Southwest Airlines flight 663 on its way from Orlando, Florida, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, made a priority landing at about 10:18 a.m. on August 17.
The pilot declared emergency just before landing at Milwaukee, after the crew reported an electrical smell onboard.
The plane carrying 127 passengers and 5 crew members landed uneventfully and no one was hurt.
The aircraft was taken for examination while an alternate plane was arranged for continuing the next flight to Los Angeles.
Cargolux Airlines flight CV-856 had to divert for an emergency landing in Vienna, Austria, on January 11th.
The Boeing 747-800 plane flying from Luxembourg to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was diverted after the captain began feeling unwell and subsequently became incapacitated.
The plane landed safely. The captain was rushed to a hospital.
British Airways flight BA-294 had to return and make an emergency landing in Chicago, Illinois, on September 12th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the nose gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Jan Bialas
What: American Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from London to Chicago
Where: Moncton
When: May 3rd 2011, 3 pm
Who: 150 aboard
Why: While en route, the crew reported the smell of smoke, and diverted to Moncton in Canada.
The plane landed with emergency services on standby and emergency services stayed until 5:20 p.m. The smoke in the cockpit turned out to be from an overheating battery. Dieppe Fire Department examined the plane. There were no injuries, and passengers were provided a room in the airport, so they didn’t have to go through customs.
A replacement jet was flown in.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-9993 had to return and make an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on March 6th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Zhuhai, China, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Manas Barooah
What: United Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Washington DC to Las Vegas
Where: Denver
When: Jan 23rd 2010
Who: 129 passengers and 5 crew
Why: Things were humming along normally on the flight when 24 miles from Denver, a passenger–who had taken medication and alcohol–was apparently disoriented and attempted to open the door. Other passengers subdued him; and the pilot made a stop in Denver to hand the passenger over to authorities (where the man will be going mental evaluation, and who knows what else, with attention from the FBI and police.)
(And hopefully AA or The Betty Ford Clinic.)
Air Canada flight AC-877 had to return and make an emergency landing in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 15th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Toronto, Canada, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
