Egypt Air flight MS-875 was evacuated while it was boarding at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, on October 2nd.
The plane bound for Lagos, Nigeria, was boarding when a fire alarm went off for a cargo hold.
The passengers were asked to deplane quickly which triggered a stampede.
Three passengers were injured in the incident and were taken to hospital.
Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-19 made an emergency landing at Sacramento International Airport, California, on May 7th.
The plane took off for Honolulu, Hawaii, but had to return shortly afterwards after a bird hit its right hand engine.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 269 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
An Arkefly flight had to make an emergency landing at Ottawa International Airport in Ontario, Canada, on August 12th.
The pilots declared medical emergency after a female elderly passenger died on-board. The Amsterdam-bound B787 Dreamliner had just taken off from Toronto Pearson International Airport at the time.
The plane safely landed in Ottawa.
According to public information officer for Ottawa Paramedic Service J.P. Trottier, “The person had no vital signs on board… There were some doctors on board and CPR was started. Upon landing, paramedics took over with other treatments, but she was declared deceased.”
An Air Creebec flight made an emergency landing at Val-d’Or Airport in Quebec, Canada, on June 28th.
The plane took off for Waskaganish, Quebec, Canada, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All seventeen people aboard remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-97 had to return and make an emergency landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, on July 11th.
The Boeing 757-200, en-route to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had to return due to failure of its right hand engine.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines flight SK-596 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Bornholm Airport, Ronne, Denmark, on December 26th.
The Airbus A320-200, flying from Keflavik, Iceland to Copenhagen, Denmark, was mid-air when the crew had to divert due to bad weather followed by a lightning strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. The flight was cancelled.
All passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
American Airlines Flight 280 was forced to make an emergency landing at Narita international airport in Japan, early on December 17.
The plane heading from Seoul, South Korea, to Dallas, Texas, had to be diverted after it encountered severe turbulence.
The flight, carrying 255 people, landed at around 12:55 a.m. Authorities said atleast 14 people were injured due to turbulence. Five of them were shifted to hospital while the others were treated at the scene.
The Airline said in a statement, “American’s primary concern at this time is for our passengers and crew on board the airplane and our team in Narita is providing assistance.”
