Qatar Airways flight QR-964 had to make an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India, on August 26th.
The plane heading from Doha, Qatar, to Bali, Indonesia, was diverted after one of the pilots suffered a heart attack.
The plane landed uneventfully. The pilot, Andre Dinu, 34, was rushed to Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills.
A medical helicopter had to make an emergency landing near Interstate 20 and FM 126 in Merkel, Texas, at around 7:45 p.m. on November 11.
The pilot was forced to land in emergency after a bird hit the helicopter, which was transporting a patient from Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene to Lubbock Covenent Hospital, Lubbock at the time.
The Air Evac chopper landed safely. Authorities said that a flight nurse received minor injuries in the accident and was given medical assistance at the scene.
Another Air Evac helicopter was sent from Eastland to resume the flight. The patient had to face a delay of about 1 hour.
TUIfly Nordic flight 6B-873 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 19th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane was heading from Lulea, Sweden, to Krabi, Thailand, when the crew reported a hydraulic failure and decided to divert.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: a US Airways Airbus A330-323X
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What: US Airways Airbus A330-300 en route from Philadelphia to Madrid
Where: Atlantic
When: Nov 17th 2009
Who: not available
Why: Over thirty minutes into the flight, the flight experienced computer problems and turned around to return to Philadelphia.
The flight landed safely with no further issues.
A crop dusting plane made an emergency landing on the westbound lane of I-94 near Sterling, North Dakota, on February 12th.
The 1977 Thrush Ayres S2R was heading from Hillsboro to Mandan when it developed an engine problem, prompting the pilot to make an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. The pilot Adam Taylor, of Bismarck, North Dakota, remained unhurt.
American Airlines flight AA-1060 made an emergency landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, on November 8th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the crew noticed an odor in the cockpit.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred and fifty-eight passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
Qantas Airways Flight 94 had to return and make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport due to a water pipe leak, on July 2.
The Airbus A380 was en route from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia and was cruising at an altitude of about 31,000 feet when it sprung a leak, making the aisles flood with water.
The pilot then decided to return to Los Angeles, where the plane made a safe emergency landing at about 2:40 a.m. No one was injured.
According to a statement released by Qantas, “[The crew] did everything they could to help customers, including moving them to unaffected areas and providing spare blankets so they could stay dry.” The statement further said, “We’re also providing customers with hotel accommodation while the issue is being fixed by our engineers in Los Angeles. We apologise to customers for the inconvenience. There were no safety of flight concerns with the water leak, however the Captain decided to return to LA in the interests of passenger comfort. We are liaising with Airbus to understand what caused this fault.”
