Iberia flight IB-6650 made an emergency landing in Bogota, Colombia, on January 17th.
The Airbus A340-600 plane heading from Lima, Peru, to Madrid, Spain, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All three hundred and sixty people aboard remained unharmed.
Taban Air flight HH-6329 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mashhad, Iran, on October 7th.
The plane took off for Mehrabad International Airport, Iran, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
United Airlines flight UA-5197 made an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on October 14th.
The plane heading from San Francisco to Burbank, California, was diverted due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA 3468 had to return and make an emergency landing at Greater Rochester International Airport, New York, on November 29th.
The plane took off for Boston, Massachusetts, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A FedEx plane made an emergency landing at Tokyo International Airport, Japan, on November 21.
The Boeing-777 cargo plane, en-route from Shanghai, China, to Memphis, Tennessee, was diverted after a fire alarm went off mid-air.
The plane landed safely. There were four crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Upon landing, the inspection teams searched the plane and found the fire source in a container.
The incident is being investigated.
Frontier Airlines flight F9-917 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, Florida, on December 9.
The Airbus A319-100, flying from Trenton, New Jersey, to Orlando, Florida, had to divert due to an issue with one of its engines.
The plane landed safely.
All 140 passengers and 5 crew members remained safe.
Appealing the Federal Aviation Administration’s revocation of their pilots’ licenses, Northwest Airlines pilots Capt. Timothy Cheney, 54, of Gig Harbor, Wash., and First Officer Richard Cole, 54, of Salem, Ore., say air traffic controllers didn’t follow FAA rules and practices and didn’t coordinate effectively with Northwest dispatchers.
On Oct. 21, their out-of-contact plane carried 144 passengers more than 100 miles past their Minneapolis destination. Over Wisconsin, contact was reestablished between the pilots and ATC. Both pilots have extensive flying experience and told investigators they had had no previous incidents or violations. Cheney was hired by Northwest in 1985 and had about 20,000 hours of flying time, about half of it in the A320. Cole had about 11,000 hours of flight time, including 5,000 hours in the A320.
In the interim, several shift changes occurred with off duty controllers failing to inform incoming controller that the plane was out of radio contact.