Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-1591 made an emergency landing in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 25th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Ibiza, Spain, was descending toward Glasgow when the crew reported a possible blown tire.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-1002 made an emergency landing at Lanzarote Airport, Spain, on June 28th.
The Boeing 757-300 plane flying from Gatwick Airport, England, was descending toward Lanzarote Airport when the crew declared an emergency due to indication of an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia flight DK-2562 had to return and make an emergency landing in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 13th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Phuket City, Thailand, but had to turn back after the crew noticed issues with the weather radar.
The plane landed safely. All three hundred and ninety-nine passengers aboard remained unharmed.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-992 made an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on October 15th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Birmingham, England, to Hurghada, Egypt, was diverted after the crew reported an issue with a fuel pump.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-1414 had to return for an emergency landing in Birmingham, England, on July 16th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Larnaca, Cyprus, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-2824 made an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on July 12th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Los Angeles, California, but had to turn back after the crew noticed smell of burning coming from an oven.
The plane landed back uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT1054 had to return and make an emergency landing in East Midlands, England, on July 9th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Larnaca, Cyprus, but had to return shortly afterwards due to issues with the onboard computers.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-2652 had to return and make an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on June 26th.
According to the airline, the airbus A330-200 plane heading to Holguin, Cuba, had to turn back due to a low oil indication.
The plane landed back safely, however, the tip of its left wing was missing.
All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-2718 had to return and make an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on April 15th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Las Vegas, Nevada, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a suspected fuel leak.
The plane landed back safely. All 283 people aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Thomas Cook flight MT-1033 made an emergency landing in Banjul, Gambia, on November 8th.
The plane had just departed for Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, when it encountered a flock of ducks. The birds impacted both engines and the landing gear, forcing the crew to return for an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-3496 made an emergency landing in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, on August 11th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off from Palma in Majorca, Spain, when the crew reported a bird strike and decided to turn back for an emergency landing.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 197 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Thomas Cook flight MT-2152 had to return and make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport, England, on April 9th.
The Airbus A321-200, en-route to Paphos, Cyprus, had to return due to a hydraulic problem. The plane entered a hold to burn off the fuel before landing.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Thomas Cook flight FQ-816 had to return and make an emergency landing in Brussels, Belgium, on February 7th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane, operated by Brussels Airlines, took off for Marrakech, Morocco, but had to return shortly afterwards after one of its engines ingested a bird.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 140 passengers remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement aircraft for the passengers.
Thomas Cook flight MT-2684 returned and made an emergency landing at Manchester Airport, England, on October 21.
The Airbus A321-200, heading to Adnan Menderes Airport, Izmir, Turkey, had to return due to hydraulic problem.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement flight.
A medical emergency prompted Thomas Cook flight TCX 4125 to make an unscheduled landing in Lisbon, Portugal on January 10.
The flight was en-route from Fuerteventura to Birmingham when a 79-year-old female passenger Hilda Holland became ill after getting hit by a falling shoe. According to Hilda’s husband John,“The woman sitting behind Hilda decided to get a cardigan from the locker but she pulled a shoe out with it…That came down and hit her on the back of the head and the ear….Ten minutes later I looked over and she was shaking and pale…I thought she wasn’t going to make it, I had never seen her like that.”
The Airbus A321-211 made a safe emergency landing and the couple was rushed to a hospital.
They left the hospital next day and were transported to Birmingham through another flight.
An airline spokesperson said, “Our operations control centre contacted Mr and Mrs Holland at the hospital and offered assistance within a few hours of their arrival… Mr Holland was grateful for the call and advised that he would make arrangements through his insurers and we ensured he had direct contact number for Thomas Cook… Our welfare team have been in touch with the Hollands following their return and we hope Mrs Holland makes a full recovery.”
A Thomas Cook flight had to make an unscheduled landing in Bermuda, at around 6 p.m. on November 24.
The flight was on its way from Manchester, England, to Cuba when a British man, identified as Mohammed Khelya, started threatening the flight crew, passengers and even his new wife. The pilot decided to divert to Bermuda while the crew members handcuffed the unruly passenger and kept him restrained at the back of the aircraft.
The Airbus A330 safely landed at LF Wade International Airport where the security officials arrested Khelya.
An airline spokesperson said, ‘Thomas Cook Airlines can confirm that flight TCX244 from Manchester to Holguin, Cuba, diverted to Bermuda and a customer was removed from the aircraft and detained by local police…We operate a zero-tolerance policy towards any behaviour on board our aircraft that affects the safety and welfare of our customers and crew.”
Khelya was presented in Bermudan court on Tuesday where Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo fined him $3000.
Thomas Cook flight TCX1638 had to return and make an emergency landing at Gatwick airport in West Sussex, UK, on October 31.
The Boeing 757-3CQ departed from the airport at around 9 a.m. and was heading to Hurghada, Egypt, when its emergency slide unit fell off. The pilot was then instructed to turn back and land at Gatwick.
The flight landed safely and all 237 passengers remained unharmed. The passengers were shifted to another flight.
It is believed that the emergency slide fell near the border of Kent and East Sussex. The local police were informed and they sent search teams to spot the unit.
Thomas Cook and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch are investigating.
Thomas Cook flight TCX2534 had to return and make an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on October 13.
The Boeing 767, carrying 278 passengers, took off from Manchester Airport at around 7:15 a.m. and was on its way to Dalaman, Turkey, when the crew declared emergency and decided to return.
According to a Thomas Cook spokesperson, the decision for emergency landing was made as a precaution due to an unexpected hydraulic fault in the aircraft.
The plane landed uneventfully after circling over Peak District National Park to shed off extra fuel. No one was hurt.
The airline said, “We’d like to apologise to our customers for the delay to their flight today. Returning the aircraft to Manchester allowed our engineers to inspect the aircraft quickly and we’ve now been able to ensure our customers can start their holiday as soon as possible on a replacement aircraft.”
On a takeoff run, an Airbus 330 en route from Manchester to the Dominican Republic suffered an engine explosion.
The pilot aborted the takeoff. None of the 325 passengers aboard the Thomas Cook A330 were injured.
Passengers disembarked and the plane was inspected and for half an hour, the runway was closed. Emergency services were deployed.
How passengers were accommodated was not released.
photographer Andrea Tabanelli-Lugo Spotter
A Thomas Cook Airbus A330-200 OY-VKF en route from Cancun to Manchester had 338 people aboard when pilots made an emergency diversion to Bermuda due to what one source called a “reported fire in the cabin” at about 8.20pm. Another account recorded the problem as ‘smoke coming from the in-flight entertainment system’.
Pilots made a safe landing with emergency services on standby. Passengers disembarked without injury, and were provided hotel accommodations until their flight out.
Thomas Cook’s official statement is that ‘It was initially reported as a suspected fire in the cabin, but there was no fire.’There was a small amount of smoke detected by a member of the crew in the cabin, but it is thought that was something to do with the in-flight entertainment system.’
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Contact photographer Tony Silgrim
What: Thomas Cook Boeing 767-300 en route from Manchester to Tenerife
Where: Dublin
When: Oct 19th 2012 9.40am
Who: 325 aboard
Why: After taking off from Manchester, the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
THe pilot diverted to Dublin and made a safe landing with a dozen emergency services units including fire and ambulance on standby.
Passengers disembarked and waited in the terminal for a replacement flight to Tenerife
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Contact photographer Darren Wilson
What: Thomas Cook Boeing 757-300 en route from Glasgow to Antalya
Where: London
When: Feb 15th 2012
Why: The flight had taken off normally from Glasgow, but while en route, the weather radar system failed.
The crew of flight MT-3614 notified London and were able to divert to Gatwick where they made a safe landing.
One might say it was an overabundance of caution because weather radar might not be considered essential–but considering the distance covered and potential conditions en route and on landing in Antalya, it seems their caution was, in my opinion at least, justified.
What: Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A320 en route from Belfast to Tenerife
Where: Belfast International Airport
When: Feb 8 2012
Who: 175 passengers
Why: After developing problems with the gear during takeoff, the pilots returned to Belfast where they circled for an hour and a half before landing back in Belfast.
Emergency crews were on standby.
What: Thomas Cook Airbus A320 en route from Belfast to Tenerife
Where: Belfast
When: February 7, 2012
Who: 175 aboard
Why: After taking off from Belfast, the plane developed a technical problem (problems with the landing gear.) Pilots returned to Belfast. They circled for over an hour. While they were in the air, a police helicopter came up and inspected the plane.
The pilots dumped fuel before they made a safe landing.
Passengers interviewed about the event said they were terrified. Flight attendants advised them to brace themselves, take off their shoes and use the emergency exits.
Emergency services were on standby.
Belfast International Airport said that the airline planes to repair the plane and use it this afternoon to fly out passengers at 3:00 pm. The airport spoke highly of the efficiency and emergency management performed by the staff.
What: Thomas Cook Boeing 757 en route from Glasgow to Heraklion
Where: Frankfurt
Who: not available
Why: The flight was en route over Holland when one of the planes engines developed engine failure. The pilot shut down engine two and diverted to Frankfort, where they made a safe landing. Emergency services were on standby when the plane landed.
Passengers were provided accommodations and flew out the next day, although there was no Thomas Cook affiliate there, and they were not kept informed of their situation.