Avianca Airlines flight AV-241 had to return and make an emergency landing in Bogota, Colombia, on September 24th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Santiago, Chile, but had to return shortly afterwards after one of the engines ingested several birds.
The plane landed safely. All 118 people aboard remained unhurt.
VivaAeroBus flight VB-3490 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 16th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Puerto Escondido, Mexico, but had to turn back due to an issue with the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-209 had to reject takeoff from San Francisco, California, on November 22nd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Seattle, Washington, when the crew rejected takeoff reporting a bird strike.
The plane safely returned to the apron.
All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer
What: Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Bourgas to Ekaterinburg
Where: Ekaterinburg
When: Jul 19. 2011 0:20 Moscow time
Who: 119 passengers
Why: While en route from Bourgas to Ekaterinburg, the plane developed a hydraulic problem. (Specific details about the hydraulic problem have not been released.)
The flight continued to Koltsovo Airport in the Urals where it made a safe landing.
Delta Airlines flight DL-151 had to return to Atlanta, Georgia, on June 14th.
The Boeing 767-400 plane took off for Lima, Peru, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
On approach to Atlanta, the crew also reported a flaps problem. The plane subsequently landed at higher than normal speed.
All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air France flight AF-32 made an emergency landing at Paris Orly Airport, France, on February 9th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to turn back after the ground crew noticed pieces of carbon on the departure runway.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
On January 9, 2013 Wednesday afternoon, a Lufthansa Airbus A320-214 was on the runway at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport preparing for a flight to Munich International when the plane slid off the tarmac.
Passengers disembarked and were returned to the terminal. No word on if the same plane continued their journey, if they were provided alternative transportation, or housed in the interim. No word on the cause of the incident.
The plane was towed off the runway.
None of the 76 aboard were reported injured.
