A Delta airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, on January 20.
The plane took off for Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Kentucky, but had to return shortly afterwards after its landing gear failed to close.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-629 had to return and make an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 28th.
The Boeing 737-8 MAX plane took off for Accra, Ghana, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in Fisher County, Texas, on June 15th.
The Cessna 172 plane, carrying two people, struck power lines before it went down near near Abilene.
Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. They were identified as Dallas Lee McMahon, 33, of Austin, and Jay “Bob” Robert Leibson, 38, of Burnet.
Authorities said they were on an aerial photography mission at the time.
A small plane made an emergency landing on U.S. highway 27, just north of Interstate 75, in Weston, Broward County, Florida, on January 24.
The Cessna 172 was en-route from Palm Beach County to Key West when the pilot Arnaldo Santiago, of Palm Beach Gardens, noticed some issue in the plane and decided to land on the highway.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were three people aboard at the time; none of them were injured.
Air India flight AI 873 had to make an emergency landing at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, India, on May 19.
The plane was heading from Bhubaneshwar to New Delhi when a bird hit it, causing a cockpit glass pane to crack. The pilot immediately reported the situation to ATC and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 169 passengers aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Flybe flight BE-321 made an emergency landing in Birmingham, England, on September 11th.
The plane flying from Aberdeen, Scotland, was descending toward Birmingham when the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Eurowings flight EW-9224 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Hamburg Airport, Germany, on May 12th.
The Airbus A319-100 flying from Dusseldorf, Germany, to Gothenburg, Sweden, had to divert after the captain’s windshield cracked.
The plane landed safely.
All 98 passengers remained safe and were rebooked in other flights.