Alaska Airlines flight 76 made an emergency landing at Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada, on May 3.
The Boeing 737-400 aircraft was flying from Juneau, Alaska to Seattle, Washington when it developed a problem in one of its electrical systems, prompting the pilots to land at the nearest airport.
The plane landed uneventfully.
There were 120 passengers and 5 crew members onboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Bulgarian Air Charter flight IT-1113 had to return and make a safe emergency landing at Varna Airport, Aksakovo, Varna, Bulgaria, on July 11th.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-82, after taking off for Germany, had just climbed out of Varna when the crew needed to shut down its right side engine, prompting the plane to return.
The plane landed safely. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Pictured: A Wizz Air Airbus A320-232
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What: Wizzair Ukraine Airbus A320-200 from Venice to Kiev
Where: Kiev, Ukraine
When: Dec 29th 2009
Who: 154 passengers and 6 crew
Why: On landing at Borispol Airport, the plane skidded off the runway.
Both engines incurred damage; however there were no injuries.
Air Algerie flight AH-1460 was intercepted by two French fighter jets on the way to Lyon, France, on January 9th.
The Mirage 2000 fighter jets were dispatched after the Boeing 737-800 plane, flying from Constantine, Algeria, lost communication with the ATC.
The plane continued for a safe landing under escort. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
British Airways flight BA-233 had to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on August 6th.
The Airways Boeing 787-900 plane took off for Moscow, Russia, but had to turn back due to a generator problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1080 made an emergency landing in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 18th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Atlanta, Georgia, but had to turn back due to multiple bird strikes.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
A De Havilland Beaver plane crashed in Les Bergeronnes area of Canada’s Quebec province, on August 23.
Authorities said the plane apparently nose-dived shortly after it took off from a Tadoussac airstrip for a sightseeing tour.
There were 6 people aboard the plane, including the pilot Romain Desrosiers, a British family of 4 and another passenger Emilie Delaitre, 28, of France. All of them were killed.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
