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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
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
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
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
OccurrencesA private plane goes off runway in the United States
Teterboro, Usa - No one on board has been injured, the plane was stopped by the arrestor beds
A private plane with seven people on board yesterday went off runway at Teterboro airport, in New Jersey (USA), during the landing phase. No one on board has been injured. The plane which had lifted from... more
OccurrencesBomb alert on an Austrian plane, but it was only a bet
Vienna, Austria - A German businessman made a call warning there was a bomb on board to with a bet made with a colleague
A false bomb alert forced today the pilot of an Austrian Airlines flight directed to Frankfurt, Germany, to invert the route and return to Vienna from where had departed. In fact an anonymous telephone... more
OccurrencesRadio troubles for a United Airlines flight which had to make an emergency landing in Japan
Tokyo, Japan - Before the landing the pilot realized he could not communicate with the control tower
A United Airlines flight coming from Chicago has made this afternoon an emergency landing in an airport in Japan after having reported some problems to the radio communications. The commandant of the Boeing... more
OccurrencesMalaysia Airlines pilot inverted the route because of a turbulence
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The pilot decided to return to the departure airport in order not to place at risk the passengers' safety
The pilot of a plane of the Malaysia Airlines in service from Kuala Lumpur to Senai, in Malaysia, has been forced yesterday afternoon to make an emergency landing because of an extraordinary turbulence... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing yesterday at Stansted, passengers were evacuated with the emergency slides
London, United Kingdom - No serious consequences for the 154 people on board. The reason was smoke in the cabin
Yesterday a charter flight of the British private airline Thomson, which was flying from the United States to Cyprus, has been forced to make an emergency landing because of smoke inside the cabin. The... more
OccurrencesEmergency landing in Genoa for a Lufthansa Avro RJ-100
Genoa, Italy - Because of a damage in the automatic landing system
Yesterday morning the pilot of a Lufthansa flight, during a technical transfer from Pisa to Florence, realized that the automatic landing system (ILS) was out of order and asked the control tower of the... more