Allegiant Airlines flight G4-2292 returned to Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida, on August 22nd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Syracuse, New York, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Allegiant Air flight G4-1592 made an emergency landing at Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida, on July 25th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Punta Gorda, Florida, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was diverted due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Allegiant flight G4-676 had to divert and make an emergency landing at McGhee Tyson Airport, Tennessee, on April 30th.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 flying from Orlando Sanford, Florida, to Flint, Michigan, had to divert due to a sensor malfunction.
The plane landed safely.
All 150 passengers and 6 crew members remained unhurt.
Allegiant Air flight G4-533 had to return and make an emergency landing at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Boone County, Kentucky, on July 20th.
The Boeing 757-200 en-route to Las Vegas, Nevada, had to return due to problems with its right engine.
The plane landed safely.
All 203 passengers and 7 crew members remained safe.
Allegiant Air flight G4-679 had to return and make an emergency landing at Springfield-Branson National Airport, Missouri, on July 3rd.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 flying to Orlando, Florida, had to return due to engine failure.
The plane landed safely.
All 153 people aboard remained unhurt.
Allegiant Air flight G4-1671 had to return for an emergency landing at Chicago Rockford International Airport, Illinois, on December 15th.
The plane took off for Punta Gorda, Florida, but had to turn back after it ingested several birds into one of the engines.
The plane landed back safely. All 177 passengers and 6 crew members remained unharmed.
Allegiant Airlines flight G4-1690 had to return and make an emergency landing in Punta Gorda, Florida, on November 25th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Indianapolis, Indiana, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew failed to retract the flaps.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
An Allegiant Air flight had to make an emergency landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida, on October 19th.
The plane flying from North Dakota to Orlando, Florida, was diverted due to mechanical issues.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 154 people aboard remained safe.
Allegiant flight G4-749 had to divert and make a precautionary landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, Florida, on July 6th.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 was en-route from South Bend, Indiana, to Orlando, Florida, when the crew reported odor in the cabin, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed safely. All 172 people aboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Allegiant Air Flight 500 had to make an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 22nd.
The plane took off for Indianapolis, Indiana, however, one of its tires deflated during takeoff, prompting the crew to turn back.
The plane landed safely. All 202 passengers and 7 crew members remained unhurt.
Allegiant Airlines flight 871 had to make an emergency landing at St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport in Florida, on June 1st.
The plane was flying from Moline, Illinois, when the crew reported a mechanical problem and declared an emergency.
The plane landed safely. All 140 people aboard remained unharmed.
The airline said, “Our mechanics are doing a full investigation and inspection to diagnose and repair the issue.”
Allegiant Air flight G4-7001 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 5th.
The Airbus A319-100, heading from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, to Pittsburgh, was mid-air above Atlantic Ocean when it encountered turbulence, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully.
The turbulence caused minor injuries to 5 out of 143 people aboard. The injured were treated at the airport.
Allegiant Airlines flight 175 made a safe landing at Phoenix- Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa, Arizona, on April 28th.
The aircraft, en-route to Arizona, was mid-air when the crew reported engine failure, and had to struggle hard to gain altitude before landing.
The plane landed successfully. All 137 people onboard remained unharmed.
The incident remains under investigation.
The FAA has confirmed that it is moving the routine audit of Allegiant Air from 2018 to 2016.
According to a statement, “The FAA is conducting a routine National Certificate Holder Evaluation of Allegiant Air. We do these on each U.S.-certificated airline every five years. We moved up the date for Allegiant’s evaluation from 2018 to 2016 to ensure that work the carrier is doing to address various internal issues has resulted in the desired improvements. We expect to have the evaluation done by late June.”
The evaluation schedule was moved due to a series of recent incidents. Recently, at least two Allegiant flights made emergency landings due to shortage of fuel. Furthermore, last week an Allegiant plane made an emergency landing in Phoenix due to engine failure.
Allegiant Air flight 501 continued for a safe landing at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 30.
The aircraft, en-route from Indianapolis to Las Vegas was reported to have an issue with the right hand engine. The crew shut off the engine and continued for a safe landing.
The plane landed successfully.
All 206 passengers and 6 crew members onboard remained unharmed.
Allegiant flight G4-822 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Baltimore- Washington International Airport, Baltimore, Maryland, on March 13.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route from Saint Petersburg, Florida to Elmira, New York, was mid-air above Baltimore when the crew reported abnormal brakes indication and decided to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All passengers on board remained safe. They were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Allegiant Air flight 758 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida, on March 2nd.
Authorities said the plane, heading from Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida, to Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana, was diverted due to a pressurization problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 155 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
The airline said in a statement, “A replacement aircraft will be sent to JAX from SFB and is scheduled to depart JAX at 12:40 p.m. and arrive in IND at 2:40 p.m. Passengers will be receiving a refund for the flight segment, food at the gate, the option to change their flight to another one in the Allegiant network and $200 vouchers for future travel on Allegiant.”
Allegiant Air Flight 872 made an emergency landing in Birmingham, Alabama, on February 12.
The plane took off from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, Florida, and was en-route to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, when the crew reported an electrical odor in the cabin and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 153 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
The plane was taken for inspection.
Allegiant Air flight G4-736 had to divert and make an emergency landing at T. F. Green Airport in Providence, Kent County, Rhode Island, on December 30.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-83, flying from Orlando, Florida, to Bangor, Maine, had to divert due to smell of smoke.
The aircraft received minor damage due to heat.
All 120 people aboard remained safe.
An Allegiant Air flight made an emergency landing at Hector International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota, on December 28.
The plane was en-route from Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida, to Appleton, Wisconsin, when the crew decided to divert due to a mechanical issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 107 passengers and six crew members remained safe.
The passengers were accommodated in another flight.
Allegiant Air flight 815 had to return and make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on December 3.
The plane took off for St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, Florida, but had to return immediately afterwards after the crew reported smell of smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. No one was injured.
The airline said the aircraft had a mechanical fault.