A WestJet plane’s rough landing in St. Maarten shut down the island’s airport for a day, and an aviation expert calls the repair “very difficult.” The next step involves carefully moving the aircraft for a full assessment, marking this as a complex and delicate operation.

A Delta Airlines flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Miami turned into a tense ordeal when a loud bang near the nose gear forced an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The incident sparked passenger panic and prompted an FAA investigation into aviation safety concerns.