Jazz flight QK-8301 made an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington, on June 8th.
The plane flying from Calgary, Canada, was descending toward Seattle when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All seventy-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-754 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine, on December 21st.
The Airbus A330-200 plane heading from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, was diverted due to a burning odor on-board.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Finnair flight AY-1472 had to return and make an emergency landing in Vienna, Austria, on January 11th.
The plane took off for Helsinki, Finland, but had to turn back due to a cabin pressurization problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Air Asia X flight D7-207 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Brisbane Airport, Queensland, Australia, on July 3rd.
The Airbus A330-300 flying from Coolangatta, Australia, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, had to divert due to bird strike resulting in engine problems.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 345 passengers and 14 crew members aboard remained safe.
A Scandinavian Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Munich International Airport, Germany, on March 24th.
The plane took off for Oslo, Norway, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an issue with the left hand engine.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300 en route from Okinawa to Osaka
Where: Okinawa
When: Jan 26 2010
Who: 332 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the left engine developed issues, reportedly leaving a smoke trail. Within twenty minutes the crew had landed the plane back in Okinawa. No injuries were reported, although there may have been an engine fire witnessed from the ground.
Singapore Airlines flight SQ-336 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Dubai International Airport, UAE, on November 29.
The Airbus A380-800 flying from Singapore to Paris, France, had to divert due to some issue with one of its engines.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
