Saratov Airlines flight 6W-5806 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Saratov Tsentralny Airport, Russia, on July 21st.
The Antonov AN-148-100 flying from Penza to Sochi in Russia, had to divert due to bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
Everyone aboard remained safe.
Hong Kong Airlines flight HX-6704 had to return and make an emergency landing in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on May 7th.
The Airbus A330-200, heading to Hong Kong, China, had to turn back after severe turbulence injured 17 people onboard.
The plane landed uneventfully. Twelve of the injured were taken to hospital while the others were treated at the airport.
United Airlines flight UA-789 had to return and make an emergency landing at Portland International Airport, Oregon, on October 13th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Denver, Colorado, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an electrical smell onboard.
The plane landed safely. There were 177 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
Pictured: Antonov An-12
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Contact Photographer Dmitry Karpezo
What: Ukrainian Russian-made Antonov An-12 cargo plane [registration# S9-SVN] crashed during takeoff en route from Entebbe, Uganda to the Ukraine, on it’s way to Nikolaev, an avia-repair plant
Where: Luxor, Egypt
When: Friday Feb. 20, 2009
Who: – Five crew members died
Why: On liftoff, the plane slammed to the tarmac, then slid down and off the runway and hundreds of feet from the runway burst into flames. The plane had a full tank.
The crew included one person from Russia, two from Belarus and two from the Ukraine. The plane’s black box data recorder were recovered.
* Extra thanks to photographer Dmitry Karpezo
IndiGo flight 6E-6616 had to return and make an emergency landing in Kolkata, India, on January 29th.
The Airbus A320-200N plane took off for Delhi, India, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventy-four people aboard remained unharmed.
Hong Kong Airlines flight HX-690 had to return and make an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on December 11th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Sapporo, Japan, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
On March 23, 2013, an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Newark-Dallas flight diverted to Dulles when the first officer got sick.
There were 141 passengers aboard American Airlines 1589, who disembarked in Dulles and boarded another flight at 2:00 pm.
The first officer was hospitalized.
