Nordwind Airlines flight N4-174 had to return and make an emergency landing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on January 17th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia, but had to turn back due to the loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Nordwind Airlines flight N4-5816 made an emergency landing in Ufa, Russia, on October 13th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Antalya, Turkey, was descending toward Ufa when it suffered a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely and was towed to the apron.
All two hundred and twenty-seven people aboard remained unharmed.
Nordwind Airlines flight N4-1768 made an emergency landing in Antalya, Turkey, on August 16th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Monastir, Tunisia, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, was diverted after the crew noticed an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty people aboard remained unharmed.
Nordwind Airlines flight N4-2477 made an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on February 4th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia, to Phuket International Airport, Thailand, was diverted due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All three hundred and eighty passengers and fifteen crew members remained unharmed.
Nordwind Airlines flight N4-1606 had to return and make an emergency landing in Heraklion, Greece, on May 3rd.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Moscow, Russia, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an issue with the cabin pressure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
On August 14, 2013, a Nordwind Airlines Boeing 767 300 en route from Bangkok to Irkutsk, with 284 passengers aboard was (standing) on the ground when it was struck by a vehicle.
None of the passengers aboard were injured–expressed by Phuket news as “no human casualties” but the plane suffered damage.
The plane was on the ground in Suvarnabhumi, Thailand. Passengers (we hope) were provided alternate transportation, but there’s no indication we could find of what those circumstances might be.
On April 29, we saw a report that Nordwind passenger airlines dodged missles over Syria.
The Airbus A320-232 was flying from Sharm el Sheikh-Ophira Airport to Kazan Airport (from Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt to Kazan, Russia) was over Syria when two missiles exploded in the air close by.
Interfax.ru reported the crew steered the jet and saved the passengers’ lives. Unidentified forces launched the two ground-to-air missiles which came very close.
Russian authorities announced the incident.
“On April 29, at 0455 (Moscow time), a Northern Wind plane was travelling in Syrian airspace from Sharm el Sheikh to Kazan and the pilot crew has recorded military activities on the ground that could have endangered the plane and 159 passengers.”
Pilots made a safe landing.
What: Nordwind Airlines Boeing 767 en route from Krasnoyarsk to Phuket
Where: Krasnoyarsk Airport
When: Dec 9 2012
Who: 279 passengers
Why: While en route, the Boeing flight from Krasnoyarsk to Phuket developed flaps problem. After an alarm indicated the problem, the pilot returned to Krasnoyarsk and made a safe landing at 15:35. The plane was examined, and passengers were “sent to the Phucket reserve board.” (We take this to mean they were pointed to alternative flights to their destination.)
There were no reported injuries. The incident is under investigation by the Yenisei transport office.