Iran Air flight IR-725 had to return and make an emergency landing at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran, on July 9th.
The Airbus A300-600 flying to Amsterdam, Netherlands, had to return due to engine shut down.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 230 passengers aboard remained safe.
Piedmont Airlines flight PDT-4868 had to return and make an emergency landing at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip, New York, on May 16th.
The plane took off for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but had to return shortly afterwards after a light bulb in the cockpit started emitting smoke.
The plane landed back safely. All 40 passengers and 3 crew members remained unharmed.
Tarco Airlines flight 3T-400 was hit by a bird in Al-Fashir, Sudan, on September 10th.
The Boeing 737-300 plane was flying from Khartoum, Sudan, when a large bird impacted its nose cone.
The plane continued for a safe landing. There were 108 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
Singapore Airlines flight SQ-406 had to make an emergency landing in Singapore, on September 29th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane took off for New Delhi, India, but had to turn back after the passenger oxygen masks deployed.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
A plane, carrying China’s richest man Wang Jianlin, made an emergency landing at Agartala airport, India, on June 11.
The head of Dalian Wanda group, Wang Jianli and 8 other people were aboard the flight that was en-route from New Delhi, India to Beijing, China. Authorities said the Gulfstream G650 jet had to make an emergency landing due to a technical snag in its engines.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The aircraft was grounded while Jianlin and other passengers were transported to a hotel.
American Airlines flight AA-4933 made an emergency landing in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 30th.
The plane heading from Portland, Maine, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Los Angeles International Airport conducted a full-scale plane crash simulation on April 13th.
The two-hour drill, which was conducted to test the emergency response time, used a Boeing 777 plane that crashed and caught fire in a debris field.
Around 500 emergency personnel, including firefighters, participated in the exercise, while 150 volunteers acted as crash victims.
