China Southern Airlines flight CZ-6763 made an emergency landing in Shenzhen, China, on January 9th.
The plane took off for Luoyang, China, but had to turn back due to an issue with the communication system.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ-369 made an emergency landing in Penang, Malaysia, on December 23rd.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Guangzhou, China, but had to turn back after a power bank stored in an overhead bin started emitting smoke.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ-344 had to return and make an emergency landing in Melbourne, Australia, on February 3rd.
The Airbus A333-300 plane took off for Guangzhou, China, but had to turn back due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ-306 made an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on January 17th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Guangzhou, China, but had to turn back after the crew noticed hydraulic problems.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ-6406 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Changsha, China, on November 13th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Nanjing to Guilin, China, was diverted due to a cargo smoke indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. All one hundred and fifty-one passengers remained unharmed.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ-6976 made an emergency landing in Lanzhou, China, on December 1st.
The plane flying from Shanghai to Urumqi, China, was diverted after a passenger’s cell phone started emitting smoke.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ366 had to return and make an emergency landing at Auckland Airport, New Zealand, on November 5th.
The Boeing 787 plane took off for Guangzhou, China, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All 212 people aboard remained unharmed.
China Southern flight CZ-3510 made an emergency landing in Hefei, China. On August 2nd.
The plane heading from Jinan to Guangzhou, China, was diverted after a hail strike cracked both windshields.
The plane landed safely. All 124 passengers and 8 crew members remained unharmed.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ-3688 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Hohhot Baita International Airport, Inner Mongolia, China, on July 4th.
The Boeing 737-800, en-route from Beijing, to Guiyang, in China, had to divert due to some issue with on of its engines. The crew had to shut the engine down mid-night.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
China Southern flight CZ-6483 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Qingdao Liuting International Airport, Qingdao, Shandong, China, on November 21.
The Airbus A321-200, flying from Shenyang, China, to Hangzhou, China, had to divert due to cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ303 was forced to divert and make an emergency landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands, on the afternoon of August 3.
The Boeing Dreamliner, heading from Guangzhou, China, to Heathrow Airport, London, had to be diverted after it ran out of fuel mid-air.
The plane, with a capacity of boarding 335 passengers, landed uneventfully.
No injuries were reported.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ3081 had to make an emergency landing at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, China, on the afternoon of July 3.
The plane, carrying 132 passengers and 7 crew members, was travelling from Guangzhou, China to Bangkok in Thailand, when an engine fire indicator lit up and the pilot decided to land in emergency.
According to the airline, 14 passengers sustained minor scratches while 2 others had ankle injuries during evacuation.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ6316, had to make an emergency landing at Beijing Capital International Airport in China, on April 14.
The flight was heading from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province to Shenyang, Liaoning Province, when a passenger, Li, started convulsing and vomiting. The pilot informed the authorities and requested an emergency landing in Beijing.
The plane landed safely after which, Li was immediately shifted to hospital.
The flight resumed shortly afterwards.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ3739 was forced to make an emergency landing in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China, at around 9:40 p.m. on November 10.
The aircraft was en-route from Zhuhai, Guangdong to Beijing, when the crew sought permission for an emergency landing. According to the airline, the plane experienced a mechanical engine failure.
The flight landed safely and no injuries were reported.
An alternate aircraft was arranged which departed for Beijing at 1:20 a.m. on November 11.
The incident is under investigation.
What: China Southern Airlines Airbus A319-100 en route from Daqing to Guangzhou
Where: Hangzhou
When: Jul 25, 2012 4:50 p.m.
Who: 105 passengers
Why: The flight, scheduled from Daqing to Hangzhou to Guangzhou was climbing out of Hangzhou when smoke was reported.
Pilots returned to Hangzhou and made a safe landing.
China Southern Airlines’ official page said “an investigation later found the smoke was in fact a mist produced by faulty airconditioning system” according to CRIEnglish. Another jet was provided for passengers to complete their journey.
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What: China Southern Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from Guangzhou to Shanghai
Where: Guangzhou
When: May 10th 2012
Who: 9 injured
Why: Twenty minutes after taking off from Guangzhou, the plane encountered clear air turbulence.
Those who weren’t buckled in, including flight attendants, were injured during the turbulence. Injuries included fractures, and other injuries. The extent of the turbulence is being reported as “a pocket of extreme turbulence.”
One passenger blogged “I had a horrible feeling that I was going to die at that moment because I suddenly felt being weightless.”
A flight attendant and her dining cart were tossed in the air.
Pilots continued to Shanghai, where nine injured were transported to hospital facilities.
The plane was grounded for inspection but later released for service.
What: China Southern Boeing 737-300 en route from Kunming to Zhengzhou
Where: en route
When: Jul 17th 2010
Who: 130 passengers
Why: After takeoff and reaching cruise level, cabin pressure was lost. Oxygen masks were deployed, and the flight returned to Kunming where it made a safe landing. Twenty passengers were hospitalized with ear pain.
A replacement flight was provided six hours later.