Turkish Airlines flight TK-1769 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria, on June 3.
The Airbus A321-200, heading from Istanbul, Turkey to Prague, Czech Republic, was diverted after smoke was reported in its cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 117 passengers and 8 crew members remained safe.
The aircraft was inspected upon landing and was cleared to take off again after some time.
The flight landed in Prague with a 2.5 hours delay.
A Germania Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, on February 25.
According to a statement issued by Burgas Airport, the flight, en-route from Düsseldorf, Germany, to Samsun, Turkey, made an emergency stop after an 86-year-old Turkish woman died onboard.
The plane resumed its journey shortly afterwards.
A plane, carrying the Bulgarian Prime Minister, had to make an emergency landing at Sofia Airport, Bulgaria, on the evening of February 11.
The governmental Falcon took off for transporting Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to Brussels, Belgium. However, its landing gear could not close due to a technical problem.
The plane made an uneventful emergency landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
According to Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski, a team of Swiss experts would thoroughly inspect the plane.
A Turkish Airlines passenger jet, en route from Brussels to Istanbul, made an emergency landing at the Sofia Airport, Bulgaria, at about 19:00 EEST on August 9.
The decision was made after the authorities suspected that a laptop with an unknown owner could contain an explosive device.
The plane landed safely and all the passengers were off loaded and led to a safe location. The suspected laptop was seized for examination however, no threat was established.
The flight resumed after a short time.
The chartered flight K2 6242of Ukraine’s YanAir, operated by Polish Eurolot, made a safe emergency landing in the port of Burgas in Bulgaria on August 6.
The incident happened when the flight was heading from Antalya, Turkey to Poznan, Poland.
Eurolot spokeswoman Karolina Bursa said the pilot of the Airbus 320 “decided to make a landing because a need emerged during the flight to check one of the systems.” She also said that security protocols in such situations require landing at the nearest airport.
She further confirmed that the experts were checking a system that controls air conditioning and other things in the aircraft.