After suffering engine trouble, a Virgin flight for Brisbane returned to Emerald Airport and made an emergency landing.
No injuries were reported. Emergency services responded to the scene. Passengers were provided overnight accommodations.
In my experience, this does not happen often to Virgin.
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What: An American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Sao Paulo to Miami,FL
Where: Sao Paulo
When: Nov 18 2010
Why: After takeoff, the right engine made an explosive noise, suffered an engine surge and the pilots shut it down. The pilots returned to Sao Paulo and made a safe landing. Significant damage occurred in the engine, and it will have to be replaced.
Air India flight AI-315 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on March 29th.
The plane, en-route from Hong Kong to Delhi, was diverted after the crew reported an engine issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 154 passengers remained safe.
What: Gandy Air LLC Cirrus SR22 GTS G3 Turbo en route from Smyrna to Gary
Where: A mile SE of the Gary Chicago Int. Airport
When: Oct 3, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: A plane that took off from Smyrna, Tenn. General Airport crashed for unknown reasons in a wooded area about 400 feet from the Lighthouse Charter School in Gary. The bodies of the two men aboard were retrieved from the scene of the crash around 5:35 p.m.
No one reported a distress signal. A witness in Gary heard the plane’s engine “sputter” before the plane crashed. Many of the 650 students of West Gary Lighthouse Charter School heard the plane come down.
Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-43 had to return and make an emergency landing at San Jose International Airport, California, on April 18th.
The Boeing 767-300 heading to Honolulu, Hawaii, had to return due to a problem with one of its engines.
The plane landed safely.
All 252 passengers and 11 crew members remained safe.
TAP Air Portugal flight TP-843 had to return and make an emergency landing at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Italy, on October 17th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Lisbon, Portugal, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventy-one passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-602 had to return and make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on November 18th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Amsterdam, Netherlands, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
