EasyJet flight EZY5461 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Venice Marco Polo Airport, Italy, on October 10.
The plane, en-route to Heraklion, Greece, from Gatwick Airport, London, UK, had to be diverted after the pilot started feeling ill and lost consciousness mid-air.
The plane landed uneventfully.
No injuries were reported.
Avia Traffic Company flight YK-4283 had to return and make an emergency landing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on August 5th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Antalya, Turkey, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane made an emergency landing in a corn field in Sugar Grove, Illinois, on October 6th.
The incident happened shortly after the plane took off from Aurora Municipal Airport, Illinois.
There were two people aboard at the time, including the pilot Edward Bonifas, 58, and his wife Carmella Bonifas, 65. Both of them remained unharmed.
The plane was heading to Arizona at the time.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
Aer Lingus flight EI 490 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dublin airport, Ireland, on October 5.
The plane took off for Faro, Portugal, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a technical issue.
The plane landed safely. All 181 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
This is the third time in a week that an Aer Lingus flight has made an emergency landing.
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What: Frontier Airlines Airbus A319-100 en route from Seattle to Denver
Where: Yakima
When: Dec 14th 2011
Who: 138 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed smoke in the aft galley.
Pilots diverted to Yakima, where they made a safe landing with emergency services on standby. The call came in at 9:22 a.m.and the plane landed at 9:40.
It was determined that the source of the smoke seems to have been a coffee pot or oven in the galley. A replacement jet was provided.
The source of the problem could have been an electrical short, and the air quality may have been affected, so despite jokes about landing over kitchen equipment, the airport manager and airline management stand by the pilots decisions, which are based on correct emergency response which resulted in no deaths, no injuries.
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What: United Airlines A 320 en route from Denver to Las Vegas
Where: Denver International Airport
When: Jan 3, 2011
Who: 155 passengers, 5 crew
Why: Passengers boarded at 8:30 a.m.
After takeoff, by the time they were 60 miles out, there was a strange smell in the cockpit and cabin which convinced the crew to return to Denver where they made a safe landing. Passengers disembarked with no reported injuries.
China Eastern Airlines flight MU-552 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on February 15th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane heading from Heathrow Airport, England, to Shanghai, China, was diverted due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All 186 passengers and 17 crew members remained unharmed.
