Birds ingested in one of the engines of the American Airlines flight 757, forced it to make emergency landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The incident happened while the plane was taking off from Tulsa. The pilot immediately returned the plane back for check-up.
These kind of incidents are quiet common in Tulsa, The airplanes usually get hit by birds and sometimes by skunks and other mammals. Alexis Higgins of FAA says that they are seeking help from biologists to remove these birds from the airport.
British Airways flight BA-288 had to return and make an emergency landing in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 6th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to turn back after one of the engines stopped working.
The plane landed back safely. All two hundred and thirty-four people aboard remained unharmed.
WestJet flight WS-3161 made an emergency landing in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, on March 20th.
The plane was coming from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit and cabin.
The plane landed safely. All fifty-six passengers and four crew members remained unharmed.
A United Airlines flight was forced to make emergency landing at Lincoln Airport, after one of its engines malfunctioned.
The flight was carrying 168 people from Boston to San Francisco when a fault in one of its engines was noticed. The malfunctioned engine was then shut down and the Boeing 757-200 was diverted to Lincoln Airport where it made an uneventful emergency landing at 1:20 p.m. on April 6.
All passengers and crew members safely exited. Another plane was arranged, which left Lincoln at 7:40pm to take the passengers to their destination.
Lufthansa flight LH-278 had to return for an emergency landing in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 12th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Milan Linate Airport, Italy, but had to turn back due to an unusual odor on-board.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and thirteen passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
Pegasus Airlines flight PC-383 had to return and make an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 25th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Hamburg, Germany, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
RusLine flight 7R-607 had to return and make an emergency landing at International airport “Kurumoch”, Samara Oblast, Russia, on December 6.
The Canadair CRJ-200, heading to Krasnodar, Russia, had to return when the crew failed to retract its landing gear.
The plane landed unhurt.
All 33 passengers and 3 crew members remained safe.
