What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Tampa to Hartford
Where: Bradley International Airport, Connecticut
When: Oct 3, 2012
Who: 130 people aboard
Why: After Southwest Airlines Flight 2102 suffered a bird strike on the right side of the plane on approach to Bradley International Airport, the pilot made a safe landing.
The crew described hearing a “loud bang” on approach.
The bird strike was not confirmed during the flyby but afterwards during inspection.
Flybe flight BE-122 made an emergency landing in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on August 6th.
The plane was flying from Glasgow, Scotland, when the crew needed to shut down one of the engines and declared an emergency.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All sixty-nine people aboard remained unharmed.
Lufthansa flight LH-1825 had to return for an emergency landing in Bilbao, Spain, on February 27th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Munich, Germany, but had to turn back due to a cargo door indication.
The plane landed safely. There were 109 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Lufthansa flight LH-1069 had to return and make an emergency landing in Nice, France, on January 5th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Frankfurt, Germany, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Taftan Airlines flight HH-6245 had to return and make an emergency landing in Tehran, Iran, on December 18th.
The plane took off for Ahvaz, Iran, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty-nine passengers and ten crew members remained unharmed.
Jazz Air flight QK-7090 made an emergency landing in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, on March 11th.
The plane was flying from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke in cockpit.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in Burke County, North Carolina, on February 6th.
The plane caught fire after it went down on Jamestown Road, Morganton.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
