Albawings flight 2B-224 made an emergency landing in Ancona, Italy, on October 5th.
The plane heading from Venice, Italy, to Tirana, Albania, was diverted after the crew reported control problems.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and thirty-five people aboard remained safe.
United Airlines flight UA-4104 made an emergency landing in Rochester, New York, on September 28th.
The plane heading from Chicago, Illinois, to Ottawa, Canada, was diverted due to flight control problems.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Volaris flight Y4-773 made an emergency landing in Guadalajara, Mexico, on August 13th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Mexico City to Tijuana, Mexico, was diverted after the crew noticed flight control problems.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-1990 had to return and make an emergency landing in Newark, New Jersey, on July 26th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Minneapolis, Minnesota, but had to turn back due to flight control problems.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and fifty-four passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-2118 had to return and make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on October 7th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a problem with the flight controls.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-1793 returned to Amsterdam, Netherlands, on June 13th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Munich, Germany, but had to turn back after the crew noticed an issue with the flight controls.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1752 had to return for an emergency landing in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 13th.
The Boeing 717-200 plane took off for Savannah, Georgia, but had to turn back due to flight control issues.
The plane landed back safely. All 116 people aboard remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-2312 made an emergency landing in Gulfport, Mississippi, on March 12th.
The Boeing 717-200 plane flying from Atlanta, Georgia, was descending toward Gulfport when the crew declared an emergency due to flight control problems.
The plane landed at higher than normal speed. All 98 people aboard remained safe.
United Airlines Flight 3730 had to make an emergency landing in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 22nd.
The plane, en-route from Jackson, Mississippi, to Chicago, Illinois, was diverted due to issues with cockpit flight control system.
The plane landed safely. All 37 people aboard remained unharmed.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-412 had to return and make an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on June 11th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Seoul, South Korea, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a possible flight control problem.
The plane landed safely. There were 314 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Jazz Air flight QK-8417 had to reject takeoff at Kelowna International Airport, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on April 20th.
The De Havilland Dash 8-300 was about to takeoff for Vancouver, Canada, when the crew reported some problem with its flight control system.
The plane returned to the apron.
The flight was cancelled.
Mesa Airlines flight YV-5631/ AA-5631 had to abort takeoff at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas, Texas, on April 20th.
The Canadair CRJ-900 was about to takeoff for Columbia, South Carolina, when the crew had to abort taking off due to a flight control issue.
The plane remained on the taxiway, and resumed flight after 40 minutes.
A U.S. Air Force refueling plane made an emergency landing at RAF Mildenhall airbase in England, on April 29.
The KC-135 Stratotanker was on a routine mission when it had to declare an in-flight emergency due to a flight control-related fault.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 3 passengers and 3 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
A Delta Connection regional jet en route from Lansing to Atlanta had to divert and make an emergency landing at Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana, at around 10:10 a.m. on August 16.
Airport officials confirmed that the jet diverted to Indianapolis because of flight control issues.
The plane landed safely and all 44 people aboard remained unharmed.
On Feb 17, 2013, an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Dallas Ft Worth to La Guardia (NYC), aborted an approach and made a safe landing on the second attempt. The plane was about to land and dealing with windy conditions when it lost its flight control system.
The same plane had been reported with electrical problems two days before.
On landing, the pilots were reported to be complaining to maintenance crews about the repairs.