Singapore Airlines flight SQ-449 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Mandalay, Myanmar, on February 7th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Singapore was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Virgin Australia flight VA-1188 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, on February 21st.
The plane heading from Port Macquarie, to Sydney, Australia, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Lufthansa flight LH-506 had to return and make an emergency landing in Frankfurt, Germany, on August 1st.
The Boeing 747-800 plane took off for Sao Paulo, Brazil, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a strong odor of fuel on board.
The plane landed back safely. Several passengers reported feeling unwell and were treated at the airport.
IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-244 from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, India, had to return for emergency landing on August 9 due to a bird strike.
According to Ahmedabad airport director R K Singh, the pilot reported the incident shortly after the plane took off and was allowed to make an emergency landing at the Ahmedabad airport.
The aircraft carrying 95 passengers and 6 crew-members aboard, landed safely. No one was hurt however, 2 rotors of the aircraft were damaged due to bird strike.
The officials said that no inquiry would be conducted since it was a natural incident.
Alliance Air flight AI-836 made an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on April 9th.
The plane flying from Pathankot, India, was descending toward Delhi when the crew declared an emergency due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All forty-two passengers aboard remained unharmed.
Monarch Airlines flight ZB-970 had to reject take off from Birmingham, England, on March 16th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane was accelerating to take off for Malaga, Spain, when the crew rejected take off due to a technical issue.
All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Vueling flight VY-8313 had to reject taking-off at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands, on June 28th.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route to Barcelona, Spain, had to abort the takeoff after one of its engines ingested a bird.
The plane returned to the apron safely.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
