| | | | | | |

Turbulence Sends Flight to Lake Charles with Injured Flight Crew


Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Alevik

What: United Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Houston to New York
Where: Lake Charles Regional Airport
When: June 12, 2012 9 pm
Who: 88 passengers 3 injured
Why: While flight attendants were about to serve drinks when the flight encountered severe turbulence that slammed them into the ceiling of the plane, then the floor.

Three members of the flight crew were injured during the flight, one of them seriously.

Pilots diverted to Lake Charles Regional Airport where the injured were taken to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.

In George’s Point of View


They really have to come up with science that sees all upcoming turbulence, so the plane can avoid it before something really bad happens.

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.

Similar Posts

  • | | | |

    Fed Ex Flight Diverts to Mumbai

    What: Fedex Federal Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter en route from Dubai to Bangalore
    Where: Mumbai
    When: Oct 22 2010
    Who: crew
    Why: The plane’s instrumentation indicated a fire in the cargo hold. The flight was diverted to Mumbai where they made a safe landing. However, at 18.24 pm on landing no fire was detected.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | |

    Tunis Flight Blown Off the Runway


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Bostjan Henigaman

    What: Tunis Air Airbus A320-200 en route from Paris to Monastir to Djerba (Tunisia) with 67 passengers and 8 crew
    Where: Djerba
    When: Mar 10th 2012
    Why: While taking off, the flight was on the runway about to embark on the Djerba leg of the journey when the plane encountered wind which forced it off the runway, and caused some damage.

    The passengers evacuated. Rescue services were on the scene.

    There’s no indication of the disposition of the passengers.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | | |

    Flats Cause Diversion to JFK for Boston-Kansas Flight


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Andrew Compolo

    What: Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 en route from Boston to Kansas City
    Where: JFK
    When: Aug 13th 2012
    Who: 73 passengers, 4 crew
    Why: On takeoff, both right main landing gears blew. Pilots diverted to JFK and made an emergency landing.

    After landing, the plane was stopped on the runway. A replacement jet was provided.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | |

    Flat Tire Tornado Diverts Airbus to Spain


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Paul Markman
    What: British Airways Airbus A319-100 en route from London Gatwick to Gibraltar.
    Where: Malaga Spain
    When: Apr 3rd 2009
    Who:
    Why: Airbus passengers got a little extra traveling in when the runway at their Gibraltar destination airport was blocked by a Tornado fighter with burst tires after its brakes overheated on landing.

    The British Airways jet flew on to Malaga Spain where the runway was thankfully NOT blocked; and the plane was able to land safely, and allow passengers to take a bus ride back to Gibraltar, their actual destination.

    And for those individuals left planeless at the Gibraltar gate, eventually the Tornado was moved off the runway; and the Airbus was able to land and pick up those passengers.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | |

    Cayman Airways Bird Strike


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Art Brett

    What: Cayman Airways Boeing 737-300 en route from Tampa,FL to Grand Cayman Island
    Where: Tampa
    When: Nov 8th 2010, 3 pm
    Who: Cayman Airways Captain Perry Panton, and Captain Leon Missick
    Why: Taking off from Tampa, the plane suffered a bird strike in the right engine. The crew returned to Tampa and made a safe landing. The plane suffered minor damage, and was taken out of service. Passengers were rerouted.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | | |

    American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Wichita

    American Airlines flight AA-2057 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas, on February 3rd.

    The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted after the crew reported an odor of burnt plastics on-board.

    The plane landed safely. Six crew members complained of headache and were examined at the airport.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.