Lufthansa flight LH-419 had to make an emergency landing in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 23.
The Boeing 747-800, en-route from Washington D.C. to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted after the crew reported a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. There were 364 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Iran Air flight IR-406 made an emergency landing in Isfahan, Iran, on August 8th.
The plane heading from Bushehr to Tehran, Iran, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down its right hand engine.
The plane landed safely. All 236 people aboard remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
A small plane crashed in Yavapai County, Arizona, on September 22nd.
Authorities said the single-engine Cessna plane went down shortly after departing Prescott Municipal Airport.
There were two men aboard at the time; both were killed in the crash. They were identified as Jeremiah Linnertz, 19, and Spencer Kihlstrom, 19.
Nordwind Airlines flight N4-2477 made an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on February 4th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia, to Phuket International Airport, Thailand, was diverted due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. All three hundred and eighty passengers and fifteen crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane crashed in Alva, Oklahoma, on November 4th.
The plane, performing a teaching flight, was approaching the Alva Regional Airport when it experienced a mechanical failure and went down.
The instructor David Chael, 61, was killed in the crash. The student Cortney Washburn, 39, was injured and was rushed to a hospital.
An American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Orlando International Airport, Florida, on September 23.
The flight was heading from Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, when the crew noticed electrical odor in the cockpit and requested an emergency landing.
The Boeing 777 landed safely. There were 200 passengers and 14 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
The plane was taken for inspection.
Germania Flug flight GM-3225 had to return and make an emergency landing in Pristina, Kosovo, on June 14th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back after a phone battery started emitting smoke.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.