Austrian Airlines flight OS-687 had to return and make an emergency landing in Vienna, Austria, on August 4th.
The plane took off for Minsk, Belarus, but had to turn back due to a defective cockpit indication.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air Transat flight TS-703 made an emergency landing in Toronto, Canada, on January 31st.
The plane was flying from Roatan, Honduras, when the crew reported a pressurization problem.
The crew initiated an emergency descent and subsequently landed safely. All one hundred and sixty-one passengers and six crew members remained safe.
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What: Iran Air Boeing 727-200 en route from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini
Where: Tehran
When: Oct 18th 2011
Who: 94 passengers and 19 crew
Why: On approach to Imam Khomeini Airport, the crew aborted the approach due to a landing gear issue. The crew diverted the flight to Mehrabad Airport (also in Tehran).
The fly by at Mehrabad indicated the nose gear issue was actual, and not an indicator problem.
The crew landed without the nose gear on the main gear, and the runway had been foamed. There were no reported injuries.
Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-64 made an emergency landing in Hilo, Hawaii, on August 11th.
The plane heading from Lihue, Hawaii, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. There were two hundred and seventy-six people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Oman Air flight WY-123 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, on March 4th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Muscat, Oman, to Munich, Germany, was diverted after the crew noticed smell of smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Sirius Aero plane made an emergency landing in Ust-Kut, Russia, on September 7th.
The plane was flying from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, when the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All forty-six passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
Air Caraibes flight TX-540 had to return and make an emergency landing at Paris Orly Airport, France, on December 12th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed back safely. All three hundred people aboard remained unharmed.
