Results tagged “emergencylanding”

• An international flight headed to Rome returned to Logan Airport on Tuesday after an engine fire required an made an emergency landing. The pilot announced "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" to the airport controllers. At least one Winthrop resident heard explosions and saw flames. [WCVB]

• The Brockton Enterprise posted some photos of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that were taken from a U.S. Coast Guard airplane. [Brockton Enterprise]

• A single-engine plane made an emergency landing on I-495 in Mansfield near Route 140 around 11 a.m. on Tuesday after experiencing engine failure. According to Mansfield EMS personnel, both passengers said they were not hurt. [WCVB]

• Earlier today, Bostonist detailed plans that might allow Governor Patrick to pick an interim Senator until the special election in January. Martha Coakley appears to be running for the permanent seat regardless of that. [ Boston Globe]

Two potential disasters involving airplanes were averted in Massachusetts in the last couple of days. An American Airlines Flight 1937 left Boston for San Juan, Puerto Rico and returned an hour after smoke was smelled in plane’s rear bathroom. The plane left Logan Airport around 8:35 a.m. and made an emergency landing at 9:45 a.m. All 185 people on board were not injured and all passengers were placed on other flights. Also, a military C-5 transport plane landed safely at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee on Thursday despite losing two wheels. The crew didn't know the wheels were missing until an air traffic controller told them. more ›