United Airlines flight UA-1219 had to divert and make an emergency landing in San Francisco, California, on January 14th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Denver, Colorado, to Lihue, Hawaii, was diverted after all toilets became full.
The plane landed safely.
Pictured: A Scandinavian Airlines – SAS Canadair CL-600-2D24 Regional Jet CRJ-900
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Contact photographer Mats Lundberg
What: Scandinavian Canadair CRJ-900 en route from Copenhagen to Birmingham England
Where: Copenhagen
When: Nov 1st 2009
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the flight experienced an issue with their hydraulics. The plane made an emergency landing back in Copenhagen, where the left engine underwent repairs.
Passengers boarded an alternative plane and resumed their flight to Birmingham.
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Contact photographer Julian Lau
What: Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200 en from Seattle to Seoul
Where: Pacific
When: Aug 9 2010
Who: conflict between passengers
Why: After a disagreement among passengers in which a U.S. serviceman became violent, the pilot diverted to Anchorage. The unruly serviceman was removed from the plane and taken into custody, delaying the flight for two hours.
What: Ethiopian airplane Boeing 737-800 Flight 407 en route from Addis Ababa to Beirut
Where: Beirut International Airport
When: June 17 2010
Who: 78 passengers
Why: The flight returned to the airport because of an “undisclosed technical problem.” Crew noticed a door was rattling and had been closed improperly. (It is unclear if that was the technical problem.) The flight made a safe landing. The same plane was cleared for takeoff six hours later.
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Contact photographer Giovanni Verbeeck
What: Condor Boeing 767-300 en route from San Jose Costa Rica to Santo Domingo Dominican Republic to Frankfurt
Where: San Jose
When: Jan 11th 2010
Who: not available
Why: After takeoff, the Condor Boeing’s left inboard aileron got stuck in the up position. The crew continued at low speed to Santo Domingo where the plane made a safe landing. A replacement jet was provided to complete the route to Frankfurt.
One person was injured after a small plane crash landed at Cameron Airport in El Dorado County, California.
The accident happened on the afternoon of May 21 when the single-engine Cessna 180 lost control, flipped over and landed upside down.
The pilot of the plane, Robert Petersen, 78, was the only one on-board and escaped with minor injuries.
He said that the accident happened due to a strong wind gust. “A little gust as I’m three-pointing and rolling out. When it starts and you don’t keep it straight, it’ll ground loop… it dragged the right wing tip, went up, the prop hit, then it stops and just flips over backwards.” He said after the accident.
A Cessna U206F Stationair owned/operated by Wilderness Aircraft I LLC went missing east of Donnelly, Idaho while en route from McCall Municipal Airport and the Salmon River Basin. Three planes had been making the 12 minute flight but only two made it to the destination. The Idaho Army National Guard helicopter who were searching in an inaccessible area cancelled due to bad weather and mountain snow. The search resumed on Thursday when the wreckage was found on the side of a steep mountain.
The pilot and two passengers were going to the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.
Hikers to the wreckage discovered that pilot Dan Wilson and passengers Steve Hall and Mike Wolf had not survived the crash. It took rescue workers two hours to hike to the wreckage 7,800 feet up the mountain.
The NTSB will be investigating.