Ryanair flight FR-8086 had to return and make an emergency landing at Riga International Airport, Riga, Latvia, on October 26.
The Boeing 737-800, en-route to Charleroi, Belgium, had to return due to suspected fuel leakage in one of its engine.
The plane landed safely.
All 176 passengers and 6 crew members aboard remained unhurt.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-248 made an emergency landing in Fukuoka, Japan, on November 6th.
The plane took off for Tokyo, Japan, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic leak.
The plane landed safely. There were 416 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
A small Cirrus SR22 plane made an emergency landing in a field near Jerusalem and Hunter Creek roads in Davidson County, North Carolina, at around 6:25 a.m. on October 22.
The plane was on its way from Monroe to Greensboro when it started facing engine problems near High Rock Lake. According to the troopers, the pilot had to deploy a parachute for landing in emergency after the plane’s motor shut down at a height of 3,000 feet.
The parachute brought the aircraft down safely in a field. The authorities confirmed that the pilot remained uninjured.
The FAA is investigating.
Alaska Airlines flight 448 was forced to return and make an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington, on April 13.
The plane took off for Los Angeles but had to return immediately after the pilot reported unusual banging noise.
The plane landed back uneventfully. All 170 passengers and 6 crew members remained unharmed.
The airline said a ramp agent was found inside the front cargo hold of the aircraft. The agent said he had fallen asleep.
The ramp agent was taken to hospital as a precaution while the aircraft resumed the flight.
United Airlines flight UA-3692 had to return and make an emergency landing in Sarasota, Florida, on December 2nd.
The plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-363 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Tampico, Mexico, on February 2nd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Atlanta, Georgia, to Mexico City, Mexico, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: United Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from London Heathrow to Chicago O’hare
Where: Keflavik, Iceland
When: 2:51 p.m. CDT Monday
Who: 200 passengers (178 passengers reported also )
Why: Just over three hours after takeoff, the flight landed at Keflavic, diverting because of smoke in the cockpit. There were no injuries; and passengers safely debarked onto the taxiway.
George’s Point of View
Online, the wife of a passenger aboard this flight said the following:
There was an electrical problem in the cockpit. You could smell it.The stewards took us through the emergency landing procedure. I was sitting in the exit row, so the steward went over it with me again. I knew it was serious when I saw the steward take out his passport and wallet from the overhead and put it on him. I got mine out and did the same. (So our bodies would be ID’d if we crashed.) We were flying at altitude and then we slowly descended to about 500 feet above the water. We didn’t hear anything from the pilot during this whole time. But you could see Iceland ahead. When we landed I gave a thumb’s up to a flight attendant. She smiled and said, everything’s fine, as if it we were never in danger. But then I saw her close her eyes and silently say a prayer. We exited the plane to ambulances and emergency equipment.
I called United customer service to ask about them getting me on another flight out of there. They said “we don’t fly to Iceland.”
I said, now you do!This is attributed to the husband of Julia McEvoy.
