SriLankan Airlines flight UL-121 burst a tire on landing at Chennai International Airport, India, on February 17th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A330-200 plane was coming from Colombo, Sri Lanka.
All one hundred and forty-two passengers aboard remained safe.
A Delhi-bound private plane carrying Congress president Sonia Gandhi had to divert and make an emergency landing at Kheria airport in Agra on April 8.
The incident happened when the plane was taking Sonia Gandhi back to New Delhi, after she addressed multiple election meeting in Uttar Pradesh.
According to the officials, the decision for diverting the plane was made because the weather in Delhi was not suitable for landing. Sonia Gandhi had to wait about an hour in the airport’s VIP lounge, before she could continue her flight back to the national capital.
What: Air India Boeing 747 en route from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Where: NSC Bose International Airport
When: 10:45 pm
Who: 400 aboard
Why: The flight was en route from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia when a fire alarm went off, due, apparently, to a technical issue.
The pilots made an emergency landing at NSC Bose International Airport. No injuries were reported.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH-180 made an emergency landing in Chennai, India, on June 10th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when the crew reported loss of cabin pressure and initiated an emergency descent.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred forty-one passengers and seven crew members remained unharmed.
What: Spicejet Boeing 737-800 en route from Kolkata to Delhi
Where: Kolkata
When: Sep 8th 2010
Who: 136 passengers
Why: On taxi (or during takeoff) which was already an hour late, the Spicejet’s left engine was smoking.
The pilot noticed the smoke, aborted the flight and returned the plane to the gate where maintenance worked on repairing the problem.
After another delayed departure, the Spicejet was again en route. When the cabin did not pressurize a quarter of an hour later into the flight, the pilot turned back and made an emergency landing in Kolkata.
At 10:20pm, passengers were flown out in a replacement plane.
A helicopter belonging to the Indian Air force crashed in Sitapur district of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state of India.
The helicopter, which was en route from Bareilly to Allahabad, crashed nose down and bursted into flames. The accident happened on July 25 at about 5 p.m. after the Dhruv helicopter lost radio and radar contact. According to the authorities, the pilot reported a technical fault in the helicopter before losing contact.
There were 2 pilots and 5 passengers aboard at the time of accident; all of them were killed. A statement released by the air force maintained that there was no report of any damage on the ground.
A helicopter carrying Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had to return and make an emergency landing at Tezpur IAF airbase in Assam, India, on December 25.
The helicopter was en-route to Kokrajhar when it was forced to return due to a technical problem.
The chopper landed back uneventfully.
Singh resumed his journey in an alternate helicopter after some time.
