Delta Airlines flight DL-107 made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom, on December 2nd.
The Boeing 767-300 plane was heading from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, to Salt Lake City, Utah, when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unhurt.
Envoy Air flight MQ-3612 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, on December 8th.
The plane took off for Wichita Falls, Texas, but had to turn back due to a problem with the anti-ice system.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
JetBlue flight B6-1097 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 29th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Boston, Massachusetts, to Atlanta, Georgia, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and three people aboard remained unharmed.
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What: Vladivostok A320 en route from Novosibirsk to Krasnodar
Where: Novosibirsk
When: Jul 3rd 2011
Who: 152 passengers and 8 crew
Why: After takeoff from Novosibirsk, the plane’s right engine ingested a hawk.
The pilot burned off fuel and made a safe landing three hours later with engine vibration.
A Norwegian Air flight en route from Copenhagen, Denmark to Oslo, Norway had to make an emergency landing in Sweden, due to a bomb threat from an on-board passenger.
The Boeing 737, carrying around 94 people, was on its way on April 25 afternoon when a passenger told a crew member that he had placed a bomb in the cargo hold. Following the threat, the plane made emergency landing at Landvetter airport, Gothenburg, Sweden, at around 3.30pm GMT.
Lasse Sandaker-Nielsen, the spokesperson for Norwegian Air said “Passengers have left the plane and the man who had warned of the bomb is under control by the police.”
Björ Blixter, a Gothenburg Police official said that the investigation is underway.
