A small plane had to make an emergency landing in a field off Highway 12 near Martensville in Saskatchewan, Canada, on November 6.
The Cessna plane had just taken off from an airfield when the pilot Daniel Cotton decided to land after noticing engine cut out. “I was completely running out of room. I didn’t have enough altitude or airspeed to turn around and come back,” he said.
The plane landed safely. The pilot remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-589 had to return and make an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington, on February 19th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Shanghai, China, but had to turn back due to a lavatory maintenance problem.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and ninety-passengers aboard remained unharmed.
The smell of smoke forced the American Airlines flight 3454 to make emergency landing at Tampa International Airport, Florida, on Thursday, April 24.
The Embraer ERJ 145, belonging to Envoy Air and operated by American Airlines, was carrying 46 passengers and 3 crew members from Tallahassee to Miami. The passengers included Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart and the Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Alberto Carvalho.
The flight took off at 8:30 pm, after a 1 hour 45 minutes delay from the original scheduled time. Some passengers reported that after about 30 minutes into the flight, they heard an explosion, following which the smoke could be smelled in the plane.
However, according to Laura Masvidal, the spokesperson of American Airlines, there was no explosion and the decision for emergency landing was made due to smell of smoke in the cockpit.
The flight made an uneventful emergency landing at about 9:32 p.m. All the passengers and crew members exited safely.
The passengers were accommodated in hotels. They were given the choice to either take a shuttle for Miami or stay in hotel and take the flight to Miami next morning.
The cause of smoke is being investigated.
Lufthansa flight LH-2414 had to return and make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on June 29th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Stockholm, Sweden, but had to turn back due to an unusual odor in the cockpit.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-1005 had to return and make an emergency landing in San Antonio, Texas, on September 24th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Baltimore, Maryland, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pegasus Airlines flight PC-947 made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 7th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Istanbul, Turkey, was on approach to Zurich when the crew reported issues with the flaps.
The plane subsequently landed without flaps.
All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane made an emergency landing in a field near Dog Creek Road off Highway 221 in Ashe County, North Carolina, on November 13.
The single-engine Cirrus SR22 plane, carrying 2 people, was en-route from DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Georgia, to Lancaster, when it lost power, forcing the pilot to land in a field.
The plane landed uneventfully. Both people aboard remained unhurt.
