Mahan Air flight W5-1053 had to return and make an emergency landing in Tehran, Iran, on January 12th.
The Airbus A300-600 plane took off for Kerman, Iran, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Condor Airlines flight DE-2199 made an emergency landing in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on November 28th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane was flying from Varadero, Cuba, to Frankfurt, Germany, when the crew declared an emergency due to electrical issues.
The plane landed safely. There were 275 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
TAM Linhas Aereas flight JJ-3517 had to return and make an emergency landing at Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil on April 1st.
The Airbus A321-200, en-route from Salvador to Brasilia, was climbing out of runway when one of the plane’s engines ingested a bird, prompting the plane to return.
The plane landed safely.
All 108 passengers onboard remained unharmed.
A Royal Bhutan Airlines flight heading to Mumbai, India, from Paro, Bhutan, had to make an emergency landing at the NSC Bose International Airport, Kolkata at 9:30 a.m. on June 15.
An official at NSC Bose International Airport said that the captain sought permission to make an emergency landing because the windshield of the aircraft cracked while the flight was underway.
Airport authorities also confirmed that the plane landed safely and all passengers and crew remained unharmed.
Emirates Airlines flight EK-97 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dubai International Airport, Dubai, UAE, on December 25th.
The Airbus A380-800, en-route to Rome, Italy, was mid-air above Iran when the crew reported problems with the right hand engine, prompting it to return.
The plane landed uneventfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Pictured: A Wideroe De Havilland Canada DHC-8-103 Dash 8
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Contact photographer Felix Goetting
What: Wideroe de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Sogndal to Forde
Where: Bergen
When: Mar 2nd 2010
Who: 16 passengers and 3 crew
Why: While on route, the pitot heating system failed. The resulting nreliable airspeed indications convinced the crew to divert to Bergen, where they made a safe landing.
Offhand, I think this may be the first that I recall pitot tube issues on a de Havilland Dash 8-100. I wonder if these were thales tubes; and I wonder if airspeed can not be better determined with a more robust methodology. If I were a manufacturer, I would certainly have my engineers thinking about developing alternative technologies to bring to market.
Norwegian Air Shuttle flight DY-7191 made an emergency landing at Paris Orly Airport, France, on July 6th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the nose gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.