Gol Transportes Aereos flight G3-1025 made an emergency landing at Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 15th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Rio de Janeiro Airport RJ Santos Dumont to Congonhas-Sao Paulo Airport, Brazil, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Alitalia flight AZ-784 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Sapporo, Japan, on August 7th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Italy, to Narita International Airport, Japan, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Japan Transocean Air flight NU-44 had to return and make an emergency landing at Naha Airport, Okinawa, Japan, on May 6th.
The Boeing 737-400 flying to Nagoya, Japan, had to return after the first officer’s windshield cracked.
The plane landed safely.
All 148 passengers and 5 crew members remained safe.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1942 made a safe landing following a bird strike near Newark, New Jersey, on September 28th.
The plane flying from Atlanta, Georgia, was on approach to Newark Liberty International Airport when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Royal flight RL-8772 made an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on April 7th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Phu Quoc, Vietnam, to Yekaterinburg, Russia, was diverted after the crew noticed an engine failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. All three hundred and forty-five people aboard remained safe.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS43 had to return and make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport in Sussex, England, on December 29.
According to an airline statement, “Virgin Atlantic can confirm that flight VS43 on 29 December, travelling to McCarran international airport Las Vegas, returned to Gatwick due to a technical issue with one of the landing gears.”
The Boeing 747 circled over the south coast of England before it landed uneventfully, shortly before 16:00 GMT. No one aboard was injured.
A Learjet plane carrying five people made an emergency landing at Victoria International airport, at about 3:20 pm. On March 22, 2014.
According to the airport spokesperson, the emergency landing was made after the indication of a landing gear malfunction. The plane landed safely and no one was injured.
It was later found out that the landing gear was working properly.
