An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday morning. One eyewitnesses said they saw “major engine issues just after take off.” “Flames shooting from the engine and wonky, pulsing noises from the aircraft,” the witness said on Twitter, while sharing a video of…

Two people were killed in a plane crash near Westchester County Airport in New York on Thursday, officials said. The Beechcraft A36 took off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport just before 5 p.m., heading for Cuyahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio. The single-engine plane went down around 6:15 p.m. after the pilot…

BRYSON CITY, N.C.—A Florida man who aspires to be a commercial pilot showed his skills in an emergency when he landed a single-engine aircraft on a four-lane North Carolina road, missing cars and power lines as he touched down. Vincent Fraser was flying the plane July 3 when the aircraft began to lose engine power…

A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic coast, and was able to land the plane safely with the help of air traffic controllers. “I’ve got a serious situation here,” the man said Tuesday afternoon, May 10, according…

Dozens of people were stranded in Europe for a second night on Saturday after their U.S.-bound flight made an emergency landing in Dublin following an engine failure, passengers said. Brussels Airlines flight 101 was en route from Brussels to New York on Friday when pilots issued a “pan-pan” message, which indicates a problem less serious…

MOSCOW—A plane flying from the Turkish resort of Antalya to Vladivostok in Russia’s far east made a safe emergency landing on Saturday in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, a source at the airport told Reuters. Azur Air flight ZF268, a Boeing 767 plane, requested an emergency landing while over Krasnoyarsk after experiencing problems with the…

OCEAN CITY, N.J.—The 18-year old pilot of a banner plane made an emergency landing Monday on a bridge in southern New Jersey, snarling traffic but causing no injuries, authorities said. Landon Lucas reported that his plane started having engine trouble around 12:30 p.m. as he was flying near Steel Pier in Atlantic City, officials said….

By Shaddi Abusaid From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA—A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Atlanta had to make an emergency landing Friday evening when an unruly passenger attacked two flight attendants and threatened to bring down the plane, authorities said. The incident occurred on Flight 1730, which took off from Los Angeles but had to be…

DENVER—The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested an emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his plane was nearly ripped in half, according to air traffic control audio. Miraculously, both planes landed and no one was hurt, officials said. The planes were getting ready to land at a…

SOFIA—An Air France flight en route from Paris to New Delhi made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria on Friday at about 5 p.m. because of a disruptive passenger, Bulgarian officials said on Saturday. The passenger, an Indian citizen, began to act up soon after take-off, quarreling with other passengers, assaulting a flight…