Delta Airlines flight DL-1447 had to return and make an emergency landing in Springfield, Missouri, on October 23rd.
The plane took off for Atlanta, Georgia, but had to return shortly afterwards after flames were seen emitting from the left engine.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight KL-1395 had to return and make an emergency landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Netherlands, on December 28th.
The Boeing 737-800 en-route to Saint Petersburg, Russia, had to return due to very loud noise on its flight deck.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Lufthansa flight LH-1305 had to return and make an emergency landing at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 10.
According to the airline, the plane, heading from Istanbul to Frankfurt, was turned back after the crew members noticed an unusual sound in the cargo hold. However, some media sources reported that emergency was declared due to a bomb warning.
The plane landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remained unharmed.
According to Michael Lamberti, of Lufthansa, “When the plane touched down, it was discovered that one part of the cargo compartment was not secured well.”
The flight resumed after some time.
What: Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800 en route from Singapore to London Heathrow
Where: Heathrow Airport
When: May 25th 2009
Why: One of the plane’s four engines shut down causing an hour’s delay. The plane was taken out of service, and the return flight was delayed until the Airbus was back in service.
George’s Point of View
Airbus is just starting out with this monster and already having engine issues. Engine shut down is serious stuff, even though the monster can fly on less than 4 engines, it’s serious.
GoAir flight G8-345 made an emergency landing in Goa, India, on August 30th.
The plane heading from Kochi to Mumbai, India, was diverted after the crew noticed a technical issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were one hundred and sixty-six passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Three people en route from Alamosa to Ogden made an emergency landing in a Trans Med LLC Cirrus SR22 #N426TF when they experienced some problems with the plane.
But they came in fast, bounced over a hill, rolled, etc, off the runway to a nearby road in Mack Colorado, around 6 pm September 23, 2013. I guess we could call this a runway excursion. It appears to have been quite an excursion from the runway. I suppose we are writing about it here because of the fast landing. We don’t know the problem that forced the pilot to land in Mack.
The pilot and his two passengers apparently suffered very minor injuries that did not prevent them from renting a car and driving from Grand Junction to Ogden.
The NTSB is investigating. The pilot and passengers were not mentioned by name.
Mack is a small town 10 miles east of the Colorado/Utah border in Mesa County, Colorado. We had never heard of it either.
UPS flight 5X-3 made an emergency landing in Yangon, Myanmar, on February 28th.
The plane heading from Hong Kong, China, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was diverted after the crew received a fire indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
