#aviation-incident

#aviation-incident

Endeavor Air flight 5155 was taxiing for departure from LaGuardia to Roanoke, VA, with 28 passengers and four crew aboard, as Endeavor Air flight 5047 was taxiing to its arrival gate from Charlotte, NC, with 57 customers, two pilots, and two flight attendants on board, when the wing of the departing aircraft made contact with the fuselage of the arriving aircraft.

A Delta Air Lines plane diverted after an oven caught fire on board, forcing some passengers to wait two days before continuing their journey. Flight 55 took off from Lagos, Nigeria, shortly after noon last Tuesday, headed for Atlanta. However, less than 40 minutes after takeoff, the Airbus A330 U-turned while over Ghana. It descended and landed in Ghana's capital, Accra, just over an hour after first lifting off.

A WestJet plane operating from Toronto made a "hard landing" at an airport in the Caribbean country of St. Maarten, the airline said on Sunday. The airline said all passengers and crew were evacuated from WestJet flight 2276 after the plane arrived at Princess Juliana International Airport. The landing activated the plane's slides and emergency responders deployed foam as a precaution. WestJet said there were no reported injuries.

A small plane made an emergency landing in a field near Coast Road on Saturday just north of the Santa Cruz city limits. According to Cecile Juliette, a public information officer with the Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit, the plane consisted of a pilot and a student and lost power over Scotts Valley, prompting an emergency landing.

A helicopter used by an African Union peacekeeping mission has crashed at Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, killing at least three people. The incident occurred while the helicopter was trying to land.

A Delta Air Lines flight returning to Heathrow due to a cracked windscreen landed safely, ensuring the safety of its 188 passengers and 12 crew members.

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"I can't quite put words to describe what the scene looks like, but with the jet fuel going down the street, and everything on fire all at once, it was pretty horrific to see," San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said.

"When we touched down, it was so strong that we jumped. The tire at the front of the plane broke. I don't know if the tire hit the left engine, which was where I was sitting. It sparked, and fire started to come out."