Delta Airlines flight DL-1996 had to return and make an emergency landing at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, on October 22nd.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en-route to LaGuardia Airport, New York, had to return after the crew received indication of smoke in lavatory.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 149 passengers aboard were unhurt.
The passengers were later provided a replacement plane.
TAME Airlines Airbus A330-200 heading to Ecuador from New York’s JFK Airport made an emergency landing at Joint Base Charleston at 2:05 on March 25.
The medical emergency was declared because of a female passenger having breathing trouble. However, she refused to go to the local area hospital for medical treatment. The plane left after refueling at 4.30 a.m. without dropping the passenger.
The flight was directed to the Joint Base since no international flights operate between midnight and 4 a.m. at the Charleston International airport, and the ground crew is not available during this time.
The plane had 70 passengers and 9 crew members on board.
Pictured: An eleven year old JetLite Boeing 737-81Q
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What: Jetlite Boeing 737-800 en route from Port Blair to Delhi
Where: NSC Bose international airport in Kolkata
When: 2.55 pm
Who: 187 passengers
Why: While en route, the Jetlite plane developed problems with its right engine, and diverted to the NSC Bose International Airport. The plane made a safe landing.
Jetlite defined the problem as “technical trouble” and said that the plane was being repaired in a parking bay.
* Kolkata was a scheduled stop. Passengers who were planning to continue on to Delhi were booked on other planes.
American Airlines flight AA-574 made an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, on September 19th.
The Airbus A320-200 was flying from Phoenix, Arizona, when the crew reported a landing gear issue and declared an emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 146 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
GoAir flight 368 had to return and make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, at around 9:30 a.m. on November 11.
The plane, carrying 116 passengers, was forced to return after a bird hit it just minutes after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. The flight was heading to Mumbai at the time.
The plane landed safely and none of the passengers and crew members was injured.
Acting Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport S P Pandey confirmed that the passengers were accommodated in another flight.
Insel Air flight 7I-304 rejected take-off at Flamingo/ Bonaire International Airport, Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands, on April 22nd.
The Fokker 50 had to reject taking-off due to a computer error.
The plane returned to the apron safely.
No injuries were reported.
A helicopter crashed and caught fire in Wikieup, Arizona, on June 25th.
The Robinson R66 helicopter took off from Prescott, Arizona, and was heading to Riverside, California, when it went down.
There were two people aboard at the time; both of them were killed in the crash.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
