GoAir flight G8-465 made an emergency landing in Chennai, India, on November 13th.
The plane heading from Port Blair to Mumbai, India, was diverted after an elderly passenger complained of chest pain.
The plane landed safely at Chennai Airport.
Authorities said Vijay Kulkarni, 78, collapsed and died shortly after landing.
Alliance Air flight QQ-2700 made an emergency landing in Longreach, Australia, on July 16th.
The plane heading from Brisbane to Mount Isa, Australia, was diverted due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
TUI Airways flight BY-174 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, England, on March 1st.
The Boeing 787-800 plane heading from Manchester, England to Cancun, Mexico, was diverted due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Calgary Flying Club plane, carrying two club instructors, had to make an emergency landing on its belly, after its landing gear failed to extend.
The incident happened on Wednesday, April 30 at Springbank Airport near Calgary, Alberta.
Fred Burrow, the investigator from Transportation Service Board confirmed that the pilot initially tried to land at Springbank Airport at about 10am, but the plane’s landing gear failed to fully deploy. The plane was then landed in emergency, as the pilot’s efforts to resolve the issue remained unsuccessful and the plane was running short of fuel.
The landing was made with the nose lowered and the engines shut off to minimize any possible damages. The plane landed on its belly, and the passengers exited safely.
United Express Flight 3888 had to return and make an emergency landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on October 23rd.
The plane took off for Birmingham, Alabama, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported fumes in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
On April 16, 2013, an Air Europa Airbus A330-202 #EC-JPF was en route from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela.
However, the flight took off after an Aéromexico tail strike, and ran over fuselage debris which punctured a nose gear tire.
Pilots circled the airport, and returned to Barajas where they made a safe landing at 19:30 with emergency services on standby.
Air India Airbus similar to the one in the near collision
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IAF Gajaraj IL 76 similar to the one in the near collision
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What: Air India’s Airbus 320 Flight IC 206 en route from Dibrugarh via Jorhat to Kolkata
and an Indian Air Force transport IAF Gajaraj IL 76 en route to Dibrugarh at 19,000 feet flflying at a speed of 600 km per hour.
Where: over Jorhat in Upper Assam, around 300 km from Guwahati
When: Tuesday
Who: 43 passengers in the Airbus. The number aboard the Air Force plane was not disclosed.
Why: Pilot Joydeb Banerjee saw the air force plane about 300 feet away –Banerjee and co- pilot Neeraj Singha of IC 206 alerted the ATCs at Jorhat and Dibrugarh. The Airbus dived 2,000 feet just in time to save the lives of his 43 passengers. His airbus had taken off from Dibrugarh at 11.55 am.
An Airports Authority of India ATC officer stationed in the Mohanbari airport in Upper Assam was suspended for “apparent lack of co- ordination with the authorities in Jorhat”.
