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.
What: SAS Norway Boeing 737-700 en route from Oslo Gardermoen Norway to Malaga Spain
Where: Gardermoen Airport
When: May 30th 2009
Who: 134 passengers
Why: After takeoff, airspeed numbers did not agree. The crew landed back at the airport about half an hour after takeoff. Passengers were flown to their destinations on an alternative Boeing 737-800.
Mechanics found the problem. A bee had flown into one of the plane’s air speed sensors (pitot tube).
George’s Point of View
A good thing that the pilot was able to land the plane and discover the problem.
A Swiss International Airlines Airbus en route from Zurich to Helsinki developed a brake problem, and return to Zurich.
The plane made a safe landing. No further notification has been made public regarding the condition of the brakes, but the plane was taken from rotation for maintenance and inspection.
Passengers were booked an alternative flights.
Swiss International Air Lines is the flagship airline of Switzerland. Its main hub is Zurich Airport.
An Air New Zealand flight had to make an emergency landing at Tauranga Airport, New Zealand, on May 3.
It is believed that emergency was declared due to a fault in a landing light.
Firefighters were called as a precaution, however, the Bombardier Q300 airplane landed safely.
The scheduled destination of flight and the number of people onboard is not known at the moment.
Airlinair flight A5-4078 had to return and make an emergency landing at Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport, France, on June 24th.
The Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, en-route to Pau, France, had to return due to a malfunction of its weather radar.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Flybe flight BE-385 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Birmingham, England, on January 24th.
The plane heading from Southampton, England, to Dublin, Ireland, was diverted after crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Atlanta,GA to Seattle,WA (USA) with 185 people aboard apparently developed a cargo fire on Oct 21, 2013.
Pilots diverted diverted to Pasco Washington where they made a safe landing.
Emergency services responded to the scene which was apparently a heat sensor alarm. No fire was found.
The 757 was grounded at the Pasco airport. Some of the passengers were provided a charter bus to Seattle, some rented cars, and others waited for a Tuesday flight.
