On January 10, 2013, a Heliwest Oy Hughes 369 D was engaged to work on Tampere power plant’s power lines when it developed engine failure. The pilot made an emergency landing in Paavolantie, Kämmenniemi, near Tampere Finland.
The helicopter was damaged and the pilot was injured.
THe helicopter made a forced landing.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-1511 had to return and make a precautionary landing at Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California, on July 2nd.
The Boeing 737-300 had taken off for Austin, Texas, when the crew decided to return after reporting an engine problem.
The plane landed safely. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
China Eastern Airlines flight MU-736 had to return for an emergency landing in Sydney, Australia, on June 11th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Shanghai, China, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine issue.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
A Hercules A-1321 military plane had to cancel take-off from Soewondo Air Force Base in Medan, Indonesia, twice, on July 3.
The airplane was prepared to transport 14 dead bodies of the victims of June 30 Hercules crash in Medan, along with their families, to Ranai, Natuna, Riau Islands in Indonesia. However, it had to abort its take-off at 6:30 a.m. due to engine malfunction.
Later, the plane was again prepared to depart but the flight was aborted for the second time due to low visibility and bad whether at 6 p.m.
The passengers and dead bodies were transported in a CN-235 airplane later.
Japan Air Commuter flight 3X-3687 had to return and make an emergency landing in Kagoshima, Japan, on December 26th.
The plane took off for Matsuyama, Japan, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely.
A Sudanese transport aircraft had to divert and make a safe emergency landing at Al-Baha Domestic Airport, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia, on August 25th.
The Sudan bound Antonov 12 was mid air when it had to be diverted due to a technical problem in one of its engines.
One of the plane’s tyres burst during the landing.
All 10 people onboard remained unharmed.
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 Philadelphia to Paris
Where: Shannon Ireland
When: November 20, 2010, 6:30 am
Who: 152 passengers 7 crew
Why: While over the Atlantic, the right engine developed problems. Pilots shut it down, and diverted to Shannon where they made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
I usually try just to get the facts. But when people read these alerts, it is not just the plane. Like on this flight. Can you imagine being aboard this flight, over the Atlantic—as on the infamous Air France Flight 447—and losing an engine? Can you picture your feelings at the moment you realize the failure, and every moment thereafter, until you were safely on the ground? Even with a capable functioning plane, and competent crew. Even with the knowledge that the plane could afford to shut down an engine. Having to sit politely in your row, and believing on some level, that you were placidly waiting to die while strapped in like a trapped like a Chilean Miner in a snow globe hurtling through space toward who knows what fate? Even if I do not write it, behind these lines, there is always a human element.
