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What: Air Canada Airbus A320-200 en route from Vancouver, BC to Calgary
Where: Vancouver
When: Jul 16th 2009
Why: After takeoff, the plane experienced engine failure, and the airbus returned to Vancouver after being in the air for less than half an hour.
What: Smartlynx Airbus A320-200 en route from Tenerife to Antalya
Where: Malta
When: Oct 22 2010
Why: While en route, the flight suffered a loss of cabin pressure. The pilot diverted to Malta where they made a safe landing. In less than 24 hours, the plane was en route again. Disposition of the passengers is unknown.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH148 had to return and make an emergency landing at Tullamarine airport in Melbourne, Australia, on June 12.
The flight was en-route from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur when the crew reported a possible engine fire and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely and none of the 300 passengers reported any injuries.
According to the airline, the initial inspection of the aircraft showed “no physical evidence of fire externally”.
EasyJet flight U2-1454 had to divert for an emergency landing at Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, France, on October 7th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Porto, Portugal, to Geneva, Switzerland, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-one passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
TAP Air Portugal flight TP-1681 had to return and make an emergency landing in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 25th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Funchal, Portugal, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
On July 5, 2014, an Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340-300 (LV-FPV) headed from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to Buenos Aires,BA (Argentina) was taxiing for departure as a UTAir Boeing 767-300(VQ-BSX) en route from Moscow, Russia to Barcelona was on approach. As the video shows, it looks like a close call. The UTAIR saw the Airbus on the runway, and less than ten seconds from touchdown pulled up and performed a go-around, making a safe landing fifteen minutes later.
The Airbus took off twenty minutes later. The incident is under investigation, and it has not been determined if this was an Air Traffic Control error or if the Argentinian plane was there without clearance. The airport and ATC say that there was sufficient clearance for landing, and neither Aerolineas Argentinas nor UTAIR filed a safety report.
On Jul 7th 2014,an investigation was opened into the runway incursion.
Smartlynx Airlines flight QS-1478 rejected take off from Brno, Czech Republic, on August 28th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was accelerating to take off for Bourgas, Bulgaria, when its right hand engine ingested a bird, prompting the crew to reject take off.
The plane safely returned to the apron.
There were 139 passengers and 6 members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
