Emergency Landings

Pilot alerted officials jet had run out of runway

November 19, 2008

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A pilot can be heard on newly released cockpit recordings warning air traffic controllers that his plane was “going off the end” of the runway, the last words captured before the private jet crashed and killed four people. Also among the eerie recordings are controllers at the Columbia, S.C., airport...
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QantasLink plane lands in Brisbane after smoke fills cabin

November 19, 2008

A QantasLink plane made an emergency landing at Brisbane Airport last night, after smoke filled the cockpit. - QantasLink plane emergency landing - White smoke ‘filled the cabin’ - 35 passengers land in Brisbane The Dash-8 aircraft, en route from Roma in central Queensland, touched down at 7.23pm, less than five minutes after the...
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