Thomson Airlines flight BY-2616 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, England, on July 8th.
The Boeing 757-200 flying from Manchester, England, to Girona, Spain, had to divert due to smoke in its cabin.
The plane landed safely.
All 201 passengers and 8 crew members remained unhurt.
KLM flight KL-887 encountered severe turbulence near Hong Kong, China, on June 4th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane was flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands, when it hit turbulence that injured nine people.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Eight of the injured, including six passengers and two crew members were taken to hospital.
An Aeromexico plane collided with a service truck after landing in Los Angeles, California, on May 20th.
The incident happened when flight AM-642 from Mexico City, Mexico, was taxiing toward the terminal at Los Angeles airport.
The truck overturned due to impact. There were eight people aboard, including six men and two women; all of them were injured.
The Boeing 737-800 plane, carrying 149 people, sustained minor damage.
Ural Airlines flight U6-3735 had to return and make an emergency landing at Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg, Russia, on May 13th.
The Airbus A321-200 flying to Antalya, Turkey, had to return due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
All 220 passengers and 8 crew members remained unhurt.
Jet Airways flight 9W-70 had to return and make an emergency landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, India, on May 12th.
The Boeing 737-900 flying to Bangkok, Thailand, had to return due to possible trail strike.
The plane landed safely.
All 180 passengers and 8 crew members remained safe.
A military plane crashed in the municipality of Facatativa in Colombia, on May 1st.
The plane was flying from Guaymaral airbase, Bogota, to Tolemaida airbase, Melgar, when it went down.
There were eight people aboard at the time; all of them were killed in the crash.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
American Airlines flight AA-66 had to divert for an emergency landing in Porto, Portugal, on January 22nd.
The plane was flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Barcelona, Spain, when the crew decided to divert due to an engine oil issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 151 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Asiana Airlines flight OZ-707 had to make an emergency landing in Jeju Island, South Korea, on January 5th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Seoul, South Korea, to Angeles, Philippines, was diverted due to a cargo smoke indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 166 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Alrosa Airlines flight 6R-9961 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mirny, Russia, on January 5th.
The plane took off for Novosibirsk, Russia, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All 144 passengers and 8 crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, on December 26th.
The Cessna 182 plane was heading to Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, Sevierville, Tennessee, when it went down.
There were 3 people aboard at the time, including Kim Smith, 42, David Starling, 41, and Hunter Starling, 8. All of them were killed in the crash. They were from Bradford County, Florida.
Nepal Airlines flight RA-225 had to return and make an emergency landing in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 13th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Bangalore, India, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic leak.
The plane landed safely. All 156 passengers and 8 crew members remained unharmed.
JetKonnect Airlines flight S2-4364 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Hyderabad, India, on December 3rd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Kolkata to Bangalore, India, was diverted after the crew reported a hydraulic issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 147 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
An 8-passenger plane made an emergency landing at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, Virginia, on November 2nd.
The Cessna 550 plane flying from Teterboro, New Jersey, to Meridian, Mississippi, was diverted after it lost oil pressure in one of the engines, causing a loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-383 had to reject take off from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on October 28th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane was accelerating to take off for Miami, Florida, when it caught fire, prompting the crew to reject take off.
The passengers were evacuated through slides. Eight people, including 7 passengers and 1 crew member, were injured and were taken to hospitals.
It is believed that the fire sparked after failure of right hand engine.
Bhutan Airlines flight B3-771 performed a missed approach before landing in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 15th.
The plane flying from Paro, Bhutan, was on final approach when the crew spotted a goat on the runway.
The crew initiated a standard missed approach and entered a hold while the airport crew removed the goat from the runway.
The plane landed safely. There were 68 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
A military helicopter crashed in Dand-e-Ghori district of Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on October 9th.
The helicopter was supplying a military base when it caught fire and crashed.
There were eight people aboard at the time, including five crew members and three army soldiers; all of them were killed in the crash.
Afghan defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said the accident happened due to a technical issue.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-3496 made an emergency landing in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, on August 11th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off from Palma in Majorca, Spain, when the crew reported a bird strike and decided to turn back for an emergency landing.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 197 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
China Southern flight CZ-3510 made an emergency landing in Hefei, China. On August 2nd.
The plane heading from Jinan to Guangzhou, China, was diverted after a hail strike cracked both windshields.
The plane landed safely. All 124 passengers and 8 crew members remained unharmed.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-607 had to divert and make an emergency landing on Roatan Island, Honduras, on May 29th.
The Boeing 737-700 was heading from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Baltimore, Maryland, when smoke was detected in the cabin, prompting the crew to divert to Roatan.
The plane landed safely. There were 140 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Jetblue flight B6-1134 encountered severe turbulence while heading to Orlando International Airport, Florida, on May 9th.
The plane was flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico, when it ran into severe turbulence that injured at least 8 passengers.
The plane continued for a safe landing in Orlando. The injured were taken to hospitals.
Stobart Air flight BE-6034 made an emergency landing in Groningen, Netherlands, on April 12th.
The plane was flying from London Southend Airport, United Kingdom, when the crew reported smoke in the cabin and declared emergency.
The plane landed safely. There were 8 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
A small plane crashed between Granger and Taylor in Texas, on April 9th.
Authorities said the eight-seater twin-engine turboprop went down near FM 1331. The plane had taken off from Georgetown airport.
According to Department of Public Safety Trooper D.L. Wilson, “There are going to be fatalities…We just can’t confirm or deny how many are in there until we get it under control down there.”
An Air Inuit plane had to return and make an emergency landing at Kuujjuaq Airport, Quebec, Canada, on March 9.
The de Havilland Dash 8, flying from Quebec to Nuuk, Greenland, was halfway when the crew detected some problem with its hydraulic system, prompting it to return.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All passengers and crew members on board remained safe.
American Airlines flight 564 made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on February 11th.
Authorities said the plane, heading from San Jose, California, to Phoenix, Arizona, was diverted due to a mechanical issue.
The plane, carrying 125 passengers and 5 crew members, landed uneventfully.
Eight people, including seven passengers and one crew member, reported respiratory irritation and were evaluated by paramedics. Authorities said one of them was later taken to hospital.
A Southwest airline plane, performing flight WN-31, veered off a taxiway at Nashville International Airport, Tennessee, on December 15.
According to FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen, “Southwest Airlines 31, a Boeing 737 aircraft, rolled off a taxiway into the grass and got stuck while taxiing to its gate at Nashville International Airport at 5:30 p.m. Central Time.”
There were 133 passengers aboard at the time; 8 of them suffered minor injuries.
The plane had come in from William P. Hobby international airport, Houston, Texas. Three Notams were issued following the occurrence.
NTSB
On Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 1725 central standard time, Southwest Airlines flight 31, a Boeing 737, N649SW, departed taxiway T4 and came to rest in a ditch at the Nashville International Airport, (BNA), Nashville, Tennessee. The passengers evacuated via the emergency slides. The aircraft was substantially damaged and nine passengers sustained minor injuries. The flight was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from the William P Hobby Airport (HOU), Houston, Texas. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
