Emirates Airlines flight EK-407 made a safe emergency landing at Melbourne Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on July 14th.
The Airbus A380-800 en-route from Auckland, New Zealand was on approach to Melbourne’s runway when it was descended below the minimum assigned altitude, and climbed back after receiving instruction from the ATC.
The plane landed successfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
An investigation regarding the occurrence has been initiated.
Emirates flight EK-22 made an emergency landing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on June 25th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane, flying from Manchester, England, declared emergency after the crew reported that pilot vision was impaired.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Emirates flight EK-507 had to make an emergency landing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on June 9th.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft was flying from Mumbai, India, when the crew reported a flat tire and requested emergency assistance.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 199 passengers and 19 crew members remained safe.
Emirates flight EK 262 had to make an emergency landing in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 28th.
The plane, heading from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was diverted after the health condition of a passenger, who had ingested cocaine, started deteriorating.
According to Mr. Ahmadu Garba, the NDLEA commander at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), “A passenger complained of severe abdominal pains and later suffered three recurrent seizures thus necessitating an emergency landing in Lagos… Upon arrival, four passengers tested positive for narcotic ingestion. They are Okeh Desmond, Ezeanya Nnaemeka, Christopher Nonso and Chibusi Promise. All the suspects are under observation.”
Emirates Airlines flight EK-703 had to return and make an emergency landing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on May 4th.
The Airbus A380-800 took off for Mauritius but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Emirates flight EK-19 had to divert and land at Heathrow Airport, London, England, UK, on March 26.
The Airbus A380-800, flying from Dubai, UAE to Manchester, England, was on approach to runway when the crew had to divert it to London after receiving a computer warning that the runway was too short.
The plane landed safely.
All passengers onboard remained unharmed.
Emirates flight EK-112 had to return and make an emergency landing in Budapest, Hungary, on March 5th.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft was heading to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when the crew reported a problem with gear retraction and requested to return.
The plane landed back uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Emirates flight EK-522 had to make an emergency landing in Karachi, Pakistan, on February 14.
The Boeing 777-200, en-route from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down its left hand engine.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 170 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Emirates flight EK-35 made an emergency landing in Trabzon, Turkey, on February 4th.
The Boeing 777-300, heading from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Newcastle, United Kingdom, was diverted after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All the passengers and crew members remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Emirates flight EK-216 had to return and make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, on December 30.
The Airbus A380-800, en-route to Dubai, UAE, had to return after its landing gear failed to retract.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
An Emirates plane had to make an emergency landing in Perth, Western Australia, on December 1st.
The A380 plane was en-route from Auckland, New Zealand, to Dubai, UAE, when a passenger went into labor. There were two doctors on-board who helped her through her contractions while the pilot diverted to Perth.
The passengers said the woman did not speak English and the doctors had to use Google translate to communicate with her.
The plane landed safely. The passenger was rushed to hospital where she gave birth to a baby girl.
The delayed flight reached Dubai the next day.
Emirates Airlines flight EK-724 returned and made an emergency landing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 25.
The Airbus A330-200 was heading to Dubai, UAE, when a bird struck its right engine, forcing the crew to shut down the engine and declare an emergency.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Emirates Airlines flight EK-612 made a safe landing at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 9.
The Boeing 777-300, flying from Dubai to Islamabad was struck by a bird while it was about to land.
The aircraft sustained significant damage and could not depart for the return flight EK-613.
No injuries were reported.
Emirates Airways flight EK346 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Chennai International Airport, Chennai, India, on September 4.
The plane, flying from Dubai to Kuala-Lampur, Malaysia, was diverted after a 61-year-old person aboard suffered a heart attack mid-air.
The plane landed safely and all 116 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
The flight resumed after the sick person was transferred to hospital.
Emirates flight EK440 had to make an emergency landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India on August 9th.
The plane, heading from Dubai to Adelaide, Australia, was diverted after an elderly passenger, identified by some media sources as B Peter Richard, of Sydney, died onboard.
The plane landed uneventfully and later returned to Dubai due to Adelaide International Airport’s night-time flight restrictions.
The flight was scheduled to depart at 11 p.m.
Emirates flight EK413 had to make an emergency landing at Bandaranaike International Airport, Sri Lanka, on June 26.
The Airbus A380, carrying 471 passengers and 30 crew members, was travelling from Sydney to Dubai when the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and requested an emergency landing.
According to the airline, “Emirates flight EK413 from Sydney to Dubai…was diverted to Colombo due to a technical fault… The aircraft landed safely at the Bandaranaike International Airport and passengers were transferred to other Emirates flights.”
Emirates flight EK222 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on May 20.
The A380 plane, en-route from Dallas to Dubai, was diverted after a Nigerian passenger suffered a stroke midair.
According to an airline spokesperson, “Emirates flight EK222 from Dallas to Dubai on 20 May was diverted to Warsaw due to a passenger medical emergency… Subsequently, the aircraft faced a technical issue on ground. Passengers and crew safely disembarked, and Emirates arranged a replacement aircraft to bring all passengers to Dubai, with a total delay of 6 hours. Emirates apologises for any inconvenience. The safety of our passengers and crew is of paramount importance.”
An Emirates flight made an emergency stop at Gatwick Airport in Crawley, England, on March 29.
According to an airport spokesperson, the flight, heading from JFK International Airport in New York to Dubai, was diverted due to a medical emergency.
The plane safely landed at 10:51 p.m.
The nature of medical emergency is not clear at the moment.
Emirates flight EK35 had to make a priority landing in Newcastle, England, on March 23.
Authorities said the plane, flying from Dubai, declared an emergency at around 11 a.m. due to a medical emergency on board.
According to an airline spokesperson, “The aircraft landed safely and the passenger was met and attended to by medical staff.”
Emirates Airlines flight EK 609 was pulled off the runway at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, just before takeoff at about 7:45 p.m. on October 4.
The Airbus 320 was ready to depart with 82 passengers aboard when the pilot detected smoke in the cockpit and called for emergency assistance. All the passengers and crew members were safely evacuated through chutes.
“All the passengers and crew members were evacuated and the plane has been parked on one side. No one was hurt,” said Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesperson Pervez George.
The airline said that the passengers were accommodated in another flight and the cause of smoke is being investigated.
Emirates Airlines flight EK-432 was forced to make an emergency landing at Hyderabad International Airport, India, at around 7:40 a.m. on September 18.
The flight, en-route from Dubai to Singapore, was diverted after a female passenger suffered an acute brain stroke.
The plane landed safely and the patient, identified as Maria Lousia Victoria, 69, from Netherlands, was rushed to Apollo Hospitals in Jubilee Hills. The hospital authorities said that the left side of her body was paralyzed. She is currently held under observation in the ICU.
The flight resumed at 9:10 a.m.
Seventy-two children aboard Emirates flight EK007, coming from Cape Town, South Africa to Heathrow airport on Sunday, suffered from diarrhea mid air.
The children aged 10 to 14, were part of a Welsh choir. They were on their way back after performing in Cape Town when they began vomiting. The crew members then requested emergency services at Heathrow airport to provide medical aid to the sick children.
Especially trained paramedics from the ‘Hazardous area response team’ were waiting at the scene when the Airbus A380 touched the ground. Sixty Children were treated at the spot while 12 were taken to a hospital. The hospital sources confirmed that all children were released late night after they received treatment for diarrhea.
An Emirates flight catering truck collided with a Urals Airline Airbus A320 at the Dubai International Airport, resulting in flight attendant Marina Zhelyamova getting injured. None of the 128 passengers were injured.
According to media reports, the plane was about to take off for Russia when the catering truck smashed into its tail. The collision made the female flight attendant to fall out through the open door.
Marina Zhelyamova was immediately taken to the hospital with a concussion, and later had surgery.
On Oct 25, an Emirates Airlines Airbus A380 en route from New York to Dubai had to shut down a right engine.
Pilots diverted to Kuwait where they made a safe landing.
A replacement airbus was provided to carry the passengers to Dubai. We don’t have information how long passengers waited or if they were provided accommodations during the interim.
On May 17, an Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-eoo en route from Dubai to Jakarta suffered turbulence while en route.
Three crew and ten passengers were injured by turbulence over the Nicobar Islands.
The pilots diverted to Singapore where they made a safe landing with 374 passengers aboard. The injured were hospitalized.
The pilots arrived in Jakarta twenty hours late, after the unexpected stop-over.
The injured were provided alternative flights.
