Indigo Airlines flight 6E-252 made an emergency landing in Raipur, India, on April 9th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Kolkata, India, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed back uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Rossiya flight RSD-82 had to return and make an emergency landing in Ulyanovsk, Russia, on January 11th.
The plane took off for Moscow, Russia, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Aeroflot flight SU-2018 had to return and make an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, on February 9th.
The plane took off for Prague, Czech Republic, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Frontier Airlines Airbus A319-100 en route from Denver,CO to Phoenix,AZ
Where: Denver
When: Aug 29th 2010
Who: 62 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane got an alert that the left engine was low on oil. The pilots shut down the engine and returned to Denver where they made a safe landing.
Maintenance handled the problem, and the flight took off again an hour late.
Air Canada flight AC 810, from Toronto to Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, made an unscheduled landing at London Heathrow Airport, at 5:38 a.m. local time on August 23.
According to the Air Canada spokesperson Isabelle Arthur, the plane was diverted as a precaution after the crew reported an ‘oil indication’. However, she did not provide details.
Emergency services were put on alert as the plane safely touched the runway at London Heathrow. All passengers and crew members remained unhurt.
The passengers were booked on other flights while the plane was temporarily grounded for inspection.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-511 had to return and make an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada on June 8th.
The Boeing 737-800, flying to Saint Louis, Missouri, had to return after the crew suspected its tyre had blown and something struck on its tail.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Tuesday, ruling about the May 2010 Boeing crash in Mangalore,India, the Indian Supreme Court apex court bench issued a notice to Air India and the government on a petition seeking a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh for each of the 158 passengers.
Senior counsel Harish Salve told the court that under the Montreal convention the national carrier was obliged to pay a minimum compensation of 100,000 SDRs (special drawing rights) to families of the passengers who died in the crash.
The court final hearing of the case is scheduled in April.
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