A Cape Air plane made an emergency landing at Barnstable Municipal Airport, Massachusetts, on November 16th.
The plane heading from Boston to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, was diverted due to a damaged interconnect tube between the pilot and co-pilot seats.
The plane landed safely. All five people aboard remained unharmed.
American Airlines Flight 550 diverted and made an emergency landing at Syracuse Hancock International Airport, New York, at around 7:13 A.M. on October 17.
The Airbus A320, en-route to Boston, Massachusetts, from Phoenix, Arizona, had to be diverted due to a medical emergency involving death of the pilot, Mr. Johnston, mid-air.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 147 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
Swiftair flight QY-2939 had to return and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on November 17th.
The cargo plane had just departed for Leipzig, Germany, when the crew reported that they had lost all instruments and declared an emergency.
The crew were able to re-gain most of the instruments before the plane landed back safely.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight 102 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on February 12th.
The Boeing 767 plane, heading from Houston, Texas, to Munich, Germany, was diverted after the crew reported problems with one of the two engines.
The plane landed safely. There were 98 passengers and 13 crew members aboard; none of them were harmed.
A Bogota-bound Viva Colombia flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Matecana International Airport in Pereira, Western Colombia, on September 14.
The decision for emergency landing was made after a bird hit one of the turbines of the passenger plane during take-off.
The plane landed safely and none of 147 passengers aboard was hurt.
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What: Sun Express Boeing 737-800 en route from Germany to Turkey
Where: Thessaloniki airport
When: Jan 22, 2010
Who: 69 (?) aboard (62 passengers and 6 crew) (disagreeing sources)
Why: After a crew member found a note written on a restroom mirror saying “Bomb. We are going to die today,” and an unknown person called the pilot and told him of a bomb on the aircraft, the crew diverted the plane to Thessaloniki airport.
The plane was isolated and searched. However no bomb was found. An individual was briefly detained (first in Greece, later in Turkey) for having a pen with ink matching the message on the mirror .
Delta Airlines flight Dl-964 made a safe emergency landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Romulus, Michigan, May 10th.
The Airbus A320-200 flying from New York was about to land when it had to go-around due to loss of nose wheel steering.
The plane landed safely.
All 66 people aboard remained safe.
