What: Lion Air Boeing 737-900 en route from Tarakan to Balikpapan (Indonesia)
Where: Balikpapan
When: Oct 23rd 2011
Who: 198 passengers and 7 crew
Why: On landing in wet weather, the Lion Air Boeing 737-900 skidded off the wet runway off the paved area. There was heavy wind and rain, at the time of the landing. There were no injuries in the runway excursion.
What: American Airlines Boeing 767-200 flight from New York City to San Francisco
Where: Buffalo Niagara International Airport
When: Nov 27, 2011
Who: 713 passengers
Why: After having taken off from JFK, the flight developed smoke in the cockpit.
Pilots diverted to Buffalo, where they made a safe landing. No injuries were reported.
American Airlines routed another plane in to pick up the passengers. In the meantime, passengers were put up overnight in a hotel.
On an unrelated note, the CEO of American Airlines, CEO Gerard Arpey, stepped down. After a meeting in NY on Monday, the company is filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Operations of the airline will continue as usual, and frequent fliers will not be affected. However, some jobs will be cut. American Eagle also filed for bankruptcy, delaying its spin off from American.
Delta Airlines flight DL-42 rejected takeoff at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on November 2.
The Boeing 767-300, en-route to Brussels, Belgium, had to abort taking off due to maintenance issue with its engine.
The plane returned to the terminal uneventfully.
No injuries were reported.
United Airlines flight UA-1239 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Tallahassee, Florida, on June 13th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane heading from Miami, Florida, to Chicago, Illinois, was diverted after smell of smoke was noticed in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. There were one hundred and fifty-five people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-601 had to return and make a precautionary landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 24th.
The Boeing 747-400, en-route from Amsterdam, to Los Angeles, California, was climbing out of the runway when it ingested a bird and continued flying till it was mid-air above Norwich, England, when the crew decided to return as a safety precaution.
The plane landed successfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-270 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Minsk National Airport, Belarus, on July 11th.
The Boeing 777-300, flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Hong Kong, China, had to divert due to possible fuel leakage at one of its engines.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
TUI fly flight X3-2132 made an emergency landing in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 7th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg, France, to Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain, was diverted due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.