What: Pakistan International Airline jet en route from Dubai to Peshawar
Where: Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi
When: Oct 12, 2011
Who: 150 passengers
Why: While en route, cracks developed in the windshield. Pilots diverted the flight to Karachi.
Passengers arrived in Peshawar at 2 pm.
What: American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Miami to San Francisco
Where: Las Vegas
When: May 6 2011, 11:00 am.
Who: 159 passengers, 6 crew
Why: While en route, the pilot reported that there was smoke in the cockpit.
The flight was diverted to Las Vegas, and made a safe landing at McCarran International Airport
What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Jacksonville FL to Atlanta.
Where: Jacksonville
When: Jun 15th 2011, 10:30 p.m
Who: 135 aboard
Why: Taking off from Jacksonville, they had a compressor stall.
The pilots recovered the left engine, and made a safe landing back in Jacksonville, in spite of a loud bang that occurred. They stopped on the runway (which had been inspected for debris). A passenger told reporters that there was an engine sparking.
Emergency vehicles were on hand.
Passengers disembarked, and were provided an alternative flight.
Loganair flight BE6891 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Aberdeen International Airport in Scotland, at around 10:45 a.m. on February 20.
According to a statement released by the airline, “The captain of Flight BE6891, which departed Edinburgh International Airport at 09:25 this morning for Kirkwall with 20 passengers, one infant and three crew on board, elected to divert to Aberdeen as a precautionary measure after detecting an unusual smell in the cockpit.”
The plane landed uneventfully and none of the passengers and crew members was hurt.
The airline arranged an alternate aircraft which took the passengers to their destination.
What: Aeroflot Airbus A320 en route from Moscow to Krasnodar
Where: Krasnodar International Airport, Russia
When: Oct 29. 2012
Who: 110 aboard
Why: After there was smoke in the cabin, the crew decided to land because there was smoke in the cockpit. The cause of the smoke was due to an electrical short circuit.
The pilots made an emergency landing at Krasnodar International Airport. There were no injuries.
British Airways flight BA-2679 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Venice, Italy, on April 12th.
The Airbus A320-200 was heading from Dubrovnik, Croatia, to Gatwick Airport, England, when the crew requested an emergency landing due to a cabin fire indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 140 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Meridian, Mississippi, on December 5.
The plane, operated by ExpressJet, was heading from Dallas, Texas, to Columbia Metropolitan Airport, South Carolina, when the crew reported a crack in the windshield and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
The airline arranged another aircraft for the passengers.