International Business News - emergency http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A commercial jet that had just taken off from Chicago had to dump its fuel over Lake Michigan and return to O'Hare International Airport for an emergency landing after one of its engines malfunctioned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/engine-problems-force-emergency-landing-at-ohare.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:29:23 EDT Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle said she would extend an emergency proclamation allowing for the expedited construction of homeless shelters and transitional housing projects on Oahu's Leeward Coast. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/hawaii-emergency-proclamation-on-homeless-extended.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:33:55 EDT Oregon legislators want to hold back $25 million earmarked for public employees' salaries and benefits, citing fears about the nation's unstable economic situation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/ore-legislators-hold-money-for-public-employees.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:36:39 EDT An American Airlines plane carrying 180 passengers made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday after a pilot reported smoke and the smell of fuel in the cockpit, and officials said there were no injuries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/american-airlines-jet-has-emergency-landing-in-la.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:31:02 EDT An American Airlines plane carrying 180 passengers made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday after a pilot reported smoke and the smell of fuel in the cockpit, and officials said there were no injuries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/jet-makes-emergency-landing-at-la-airport.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:20:11 EDT A security official says an Egyptian passenger plane made an emergency landing at Cairo airport with 77 passengers on board. The official says the EgyptAir A320 Airbus plane made the landing after the pilot had problems with the landing gear. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080615/egyptian-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-cairo.htm Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:05:28 EDT An American Airlines jetliner made an emergency landing after a pane from a cabin window shattered during a flight and the shards of glass disabled an engine. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/jets-broken-window-leads-to-emergency-landing.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:22:30 EDT About 130 people aboard an American Airlines flight got a sharp scare. That's after one of the MD-80's two jet engines was disabled by shards from a broken window in the passengers' cabin. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/american-flight-returns-to-dallas-airport.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:20:24 EDT Police in southwest Idaho say a woman who dropped her phone in the Boise River and then yelled for help to get it back resulted in reports of a woman who had fallen into the river. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/cops-dropped-phone-caused-emergency-river-search.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 20:32:31 EDT A Delta Air Lines plane carrying 139 passengers has made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport and officials say no one was hurt. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080526/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-jfk-no-one-hurt.htm Mon, 26 May 2008 18:01:44 EDT Shares of Emergency Medical Services Corp. rose Tuesday, after the ambulance services provider reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Net income rose 2 percent to $17 million, or 40 cents per share, from $16.6 million, or 39 cents per share, a year ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/emergency-medical-shares-rise-on-better-than-expected-1q.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 13:21:51 EDT New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the company building a $2 billion statewide emergency radio network is agreeing to pay the state for failures in other contracts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080428/tyco-unit-to-pay-ny-over-failures-in-contracts.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:10:01 EDT Federal investigators said a for-profit company that was accused of hurting the chances for success of a planned emergency communications network did not break any rules. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/fcc-report-clears-adviser.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:57:22 EDT An American Airlines jet has made an emergency landing at Tulsa International Airport because of an apparent problem with the hydraulics system. American spokesman Tim Smith says flight 1745 was en route from Chicago to Los Angeles Friday with 152 passengers and a crew of six when a hydraulics system warning light went off. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/aa-jet-makes-emergency-landing-in-tulsa.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:57:25 EDT A Delta jet bound for Atlanta has turned around and made an emergency landing at Memphis International Airport after reporting engine trouble. Janice Young, a spokeswoman for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, says Flight 4230 was carrying about 75 people Thursday. No one was injured. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/plane-leaving-memphis-returns-for-emergency-landing.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:14:29 EDT The Federal Communications Commission will craft a new plan for the creation of a nationwide emergency communications network after the first one failed to attract any support. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/emergency-network-plan-revived.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:22:50 EDT A Republic Airways official says a passenger jet affiliated with the airline flying out of St. Louis has made an emergency landing at an airport about 20 miles east of the city due to engine failure. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/passenger-jet-safely-makes-emergency-landing-near-st-louis.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:26:33 EDT An airline says engine failure forced an airplane carrying 32 passengers and three crew members to make an emergency landing near St. Louis. A spokesman for Republic Airways says the plane headed from St. Louis to Milwaukee landed safely just before 9 a.m. at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport near Mascoutah (muh-SKOO'-tuh). That's about 20 miles east of St. Louis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-st-louis-area-airport.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:46:07 EDT The president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru declared an emergency Friday, dissolved parliament and called new elections next week in a bid to boost his grip on the government amid a fierce row with the opposition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/parliament-of-pacific-island-nation-nauru-dissolved.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:23:01 EDT Republicans on a congressional panel Tuesday said the Federal Communications Commission should re-auction a block of public airwaves to the highest bidder and turn the proceeds over to public safety ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080415/lawmakers-airwaves-sale-should-aid-public-safety.htm Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:15:23 EDT