Lufthansa flight LH-430 made an emergency landing in Frankfurt, Germany, on August 19th.
The Boeing 747-800 plane took off for O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, but had to turn back after the crew noticed an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight US-4949 made an emergency landing at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, South Carolina, on January 28th.
The plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back after a smoke indicator went off.
The plane landed safely. All forty passengers aboard remained unharmed.
On January 15, a Ukraine International Airlines flight PS34 encountered problems. Thirteen minutes after taking off, pilots returned the Boeing 737 to Lviv Airport, the airport of departure after smoke developed in the cabin. Repairs were performed and the plane was out of service only for part of the day. News source Zic reported that passengers aboard were screaming that the plane was burning. Emergency landing instructions are only reported in Ukrainian so foreigners must have been mystified about what was happening. No injuries were reported; and passengers were provided alternative transportation.
Delta Airlines flight DL-2179 had to return and make an emergency landing in Pensacola, Florida, on August 25th.
The plane took off for Atlanta, Georgia, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Flybe flight BE-986 made an emergency landing at Belfast City Airport in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on August 19th.
The plane was flying from Southampton, England, when the crew declared an emergency due to a minor technical fault.
The plane landed safely. All 70 people aboard remained unharmed.
An American Airlines flight AA908, a Boeing 777-200 en route from Buenos Aires to Miami made an emergency landing in Bogota after a warning of a problem in the hold.
There were 250 passengers aboard and 14 crew. No injuries were reported. The indicator was a false alarm.
American Airlines sent a replacement flight from the Colombian capital yesterday, at 13.10 local time.
An Emirates plane had to make an emergency landing in Perth, Western Australia, on December 1st.
The A380 plane was en-route from Auckland, New Zealand, to Dubai, UAE, when a passenger went into labor. There were two doctors on-board who helped her through her contractions while the pilot diverted to Perth.
The passengers said the woman did not speak English and the doctors had to use Google translate to communicate with her.
The plane landed safely. The passenger was rushed to hospital where she gave birth to a baby girl.
The delayed flight reached Dubai the next day.
