Spirit Airlines flight NK-1140 had to return and make an emergency landing in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 16th.
The plane took off for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Manchester-bound Thomson Holidays flight had to make an emergency landing at Nantes Atlantique Airport, France, at round noon on September 6.
The decision for diversion and emergency landing was made after a passenger in his mid 50s suddenly fell sick midair, shortly after the flight TOM2621 took off from Alicante, Spain.
The paramedics were ready at the scene when the plane safely landed. The passenger was treated for about half an hour and the flight resumed after his condition stabilized.
The flight, which was due to land at Manchester Airport at 1:05 p.m. eventually landed at 3:30 p.m.
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What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Sudbury to Toronto
Where: Toronto
When: Dec 16th 2009
Who: 53 on board
Why: On final approach, the plane developed hydraulics issues. Low hydraulic pressure was indicated in the no.2 hydraulic system. An emergency was declared, and the plane landed safely under emergency conditions.
Lufthansa flight LH-1452 made an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, on January 15th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane was flying from Frankfurt, Germany, when the crew reported a crack in a windshield.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
JetBlue flight B6-178 had to reject takeoff from Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 7th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Boston, Massachusetts, when the crew rejected takeoff due to an engine fire.
Emergency services quickly suppressed the smoke coming out of the engine.
The plane safely returned to the gate.
KLM flight KL-1374 made a safe emergency landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on July 25th.
The Boeing 737-700 heading from Bucharest, Romania, was on approach to Amsterdam’s runway when the crew reported a problem with its flaps.
The plane landed successfully.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
A Luton-bound private passenger jet was escorted from Lagos by two British fighter jets to make emergency landing at Stansted airport, Essex at 7:49 p.m. on July 24.
The aircraft, which is believed to be a Gulfstream small business jet, lost contact with UK authorities shortly after 7 p.m., forcing deployment of two Eurofighter Typhoons from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
Reportedly one of the jet fighters also landed at the airport.
An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Military jets were deployed on a precautionary basis when a private jet was diverted to Stansted…This was due to a loss of communication with the aircraft. The aircraft landed safely at Stansted airport at 7.49pm… All three people who were on board have been spoken to by police, it was established that everything was in order and the police response was stood down.”
