A medical helicopter, Eurocopter EC135, made an emergency landing with a patient on board, skidding to a stop along a grassy area next to a runway after an engine had lost power. There were no reports of injuries, but emergency vehicles flooded the area moments after the helicopter landed. March 9, 2011: NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and two others were unhurt after the landing gear of their Falcon 20 collapsed as the plane landed, causing the plane to skid to a stop on the runway. The plane was en route to Lexington from Statesville, North Carolina. The evening after Biffle's accident, around 7:00 p.m., an Atlantic Southeast Airlines Bombardier regional jet flying for Delta Connection made an emergency landing in Lexington. The plane carried 38 people, including the entire football coaching staff from Marshall University. The jet was supposed to land in Charleston, West Virginia but diverted because of landing-gear troubles. The Marshall coaches were reportedly on their way back from trips to Mississippi State University and Texas Christian University. December 21, 2011: An AirTran Boeing 717 carrying 106 passengers experienced engine trouble on its way from O'Hare International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and safely landed at Blue Grass Airport just after 4 p.m. An AirTran spokesperson said that the captain shut the engine down during flight and diverted to Lexington. Crews replaced that engine overnight. There were no reported injuries. May 19, 2018: An Endeavor Air Bombardier CRJ-900 operating as Delta Connection Flight 3359 from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport skidded off the runway after an inch of rain had fallen in an hour. No one was injured. Popular culture Bluegrass Field was Auric Goldfinger's flight destination in the James Bond film Goldfinger. See also Kentucky World War II Army Airfields References External links Blue Grass Airport (official website) Airports in Kentucky Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Kentucky Buildings and structures in Fayette County, Kentucky Airports established in 1942 1942 establishments in Kentucky Transportation in Lexington, Kentucky