EasyJet flight EZY-8386 made an emergency landing in Milan, Italy, on October 11th.
The plane heading from Kephalonia International Airport, Greece, to Gatwick Airport, England, was diverted after smoke was noticed in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Iberia Airbus A321-200 en route from Tenerife to Madrid
Where: Tenerife
When: Nov 9th 2009
Who: 132 passengers
Why: After take-off, one of the Airbus engines was shut down. The crew returned to the airport and made a safe landing.
American Airlines flight AA-5548 had to return and make an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Virginia, on April 27th.
The plane took off for Hartford, Connecticut, but had to turn back due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Blue Air flight 0B-4541 had to return and make an emergency landing in Alghero, Italy, on August 12th.
The Boeing 737-400 plane took off for Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Italy, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: Continental Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from Tel Aviv to Newark,NJ
Where: Tel Aviv
When: Nov 9th 2011
Who: 280 aboard
Why: When smoke was reported as coming from the baggage compartment, the pilots returned to Ben-Gurion International Airport and made a safe landing.
45 ambulances and 17 mobile units were on the scene of the emergency landing.
The origin of the smoke turned out to be an oven in the aft galley.
Lufthansa flight LH-1730 had to return and make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on February 10th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but had to turn back after a crew member complained of dizziness and nausea due to an unusual odor on board.
The plane landed safely.
American Airlines flight 362, en-route from Dallas to San Diego, had to divert and make an emergency landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona, at about 12:05 p.m. on August 24.
According to Rebecca Bloomfield from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, officials at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field received a call from the Transportation Security Administration’s Coordination Center that the FBI was looking into a tweet indicating about possible explosives aboard flight 362. The twitter threat was posted by @LizardSquad at around 10:45 a.m. on August 24. It read: @AmericanAir: We have been receiving reports that @j_smedley’s plane #362 from DFW to SAN has explosives on-board, please look into this.
She further said that the FBI officials then diverted the flight to Phoenix where it made a safe emergency landing. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Passengers had to wait while the federal investigators searched the plane for any explosives. The flight resumed to San Diego after 4 hours. The FBI is investigating the incident.
