UtAir flight UT-456 made an emergency landing in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on December 27th.
The Boeing 737-500 plane heading from Noyabrsk to Moscow, Russia, was diverted due to indication of an issue with the air conditioning system.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Transavia flight HV-5779 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 2nd.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Groningen, Netherlands, to Tenerife South Airport, Spain, was diverted due to an issue with the air conditioning.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air France flight AF-428 had to return and make an emergency landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, on August 21st.
The Boeing 787-900 plane took off for Bogota, Colombia, but had to turn back due to an air conditioning problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Small Planet Airlines flight 5P-5963 made an emergency landing in Bergerac, France, on May 26th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Paderborn, Germany, to Fuerteventura, Spain, was diverted due to an air conditioning system problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Air Algerie flight AH-4016 had to return and make an emergency landing in Algiers, Algeria, on February 4th.
The Boeing 737-600 plane took off for Beirut, Lebanon, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an issue with the air conditioning system.
The plane landed safely. All forty-seven passengers remained unharmed.
Transavia flight HV-6915 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 21st.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Olbia, Italy, but had to turn back due to an issue with the air conditioning system.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Eurowings flight EW-20 had to return and make an emergency landing at Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany, on November 20th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Berlin Tegel Airport, Germany, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an air conditioning problem.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Oriental Air Bridge flight OC-51 had to return and make an emergency landing in Nagasaki, Japan, on March 8th.
The plane took off for Tsushima, Japan, but had to turn back after white mist was noticed coming through air conditioning outlets.
The plane landed safely. There were 32 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Austrian Airlines flight OS-832 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, on April 21st.
The Airbus A320-200, heading from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Vienna, Austria, was mid-air when the crew reported a burning odor from its air conditioning system.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
Ibex Airlines flight FW-84 had to return and make an emergency landing in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 17th.
The plane that took off for Komatsu, Japan, had to turn back because of high winds. However, on its way back, it experienced loss of cabin pressure due to a fault in air conditioning system, thus prompting the crew to declare an emergency.
The plane landed safely. None of the 40 people aboard were harmed.
ExpressJet flight 5009, operating as a Delta connection, made an emergency landing at Corpus Christi International Airport, Texas, on December 23.
The plane, heading from Monterrey, Mexico, to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, was diverted after its air conditioning system stopped working.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 71 passengers and 4 crew members aboard at the time; the airport reported that two passengers were given medical assistance in an air conditioned ambulance.
Med-View Airlines flight VL-2100 had to return and make an emergency landing at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria, on November 5.
The Boeing 737-400, flying to Abuja, Nigeria, had to return due to problems with its air conditioning system.
The plane landed uneventfully.
No one was injured.
Qantas flight QF2 had to divert and make a priority landing at Perth Airport, Australia, on December 8.
The Airbus A380 was on its way from Dubai to Sydney when a fault in its air-conditioning system was noticed. The pilot then quickly descended to 10,000 feet and sought permission for a priority landing in Perth.
The plane landed safely and no one was hurt.
An airline spokesperson said, “It was a fault with the air-conditioning so the engineers are having a look at that now.”
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320-214 was en route from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam when it developed a problem with the air conditioning.
Pilots made an emergency landing in Paris at Orly airport.
None of the 72 passengers was injured.
However, an online twitter post assumed that the problem was an engine fire because an engine bell was heard during radio transmissions to ATC. There was no fire.