Germanwings flight 4U9023 made an emergency landing at Dusseldorf airport, Germany, on May 16th.
The plane, flying from Dresden, Germany, declared an emergency after smoke was detected in the cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 142 passengers and 5 crew members remained safe.
Jet2 flight LS-252 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Bordeaux, France, on August 10th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Faro, Portugal, to Leeds, England, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and twenty people aboard remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed onto the roof of a commercial building in Pomona, California, on May 8th.
The Piper PA-28 aircraft was heading to Brackett Field Airport, La Verne, when it went down under unknown circumstances.
There were two people aboard at the time; one of them was taken to hospital.
The incident is being investigated.
Lufthansa flight LH-577 had to return and make an emergency landing in Cape Town, South Africa, on August 10th.
The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Frankfurt, Germany, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a gear problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air Arabia flight G9824 had to return for an emergency landing at Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, United Arab Emirates, on February 26th.
The plane took off for Peshawar, Pakistan, but had to return shortly afterwards after a Pakistani passenger suffered a cardiac arrest.
The plane landed safely. Authorities said the passenger died on his way to the hospital.
Southwest Airlines flight 3118 was forced to make an emergency landing at Baltimore–Washington International Airport, Maryland, at 8:49 p.m. on December 12.
Emergency protocols were deployed at the airport after the pilot reported a bird strike. The flight from San Antonio was approaching BWI at the time.
The plane landed safely and all 142 passengers and 5 crew members remained unharmed.
The aircraft was taken for examination.
A Yeti Airlines aircraft had to return and make an emergency landing at the Dhangadhi Airport in Dhangadhi, Nepal, on June 21.
The plane, heading to Kathmandu, Nepal, was forced to return after it lost power to its left engine.
All the passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
