A Copa Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica, at around 10 a.m. on November 30.
The pilot declared emergency after a fuel leak alarm went off, indicating fuel leakage from the aircraft’s left wing.
The plane landed uneventfully and none of the 118 people aboard was harmed.
The aircraft was taken for examination.
An Aeroflot flight had to make an emergency landing in Yerevan, Armenia, at 5:00 am on August 26 due to a drunk Azerbaijani passenger.
The flight was on its way from Dubai to Moscow when a drunk Azerbaijani passenger started speaking loudly, insulting others and bothering the children. According to one of the passengers, “There were lots of children and foreigners. A man at nearly 30-35 years of age started to shout and molested children. The stewardesses failed to cope with him. Then 6 male passengers caught the man and bound him to the seat.”
The plane landed safely. The pilots tried to hand over the man to the Armenian police, but they refused to accept him. The man was finally tamed with sedatives to continue the fight with a 3 hours delay.
The man was eventually detained by the Moscow police.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1406 made an emergency landing at Colorado Springs Airport, Colorado, on December 21st.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane made an emergency landing in Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama, on April 7th.
The pilot of the small seaplane said he was doing some survey work for a proposed water pipeline when the aircraft’s battery failed, forcing him to make an emergency landing.
Both occupants of the plane, including the pilot Peter Serodino, of Chattanooga, and his only passenger, remained unharmed.
The plane was towed to a nearby marina.
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What: Air Canada Airbus A320-200 en route from Montreal Trudeau Canada to Fort Lauderdale, FL
Where: Montreal
When: Apr 14th 2009
Why: After reporting problems to air traffic control and returning to Montreal, on final approach to runway 06L the crew experienced “severe mechanical turbulence” and momentarily lost control of the plane. However, the plane landed safely; and shortly afterwards, the passengers were off to their destination–on board another Airbus.
*Mechanical turbulence is turbulence around buildings, wind eddies not caused by thermal means.
SunExpress flight XG-2830 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on July 16th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Fuerteventura, Spain, to Dusseldorf, Germany, was diverted due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Eurowings EW-4387 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Thessaloniki, Greece, on May 17th.
The plane heading from Rhodes, Greece, to Salzburg, Austria, was diverted due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
