American Airlines flight AA-2229 had to divert and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on May 10th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from LaGuardia Airport, New York, to Orlando, Florida, was diverted due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty-six passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
SilkAir flight MI-701 had to return and make an emergency landing in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on January 8th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Singapore but had to turn back after the crew noticed a crack in the windshield.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-six people aboard remained unharmed.
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What: American Airlines Boeing 767-200 en route from Los Angeles to New York
Where: Los Angeles
When: Mar 25th 2012
Why: After takeoff from LA, the plane developed pressurization problems.
Pilots returned to LA and made a safe landing on hot brakes with emergency services on standby.
A replacement jet was provided.
Aurora Airlines flight HZ-209 had to return for an emergency landing in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on December 19th.
The plane took off for Blagoveshchensk, Russia, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew received an open door indication.
The plane landed back safely. All 50 passengers and 4 crew members remained unharmed.
Danish Air Transport flight DX-349 made an emergency landing in Bratislava, Slovakia, on May 21st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, to Billund, Denmark, was diverted due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty-two passengers and six crew members remained safe.
Korean Air flight KE-783 made an emergency landing in Fukuoka, Japan, on June 9th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane flying from Busan, South Korea, was descending toward Fukuoka when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and requested emergency assistance.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
There were one hundred and fifty-three passengers and nine crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
An air ambulance had to make an emergency landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in Uttar Pradesh, India, on February 17.
The incident happened when the plane was transporting a suspected swine flu patient, Antoinette Joy, from Sonbhadra district to Delhi. Authorities said the decision for emergency landing was made after the patient’s condition worsened.
The plane landed safely and the patient was immediately transferred to a local private hospital.
Authorities said the plane was chartered by the patient’s husband Malcolm Single. The couple hails from Australia and works for a multinational company in Sonbhadra district.
