UPS flight 5X-671 made an emergency landing in Springfield, Missouri, on August 1st.
The Airbus A300-600 plane took off for Louisville, Kentucky, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
On Jan 17, 2012, a Northeast Helicopters Flight Services LLC Robinson R22 landed in Ellington, Connecticut and rolled on its side. The student pilot and the teacher aboard were uninjured.
It was described as a hard landing at 360 Somers Road adjacent to the airport in Ellington at 12:45 pm. There was a minor fuel leak which was contained.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 26NE Make/Model: R22 Description: R-22
Date: 01/17/2013 Time: 1248
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: ELLINGTON State: CT Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A HARD LANDING. ELLINGTON, CT
Air New Zealand flight NZ-6 had to return and make an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on April 6th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Los Angeles, California, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic fault.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Korean Airlines flight KE-510 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on December 5th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane flying from Stockholm, Sweden, to Seoul, South Korea, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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What: ANA All Nippon Airways Airbus A320-200 en route from Nagoya to Sapporo
Where: Nagoya
When: Oct 20th 201
Who: 169 aboard
Why: On taking off from Nagoya, the pilots found a cabin pressure problem. They returned to Nagoya to make a safe landing. The plane was in the air less than half an hour.
The error appears to have been the indicator. An investigation is underway.
On January 27, 2013, a Med View flight was en route from Lagos to Abuja when it developed sudden problems in one engine. Passengers panicked when they heard a boom at 12:30, and the plane began to fly unsteadily.
73 passengers were aboard the twelve o’clock flight that had started fifteen minutes late at Murtala Muhammed Airport.
Pilots shut down the affected engine and made a safe return to Lagos with emergency services on standby.
Apparently pilot and crew made no announcements, but they did handle the emergency and get the plane down safely.
Passengers were provided an alternative flight to Abuja on a 737.
El Al flight LY-30 had to make an emergency landing in Toronto, Canada, on December 20th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Tel Aviv, Israel, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 224 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
