United Airlines flight UA-2051 had to return and make an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, on March 15th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for San Francisco, California, but had to return shortly afterwards due to multiple birds strikes.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and thirty-two passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: Lufthansa A330
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What: Lufthansa A 330 en route from Frankfurt to Addis Ababa
Where: Frankfurt International Airport
When: Friday July 3
Who: not available
Why: After some technical fault was experienced, the plane made an emergency landing at Frankfurt; however on landing, the plane’s nose gear tires burst and caught on fire.
The incident was reported by News Yemen and since we only have one reference on this event, we are awaiting corroboration to verify that the incident is not being confused with the (July 3) Monarch Airlines Airbus A320-200 that was diverted to Munich after smoke was detected in the cabin, or the (July 2) Air One Airbus A320-200, flight AZ-2970 from Milan to Palermo that returned to Milan when smoke filled the cabin or the (July 2) Air Arabia Airbus A320-200 flight from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates that diverted to Kolkata with engine failure.
Andes Lineas Aereas flight OY-855 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Tucuman Airport, Argentina, on March 7th.
The plane heading from San Salvador de Jujuy to Buenos Aires, Argentina, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-four people aboard remained unharmed.
Etihad Airways flight EY-4234 had to return and make an emergency landing at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pasay, Philippines, on August 30.
The Boeing 777-300 flying to Abu Dhabi, UAE, had to return due to smoke in its cabin.
The plane landed safely after dumping fuel.
No injuries were reported.
United Airlines flight UA-4446 suffered a runway excursion on landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Texas, on December 7th.
The incident happened when the plane was coming from Jacksonville, Florida.
The plane became disabled. No injuries were reported.
Air China flight CA852, en route from London to Beijing, made an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, UK, at around 3:20 p.m. on September 7.
The decision for emergency landing was made after the aircraft’s landing gear became jammed shortly after it took off at 1:30 p.m.
The Airbus landed safely after circling over Sussex for around 2 hours to shed extra fuel. No injuries were reported.
The runway at Gatwick airport remained closed for 20 minutes after the landing.
A Serve Air Cargo plane made an emergency landing in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on September 10th.
The plane took off for Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, but had to turn back after an engine failure.
The plane veered off runway while landing back in Goma. All four crew members remained uninjured.
