American Airlines flight AA-5224 returned to Wilmington International Airport, North Carolina, on October 9th.
According to the airport authorities, the Canadair CRJ-900 plane hit a coyote during takeoff which caused damage to the nose gear. The crew continued takeoff but subsequently returned to Wilmington Airport.
The coyote was killed.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-142 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on September 9th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Heathrow Airport, England, was diverted after the crew suspected a fuel leak.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and three people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Porter Airlines
Where: Ottawa Airport
When: Dec 6 2010 8:40 am
Who: 28 aboard
Why: The pilot informed the airport that he was having problems with his landing gear, and did a flyby to confirm the issue. But the plane landed safely with the gear down.
Air New Zealand flight NZ-99 had to return and make an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on December 5th.
The Boeing 787-900 plane took off for Narita International Airport, Japan, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. All two hundred and sixty-eight passengers and fourteen crew members remained unharmed.
TUIfly flight X3-4806 had to return for an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on August 20th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Kos, Greece, but had to turn back after the crew reported a landing gear issue.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
A small plane crashed near Payson in Gila County, Arizona, on January 3rd.
The single-engine Cessna 210 plane was heading from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Telluride, Colorado, when it went down.
The plane was carrying four members of a family at the time; all of them were killed in the crash.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
LASER Airlines flight QL-941 had to return and make an emergency landing in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on April 23rd.
The plane took off for Caracas, Venezuela, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
