Singapore Airlines flight SQ-368 made an emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore, on June 27th.
The plane took off for Milan–Malpensa Airport, Italy, but had to return shortly afterwards due to fuel leak from one of the engines.
The plane’s right engine caught fire after it landed at Changi Airport.
There were 222 passengers and 19 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Vueling Airlines flight VY-8318 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on September 15th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Barcelona, Spain, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bleed air fault.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unarmed.
Pictured: An eleven year old JetLite Boeing 737-81Q
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Contact photographer Vinish DSouza
What: Jetlite Boeing 737-800 en route from Port Blair to Delhi
Where: NSC Bose international airport in Kolkata
When: 2.55 pm
Who: 187 passengers
Why: While en route, the Jetlite plane developed problems with its right engine, and diverted to the NSC Bose International Airport. The plane made a safe landing.
Jetlite defined the problem as “technical trouble” and said that the plane was being repaired in a parking bay.
* Kolkata was a scheduled stop. Passengers who were planning to continue on to Delhi were booked on other planes.
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Contact photographer Neil Guinea
What: Air Canada Airbus A330-300 en route from Vancouver, BC to Tokyo, Japan
Where: Vancouver
When: June 4th 2009
Who: 147 people on board
Why: The Airbus experienced pressurization issues en route. The plane returned to Vancouver and landed safely an hour after it left.
Delta Airlines flight DL-8889 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, on May 23rd.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back due to a cabin pressure problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-588 made a safe landing at Bahawalpur Airport, Pakistan, on May 17.
The Avions de Trasport Regional ATR-42-500, flying from Karachi, Pakistan, was about to land when the crew detected some issue with one of its engines.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Lufthansa Cityline flight LH-843 made an emergency landing in Hamburg, Germany, on December 23rd.
The plane heading from Billund, Denmark, to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted due to a burning odor on-board.
The plane landed safely. All ninety people aboard remained unharmed.
