Cathay Pacific flight CX-646 had to return and make an emergency landing in Hyderabad, India, on May 21st.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Hong Kong, China, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All 244 people aboard remained unharmed.
On Oct 23, an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) to Miami reported a fire in the cockpit, a smoking engine and a loss of fuel. With smoke in the cockpit, and a hot engine, pilots made a safe landing when they diverted to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.
None of the 169 passengers and 6 crew reported injury.
Some sources reported “There was no fire anywhere” but other sources say there was an engine fire. American Airlines sent a replacement flight which made it to Miami Tuesday.
Alaska Airlines flight AS-1097 made an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 16th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty passengers aboard remained unharmed.
Lufthansa flight LH-1626 returned to Munich, Germany, on July 11th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Krakow, Poland, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a smell on board.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Nepal Airlines flight RA-206 suffered a bird strike near Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Delhi, India, was on approach to Kathmandu Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred and thirty-five people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Emirates Airlines Airbus A330-200 en route from Dubai to Kochi
Where: Kochi
When: September 14 2012
Who: 275 aboard
Why: According to IBN Live, an Emirates flight from Dubai to Kochi developed hydraulic problems and had to make an emergency landing in Kochi.
ATC said “Precautions were taken.” We assume this to mean that emergency services were on standby, but have no indication if any services were actively engaged.
The flight made a safe landing.
A British Airways Airbus A319-100 was en route from London to Oslo when it developed an engine problem.
Passengers heard a loud explosion, and saw smoke from the right engine. Apparently the engine doors blew off.
During takeoff, the casing of the left engine ‘came away’ and the right engine exploded when the plane made a quick return, landing in London.
Good thing that Emergency services were on standby to extinguish the engine fire.
Passengers and crew made an emergency evacuation via emergency slides.
None of the 5 crew and 75 passengers were injured.
The ABC News video below suggests a birdstrike that is purely speculative