LAN Peru flight LA 2707 made an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal, on December 24.
The plane, heading to Madrid Spain, was diverted after the pilot reported an engine failure indication.
The plane landed safely. All 224 passengers remained unhurt.
A Border Security Force (BSF) plane crashed near Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Dehli, India, on December 22.
The Beech SuperKing B200 aircraft, carrying 10 BSF personnel, went down just after taking off from the Delhi airport. Authorities believe the plane’s left engine stopped working, causing it to crash into the wall of airport’s sewage treatment plant and ending up in the water.
All ten personnel aboard the plane were killed in the crash.
The accident is being investigated.
A small plane crash-landed in a field near Vernon airport in British Columbia, Canada, on December 23.
Authorities said the plane experienced engine failure shortly after it took off from Vernon airport.
According to Vernon’s fire captain Chris Robinson, “The pilot landed in the field just next to the airport. There was just a bit of damage to the plane.”
There were two people aboard including the pilot and his passenger; both of them suffered minor injuries.
A small plane made an emergency landing on Seward Highway near Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska, on December 21.
Authorities said the PA-18 Super Cub plane had just taken off from Girdwood airport when it experienced engine failure, promoting the pilot to make an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained uninjured.
Avianca flight AV-9398 had to return and make an emergency landing at El Dorado International Airport, Bogota, Colombia, on December 11.
The Airbus A318-100, en-route to Pasto, Colombia, had to return after one of its engines failed. The engine had to be shutdown mid-air.
The plane landed safely.
All 99 people aboard remained unhurt.
An Air France plane had to make an emergency landing at the Pulkovo international airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 30.
Authorities said the Boeing 777 was diverted due to apparent engine failure. The flight was en-route from Paris, France, to Beijing, China, at the time.
The plane landed safely. There were 269 passengers aboard at the time; all of the remained unhurt.
China Eastern Airlines flight MU-5182 had to reject take-off from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China, on October 24.
The Beijing-bound Airbus A330-300 plane was accelerating for takeoff when its left engine failed following a loud bang.
The crew safely returned the aircraft to apron.
No injuries were reported.
Royal Brunei Airlines flight BI-684 had to return and make an emergency landing at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines, on October 21.
The Boeing 787-800, en-route to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, had to return after its left engine failed. The crew had to shut the engine down mid-air.
The plane landed safely.
All 152 passengers aboard remained safe.
A Zero Gravity Corporation flight had to make an emergency landing at Vero Beach municipal airport, Indian River County, Florida, at around 5 P.M. on October 22.
The Boeing 727, with 3 people aboard, had to land in emergency due to a possible engine failure.
The plane landed uneventfully.
No injuries were reported.
A small plane made an emergency landing on Interstate 84, near Boise Airport, Idaho, on October 13.
The plane was preparing to land at the airport when the pilot reported engine failure and decided to land on the motorway.
The plane landed on its belly. The pilot, identified as Jon M. Brinkerhoff, 30, of Boise, remained uninjured.
According to the owner of Boise-based charter business SP Aircraft, Andy Patrick, the plane was transporting cargo from Seattle, Washington.
A small plane had to make an emergency landing in a field near DuPage Airport in West Chicago, Illinois, on October 11.
Authorities said the BE36 plane landed in emergency after experiencing engine failure.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, remained safe.
The FAA was investigating.
A twin-engine Citation aircraft had to return and make an emergency landing at Capital City Airport in Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania, on September 19.
Authorities said the plane was near Chambersburg when one of its engines failed, prompting the pilot to turn around.
The plane landed safely.
Both people aboard remained unharmed.
A vintage Spitfire plane made a crash-landing in a field in Woodchurch, Kent, England, on the morning of September 7.
The plane crashed when the 68-year-old pilot, identified as Rob Davies MBE, was trying to make an emergency landing due to engine failure.
The plane sustained significant damage.
The pilot remained safe and walked away after the crash.
A Lancair LNC 4 aircraft crash-landed onto a levee in the Everglades, near Broward-Palm Beach county line, Florida, on August 30.
The four-seater aircraft, which took off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and was heading to Lynchburg, Virginia, crash-landed due to engine failure. Authorities said the aircraft cartwheeled and burst into flames upon landing.
There were 2 people aboard the plane, including the 52-year-old pilot Ken McKenzie and his 50-year-old wife Sonia. Both of them sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Authorities said the pilot had reported low oil pressure shortly after the plane departed from Fort Lauderdale airport.
An American Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing at Stephenville Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on August 27.
The Airbus 330-300, heading from Italy to North Carolina, was diverted after one of its engines failed.
The plane, carrying no passengers and only 3 crew members, landed safely. No injuries were reported.
A Pegasus Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria, on August 28th.
The plane, en-route from Antalya, Turkey to Amsterdam, Netherlands, was diverted after one of its engines failed.
The plane landed uneventfully.
There were 163 passengers and 6 crew members on-board at the time; none of them was hurt.
An ultralight plane crash-landed in woods off Porter Road, Fryeburg, Maine on the afternoon of August 23rd.
The single-seater Aerolite 103, flying from Leavitt Airport, New Hampshire, crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Eastern Slopes Regional Airport, Fryeburg, due to engine failure.
The pilot, a 56-year-old Pennsylvania man, remained unharmed.
A helicopter had to make an emergency landing in Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, on August 18.
Three KNP officials were aboard the helicopter when it experienced engine failure and power loss, forcing the pilot to land in emergency. It is believed that they were helping an on-ground game capture team in search of 2 missing rhinos.
The helicopter landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remained safe.
Managing executive of KNP Glenn Phillips, “We are grateful that our employees are all safe and no one was hurt; even grateful that the game capture team managed to recover the animals and ensure their safe return to the park.”
A Lion Air flight had to make an emergency landing at Juanda International Airport in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, on August 12th.
The plane was en-route to Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi from Jakarta when an engine failure prompted the pilots to declare emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 210 passengers remained unharmed.
The passengers were transferred to another aircraft.
United Airways flight 4H-585 had to make an emergency landing at Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur, India, on August 7th.
The Bangladeshi carrier’s McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft, en-route from Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Muscat, Oman, was forced to make an emergency landing due to engine failure.
The plane with 173 people aboard landed uneventfully.
No injuries were reported.
A Colombian Air Force transport plane crashed near Codazzi, Colombia on July 31, 2015.
The accident happened when the Airbus CASA-235 plane was en-route from Palanquero Air Base to Barranquilla via Valledupar. Air Force Authorities said the pilot reported engine failure shortly before the crash.
All 11 people aboard the plane were killed.
It is believed that the weather conditions were poor at the time of crash.
A two-seater plane crash-landed in front yard of a house in Isola Bella Boulevard, Mount Dora, Florida, on the morning of July 11.
The plane had taken off from Mid Florida Air Service Airport, Eustis, when the pilot noticed engine malfunction and decided to land in emergency.
The plane first struck 2 trees, then hit a sign board, and finally crashed into the yard.
The pilot and a student aboard remained uninjured.
A Beechcraft BE36 plane crashed into a house in Plainville, Massachusetts, on the evening of June 28.
The plane took off from Lancaster Airport, Pennsylvania and was en-route to Norwood Memorial Airport, Massachusetts, when it crashed.
All three people aboard the plane were killed in the crash. The residents managed to escape unhurt.
According to authorities, the pilot reported engine issues shortly before crash.
The incident is being investigated.
A Yeti Airlines aircraft had to return and make an emergency landing at the Dhangadhi Airport in Dhangadhi, Nepal, on June 21.
The plane, heading to Kathmandu, Nepal, was forced to return after it lost power to its left engine.
All the passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane had to return and make an emergency landing at Port Macquarie airport in New South Wales, Australia, on June 16.
The plane took off from the airport but had to return immediately afterwards due to engine failure.
The pilot was able to make a safe emergency landing. No injuries were reported.
The aircraft sustained minor damage.
