Pictured: A Wizz Air Airbus A320-232
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Contact photographer Jan Menzl
What: Wizzair Ukraine Airbus A320-200 from Venice to Kiev
Where: Kiev, Ukraine
When: Dec 29th 2009
Who: 154 passengers and 6 crew
Why: On landing at Borispol Airport, the plane skidded off the runway.
Both engines incurred damage; however there were no injuries.
Fuji Dream Airlines flight JH-150 had to return and make an emergency landing in Fukuoka, Japan, on October 23rd.
The Embraer ERJ-175 plane took off for Shizuoka, Japan, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an electrical failure.
The plane landed back safely. All thirty-nine people aboard remained unharmed.
After the cargo ship they were in was forced to make an emergency landing, three Miamians were found floating in a boat in the Bahamas, fifteen miles from Bimini.
Pilot Ernie Martin had to land the Cessna 337 on the water when both engines lost fuel. He sustained a small cut that did not require hospitalization.
Passengers Daniel Puig and Javier Avino were aboard after a vacation in Great Harbor Key. Puig credits his seat belt for keeping him from going through the windshield.
All three were rescued by the Sea Express II, a Seacor Island Lines’ cargo ship.
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Contact Photographer Mark Kryst
What: (Jetlink) Continental Express Embraer en route from Cincinnati to Newark, N.J
Where: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
When: Sunday June 21 5 pm
Who: (not released)
Why: After takeoff, the landing gear would not retract, so the pilot landed the plane at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and passengers transferred to another plane.
A Lion Air flight had to make an emergency landing at Juanda International Airport in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, on August 12th.
The plane was en-route to Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi from Jakarta when an engine failure prompted the pilots to declare emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 210 passengers remained unharmed.
The passengers were transferred to another aircraft.
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Contact photographer John Olafson
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Calgary to Edmonton
Where: Calgary
When: Jan 23rd 2010
Who: 17 on board
Why: After takeoff, the oil pressure began to indicate instability. When oil pressure began dropping, the crew decided to return to Calgary where they made a safe landing over what ultimately was a loose cap requiring about six liters to be replaced.
Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance!
A deceptively. It’s rarely such simple carelessness– there might be a gasket somewhere needing replacement we never hear about.
Reminds me of that old homily, “For lack of a nail, the kingdom was lost.”
Fortunately, we didn’t lose the kingdom this time because someone did their job.
American Airlines flight AA-174 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on October 7th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, to Heathrow Airport, England, was diverted due to an electrical problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
