Air India flight AI-247 had to return and make a safe emergency landing at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, India, on July 19th.
The Airbus A319-100 en-route to Kathmandu, Nepal had to return after the crew had to shut down on of its engines, mid-air.
The plane landed safely.
All 56 passengers and 7 crew members remained safe.
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What: Delta Boeing 767-300 en route from Salt Lake City to Paris
Where: Salt Lake International Airport
When: June 16, 2012. 7 pm
Who: 198 aboard
Why: On takeoff from salt Lake City, a left tire on the Delta flight blew. Pilots circled, performed a flyby and dumped fuel before they made a safe landing.
The plane was examined in the hanger, and passengers returned home when the flight was cancelled.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-471 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 29th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane heading from Dallas, Texas, to Kansas City, Missouri, was diverted due to an issue with the fuel system.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-two people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Emirates Airbus A330-200 em route from Lusaka to Dubai
Where: Lusaka, Zambia
When: Oct 21, 2012
Why: After takeoff, the flight developed a technical problem.
The pilot returned to the airport to make a safe landing at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. The plane continued to the gate where passengers disembarked. Emirates representatives have indicated that earlier reports that the plane crash landed were incorrect; and that passengers were accommodated in hotels and have now been re-booked on alternative flights with Emirates or other airlines. Passengers reported hearing a bang in an engine, a bumpy thirty minute flight back to the airport and on disembarking, seeing a hole in the engine.
What: Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Bergerac (France) to Edinburgh
Where: Edinburgh
When: Jul 29th 2009
Who: 54 people on board
Why: On approach to Edinburgh, the crew noted a hydraulics problem and spent twenty minutes in a holding pattern while the problem was resolved. The plane landed safely.
JetBlue flight B6-1052 made an emergency landing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 6th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Tampa, Florida, was diverted due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Easyjet flight U2-1998 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Milan–Malpensa Airport in Italy, on May 4th.
The Airbus A320-200, heading from Malta to Manchester, England, had to be diverted after the first officer and a passenger became ill.
The plane landed uneventfully. The first officer and the passenger were taken to hospital.
The airline believes the illness of passenger and first officer was not related.
