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• Chicago man accused of prompting JetBlue landing

  August 21, 2012 8:09 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A Chicago man is accused of groping a pregnant woman and refusing to follow crew instructions on a JetBlue flight, prompting the plane to make an emergency landing in Denver. Marcus Covington was advised in federal court Tuesday that he faces a charge of interfering with the... more »

• Sky West pilot forced to make emergency landing

  March 18, 2012 12:39 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A Sky West pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Denver after a report of smoke in the aircraft. Denver International Airport officials say the flight with 49 passengers and three crew members on board returned to DIA shortly after takeoff at around noon Saturday.... more »

• UPDATE: United Airlines 757 flight from Denver to Los Angeles diverted to Grand Junction

  December 11, 2011 2:51 PM

  As reported earlier, a United Airline Boeing 757 en route from Denver to Los Angeles was diverted to Grand Junction Regional Airport when it was reported that one engine was shut down. The aircraft was able to make a safe emergency landing shortly after 11:30 am. The 757 has... more »

• Quick thinking pilot survives loss of power

  July 13, 2011 6:26 PM

  A Colorado Springs man is a little shaken up but safe after making an emergency landing in field outside of Meadow Lake Airport Wednesday morning. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says Robert Myers, 70, was flying to the Springs from Alamosa when his 1997 Darrow Steven single engine... more »

• Pilot was trained for emergency landing

  May 21, 2011 4:14 PM

  A Pueblo man is safe after making an emergency landing at the airport Saturday morning. Orlando Cuevas was flying his single engine Cessna Centurion C210 when the main landing gear jammed. With only the front wheels deployed, Cuevas made an emergency landing using the bottom of the plane to... more »

• Plane towed from runway at Pueblo airport

  May 21, 2011 1:40 PM

  An aircraft mechanic from the Pueblo Memorial Airport is towing a small plane off of the runway after it made an emergency "wheels up" landing just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Emergency crews were able to get the plane's landing gear to drop once it was on the ground and... more »

• Pilot is safe after landing without landing gear at Pueblo Airport

  May 21, 2011 1:00 PM

  Pueblo firefighters say the pilot of a small aircraft survived an emergency landing without landing gear Saturday morning. The plane made a belly landing on a run east of the airport terminal. There were no passengers on board and firefighters say the pilot walked away from the plane. more »

• UPDATE: Emergency landing at Pueblo Airport

  May 21, 2011 12:31 PM

  Just a few seconds ago, a small aircraft with only a single pilot aboard made an emergency wheels-up landing at the Pueblo Regional Airport. Emergency crews on scene reported that the aircraft made the landing and the pilot was able to get out of the aircraft unassisted and uninjured. ... more »

• Pueblo airport emergency landing

  May 21, 2011 12:21 PM

  We have just gotten word that an aircraft is preparing to make an emergency landing at the Pueblo Regional Airport with a landing gear malfunction. Early reports say that the pilot is attempting to get the landing gear locked down but have not been able to get a landing gear... more »

• Air Natl. Guard C-130 makes emergency landing at C.S. Airport

  April 17, 2011 2:00 PM

  Colorado Springs Fire Department and Airport Emergency crews have been on stand by for an aircraft emergency at the Colorado Springs Airport. The initial report came in around 10:30am Sunday of an Air Force C-130 Hercules with a landing gear problem. The crew of 5 aboard the aircraft circled... more »

• Plane makes emergency landing safely at NYC

  April 3, 2011 6:14 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - An American Airlines spokesman says a flight from Boston to St. Thomas has landed safely at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport after developing a pressurization problem in the cabin. Flight 883 with 140 passengers aboard landed about 10 a.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported.... more »

• UPDATE: Passengers from diverted flight make new flight plans.

  March 13, 2011 3:14 PM

  Passengers from Southwest Airlines, flight number 1646 which was diverted to Colorado Springs following a declared emergency and landing are currently in the Colorado Springs Airport waiting to changes to their flight plans to make it to their connecting flights or final destinations. Southwest Airlines flight number 1646 was... more »

• Southwest Airlines 737 lands safely after declaring emergency.

  March 13, 2011 2:17 PM

  A Southwest Airline flight from Phoenix, AZ was diverted to the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport when the flight crew declared an emergency with smoke in the cockpit. The emergency was declared at 11:10am and the aircraft made a safe landing at 11:40am and was met by emergency crews. Once crews... more »

• Passenger jet makes emergency landing at Colorado Springs Airport

  March 13, 2011 1:28 PM

  Emergency response crews are responding to a declared emergency landing at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. Airport emergency officials are saying that the flight crew on the Southwest Airlines, flight has reported smoke in the cockpit. The time of the call was at 11:10 am and the Boeing... more »

• Colorado Springs Airport on standby for emergency landing

  December 30, 2010 12:48 PM

  At around 10:40am Colorado Springs Airport made a call for an aircraft emergency. The alert stated that a Boeing 747 with 224 passengers on board was making an emergency landing due to engine trouble. It is unknown where the flight was from or heading. We have a crew at the... more »

• Plane lands safely at JFK airport; no sign of fire

  November 21, 2010 6:44 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say a Moscow-bound flight with an engine problem returned safely to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport during an emergency landing. No one was injured. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Holly Baker says Delta Flight 30 landed before 6 p.m. Sunday and taxied to the... more »

• United jet from Denver makes emergency landing

  August 10, 2010 12:34 PM

  United Airlines says one of its jetliners made an emergency landing in Omaha after the pilot noticed an engine vibration. Spokeswoman Sarah Massier said Tuesday that Flight 230 landed at 11:45 p.m. Monday, cutting short its flight from Denver to Des Moines, Iowa. She says it landed without incident,... more »

• Search to resume for F-16 fuel tanks

  July 23, 2010 8:37 AM

  The Colorado Air National Guard will resume its search today for external fuel tanks jettisoned over open country as the pilot of an F-16 prepared to make an emergency landing in Colorado Springs. The fighter landed without incident. Maj. Nicole David says the tanks aren't dangerous but are important... more »

• FAA places DIA injuries at 30

  July 21, 2010 9:23 AM

  It felt like dropping down an elevator shaft. That's how one passenger described the turbulence aboard a United Airlines jet that made an emergency landing in Denver Tuesday night. One woman was jolted out of her seat so forcefully that she left a crack in the wall when she... more »

• Jet makes emergency landing in Aleutians

  July 13, 2010 8:58 AM

  American Airlines says one of its jets made an emergency landing on an island in Alaska's Aleutians after a fire warning light went off. Company spokesman Tim Smith says Flight 175, en route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tokyo, landed safely on Shemya Island shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday. It... more »

• Pilot safe after landing in field in Loveland

  May 10, 2010 8:48 AM

  Larimer County sheriff's officials say a 54-year-old pilot from Wellington is safe after unexpectedly landing an experimental aircraft in a field in Loveland. Sheriff's officials say the small aircraft had left the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport on Sunday morning and was flying at about 7,500 feet over Windsor when... more »

• Heart attack prompts jetliner's emergency landing

  March 26, 2010 8:16 AM

  A Boeing 737-800 carrying 167 people made a safe emergency landing in New Mexico after a passenger suffered a heart attack. Continental Airlines spokeswoman Christen David says Continental Flight 602 from Newark, N.J., to Los Angeles landed at Four Corners Regional Airport in Farmington late Thursday afternoon to assist... more »

• Jet with 74 aboard makes emergency landing

  March 8, 2010 9:00 AM

  Officials say a jet carrying 74 people made an emergency landing at the Aspen airport after smoke entered the pilot's cabin. Pitkin County Sheriff's Deputy Alex Burchetta says SkyWest Airlines flight 5940 made a safe landing Sunday afternoon and there were no reports of injury among the 70 passengers and... more »

• Fore! Small plane lands on golf course

  January 26, 2010 12:34 PM

  A Cessna 170 sits on a golf course in Houston after the pilot made an emergency landing. "I was watching out. I saw two fairways that were appropriate and there was only one guy on this one. I went over the top of him and landed here," pilot Brendon Ford... more »

• Infant dies on Colorado-bound plane

  January 21, 2010 8:29 AM

  A 2-month-old boy has died after he stopped breathing on a United Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Milwaukee. Milwaukee County sheriff's Sgt. Philip Wentzel said Thursday the infant was with his parents on a flight from Detroit to Denver Wednesday afternoon when he stopped breathing. Wentzel... more »

• Denver-bound Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Tampa

  September 8, 2009 6:59 AM

  An airline spokesman says an indicator light that warned of possible smoke aboard a Denver-bound Southwest Airlines flight forced the pilot to make an emergency landing in Tampa, Fla. A Tampa International Airport spokeswoman says passengers were let out of the plane on emergency slides Monday afternoon. She says airport... more »