Two F-16 jets made an emergency landing at Muan International Airport, South Korea, on April 7.
Air Force officials said the Kunsan Air Base fighter jets had to land in emergency after one of them experienced engine trouble. The jets departed from Gunsan Airport and were on a training flight over Jeolla-do when the malfunction was reported.
The planes landed safely.
The U.S. Forces Korea is investigating.
Ural Airlines flight U6-9785 made an emergency landing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on December 14th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off from Ufa, Russia, but suffered a tail strike on departure.
The crew continued the takeoff and subsequently decided to land in Yekaterinburg.
The flight was originally bound for Nizhnevartovsk, Russia.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-623 had to return and make an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 15th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Abuja, Nigeria, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew failed to retract landing gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
British Airways flight BA-964 suffered a bird strike near Hamburg Airport, Germany, on December 31st.
The incident happened when the Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Heathrow Airport, England, was on final approach to Hamburg Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-2847 had to return and make an emergency landing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on December 22nd.
The plane took off for Charlotte, North Carolina, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a landing gear problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Germania flight ST-3712 had to return and make an emergency landing in Nuremberg, Germany, on February 3rd.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Las Palmas, Spain, but had to turn back due to smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-3H4 en route from Phoenix to Sacramento
Where: Yuma International Airport, AZ
When: 01 APR 2011
Who: 118 aboard
Why: A hole burst through the top of this Boeing while en route. The plane suffered decompression, descended to a safe level (when an attendant was injured) and made an emergency landing in Yuma.
The hole has opened a witch hunt on aging Boeings in search of the kind of metal fatigue that would result in a hole during operations now that the aluminum skin has been known to separate at the lap joints, where panels are spliced together. Although the incident did not result in death, it is being taken as a “warning.” 175 Boeing 737 are slated for examination, and maintenance programs (Southwest, FAA, Boeing) are being re-evaluated to take this into account.
Discussion of lap joint and the 3 rows of rivets. The skin separated at the lower rivet line. Pre-existing fatigue existed on the fracture surface. (Multi site damage.) The decompression happened 18.5 minutes after take-off, and no pre-indications. The flight crew immediately declared emergency.
