The last few days weren’t very successful for Northwest Airlines. The company endured two emergency flight landings–one on Sunday and the second on Monday. Luckily, there were no injuries.

The reason for the early landing was technically related. The Sunday flight from Tampa to Detroit had to make a landing in Dayton, Ohio because a computer controlling one of the engines malfunctioned. As GADLING reports:

The flight originated in Tampa and was bound for Detroit. The crew decided to land when one of the computers connected to an engine failed. The pilot landed at the nearest airport, which happened to be Dayton, as a precaution.

The air show at Dayton International Airport was stopped for about a half-hour while the plane landed on the runway during the festivities.

Then, two days later, a Northwest flight from Minneapolis to Chicago had to make an emergency landing in Madison, Wisconsin, when a gauge failure caused the pilot to think there had been a drop in cabin pressure. According to msnbc.com, “None of the 115 passengers or six crew members aboard the DC-9 were injured.”

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Things happen in every day life. Sometimes they make people feel good, and sometimes they’re so frustrating that we change our opinion about security worldwide. As was recently reported, a jet had to land because of a large hole on the right side of the plane near the wing.

A Boeing used by Qantas, the world’s second-oldest airline, was in flight with 346 passengers on Friday when it was shaken by an explosive bang. The jet descended rapidly before landing safely minutes later at the Manila airport.

As msnbc.com reports, when the plane hit the ground, oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as debris flew through the cabin from a hole that had suddenly appeared in the floor. Luckily there were no injuries and only a few cases of nausea and eagerness to vomit were stated. No sign of panic was seen, and even an applause erupted as the plane touched down safely.

The police Aviation Security Group has shown its intentions in assisting the airline’s investigation, but there hasn’t been an approval on the part of the owners, chicagotribune.com reports.

“So far, they don’t want us to touch it, so we will respect the aircraft owner. But we will make our personnel available if they need assistance in the investigation,” he said.

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As time passes, people get older and retire, so accordingly companies need new specialists in their fields of work. Worried by the high number of veteran air traffic controllers who are hitting retirement age, the Federal Aviation Administration is busy recruiting, among other places, in high schools.

The FAA has also begun its recruitment efforts through online ads, like My Space, because of a severe staffing shortage and lack of experience among workers at its air-control towers.

As GADLING reports, the feds are even offering more than $100,000 in signing bonuses to newbies to draw them to the New York area’s five understaffed radar centers. They will immediately after the three month training period become staff.

Recently, there has already been one controller selected–a 20-year-old man with a bachelor’s degree in air-traffic control. But it’s not necessary for all new hires to have diplomas. They can be accepted straight out of 12th grade.

According to the New York Post, the new hires have already accepted the FAA bonus offers.

The new air-traffic-control hires “are a welcome edition to the TRACON staff,” said FAA spokesman Jim Peters, referring to the TRACONs in New York and New Jersey.

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Sometimes strange things happen on board planes. Some passengers are kicked off flights for their negligence to the personnel, being dropped off somewhere before their final destination, others have complaints concerning the in-service or the crew’s rudeness.

An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger was subdued and tied for complying with flight regulations as he was trying to open the exit door, but while in flight.

At first, the guy came out naked from the lavatory, then after the crew’s remarks, he got dressed and went back to his seat. But not long afterwards he rebelled again, trying to undo the emergency door.

As chicagotribune.com announces, the pilot diverted the flight to Will Rogers World Airport where the man was removed and taken to a psychiatric center.

“He was taken into custody by the Oklahoma City Police Department and taken to a crisis center for a mental evaluation,” Johnson said.

Luckily, according to msnbc, members of the Major League Soccer team, the New England Revolution, were on the flight and helped subdue the passenger.

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