Air India flight AI-120 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Tehran, Iran, on August 9th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane heading from Frankfurt, Germany, to Delhi, India, was diverted after cracks were noticed in the left windshield.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and forty-nine passengers aboard remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight 4343 made an emergency landing at McGhee Tyson Airport in Blount County, Tennessee, on April 27th.
The plane heading from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, was diverted after an indicator light came on in the cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1996 had to return and make an emergency landing at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, on October 22nd.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en-route to LaGuardia Airport, New York, had to return after the crew received indication of smoke in lavatory.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 149 passengers aboard were unhurt.
The passengers were later provided a replacement plane.
A Turkish Airlines jet had to make an emergency landing at Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, on June 25.
The Boeing 777-300ER was en-route from Istanbul to New York when it had to be diverted due to a suspicious old bag.
The plane landed safely and none of the 292 passengers was harmed.
Bomb squad thoroughly inspected the bag but nothing suspicious was found. Authorities believe it was an old camera bag possibly left behind by a previous passenger.
Southwest Airlines flight 346 had to make an emergency landing in San Jose, California, on May 9th.
The plane, heading from Phoenix, Arizona, to San Francisco, California, was diverted after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All 170 passengers and 6 crew members remained unhurt.
Loong Air flight GJ-8823 had to return and make an emergency landing at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Zhejiang, China, on February 26th.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route to Bijie Feixiong Airport, Guizhou, China, had to return after a mouse was spotted aboard.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
ASL Airlines Belgium flight 3V-76B had to make an emergency landing in Liege, Belgium, on January 12th.
The plane flying from Bologna, Italy, was on approach to Liege when the crew aborted approach reporting an unsafe gear indication.
The crew subsequently worked the checklists and landed uneventfully.
All passengers and crew members remained safe.
