A small plane made an emergency landing in a cornfield in North Topeka, Kansas, on July 1st.
The single engine plane was heading from Kansas City, Missouri, to Denver, Colorado, when it lost oil pressure, prompting the pilot to land in emergency.
There were two people aboard at the time; none of them were injured.
A private jet carrying Miranda Lambert, the famous country music star and her team made an emergency landing in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
The incident happened on June 3, when the plane was en route from New York to Nashville, Tennessee.
Wes Vause, Lambert’s publicist said that the plane lost pressure and they had to wait for about three hours before resuming the journey.
British Airways flight BA-864 had to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on 
July 23rd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Warsaw, Poland, but had to turn back due to an unidentified odor onboard.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
On December 18, 2012, a pilot had been en route when he encountered unfavorable weather conditions around Payson, and diverted to Phoenix.
He was flying at night and the Ameriflight Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crashed in mountainous terrain in the Mazatzal Wilderness, Arizona.
ATC lost contact with the pilot 50 miles northeast of Phoenix.
The pilot has been tentatively identified as David Kappes. After a Tuesday evening search was cancelled by snowy weather, a Public Safety helicopter located the wreckage on a mountainside northwest of the Barnhardt Trailhead, at about 7,000 feet 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Sheriffs who were dropped off hiked up to the site and located the remains.
A plane carrying 3 persons had to make an emergency landing in Hurricane, Southern Utah, after it ran out of fuel on the morning of June 22.
The Zenith Zodiac plane took off from St. George Municipal Airport for Hurricane, with the pilot, Myron Porter, his son-in-law and 4 year old grandson aboard. While they were flying over Hurricane Valley, the aircraft started indicating low fuel. The pilot then decided to make an emergency landing in a grassy field near 869 South 400 West, Hurricane, Utah.
The plane safely landed at about 8:26 a.m. All three passengers remained unharmed. The plane sustained minor damage.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene along with the local police and Hurricane Fire and Rescue officials.
EasyJet Switzerland flight U2-1337 made a safe landing following a bird strike in Santiago De Compostela, Spain, on November 20th.
The plane flying from Geneva, Switzerland, was on approach to Santiago De Compostela when it suffered a bird strike.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
This is the weather for cracked windshields. One almost wonders if maintenance crews are using hot water on that cold glass in Denver.
We see:
Denver: Skywest CRJ7-Cracked windshield
Denver: Skywest CRJ12-Cracked windshield
Denver: B752-Cracked windshield
Cold makes glass more brittle so that it can crack more easily without additional stresses. We also have:
Valdosta: PSA CRJ7 Cracked windshield
Do think that PSA flight flew from Charlotte NC to Tallahassee by way of Denver?
