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OccurrencesSpanair airplane takes off from the Italian airport of Bergamo-Orio al Serio with a ten-hour late
Bergamo, Italy - Waiting for a spare part, following a technical failure
A ten-hour late, yesterday, for the departure of the flight to Minorca from Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport, Italy, caused disruptions to the 172 passengers traveling to Spain, forced to spend Sunday at... more

OccurrencesAirbus ACJ-380 of Singapore Airlines made emergency landing
Singapore, Singapore - No passenger injured
The company Singapore Airlines announced today that on Sunday 5 June, the super jumbo Airbus ACJ-380 flying from Hong Kong to Singapore was forced to make an emergency landing at the departure airport... more

OccurrencesProblem with the pressurization system on board of Meridiana Fly's airplane
Ancona, Italy - Still not know the cause of the problem
Yesterday, an Airbus 320 airplane, took off from Rhodes airport and direct to Bologna, had to land at the airport of Ancona in emergency due to a failure in the pressurization system. Still not know the... more

OccurrencesOccurrence for a Delta's airplane at the Pittsburgh's airport (VIDEO)
Pittsburgh, USA - No one on board was killed, and only 4 people have reported minor injuries
Last Saturday afternoon, a Delta Airlines plane departed from the airport of Pittsburgh had an occurrence during the landing at the airport in Atlanta. The rear landing gear of the aircraft, a McDonnell... more

OccurrenceseasyJet airplane, alarm for emergency due to failure in the window of the cockpit
Cagliari, Italy - But later regularly lands in Cagliari
Yesterday afternoon, the pilot of an easyJet Airbus airplane, taken-off at 14:42 from Basel to Cagliari with 145 passengers on board, alarmed the control tower of the Sardinia's airport due to the failure... more

OccurrencesPilot's sudden illness forced his wife to fly a plane
Denver, USA - Saved by the instructions of a commercial pilot
Yesterday the US Federal Aviation Administration has reported an incident happened on May, 17, which saw protagonist a woman without any kind of training forced to fly a plane for about 40 minutes on the... more

OccurrencesEmergency landing for Air India airplane
Nagpur, India - Due to hydraulic failure
This morning at 08:15 am local time, an Airbus ACJ-319 of Air India was forced by a technical problem to make an emergency landing in Nagpur, a city in the middle of India. The flight 627 was on the... more

OccurrencesEmergency landing for an Iran Air airplane
Tehran, Iran - No damage to passenger
The IR409 flight of flag carrier Iran Air was forced this morning to make an emergency landing at Mehrabad airport in Tehran. The plane was bounded for Bushehr, a city in the south of the Country, but... more

OccurrencesNATO aircraft crash in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - No military injured
This morning a NATO plane crashed in western Afghanistan. The news is still scarce because the incident happened less than an hour, but a statement informs that the soldiers on board were safe, rescued... more

OccurrencesB-777 plane operated by El Al lands in emergency in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, Israel - For a problem encountered in a landing gear, stuck
Today, May 23, 2011, a Boeing 777 plane with 279 people on board (passengers and crew members), returned to the departure airport, "Ben Gurion" of Tel Aviv, Israel, where it made an emergency landing at... more

OccurrencesOccurrence at the airport O'Hare in Chicago
Chicago, USA - Two planes risked collision
Last Monday at the airport O'Hare of Chicago two planes risked collision. An ERJ-145 direct to Buffalo with 50 people on board to which it was authorize the take off from the same runway where it would... more

OccurrencesMore occurrence for Qantas planes
Bangkok, Thailand - A B-747 reverses the route due to the failure of one engine, and an A-380 remain without the fuel needed to reach its destination
Today, another Qantas plane had a problem during flight. In fact, due to an increase in temperature and vibration of an engine Rolls Royce, that has been turned off as a precaution, the pilot of the B-747... more

OccurrencesOccurrence to the plane of Barack Obama in Connecticut
Connecticut, USA - The pilot was forced to stop landing due to bad weather
Yesterday the weather encountered at the airport Bradley International in Connecticut has complicated the landing of Air Force One of Obama that was directed at the Coast Guard academy for the year-end... more

OccurrencesEmergency landing for a Delta airplane
Orlando , USA - The cause: an engine failure
A Delta Air Line airplane was forced to make an emergency landing at the International Airport of Orlando, Florida, for an engine technical failure. The flight 1402 took off on Sunday from Daytona Beach... more

OccurrencesAirbus A-320 plane returned to "JFK" after bird-strike
New York , USA - Lot of fear but no one was injured
On Saturday a bird-strike forced a JetBlue flight bound for Aruba to come back to New York's "John F Kennedy" Airport shortly after takeoff. JetBlue flight 757 landed safely back at the airport after... more

OccurrencesEmergency landing for Airbus of Cathay Pacific
Singapore, Singapore - At the airport in Singapore
In the early hours of this morning, flight CX715 of Cathay Pacific Airways has made ??a forced landing at the "Changi International Airport of Singapore", due to a problem with the second engine. According... more

OccurrencesEmergency landing for an American Airlines MD-80
Little Rock, USA - No harm to passengers
On Sunday afternoon, at 04:08 pm, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 plane of American Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing at the Little Rock National Airport, Arkansas. According to airport sources,... more

OccurrencesLightning strikes plane in flight (VIDEO)
London, U.K. - A video-amateur has managed to capture the scene
Extraordinary video of Chris Dawson, 37 years old, who managed, with the camera, to shoot the Airbus of Emirates Airline, departed from Dubai and directed to the airport of Heathrow, London, while it is... more

OccurrencesEnglishman attacks crew of aircraft in flight from Poland in the United Kingdom
Amsterdam, Holland - The pilot made an emergency landing at Amsterdam-Schiphol and the attacker is arrested
Yesterday morning the crew of a passenger plane directed from the Poland in the United Kingdom was attacked by an English man that, according to a spokesman for the Military Police of the Netherlands who... more

OccurrencesAnother occurrence for a Qantas plane
Auckland, New Zealand - The pilot suspected that the plane was been hit by lightning
A B-737/800 of Qantas, departed from Auckland and directed in Melbourne, Australia had to go back in the airport of departure after that to the pilot came on the suspect that the plane should have been... more

OccurrencesOccurrence for Air New Zealand plane
Hamilton, New Zealand - Due to a failure of one engine had to make an emergency landing
Yesterday it was opening an investigation on the plane accident occurred during the week-end to a B-737 of Air New Zealand, which en route from Auckland to Wellington had to make an emergency landing at... more

OccurrencesA Tu-154 plane had problem during a control flight (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - The pilot managed to land without sustaining injury
On 29 April, a Russian Defense Ministry plane, a Tupolev-154, has been in trouble shortly after takeoff. The aircraft that should make only a short flight control began to move in a wrong manner due to... more

OccurrencesQantas Boeing 717 forced to make an emergency landing
Perth , Australia - Explodes an engine shortly after takeoff
A Qantas Airlines Boeing 717 had to make an emergency landing at the airport in Perth following the explosion of one of two engines. The incident occurred after the flight QF1820 with 116 passengers and... more

OccurrencesOccurrence at the Trapani-Birgi airport
Trapani, Italy - The failure take off of an F-16 has activated the emergency state
This morning in the airport of Trapani-Birgi, home of the thirty-seventh Air Force Squadron, was activated the state of emergency due to the failed takeoff of an F-16 fighters engaged in missions in Libya.... more

OccurrencesEmergency landing for Ryanair plane
Stockholm, Sweden - The pilot has encountered a problem with on-board instruments
Yesterday a plane of Ryanair made ??an emergency landing about 20 minutes after departing from Stockholm-Skavsta in Sweden. The flight was direct in Paris and was carrying about 173 passengers, including... more

OccurrencesAn aircraft B-737 lands in emergency in South Carolina
Charleston, USA - The cause was the presence of smoke in the passenger section
As reported by Becky Beaman, a spokesman for the Charleston County Aviation Authority, a B-737 aircraft left Monday from Miami and direct to Washington had, at about 11:30 a.m. (American time), to do a... more

OccurrencesCrack in the fuselage of Southwest Airlines plane maybe caused by faults in the assembly
New York, USA - Which would involve B-737/300s produced around 1996
At the beginning of April, a B-737/300 airplane of Southwest Airlines, which had taken-off from Phoenix with 118 people on board, had been forced to make an emergency landing in Yuma, Arizona, due to the... more

OccurrencesEmergency landing at the airport of Seville
Siviglia, Spain - The inconvenience caused delays to air traffic
Yesterday at the airport of Seville a plane of the airline Vueling made an emergency landing due to a problem with the nose gear. Sources of AENA (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea) explained th... more

OccurrencesEmergency landing in Malta for two Mirage aircraft of French aviation
La Valletta, Malta - They were remained without fuel
Some sources-press reported that yesterday two Mirage aircraft belonging to the French fleet had to make an emergency landing on the island of Malta at around 2:30 (local time). The incident occurred... more

OccurrencesThe B-737 aircraft on which was travelling last Monday Michelle Obama risked collision
Washington, USA - Another distraction of a flight controller
Last Monday a plane with on board Michelle Obama risked a collision during the landing in the military base of Andrews. The Boeing 737, carrying the American First Lady, along with the wife of Vice-President... more