Delta Airlines flight DL-128 made an emergency landing in Shemya, Alaska, on December 24th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Beijing, China, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted due to an issue with one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and ninety-four people aboard remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-263 made an emergency landing at Calgary International Airport in Alberta, Canada, on October 11th.
The plane heading from Dallas, Texas, to Beijing, China, was initially diverted to Edmonton International Airport, Alberta, Canada, after a passenger suffered a medical emergency. However, the crew subsequently reported a mechanical issue and decided to divert to Calgary.
The plane landed safely.
LOT Polish Airlines flight LO-91 had to return and make an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on September 11th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to turn back after the crew received indication of engine vibrations.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-332 had to return and make an emergency landing in Hong Kong, China, on September 10th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to turn back due to issues with the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air China flight CA-784 had to return and make an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on December 15th.
The Boeing 787-900 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
British Airways flight BA-39 made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on November 21st.
The Boeing 787-900 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to turn back after an electrical fire sparked in the cabin.
The fire had been extinguished before the plane landed back.
No injuries were reported.
United Airlines flight UA-851 had to divert and make an emergency landing in San Francisco, California, on June 20th.
The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Chicago, Illinois, to Beijing, China, was diverted due to a lavatory problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
LOT Polish Airlines flight LO-91 had to return for an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on June 15th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an issue with cabin pressurization.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Egypt Air flight MS-955 had to return and make an emergency landing at Cairo International Airport, Egypt, on May 15th.
The Airbus A330-200 flying to Beijing, China, had to return due to engine failure.
The plane landed safely.
All 211 people aboard remained safe.
Delta Airlines flight DL-188 had to return for an emergency landing in Beijing, China, on April 28th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Detroit, Michigan, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-888 had to return and make an emergency landing in San Francisco, California, on April 25th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to turn back after it lost the reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) maintenance capability.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
An Ethiopian Airlines flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, Pakistan, on March 18th.
The plane heading from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Beijing, China, was diverted after a mentally disabled patient attacked and injured his medical attendant.
The authorities said both passengers involved in the fight were Chinese nationals.
The plane landed safely.
KLM flight KL-898 had to reject take off from Beijing, China, on March 11th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane was accelerating to take off for Amsterdam, Netherlands, when one of the engines emitted streaks of flames and a loud bang.
The crew subsequent rejected take off and stopped at the runway.
Japan Airlines flight JL-21 made an emergency landing in Tokyo, Japan, on March 6th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a crack in captain’s windshield.
The plane landed safely. There were 169 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Scandinavian Airlines flight SK-995 had to return and make an emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark, on February 4th.
The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew received a cargo smoke indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 56 people aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-605 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Lahore, Pakistan, on November 8th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane heading from Beijing, China, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was diverted due to a suspected fuel leak.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 335 passengers and 12 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Scandinavian Airlines flight SK-995 made an emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 15th.
The plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine bleed issue.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
KLM Airlines flight KL-897 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on September 30th.
The plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to turn back after the crew reported a flaps problem.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-312 made an emergency landing in Hong Kong on August 26th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading to Beijing, China, had to turn back after it ran into severe turbulence that caused a windshield to crack.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Austrian Airlines flight OS-64 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on August 22nd.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Beijing, China, to Vienna, Austria, was diverted after the crew received a waste tank indication that suggested the lavatories were unusable.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Air China flight CA-1661 rejected take off from Beijing Airport in China, on July 31st.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was accelerating to take off for Changchun, China, when the crew reported vibrations in one of the engines and decided to stop.
The passengers were safely evacuated via emergency slides.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Manchester United’s plane had to make an emergency landing in Tianjin, China, on July 23rd.
The plane heading to Beijing, China, was diverted due to bad weather. The team was on its way to face Manchester City on July 25th.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Club manager Jose Mourinho said at a news conference, “We were supposed to fly with two different planes, with half of us in one plane and half in the other… The ones in the first plane was lucky because we landed safely and were in the hotel to have dinner. The second group was unlucky. The plane was not good. They had to make an unscheduled landing for a couple of hours, and then they arrived in the hotel to have dinner at one o’clock in the morning. But they had it with a smile on their faces which is good.”
Air Koryo flight J5-151 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Shenyang, China, on July 22nd.
The Tupolev TU-204 flying from Pyogyang, North Korea, to Beijing, China, had to divert due to smoke in its cabin.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Air China flight CA-941 made a safe emergency landing at Dubai International Airport, Dubai, UAE, on July 5th.
The Airbus A330-200, en-route from Beijing, China, was on approach to Dubai when the crew reported they would not be able to employ its nose wheel steering.
The plane landed successfully. It was towed off the runway.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ-3688 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Hohhot Baita International Airport, Inner Mongolia, China, on July 4th.
The Boeing 737-800, en-route from Beijing, to Guiyang, in China, had to divert due to some issue with on of its engines. The crew had to shut the engine down mid-night.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.