Air France flight AF-7498 over-ran the runway at Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, Biarritz, France, on September 23rd.
The Airbus A320-200 flying from Paris Orly, France, went off the runway and had to be disabled.
The plane sustained minor damage.
No one was injured, however, the passengers had to remain inside the plane for at least an hour.
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What: Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330-200 en route from Hong Kong to Beijing
Where: Changsa
When: Mar 9th 2012
Why: While en route, the flight developed a loss of cabin pressure.
Oxygen masks were deployed.
Pilots diverted to Changsa where they made a safe landing.
On Jan 25, 2013, a Scandinavian Airlines SAS Airbus A320-232 with 150 aboard was at Gardermoen airport Norway loaded with passengers to Copenhagen when the SAS plane rolled backwards while it still was parked at gate 44. The door to the plane was ripped from its hinges.
Both the street and the plane were damaged.
Passengers were provided alternative flights. The crew and airport hope, optimistically, that the damaged can be handled expeditiously.
An investigation of how this could happen is underway.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-992 made an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on October 15th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Birmingham, England, to Hurghada, Egypt, was diverted after the crew reported an issue with a fuel pump.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Air France flight 275 had to make an emergency landing in Khabarovsk, Russia, on June 2.
The Boeing 777, heading from Tokyo to Paris, was diverted after one of its engines failed.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 275 passengers and 17 crew members remained safe.
Eurowings flight EW-7778 had to return and make an emergency landing in Hamburg, Germany, on September 14th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Prague, Czech Republic, but had to turn back after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Edelweiss Air flight WK-176 had to return and make an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 2nd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Antalya, Turkey, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed back safely. There were one hundred and sixty-six passengers and six crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
