Lufthansa Cityline flight LH-843 made an emergency landing in Hamburg, Germany, on December 23rd.
The plane heading from Billund, Denmark, to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted due to a burning odor on-board.
The plane landed safely. All ninety people aboard remained unharmed.
El Al flight LY 354 had to divert for an emergency landing in Zagreb, Croatia, on August 27th.
The plane heading from Munich, Germany, to Tel Aviv, Israel, was diverted after a burning smell was noticed on-board.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
What: Aviheco Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III en route from Bucaramanga to Sardinata
Where: El Alto, Lourdes, Norte de Santander Colombia
When: May 23, 2011 4 pm
Who: 2 aboard, both fatalities
Why: Pilot Rodrigo Javier Acosta and tech Jorge Velez Valbuena died in the Aviheco helicopter crash in Colombia. The helicopter may have been struck by lightning or taken down by other storm related condition. The wreckage went down in an area known as “Los Cables” on the “La Aguadita” farm in the village of El Alto. The helicopter was on a reconnaissance flight sponsored by an oil company with local wells . The bodies have been recovered by the Civil Defense commission.
Lufthansa flight LH-1452 made an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, on January 15th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane was flying from Frankfurt, Germany, when the crew reported a crack in a windshield.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Finnair flight AY-69 had to return and make an emergency landing in Helsinki, Finland, on September 24th.
The Airbus A350-900 plane took off for Hong Kong, China, but had to turn back due to a technical issue.
The plane landed at higher than normal speed. All two hundred and sixty-nine people aboard remained unharmed.
What: SAR Aviation Bell 407 helicopter en route from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, to Sahastradhara India
Where: Ladpur Jungle near Raipur, India
When: June 19, 2011
Who: 2 aboard, 0 fatalities
Why: One of the choppers hired for porting Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari and his family to Sahastradhara crashed, injuring a pilot and an engineer.
The weather was clear at the time of the crash, and a technical problem is presumed. Two of the three choppers in the party landed safely. The BJP chief and family were not aboard the Bell helicopter at the time of the crash.
The chopper broke in to pieces on impact and just missed Vigyan Vihar, a residential area. There were no casualties on the ground.
SAR is Swajas Aviation Company based in Chennai.
