United Airlines flight UA-1098 had to return and make an emergency landing in Houston, Texas, on May 20th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for San Jose, Costa Rica, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a hydraulic problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Iraqi Airways flight IA-443 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on July 31st.
The plane heading from Basra, Iraq, to New Delhi, India, was diverted due to an engine malfunction.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Xiamen Airlines flight MF-8106 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Nanchang, China, on February 17.
The Boeing 787-800 was heading from Beijing to Xiamen, China, when an oil indication prompted the crew to to shut down the right hand engine and divert for an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
Air Astana flight KC-1392 had to make an emergency landing in Xiamen, China, on October 12th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane was performing a test flight when the crew noticed a landing gear issue.
The plane landed back uneventfully. All four crew members aboard remained safe.
Because the FAA has received reports about unmanned aircraft systems (UAS, or “drones”) around JFK, the FAA is developing drone detecting technology. FAA Senior Advisor on UAS Integration, Marke “Hoot” Gibson, said “This effort at JFK reflects everyone’s commitment to safety.” The FAA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Justice, Queens District Attorney’s Office and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey participated in recent tests. U.S. Government is expanding on efforts to identify and deploy countermeasures to neutralize any threat posed by rogue UASs.
At JFK, five rotorcraft and fixed wing UAS participated in system evaluations this May. Approximately 40 tests took place. The JFK tests follow up on research performed at Atlantic City International Airport. Griffiss International Airport test site in Rome, NY, provided the flight commander, and expertise in planning the individual tests.
The NUAIR Alliance was part of the largest test of NASA’s UAS traffic management (UTM) research platform on April 19, 2016. That test consisted of 22 drones flying simultaneously at six different FAA UAS test site locations around the country.
Loganair flight LM-436 made an emergency landing in Aberdeen, Scotland, on October 29th.
The plane heading from Shetland to Glasgow, Scotland, was diverted after first officer’s windshield cracked.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Condor flight XG-2063 had to return and make an emergency landing at Munich Airport, Munich, Germany, on June 5th.
The Boeing 757-300, en-route to Heraklion, Greece, had to return shortly after the crew received a spoiler fault message.
The plane landed uneventfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
