
When: Jul 20th 2010
Who: 255 passengers and 10 crew
Why: While en route over Kansas, the flight encountered severe turbulence which caused a number of injuries. The flight diverted to Denver Colorado where they made a safe landing and were met by emergency services. 21 passengers and 4 crew were hospitalized with one head injury, one broken leg plus assorted less serious injuries. The interior of the plane incurred minor damage.
A replacement flight was provided within four hours.
