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OccurrencesUSA: pressurization drop, emergency landing
Washington, USA - The occurrence has happened on board an US Airways flight
A US Airways passenger plane made yesterday an emergency landing at Tucson airport, after the crew noticed a big drop of cabin pressurization. The flight 272 of the US carrier had departed at about... more
OccurrencesRussia: a Tupolev makes an emergency landing
Moscow, Russia - No problem for the 61 people on board
Last Saturday a passenger plane with 61 people on board made an emergency landing at Anapa, in the coasts, after having reported a mechanical problem. According to what reported by Russian pres sources,... more
OccurrencesGermany: a private plane lands in a road, ten injures
Berlin, Germany - The Piper directed to Essen maybe ran out of petrol
Ten injures in Germany because of an emergency landing made by a tourism plane in a busy road of the eastern zone of the Country. The Piper PA-34 aircraft, departed from Berlin and directed to Essen... more
OccurrencesSri Lanka: the pilot announces an engine problem and a passenger flies into rage
Colombo, Sri Lanka - The flight had already been delayed for technical problems
A man has been disembarked yesterday from a Sri Lankan Airlines flight after having flown into rage because the pilot had communicated there was a problem to an engine. The flight departing from Colombo,... more
OccurrencesRussia; emergency landing, no injures
Rostov, Russia - A plane of the airline Aeroflot forced to land because of a breakdown
Today in Rostov-on-Don, in Russia, a plane of the Russian flag airline Aeroflot has made an emergency landing for a technical problem. According to what reported by Russian press sources the Tu-154... more
OccurrencesUSA: a mysterious breakdown before the take off
Washington, USA - The passengers are uninjured and have been diverted to another flight
Problems on runway for an AirTran plane which yesterday while preparing for taking off from the Fort Lauderdale airport (USA) directed to Baltimore had to stop the manoeuvre because of a sudden breakdown... more
OccurrencesPIA plane hit by turbulence, some injures
Islamabad, Pakistan - The aircraft sharply lost height, no problem for the landing
Several passengers and two crew members have been injured yesterday on a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) which has been hit by a violent turbulence while flying to Islamabad. No one of the injures... more
OccurrencesCollision grazed in the Russian skies
Moscow, Russia - Two private planes were flying too near at Vnukovo airport
A collision has been avoided at Vnukovo airport, near Moscow. Two small private planes, one from Luxembourg which was due to take off and one from Latvia which was flying over the airport directed to Sheremetyevo. The... more
OccurrencesA Lufthansa flight changes its routes because of an odd smell
Frankfurt, Germany - The 322 passengers on board has not been injured; the reason has been a faulty component
Yesterday a Lufthansa plane, flying from Frankfurt to Washington had to come back. After about an half hour from the take off the crew realized a strange odour was entering the cockpit. The commandant... more
OccurrencesA Northwest flight lands with priority in Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom - The manoeuvre was necessary after 15 passengers felt sick on board
A Northwest Airlines plane made yesterday a landing in priority condition at Manchester airport after 15 passengers on board felt sick, all developing the same symptoms. It is not clear what exactly the... more
OccurrencesViolent turbulence in Japan, six injured in two flights
Tokyo, Japan - Two planes of the JAL and Canadian Airlines went into the turbulence
The Japanese skies have caused some problem to two flights of the Air Canada and Japan Airlines (JAL), which yesterday went into a violent turbulence which injured six people. The JAL flight 1348 with... more
OccurrencesUSA: a plane hits a coyote
Washington, USA - On board also the South Dakota attorney general
Yesterday in the USA a plane with on board the South Dakota attorney general and other 210 passengers hit yesterday a coyote during landing in Watertown. The poor animal was killed by the plane. It... more
OccurrencesCollision grazed in South Korea: the pilot accuses the flight controllers
Seoul, South Korea - They did not warn the Thai plane another plane was near
The pilot of the Thai Airways plane which yesterday grazed the collision at the airport of the southern-Korean island of Jeiu accuse the flight controllers to be responsible for the occurrence which injured... more
OccurrencesFalse bomb alert on a Gulf Air flight
New Delhi, India - An anonymous telephone call created the alarm
A Gulf Air flight to Muscat yesterday has been diverted to Thiruvanthapuram after an anonymous telephone call to Muscat airport had warned there was a bomb on board. The Gulf Air flight has been made... more
OccurrencesUSA: plane hit by a tug in the runway
Minneapolis, USA - No one was on board but the plane has been damaged
This morning at about 06:30am at Minneapolis airport a Continental Airlines plane has been hit by a ground maintenance vehicle, which went onto the plane's nose damaging it. Fortunately no one was on board,... more
OccurrencesA collision has been avoided in South Korea: 20 injures
Seoul, South Korea - A Thai Airlines plane made a sharp turn to avoid another aircraft
More than 20 people have been injured in a Thai Airlines plane, which yesterday made a sharp turn to avoid another aircraft during the landing in an airport of South Korea. Some of the passengers of... more
OccurrencesSpain: a passenger vomits cocaine, emergency landing
Madrid, Spain - Unplanned landing in Barcelona after a 37 year old man fell ill
It is really strange the reason which made make the pilot decide to make an emergency landing at "El Prat" airport of Barcelona. The fact happened yesterday on a plane departed from Ghana and directed... more
OccurrencesA Cessna lands in a park in the middle of New York
New York, USA - The pilot has not been injured
Yesterday in the New York's quarter of Brooklyn a small private plane departed from the airport of Westhampton and directed to Linden made a spectacular landing. The Cessna 172 had some technical problem... more
OccurrencesFrance: a tourism plane lands in a motorway
Toulouse, France - The small private airplane had ran out of petrol
A particular landing has been carried out yesterday in France, and it is easy to imagine how the drivers in an highways could be astonished when they saw a tourism plane passing above them and landing... more
OccurrencesUSA: a passenger plane goes out runway
Memphis, USA - The plane was arriving from Atlanta and stopped in a grass field, no one has been injured
Only scare but no injures Saturday night at Memphis International airport, when an Air Tran passenger plane went off runway while landing. The flight of the US carrier had departed from Atlanta and for... more
OccurrencesAn Icelander military plane lands in a paddy field
Reykjavík , Iceland - The cause has been a problem to an engine
A plane of Icelander Navy has been forced today to make an emergency landing in a paddy field near Piravom, in the southern India; no one of the five people on board has been injured. The twin-engine plane... more
OccurrencesLockheed Martin: a system of next generation for the surveillance aircraft of the US Army
New York, USA - A deal worth USD 42 million
Lockheed Martin has received a USD 42 million contract to provide US Army surveillance aircraft with next-generation technology that will enable them to precisely locate the source of modern communication... more
OccurrencesUSA: smoke in the cabin, emergency landing
Daytona Beach, USA - The American Airlines plane had departed from New York; no consequence for the passengers
A passenger plane has been forced yesterday afternoon to make an emergency landing at Daytona Beach International airport, in the United States, after smoke entered the cabin. The event occurred few hours... more
OccurrencesUSA: a plane lands on the wrong strip, a tragedy avoided
Washington, USA - A Continental Airlines' plane with 160 people on board landed on the taxiing strip, no injures
Last week happened an event that could have been a slaughter, and once more the Newark "Liberty Airport" is the center of polemics. Yesterday two planes collided on the runway, fortunately without injures.... more
OccurrencesUSA: two planes collided on the ground
New York, USA - The passengers of the Lufthansa B-747 departing to Frankfurt have not been injured
Yesterday at the Newark airport, in New Jersey (USA), two planes collided on the runway and their wings "Grazed" during the manoeuvres. Only scare but no serious consequences for the 291 passengers of... more
OccurrencesDutch Royal family made an emergency landing
Amsterdam, Holland - The hereditary prince and his wife were flying to the New Zealand, no consequences
Much scare for the hereditary Dutch Prince, Willem Alexander, and his wife, Maxima, whose plane yesterday was forced to make an emergency landing while flying to New Zealand with their children. The reason... more
OccurrencesBrawl on board: BA plane makes priority landing
London, United Kingdom - A group of Moscow's football fans got drunk and brawled
Yesterday a British Airways flight coming from Moscow had to make a priority landing in London because of a brawl between some fans of the Moscow CSKA football team, who was flying to London to attend... more
OccurrencesTwo women ejected after rough landing
Washington, Usa - The plane hardly touched the lake's surface after losing height
Yesterday in Minnesota two women have been taken to hospital because of the injures reported when ejected from a float plane in Lake Forest. The two women were the passengers of the aircraft which suddenly... more
OccurrencesDisruptive passenger makes divert a plane's route
Orlando, USA - An A-320 aircraft by JetBlue has been forced to change the route
Yesterday a flight by JetBlue from London to Lauderdale has been diverted to the Orlando airport after a passenger began to create some problem, and put on risk his and other passengers' safety. The Airbus... more
OccurrencesUnited flight forced to do an emergency landing after a window shattered
Indianapolis, Usa - The plane with 140 people on board landed without problems
A plane of the Southwest Airlines with 140 people on board made yesterday an emergency landing in the USA after a window shattered. The aircraft has been forced to land at Indianapolis airport (Indiana),... more