Germania flight ST-4911 had to return and make an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal, on June 26th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Berlin, Germany, but had to turn back after heavy smoke was noticed in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All ninety-four passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
GoAir flight G8-102 made an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India, on July 9th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane, flying from Kolkata, declared an emergency after lightning struck it causing the windshield to crack.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 180 passengers remained safe.
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What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Prestwick in Scotland to Brussels Charleroi in Belgium
Where: Charleroi Airport in Belgium
When: Monday March 16 2009
Who: 157 passengers and crew
Why: On approach to Charleroi Airport, the crew reported a problem with the braking system. The plane landed safely.
A military aircraft had to divert and make an emergency landing at Yokota Air Base, Fussa, Japan, on September 15th.
The KC-135 Stratotanker was on its routine mission when it encountered some complications mid-air, forcing the pilot to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully.
No one was injured.
A single-engine biplane went down and flipped over, while making an emergency landing, in a vacant field in Oceanside, California, at about 11:30 a.m. on August 5.
According to the FAA, the engine of the Pitts Biplane failed midair after it took off from Carlsbad’s McClellan-Palomar Airport. The pilot was attempting to divert it to Oceanside airport when it went down in a nearby field.
There were 2 people aboard at the time of incident; Lance Murray, the pilot and Daniel Harabagiu, his passenger. Both of them suffered only minor scratches.
The FAA and the NTSB is investigating the incident.
Air Baltic flight BT-619 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 13th.
The Boeing 737-300 plane heading from Riga, Latvia, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, was diverted after the crew discovered fire on board.
Swedish armed forces dispatched a fighter jet to inspect the plane from the outside. It did not find any traces of fire or smoke.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A plane, carrying members of the Karmanos family, had to make an emergency landing at Oakland County International Airport, Michigan, on June 14.
The owner of NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, Peter Karmanos Jr., his wife Danialle Karmanos and their four sons were heading from Detroit to New York when lightning struck their plane, causing an electric fire on-board.
The plane made a safe emergency landing and everyone aboard remained unharmed.
