Eva Air flight BR-215 had to return and make an emergency landing at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, on July 28th.
The Airbus A330-200 en-route to Singapore had to return due to abnormal cargo door indication.
The plane with 144 passengers aboard landed safely.
No one was injured.
A United Express flight had to make an emergency landing in Springfield, Missouri, on October 24.
The flight, en-route from Birmingham, Alabama to Denver, Colorado, was diverted after crew reported cabin depressurization problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. The airport spokesperson confirmed that 3 passengers were treated for nose and sinus issues which commonly occur in case of cabin depressurization.
The airline arranged another aircraft which took the passengers to their destination.
Envoy Air flight MQ-3554 had to return and make an emergency landing in Chicago, Illinois, on October 29th.
The Canadair CRJ-700 plane took off for Columbus, Ohio, but had to return shortly afterwards due to bird strikes.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
What: Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-300 en route from Jakarta to Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
Where: Yogyakarta
When: Dec 20th 2011, 17:35
Who: 131 passengers
Why: The plane aborted an approach to Yogyakarta due to weather and low visibility. The flight diverted to Solo, where it could not land due to weather; and diverted again to Surabaya where the flight landed to refuel. Meanwile, weather conditions at Yogyakarta improved, so the pilots returned to Yogyakarta, and proceeded to land at a higher than normal speed in the hard rain. The plane veered off the runway, with brakes rendered ineffective due to rain, and came to a stop 60 meters past the runway, with collapsed nose gear and with fuselage damage. Bits and pieces of the plane were scattered along the runway.
Passengers exited via emergency slide. Five passengers reported injury.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight KL-765 had to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on September 17.
The twin-engine Airbus A330-200, heading from Bonaire to Amsterdam, was diverted for emergency landing after some problem was discovered in its left engine and the crew had to shut it down.
The emergency teams were put on alert at the airport when the plane safely touched the runway at 9:37 a.m. All 224 passengers aboard remained unharmed.
According to an airline spokesperson, “Due to a technical problem the KL-765 landed safely at Shannon, Ireland. Passengers and crew were not in danger. The passengers travelled to Amsterdam Schiphol with another KLM airplane.”
The aircraft was taken for examination.
The American Airlines flight 1551 made a safe emergency landing at the El Paso International Airport, Texas, at about 2:42 p.m. on June 14.
All 145 people aboard the plane remained unharmed.
The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, was originally heading towards the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport from Los Cabo International Airport in San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
American Airlines spokesperson, Casey Norton, said that the decision for diversion and emergency landing was made after the pilot reported a maintenance indicator light.
Liz Bellegarde, spokeswoman for the El Paso International Airport said the flight had to be diverted to El Paso because an engine of the plane had gone out.
Fatigue cracking not as a result of stress but because of a manufacturing issue causes widespread concern. The wing problem may cost Airbus a hundred million euros. Airbus will have to compensate airlines for the (estimated) five days time planes will be out of service for remediation.
