Air New Zealand flight NZ-514 made a safe emergency landing at Auckland Airport, New Zealand, on August 12.
The Airbus A320-200 flying from Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, was about to land when a bird impacted it.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-232 made an emergency landing in Helsinki, Finland, on June 23rd.
The Boeing 787-800 plane heading from Brussels, Belgium, to Narita International Airport, Japan, was diverted due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and sixty-two people aboard remained unharmed.
PenAir flight KS-2925 had to return and make an emergency landing in Sand Point, Alaska, on November 7th.
The plane took off for Anchorage, Alaska, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Ryanair flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at Berlin Schonefeld Airport, Germany, on February 26th.
The plane, heading from London Luton Airport in Bedfordshire, England, to Bratislava, Slovakia, was diverted after six drunk passengers became aggressive mid-flight.
The six men were a part of 12-man stag party group from Southampton, led by 26-year-old groom-to-be Joshua Marriner. Some sources reported that the passengers became violent after they were refused more alcohol.
The plane landed uneventfully. The disruptive passengers were taken into custody by German federal police in Berlin.
The flight resumed after a short delay.
Japan Airlines flight JL-61 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Sapporo, Japan, on September 29th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane heading from Los Angeles, California, to Narita International Airport, Japan, was diverted after the crew noticed a burning odor in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and fifty-three people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Delta/Northwest DC-9 en route from Detroit to Manchester
Where: Hancock Airport
When: Thursday afternoon
Who: 108 people
Why: An indicator signified that an engine failed, causing the pilot to commit to an emergency landing at Hancock airport. No injuries were reported.
U.S. Airways Flight 1825 had to make an emergency landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on the night of February 9.
The Embraer 190 plane was coming from Philadelphia when the pilot reported an issue with its nose gear. According to the Houston Airport System spokesperson David Hebert, “They did a couple of turns around the airport airspace, talked to the FAA tower, tried to get visual confirmation that the nose gear was, in fact, inoperable. Unfortunately it wasn’t working properly. So the airline talked to the pilots and they made the determination to go ahead and do the landing without the benefit of the nose gear.”
The plane, carrying 52 passengers and 4 crew members, landed successfully. According to the airline, “One passenger has been transported to a local hospital, however, the injuries of that passenger are not reported to be serious.”
The FAA and the NTSB is investigating.
