United Airlines flight 396 had to return to Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii after 11 P.M. on July 6.
The plane was heading towards San Francisco, California, when it had to return after sparks were seen coming out of one of the engines.
The plane landed safely and everyone aboard remained unhurt.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
United Airlines flight UA-3733 made an emergency landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 24th.
The plane heading from Omaha, Nebraska, to Houston, Texas, was diverted due to a pressurization problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Mesa Police Department helicopter had to make a hard landing in a field near Stapley Drive & Baseline Road in Gilbert, Arizona.
The incident happened at about 1 a.m. on June 8, when the chopper carrying two police pilots lost engine power and crashed.
According to Mesa Police Department Sgt. Tony Landato, “They had 10 to 15 seconds from engine failure to impact…. The preliminary information I have is that the pilot did a remarkable job avoiding homes by putting the helicopter down in a field… I’ve been told, luckily, there are no serious injuries.”
During the impact, the tail of helicopter broke off.
EasyJet flight EZY 4784 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Berlin Schönefeld Airport, Germany, on July 16.
The plane, en-route from Manchester, England to Tel Aviv, Israel, had to be landed in emergency after 3 cabin crew members and some passengers suspiciously started feeling unwell.
The plane, carrying 175 passengers and 6 crew members, landed uneventfully. All passengers were checked by the medics and 4 of them were hospitalized.
The flight resumed shortly afterwards.
The incident is under investigation.
Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SV-1794 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Abha Regional Airport, Abha, Asir, Saudi Arabia, on April 3rd.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route from Jazan to Dammam, was mid-air when it had to divert after the crew was reported that there had been fumes of light emitted from the food preparation area of the plane.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All passengers onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were rebooked onto another flight.
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What: Thomas Cook Boeing 767-300 en route from Manchester to Tenerife
Where: Dublin
When: Oct 19th 2012 9.40am
Who: 325 aboard
Why: After taking off from Manchester, the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
THe pilot diverted to Dublin and made a safe landing with a dozen emergency services units including fire and ambulance on standby.
Passengers disembarked and waited in the terminal for a replacement flight to Tenerife
September 27, 2012
WASHINGTON – This is an update on the NTSB’s investigation into a July 28, 2012 incident involving a Boeing 787-8 airplane that experienced a loss of thrust in the right engine—a General Electric (GE) GEnx-1B turbofan – during a pre-first flight, low-speed taxi test at Charleston International Airport in Charleston, South Carolina. As reported in an earlier update, the investigation found that the forward end of the fan midshaft (FMS) fractured and separated. Examination of other pre-delivery engines revealed a second GEnx-1B engine with a cracked FMS that was installed on a 787-8 airplane that had not yet flown.
The investigation is ongoing, and an initial inspection of all in-service GEnx engines has been completed. Most recently, on September 11, 2012, a Boeing 747-8F with GE GEnx-2B turbofan engines experienced a loss of power in the No. 1 engine during the takeoff roll at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is investigating this incident, and the NTSB is participating as the state of design and manufacture of the engine and aircraft. Any investigative updates regarding this incident will be provided by the CAAC.
As part the CAAC’s investigation and in relation to the NTSB’s ongoing investigation of the July 28th engine failure, preliminary findings from the examination of the Shanghai incident engine revealed that the FMS was intact and showed no indications of cracking. The examination and teardown of that engine is continuing under the direction of the CAAC.
