Emirates Airlines flight EK-432 was forced to make an emergency landing at Hyderabad International Airport, India, at around 7:40 a.m. on September 18.
The flight, en-route from Dubai to Singapore, was diverted after a female passenger suffered an acute brain stroke.
The plane landed safely and the patient, identified as Maria Lousia Victoria, 69, from Netherlands, was rushed to Apollo Hospitals in Jubilee Hills. The hospital authorities said that the left side of her body was paralyzed. She is currently held under observation in the ICU.
The flight resumed at 9:10 a.m.
A Delta Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on December 17th.
On April 17th, a Southwest Airlines plane suffered an in-flight engine failure and got hit by debris from the damaged engine, shattering a passenger window and killing one passenger.
American Airlines flight AA-2400 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Denver, Colorado, on December 11th.
Gol Airlines flight G3-1620 had to return and make an emergency landing in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, on April 26th.