JetBlue flight B6-324 had to return and make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on January 31st.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to turn back due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and fifty-three passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
Condor flight DE-2010 made an emergency landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 29th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane flying from Frankfurt, Germany, was descending toward Minneapolis when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A helicopter crash-landed in Atkinson, Henry County, Illinois, at around 5 P.M. on August 5.
According to sources, the aircraft hit a power line, caught fire, and landed in a soy bean field.
The pilot, who was the only person aboard, was pulled out of the burning helicopter by farm owner. He was airlifted to Peoria, Illinois, in serious condition.
The NTSB and Illinois State Police were investigating the crash.
VietJet flight VJ-627 had to return and make an emergency landing in Da Nang, Vietnam, on April 11th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, but had to turn back due to engine problems.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-6491 had to return and make an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on April 30th.
The plane took off for Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, but had to turn back due to a gear problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pobeda Airlines flight DP-1433 made an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, on January 14th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Perm, Russia, but had to turn back due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The Alaska Airlines flight, from Orange County, California to Seattle, made an emergency landing at the Crater Lake-Klamath Falls Regional Airport in Oregon, at 3:30 p.m. on July 27.
The flight was diverted due to fuel leakage in one of the engines, according to Bill Hancock, airport operations manager.
The plane, having 160 passengers and crew members aboard, landed safely.
The Alaska Airlines sent another Jet from Seattle at about 6 p.m. to pick up the stranded passengers from the Klamath Falls.
