\n Passengers should feel safe on planes; however, these incidents happen all over the world, according to Ed Pierson, executive director of the Foundation for Aviation Safety.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhat you really need to do is you need to investigate these and you need to go, \u2018OK, what happened, how can we fix it, (and) let\u2019s not make that mistake again,\u2019\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Here\u2019s what we know about what is happening in the skies.\n <\/p>\n
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Pilot’s medical emergency forces flight to divert\n <\/p>\n
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Pilot’s medical emergency forces flight to divert<\/p>\n
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\n The pilot of Air Canada Flight 7664, traveling to Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Newark Liberty International Airport, had a medical emergency in the cockpit.<\/a>\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThe moment the plane swerved, I knew something was wrong because it was not turbulence,\u201d passenger Rodney McDonald told ABC. \u201cOne of the flight attendants entered the cockpit frantically and a few moments later, he was dragging one of the pilots out of the cockpit.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The flight, operated by PAL Airlines, diverted to Boston Logan International Airport. The first officer took over flying, made an emergency landing and stopped just off the runway.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cDuring the flight, the captain experienced a medical issue and was removed from the flight deck as per safety protocols,\u201d the airline said in a statement. \u201cPilots are trained to fly aircraft and land safely without the assistance of a second pilot.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n McDonald told ABC it was clear the captain \u201cwas not in control of his faculties\u201d and he, in consultation with a nurse onboard, restrained him.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201c(We) worked to get him under control. It was a fairly strenuous 40 minutes of keeping him down and using as many seatbelts as we could to restrain his legs, arms and chest,\u201d McDonald said.\n <\/p>\n \n Video from CNN affiliate WCVB showed emergency crews surrounding the plane and helping the pilot down the stairs to a waiting ambulance. He was then taken to a Boston hospital.\n <\/p>\n \n There were 61 passengers on the plane, according to Air Canada which said it was working to help everyone \u201ccomplete their journeys as soon as possible.\u201d\n <\/p>\n Plane with 10 people onboard crash lands in Alaska<\/p>\n Small plane makes emergency landing in Alaska\n <\/p>\n Small plane makes emergency landing in Alaska<\/p>\n 1:09<\/p>\n \n A passenger on a small commercial airplane captured dramatic video<\/a> of the moment the Cessna 208 Caravan made an emergency crash landing in rural Alaska on Monday.\n <\/p>\n \n The Wright Air Service commuter flight connected the small Alaska towns of Coldfoot and Anaktuvuk Pass, near Gates of the Arctic National Park<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n The pilot reported engine problems shortly after takeoff, which led to the forced landing, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.\n <\/p>\n \n Video taken by passenger Brett Fillipi showed the single engine propeller plane bouncing to a stop in a mountain meadow with its nose slamming into the ground.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cSomething went wrong with the plane and we had to do an emergency landing out here in the bush,\u201d Fillipi said as he and the other passengers applauded the pilot.\n <\/p>\n \n Ten people were on board the 7-year-old plane. It is unclear whether anyone was injured, but video shows all of the passengers walking around after exiting the aircraft.\n <\/p>\n \n The plane was significantly damaged and the passengers were rescued by helicopter.\n <\/p>\n \n Wright Air carries about 40,000 passengers a year on scheduled flights, according to its website, including trips to small towns like Anaktuvuk Pass, which depend on air travel to connect to the outside world.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cIt is our intention to maintain and operate with the highest level of safety standards while providing the best customer care possible,\u201d the website states.\n <\/p>\n \n The Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB are investigating what caused the crash.\n <\/p>\n \n A jet landing in Boston nearly collided<\/a> with another plane taking off on an intersecting runway, prompting FAA and NTSB investigations.\n <\/p>\n \n The pilots of Delta Air Lines Flight 2351 aborted their approach for landing at Boston Logan International Airport around 11:30 a.m. Saturday when they saw American Airlines Flight 3161 accelerating for takeoff on a perpendicular runway.\n <\/p>\n \n The Delta pilots circled the airport, in a procedure called a go-around, before landing safely on their second attempt. The planes were only several hundred feet apart at their closest point.\n <\/p>\n![\"22749471](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22749471-alaska-landing-16x9-00-00-08-21-still002.jpg\")
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