Royal Flight Airlines flight RL-305 had to return and make an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia, on October 8th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Guiyang, China, but had to turn back due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Tajik Air flight 7J-645 had to make an emergency landing in Khujand, Tajikistan, on March 9th.
The Boeing 737-300 plane heading from Taraz, Kazakhstan, to Moscow, Russia, was diverted after the crew were informed about tire fragments found on the runway, indicating a blown tire.
The plane landed back safely. All 140 passengers aboard remained unharmed.
On March 28, 2013, a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800 en route from Lagos to Casablanca spent ten minutes in the air after a bird strike on takeoff.
126 were aboard when ten minutes into the flight, there was a bird strike that disabled an engine. The plane circled for about forty minutes to burn off fuel before attempting a return.
Pilots returned to make a safe landing at Murtala Muhammed Airport
An Ethiopian Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on January 15th.
The plane took off for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but had to turn back due to indication of a mechanical problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Jet Airways flight 9W-523 had to reject takeoff from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on August 3rd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Mumbai, India, when the crew rejected takeoff.
The plane veered off the runway and came to stop on soft ground.
All one hundred and forty-two passengers and seven crew members remained unharmed.
British Airways flight BA-242 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 17th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a pressurization issue.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Korean Airlines flight KE-2707 had to make an emergency landing at Kansai Airport, Osaka, Japan, on December 31.
The Boeing 777-300, en-route from Seoul, South Korea, to Tokyo, Japan, had to be landed in emergency due to engine failure.
The plane landed safely.
All 338 people on board remained safe.
