Fiji Airways flight FJ-410 had to return and make an emergency landing at Auckland Airport, New Zealand, on June 15th.
The Boeing 737-800, en-route to Nadi, Fiji, had to return after the crew failed to retract its landing gear.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
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What: Lufthansa Airbus A319-100 en route from Frankfurt to Erbil
Where: Nuremberg
When: May 15th 2012
Why: After taking off from Frankfort, the plane was struck by lightning.
There was a storm front around Nuremberg. The plane remained on the ground; and a replacement jet took passengers to Erbil.
United Airlines flight UA-107 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 29th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Munich, Germany, to Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Norwegian Air Shuttle flight DY-7042 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on January 24th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane heading from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Copenhagen, Denmark, was diverted after the captain fell ill.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and sixty-six people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Southwest Airways Boeing 737 en route from San Francisco to Denver
Where: Oakland
When: August 28, 2012 7:48 a.m.
Who: 143 passengers
Why: The flight made an emergency landing at Oakland due to cabin pressurization problems. Fire and rescue crews were on standby.
Passengers were provided another flight which arrived in Denver two hours late.
Air Algerie flight AH-6184 veered off the runway upon landing at Oran Es Senia Airport, Oran, Algeria, on April 1st.
The Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212-A, en-route from Algiers, landed at Oran’s runway but veered off during roll out and broke a number of runway lights.
The plane suffered substantial damage.
All passengers onboard remained unharmed.
A Convair 580, Wildfire plane made an emergency landing at Kamloops Airport in British Columbia, Canada, at around 8:30 a.m. on August 5.
The pilot reported a mechanical issue in one of the two engines and turned the faulty engine off. He, then manage to land safely on one engine.
The plane was carrying retardant which he dumped at a fire in Kamloops Fire Centre before landing.
Navi Saini, a female fire information officer with B.C. Wildfire said, “We still have engineers working to figure out what had happened.”
