Flybe flight BE-480 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Scotland, on January 16th.
The plane heading from Manchester, England, to Belfast, Northern Ireland, was diverted due to a suspected technical fault.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Colombian army helicopter crashed in Antioquia, Colombia, on January 16th.
The Russian-made MI-17 helicopter was carrying ten people when it went down near the town of Segovia.
All ten people aboard, including two civilians and eight army personnel, were killed in the crash.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
Delta Airlines flight DL-298 had to make an emergency landing at Saipan International Airport on Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands, on January 16th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane was flying from Narita International Airport, Japan, when the crew declared an emergency due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-1523 made an emergency landing in Dusseldorf, Germany, on January 16th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Istanbul, Turkey, was descending toward Dusseldorf when the crew reported possible issues with the nose gear.
The plane landed safely and was towed off the runway.
All one hundred and seventy-five people aboard remained unharmed.
Loganair flight LM-390 had to return and make an emergency landing in Kirkwall, Scotland, on January 16th.
The plane took off for Edinburgh, Scotland, but had to turn back after one of the engines failed.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
British Airways flight BA-225 had to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on January 15th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane took off for New Orleans, Louisiana, but had to turn back due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Azul Brazilian Airlines flight AD-9277 made an emergency landing in Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil, on January 15th.
The plane flying from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, was descending toward Vitoria da Conquista when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke on-board.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All sixty-nine passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
British Airways flight BA-1468 made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on January 15th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Inverness, Scotland, but had to return after the crew received indication of an issue with the brakes.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Envoy Air flight AA-4680 had to return and make an emergency landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 14th.
The Embraer ERJ-145 plane took off for Ottawa, Canada, but had to turn back after the crew received indication of an engine problem.
The plane landed safely. All fifty people aboard remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-1219 had to divert and make an emergency landing in San Francisco, California, on January 14th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Denver, Colorado, to Lihue, Hawaii, was diverted after all toilets became full.
The plane landed safely.
An Ethiopian Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on January 15th.
The plane took off for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but had to turn back due to indication of a mechanical problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A helicopter crashed into a field in Troy Township, Wood County, Ohio, on January 15th.
The incident happened when the helicopter was carrying two workers who were doing survey work for the utility company FirstEnergy.
Both occupants of the aircraft were killed in the crash.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
KLM flight KL-1690 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on January 15th.
The plane flying from Zurich, Switzerland, was descending toward Amsterdam when the crew noticed a strange smell in the cabin and declared an emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully. All seventy-seven people aboard remained safe.
Swiss Global Air Lines flight LX-464 had to return and make an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 15th.
The plane took off for London City Airport, England, but had to turn back due to the failure of one of the elevators.
The plane landed back safely. All thirty-six passengers aboard remained unharmed.
A TAAG Angola Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing in Luanda, Angola, on January 14th.
The plane took off for Lubango, Angola, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
El Al flight LY-8 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada, on January 14th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane heading from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Tel Aviv, Israel, was diverted after the crew received a wheel well fire indication.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Flybe flight BE-653 made an emergency landing at Belfast International Airport, Northern Ireland, on January 14th.
The plane heading from Birmingham, England, to Ireland West Airport Knock, Ireland, was diverted due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Finnair flight AY-1072 had to return and make an emergency landing in Riga, Latvia, on January 12th.
The plane took off for Helsinki, Finland, but had to turn back due to a technical fault.
The plane landed back safely. All twenty-eight passengers and four crew members remained unharmed.
AirBridgeCargo Airlines flight RU-523 made an emergency landing in Liege, Belgium, on January 12th.
The Boeing 747-400 freighter plane flying from Moscow, Russia, was on final approach to Liege when the crew reported an issue with the flaps and went around.
The plane subsequently landed safely at a higher than normal speed. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS-3 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on January 12th.
The Airbus A340-600 plane flying from Heathrow Airport, England, was descending toward New York when the crew reported an engine oil leak and declared an emergency.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
EasyJet flight U2-7904 had to return and make an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 10th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Amsterdam, Netherlands, but had to turn back after the crew suspected a blown tire.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Kuwait Airways flight KU-204 made an emergency landing in Lahore, Pakistan, on January 11th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait, but had to return after the crew received an over pressure indication for the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Lufthansa flight LH-1365 had to return and make an emergency landing in Krakow, Poland, on January 11th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Frankfurt, Germany, but had to turn back due to an unusual odor on-board.
The plane landed safely. All forty passengers aboard remained unharmed.
Aeroflot flight SU-34 made an emergency landing in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 10th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Moscow, Russia, was descending toward St. Petersburg when the crew reported a hydraulic issue.
The plane subsequently landed safely. All one hundred and ten people aboard remained unharmed.
Edelweiss Air flight WK-24 made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 11th.
The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Cancun, Mexico, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All two hundred and eighty-six passengers and twelve crew members remained safe.
