American Airlines Flight 202 made an emergency landing at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. It later departed Chicago for Boston after a passenger departed from the plane with medical emergency.
The 757 plane had 187 on board including nine crew members.
Kent Powell, American Airlines spokesman said that the pilot had declared a medical emergency to deliver a passenger to medical assistance.
The flight landed safely at about 8:30 p.m..
Sudanese President Omar-al-Bashir’s plane made an emergency landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan, on September 1.
President Omar-al-Bashir was on a 4-day visit to China when his plane made an emergency stop due to shortage of fuel.
The plane landed uneventfully. Governor Punjab Rafique Rajwana received the Sudanese President.
The plane took off again after refueling.
United Airlines flight 3663, operated by GoJet, had to return and make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on May 28.
The plane took off for Chicago but had to return shortly afterwards due to smoke in cockpit.
The Canadair CRJ-700 twin-jet landed uneventfully. All 66 passengers aboard remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-1779 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on August 27th.
The plane took off for Hamburg, Germany, but had to turn back due to a navigation computer failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The United Airlines Flight 999 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Canada’s Halifax Stanfield International Airport on the night of August 5.
The Boeing 777 was on its way to Brussels from Newark, New Jersey, when fire broke out on board. The pilot then decided to divert to Halifax which was the nearest airport at the time.
Firefighters were put on alert at the airport when the plane touched the ground safely at around 10 p.m. There were 233 people aboard; all of them remained unhurt.
According to Peter Spurway, the spokesperson of Halifax Airport Authority, the fire broke in a contained area of the aircraft and was extinguished before the plane landed.
What: UNITED Airlines jet en route from Los Angeles to Sydney
Where: Brisbane
When: Jan 15 2010
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the jet had to divert to Brisbane when it was low on fuel and had an “engineering” problem.
Passengers were provided alternative transportation.
A SNJ5 Navy trainer plane crash-landed in a cow pasture near Punta Gorda Airport, Florida, on April 1st.
Authorities said the plane was attempting to land at the airport when it lost power and made a belly landing.
The pilot remained uninjured while the co-pilot received minor scratches.
The incident is being investigated.
