Where some headline reports have more informative explanations and extra information, extracts are shown and highlighted, particularly those incidents involving smoke detection or mechanical failure. There are links to all the reports.
As you will soon see, there has been no let up in these kinds of incidents, in fact, they appear to be increasing quite dramatically of late, with 155 occurring over the 31 days of May, an average of 5 per day. It's very likely some reports have been missed.
Not included in the above total, but listed anyway, are a number of scarey videos showing some near misses and dodgy landings.
God forbid, but looking at all these incidents one could be forgiven for perhaps getting a foreboding sense that it's only a matter of time before another major tragedy involving a large commercial airliner occurs.
Anyway, strap yourself in for a bumpy ride.
May 1
Hawaiian Airlines flight makes emergency landing:
Hawaiian Airlines passengers had to exit a plane using emergency slides after an odor of fumes forced the flight turnaround soon after takeoff.Plane shuts down engine in mid-flight emergency
The airline says Hawaiian flight No. 24 left Kahului airport at 11:18 a.m. Friday, bound for Oakland, California. The flight crew declared an emergency and the plane returned to Kahului at 11:50 a.m.
Plane forced to land in Salinas field, California
Pilot hurt after small plane crashes in Ravenna Township, Michigan
Plane crashes at Duxford Imperial War Museum
Vehicle Incident in USA on Friday, 01 May, 2015 at 03:22 (03:22 AM) UTC:
This morning, Johnson County Sheriff's Office responded to an aircraft that was forced to make an emergency landing just west of the Gardner Municipal Airport. A 1994 Long EZ aircraft took off from New Century Airport and shortly after take-off, the pilot began experiencing engine trouble. The pilot turned for an emergency landing at Gardner Municipal Airport but was unable to make the airport and landed in the southwest field at 175th St. and Four Corners at approximately 09:50 am. There are no injuries reported. The incident is being investigated by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration.Air Force says some crew members treated after fire on jet:
The Air Force says some air crew members were treated for smoke inhalation after their jet made an emergency stop on the runway before it could take off from a base near Omaha.May 2
Offutt Air Force Base spokesman Delanie Stafford said Friday that the RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft was stopped around 6:30 p.m. Thursday before it could leave on a local training flight. He says none of the 27 on board suffered serious injuries.
Stafford says base firefighters put out the blaze inside the fuselage of the four-engine jet, which is configured for intelligence and reconnaissance missions. The fire cause and the extent of the repairs needed are being investigated.
Plane makes emergency landing at Aberdeen airport
Virgin flight to Florida forced to turn around and make emergency landing in Manchester after crew smell burning on the flight deck
Official: Two critical after plane crash in Orange County, Texas
Small plane crashes east of Moriarty, New Mexico
Pilot escapes injury in hair-raising landing in Michigan
May 3
Elk County Plane Crash, Pennsylvania
Missing Aircraft Found Crashed Near Village
Pilot killed in Penn Yan plane crash, New York
Flight from Alaska to Seattle makes emergency landing at Vancouver airport:
A U.S. passenger flight has made an emergency landing at Vancouver International Airport.Pilot Safe After Emergency Landing in Fort Worth, Texas
Alaska Airlines Flight 76 was en route from Juneau, Alaska to Seattle, Washington, when problems arose with one of the plane's two electrical systems.
The Boeing 737-400 touched down in Vancouver shortly before 5 p.m. local time on Sunday.
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