Air Macau flight MX-882 had to return and make an emergency landing at Macau International Airport, Macau, on July 11th.
The Airbus A321-200, en-route to Bangkok, Thailand, had to return due to an unusual odour aboard.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
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What: United Airlines A 320 en route from Denver to Las Vegas
Where: Denver International Airport
When: Jan 3, 2011
Who: 155 passengers, 5 crew
Why: Passengers boarded at 8:30 a.m.
After takeoff, by the time they were 60 miles out, there was a strange smell in the cockpit and cabin which convinced the crew to return to Denver where they made a safe landing. Passengers disembarked with no reported injuries.
S7 Airlines flight S7-1159 made an emergency landing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on December 16th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Domodedovo International Airport, Russia, was on approach to Rostov-on-Don when the crew reported an issue with the flaps and entered a hold.
The plane subsequently landed safely. All one hundred and forty-one passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
FlexFlight flight W2-5650, operated by Budapest Air Service, returned to Savonlinna, Finland, on November 21st.
The plane took off for Helsinki, Finland, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed back uneventfully. All thirteen passengers aboard remained safe.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-3356 had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on January 8th.
The plane took off for San Francisco, California, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Condor flight DE-1581 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Brindisi – Salento Airport, Brindisi, Italy, on July 7th.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route form Kerkyra, Greece to Frankfurt, Germany, was mid-air when the crew reported hydraulic failure, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed successfully.
All 181 people onboard remained unharmed.
