An Ethiopian Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on January 15th.
The plane took off for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but had to turn back due to indication of a mechanical problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Miami
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Contact photographer Orlando G. Rivera Rivera
What: American Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Miami to St. Lucia
Where: Providenciales airport, Turks and Caicos
When: February 1, 2010
Who: 109 passengers
Why: The crew made an emergency diversion to Providenciales when en route to St. Lucia, they detected a suspicious odor. A 737 is scheduled to pick up the passengers and carry them the rest of the way.
United Airlines flight UA-1043 ran into turbulence while heading to Newark, New Jersey, on December 8th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Aruba when it encountered turbulence that injured a flight attendant.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
Air France flight AF-1688 was forced to divert and make an emergency landing in Vienna, Austria, on October 3.
The Airbus A319-100, en-route from Charles de Gaulle airport, France, to Bucharest Otopeni airport, Romania, had to be diverted after the crew reported a burning odor on-board.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in other flights.
A Thomson Airways flight had to make an emergency landing at the Lajes airport in Portugal, at about 4:13 a.m. Lisbon time on August 5.
The twin-engine aircraft Boeing 787-800 aircraft was on its way from Dominican Republic to Manchester, UK when the crew had to shut down its right hand engine due to an indication of low oil pressure.
The plane was then diverted towards Lajes airport where it made a safe emergency landing. All 288 passengers remained safe.
The passengers were provided a replacement aircraft which took them to their destination.
A Mesa Police Department helicopter had to make a hard landing in a field near Stapley Drive & Baseline Road in Gilbert, Arizona.
The incident happened at about 1 a.m. on June 8, when the chopper carrying two police pilots lost engine power and crashed.
According to Mesa Police Department Sgt. Tony Landato, “They had 10 to 15 seconds from engine failure to impact…. The preliminary information I have is that the pilot did a remarkable job avoiding homes by putting the helicopter down in a field… I’ve been told, luckily, there are no serious injuries.”
During the impact, the tail of helicopter broke off.
A small plane had to make an emergency landing in a field near Henstridge Airfield in Marnhull, Dorset County, England, on August 27th.
The TB10 Tobago carrying 4 people including the pilot had to be landed after its engine caught fire.
All 4 people onboard escaped safely.
