GoAir flight G8-345 made an emergency landing in Goa, India, on August 30th.
The plane heading from Kochi to Mumbai, India, was diverted after the crew noticed a technical issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were one hundred and sixty-six passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Swiss International Airlines flight LX-1574 had to return and make an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on November 28th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Vienna, Austria, but had to return shortly afterwards after the right engine emitted a loud bang.
The plane landed back safely. All 167 people aboard remained unharmed.
SunExpress Deutschland flight XG-995 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Berlin, Germany, on September 22nd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Hamburg, Germany, to Izmir, Turkey, was diverted after the crew received a smoke indication.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
On March 9, 2013 at 13:05 an IndiGo Airbus A320-232 with 40 aboard was landing from Chandigarh to Mumbai when the plane veered off the runway and destroyed runway lights. The plane was struck by a gust of wind which knocked it off course. No passengers were injured.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating.
It took a couple hours to clean up the runway after the incident.
Let us hope that this is not one if the incidents in which Air Traffic Controllers forgot or otherwise neglected to inform pilots of dangerous landing conditions. Of course, we are very pleased that no injuries were reported.
Blue Air flight 0B-3755 made an emergency landing in Bratislava, Slovakia, on October 31st.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, to Dublin, Ireland, was diverted due to indication of the loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Novosibirsk to Moscow Russia
Where: Novosibirsk
When: Nov 6th 2011
Who: 130 passengers and 7 crew
Why: Just after takeoff, the plane’s navigation system indicated a failure issue. Although the system is reported to have recovered after a quarter of an hour, the pilots returned to the Tolmachyovo airport in Novosibirsk where they made a safe landing.
Passengers waited for a replacement jet.
What: Cessna Citation x en route to Jackson Hole
Where: emergency landing at the Idaho Falls Regional Airport
When: before 3p.m. Saturday afternoon
Who: Family aboard eventually took a limousine from Idaho Falls to Jackson Hole.
Why: Plane experienced mechanical difficulties and landed safely with no injuries.
