Turkish Airlines flight TK-679 diverted and made an emergency landing at Tunis–Carthage International Airport, Tunisia, on October 31.
The Boeing 737-900, en-route from Istanbul, Turkey, to Yaounde, Cameroon, had to divert due to some issue with its fuel pump.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Aleksey Lisitsyn
What: Iran Air Boeing 727-200 en route from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini
Where: Tehran
When: Oct 18th 2011
Who: 94 passengers and 19 crew
Why: On approach to Imam Khomeini Airport, the crew aborted the approach due to a landing gear issue. The crew diverted the flight to Mehrabad Airport (also in Tehran).
The fly by at Mehrabad indicated the nose gear issue was actual, and not an indicator problem.
The crew landed without the nose gear on the main gear, and the runway had been foamed. There were no reported injuries.
Birds ingested in one of the engines of the American Airlines flight 757, forced it to make emergency landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The incident happened while the plane was taking off from Tulsa. The pilot immediately returned the plane back for check-up.
These kind of incidents are quiet common in Tulsa, The airplanes usually get hit by birds and sometimes by skunks and other mammals. Alexis Higgins of FAA says that they are seeking help from biologists to remove these birds from the airport.
What: Porter Airlines
Where: Ottawa Airport
When: Dec 6 2010 8:40 am
Who: 28 aboard
Why: The pilot informed the airport that he was having problems with his landing gear, and did a flyby to confirm the issue. But the plane landed safely with the gear down.
ATLANTA, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) Business Jets today announced that the Rockwell Collins Enhanced Vision System (EVS) was certified last week by the Federal Aviation Administration on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), an Air National Guard C-40. The Rockwell Collins EVS is available to current and future BBJ operators as a post-production modification.
The EVS capability enhances situational awareness for pilots during approach, landing, taxi and takeoff by presenting an image of the external environment on the Head-up Guidance System (HGS) and head-down displays.
The system uses an infrared sensor to improve the pilots’ view of the runway in various conditions including bad weather. This aids pilots to avoid terrain and clearly identify the runway, including any obstructions, early in the approach. It also assists pilots with “black hole” approaches to airports not equipped with precision landing aids and with landing and maneuvering at unfamiliar airports.
“I had the pleasure of flying several of the flights during the EVS development flight-test program with the Air National Guard and the Rockwell Collins team. That experience gave me the chance to see the EVS advantages first hand,” said Steve Taylor, Boeing Business Jets president.
“Given the variety of destinations visited by most BBJ operators, the improved situational awareness that EVS provides can be a great advantage,” said Taylor.
“The truly collaborative effort between Rockwell Collins, Boeing, the Air National Guard and the entire development team has made EVS a reality for BBJ owners and operators who have been eagerly awaiting this capability,” said David Austin, senior director, HGS for Rockwell Collins.
Installation of the EVS system on BBJs requires that the airplanes receive an upgrade to the HGS 4000, a modified radome, and the infrared camera.
The EVS system will be demonstrated on the Air National Guard BBJ at DeKalb Peachtree Airport during the National Business Aviation Association convention, Oct. 19-22, 2010.
American Eagle Flight 3340 returned to New York’s LaGuardia Airport for emergency landing on July 30.
The airline maintained that, the flight, which was on its way to Knoxville, Tennessee, returned shortly after takeoff due to a mechanical issue. According to the FAA officials, the plane landed in emergency after smoke was detected in the bathroom.
The Embraer 135 aircraft landed safely at about 3 p.m. All 44 passengers and 3 crew members aboard remained unhurt.
The runway remained close for some time.
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320-214 was en route from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam when it developed a problem with the air conditioning.
Pilots made an emergency landing in Paris at Orly airport.
None of the 72 passengers was injured.
However, an online twitter post assumed that the problem was an engine fire because an engine bell was heard during radio transmissions to ATC. There was no fire.
