A FedEx plane made an emergency landing at Tokyo International Airport, Japan, on November 21.
The Boeing-777 cargo plane, en-route from Shanghai, China, to Memphis, Tennessee, was diverted after a fire alarm went off mid-air.
The plane landed safely. There were four crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Upon landing, the inspection teams searched the plane and found the fire source in a container.
The incident is being investigated.
JetBlue flight B625 made an emergency landing at Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados, on January 8th.
The plane was flying from Boston, Massachusetts, when the crew reported a pungent odor on-board.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air India flight AI-410 had to make an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India, at around 11 A.M. on July 31.
The pilot of Airbus A-319 requested emergency landing after detecting a technical snag. The plane was flying from Patna to New Delhi at the time.
The plane landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remained safe.
United Express flight 5393, operated by SkyWest Airlines, had to return and make an emergency landing at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 28.
According to SkyWest Airlines, the plane had to return after the pilots noticed an engine issue. The flight was heading to Chicago, Illinois, at the time.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 41 passengers aboard remained safe.
On Feb 7 2014, on a Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-86J en route from Kharkov to Istanbul, the 45-year-old passenger seated in “2F” hollered “BOMB!” threatened there was a bomb in the baggage compartment and wanted to hijack the plane to go to the Sochi Olympics. His attempt to enter the cockpit was foiled. When pilots entered Turkish airspace, they informed authorities.
An F-16 Turkish military fighter jet was called to provide an escort.
The flight landed in Istanbul (on the Asian side of the airport where Pegasus has its hub) where the Ukrainian man was taken into custody.
There was no bomb. None of the 110 passengers were hurt.
The passenger was just intoxicated.
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American Airlines flight 1373 had to return and make an emergency landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida, on November 12.
The MD-80 plane took off for Dallas, Texas, but had to return shortly afterwards after the pilot reported a mechanical problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 140 passengers and 5 crew members remained unhurt.
