Expressjet flight EV-5469 made an emergency landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 28th.
The plane was flying from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when the crew reported a problem with the nose wheel steering.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
A small Cessna crashed into Lake Pontchartrain near the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, on the night of August 27th.
There were three people onboard out of whom a woman was rescued and taken to hospital.
Two missing persons are still being searched for.
A man wearing boxers scaled a fence and rammed into a pickup truck into a Southwest airplane at Eppley Airfield, Omaha, Nebraska, on August 25th.
The aircraft was bound for Denver, Colorado, when the man drove the truck and rammed it into the plane’s nose gear.
Two crew members and one passenger sustained minor injuries in the accident.
The man was taken into police custody for further investigation.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-843 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Naha, Japan, on August 28th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane flying from Tokyo, Japan, to Singapore was diverted after captain’s windshield cracked.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 214 people aboard remained safe.
Alaska Airlines flight 7 had to make an emergency landing at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, on August 29th.
The plane heading from JFK Airport, New York, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after an unruly passenger tried to open a door mid-air.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 180 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The unruly passenger was arrested upon landing.
Air Berlin flight AB-7024 had to return for an emergency landing in Dusseldorf, Germany, on August 27th.
The plane took off for Havana, Cuba, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Flybe flight BE-1274 made an emergency landing in Birmingham, England, on August 29th.
The plane flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Manchester, England, was diverted after the crew became aware that one of the tires had burst during departure. An airline spokesperson said the plane was diverted as a “precautionary measure to take into consideration more favorable wind conditions”
The plane landed safely. All 76 people aboard remained unhurt.
LOT Polish Airlines flight LO-775 made an emergency landing in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 26th.
The plane was flying from Warsaw, Poland, when the crew reported an issue with flaps and decided to make a flaps up landing.
The plane landed safely at a higher than normal speed. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Nok Air flight DD-8826 had to return for an emergency landing at Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand, on August 25th.
The plane took off for Nan, Thailand, but the crew decided to return after they noticed one of the tires had burst during departure.
The plane landed safely. There were 81 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-312 made an emergency landing in Hong Kong on August 26th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading to Beijing, China, had to turn back after it ran into severe turbulence that caused a windshield to crack.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-526 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on August 25th.
The plane heading from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Virginia, to Atlanta, Georgia, was diverted due to an engine issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 155 people aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
A Pawan Hans chopper had to divert and make a precautionary landing in Kelva, Palghar, Maharashtra, India, on August 27th.
The Bell 407 flying from Vedodara, Gujrat to Juhu, Mumbai, was diverted due to bad weather conditions.
The helicopter landed safely. All 6 people onboard remained unharmed.
A Stearman biplane went down during the Air show of the Cascades at Madras Municipal Airport, Madras, Jefferson County, Oregon, on August 27th.
The accident occurred while the pilot Marcus Paine was attempting to perform a loop.
The pilot was reported dead on scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-241 had to make an emergency landing at Haneda Airport, in Tokyo, Japan, on August 25th.
The plane had just departed for Fukuoka, Japan, when the crew decided to turn back due to failure of one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
A replacement plane was arranged for the passengers.
Emirates Airlines flight EK-149 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on August 25th.
The Airbus A380-800 was flying from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when the crew reported a nose wheel steering issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Air India flight AI191 had to divert and make a precautionary landing at Aktobe International Airport, Aktobe, Kazakhstan, on August 25th.
The aircraft en-route from Mumbai, India, to New Jersey, was mid-air when a fire alarm went off in its cargo bin, prompting it to divert.
The plane landed successfully.
All 378 people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
A single-engine Cessna plane crashed into a house in Vigo County, Indianapolis, on August 25th.
The plane was carrying two people at the time of crash.
Both the passengers were airlifted to hospital.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Thomson Airways flight BY-7352 made an emergency landing in Birmingham, England, on August 24th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Paphos, Cyprus, but had to turn back after the crew suspected a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
Iberia Express flight IB-3913 had to return and make an emergency landing in Palma, Majorca, Spain, on August 23rd.
The plane took off for Madrid, Spain, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Stobart Air flight RE-3701 made an emergency landing in Cork, Ireland, on August 24th.
The plane was flying from Birmingham, England, when the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit and declared an emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Latin American Wings flight H8-703 made an emergency landing in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) on August 24th.
The Boeing 737-300 plane was accelerating to take off when the one of the tires burst. The pilot continued the take off and returned for landing after burning off fuel.
The plane landed safely. All 156 people aboard remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed on Route 1 in Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, on August 25th.
At least one survivor was flown out of the plane, whereas no fatalities or injuries have been reported so far.
The crash remains under investigation.
A Sudanese transport aircraft had to divert and make a safe emergency landing at Al-Baha Domestic Airport, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia, on August 25th.
The Sudan bound Antonov 12 was mid air when it had to be diverted due to a technical problem in one of its engines.
One of the plane’s tyres burst during the landing.
All 10 people onboard remained unharmed.
Mesa Airlines flight AA-5906, flying on behalf of American Airlines, had to return and make an emergency landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona, on August 24th.
The Canadair CRJ-900 flying to Burbank, California, had to return due to problems with cabin pressurisation.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Expressjet flight UA-4199,flying on behalf of United Airlines, had to divert and make an emergency landing at Greater Rochester International Airport, Rochester, New York, on August 25th.
The Embraer ERJ-145 en-route to Canada, from New Jersey, had to divert due to smoke in its cockpit.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
