Air France flight AF-733 had to make an emergency landing at Shannon airport, Ireland, at around 10 a.m. on December 14.
The Boeing 747-, heading from the Dominican Republic to Paris, had to land in emergency after a fire alarm went off.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 156 people aboard remained unharmed.
A replacement plane was arranged for the passengers.
It was later found that the heat from a cargo of vegetables triggered the fire alarm.
Air France flight AF-178 made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on November 4th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane heading from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, to Mexico City, Mexico, was diverted after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely. The patient was rushed to University Hospital Limerick.
A subsequent inspection reported there was a fuel leak on the runway and taxiways.
Air China flight CA1336 had to make an emergency landing at Chongqing Airport in China, on February 25.
The flight, heading from Nanning to Beijing, had to land in emergency, after a female passenger claimed there was a bomb in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remained unharmed. A SWAT team thoroughly searched the plane but no explosive device was found.
The woman was taken for questioning.
A United Express Flight 5733, a Canadian-made Bombadier CRJ700 regional jet operated by SkyWest Airlines, diverted to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport at 4:49 p.m. (6:49 p.m. ET) on October 31, 2013.
All 42 passengers safely exited.
The flight had been en route from San Francisco to San Antonio Texas. The diversion was due to a threatening note.
A bomb squad swept the plane and the luggage.
ExpressJet flight EV-4121/UA-4121 had to make an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada, on January 19.
The Embraer ERJ-145, en-route from Newark, New Jersey, had to be landed in emergency due to flaps failure.
The plane landed safely.
Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
After suffering smoke in the cabin, an Embraer ERJ-145 ExpressJet en route from O’Hare to Ottowa returned to O’Hare.
Pilots made a safe landing at 6:15 pm.
Thirty-eight passengers disembarked safely in Chicago. One was hospitalized at Resurrection Medical Center for breathing problems. The rest of the passengers were provided an alternative flight to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the preliminary investigation report on the February 17 incident of United Airlines Flight 1676, flying from Denver-to-Billings, which suddenly started to jolt, injuring many passengers.
According to the report, the airplane was in cruise flying mode at an altitude of 34,000 feet, when it ran into extreme clear air turbulence and resulted in several injuries. The report further elaborates that among 114 passengers and flight crew, 2 were seriously injured while 9 were hospitalized with minor injuries.
The Boeing 737-700 was also damaged and was taken to United maintenance facility in Houston.
