Eurowings flight EW-1100 had to return and make an emergency landing in Dusseldorf, Germany, on July 26th.
The plane took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Saint Louis,MO to Dallas
Where: Saint Louis
When: Dec 7th 2011
Who: 137 passengers and 5 crew
Why: After takeoff, systems revealed unsafe gear.
The pilot returned to Lambert and made an emergency landing. No injuries were reported, and passengers were provided alternate flight.
Ellinair flight EL-904 had to return and make an emergency landing in Thessaloniki, Greece, on August 5th.
The plane took off for Moscow, Russia, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported that the nose gear could not be fully retracted.
The plane landed safely. There were 147 passengers and 5 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
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What: British Airways Boeing 777-200 en route from London Heathrow to Boston,MA
Where: Shannon
When: May 23rd 2011
Who: 221 passengers
Why: En route over the Atlantic, smoke developed in the cockpit and the pilots declared emergency and diverted to Shannon.
(There is some speculation that the smoke was ash drawn into the cabin.)
The smoke increased on descent, but the pilot made a safe landing. The smoke is being blamed on an undesignated mechanical problem.
Above FL200, the atmosphere was (reported as) clear of Grimsvotn ash.
Passengers were provided hotel accommodations until the replacement flight arrived (May 24.)
Aerolineas Argentinas flight AR-1571 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 9th.
The Boeing 737-800 flying from Cordoba to Buenos Aires Aeroparque, Argentina, had to divert due to a problem with its flaps.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
What: Chautauqua Embraer ERJ-145/Delta Airlines en route from Asheville,NC to New York
Where: La Guardia airport, New York
When: Nov 16th 2011
Why: By now, everyone has probably heard about this:
A captain who was locked in the airplane’s bathroom gave a passenger a security code to inform the co-pilot.
But when the co-pilot heard the passenger’s heavy accent, he told ATC “the captain has disappeared in the back and I have someone with a big foreign accent trying to access the cockpit.” ATC urged him to land ASAP.
The situation was resolved before the plane landed, and fortunately before the fighter jets were deployed.
American Airlines flight AA-123 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on November 24.
The Boeing 767-300, flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, to Honolulu, Hawaii, had to divert in emergency due to an issue with its aileron.
The plane landed safely.
All 137 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
