Air India Express flight IX-814 veered off runway after landing in Mangalore, India, on July 16th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, had just landed when it momentarily veered off runway before returning to the center line.
All one hundred and eighty-five people aboard remained uninjured.
Several runway edge lights were broken.
Montenegro Airlines flight YM-311 made an emergency landing in Dusseldorf, Germany, on April 16th.
The plane took off for Podgorica, Montenegro, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unhurt.
Garuda flight GA-258 made a hard landing at Adisutjipto International Airport, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on February 1st.
The Boeing 737-800 flying from Jakarta, Indonesia, veered off the runway upon landing and stopped with all gears.
The aircraft was damaged.
No injuries were reported.
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Contact photographer Andy Egloff
What: Delta/Northwest Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Portland, Minneapolis
Where: Billings,MT
When: Oct 17th 2009
Who: 174 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed a hydraulics problem, and diverted to Billings Montana. The flight landed safely, but blew a tire on landing, and had to be towed.
It is not uncommon for a heavy flight (plane full of fuel) diverting early in the flight before burning its fuel load–or landing at a too-high rate of speed–to get a flat.
The replacement flight took seven hours to arrive.
United Airlines flight UA-30 made an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on December 9th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane was flying from Newark, New Jersey, when the crew declared an emergency due to a flaps issue.
The plane landed at higher than normal speed. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
An Air India flight made an emergency landing at Astana International Airport, Kazakhstan, on January 26th.
The plane heading from Delhi, India, to Chicago, Illinois, was diverted after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely. The patient was taken to a hospital.
Pictured: an Air India Boeing 777-337/ER
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Contact photographer Rick Schlamp
What: Air India en route from Delhi to Chennai
Where: Visakhapatnam airport, Delhi
When: Thu, 15 Oct 2009
Who: 162 passengers
Why: Twenty minutes after take-off, the Air India flight experienced an undefined technical problem and returned safely to the airport, where passengers debarked and were re-routed on another Air India flight, and technicians worked on the plane.
