Piedmont Air Flight AA-4801, operating on behalf of American Eagle, made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania, on April 29th.
The plane, flying from Richmond, Virginia, declared emergency after the crew noticed smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All 50 passengers and 4 crew members remained unharmed.
Singapore Airlines flight SQ-958 made an emergency landing in Singapore, on April 21st.
The plane, heading to Jakarta, Indonesia, had to return after the passenger oxygen masks deployed without any obvious reason.
The plane landed safely. There were 113 passengers and 12 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
British Airways flight BA-793 had to return and make an emergency landing in Gothenburg, Sweden, on April 21st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for London, United Kingdom, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported fumes in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely.
The passengers were accommodated in other flights.
Exploits Vallet Air Service flight AC-7804 made a hard landing at Gander International Airport, Canada, on April 20.
The Beech 1900D, flying on behalf of Air Canada, had its nose gear collapsed causing it to skid on its nose to a stop on the runway.
There were 14 passengers and 2 crew members aboard. Three of them were injured.
The plane sustained minor damage.
American Airlines flight AA-713 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 21st.
The Airbus A321-200 plane, heading from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Charlotte, North Carolina, was diverted after a windshield cracked due to bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 174 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Lufthansa flight LH-1129 had to return and make an emergency landing in Barcelona, Spain, on April 16th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane was heading to Frankfurt, Germany, when a loud bang from right engine prompted the crew to declare an emergency and turn back.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
The passengers were accommodated in other flights.
Alaska Airlines flight 644 had to return and make an emergency landing at Portland International Airport, Oregon, on April 13th.
The plane took off for Phoenix, Arizona, but had to return shortly afterwards after it lost pressurisation.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 144 passengers and 5 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Eastern Airways flight T3726 made an emergency landing at Aberdeen Airport, Scotland, on April 13th.
The plane was flying from Norwich, England, when the pilot reported a hydraulic problem and declared an emergency.
The plane landed safely. All 19 passengers and 3 crew members remained unhurt.
Cathay Pacific flight CX-379 had to return and make an emergency landing at Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China, on April 12th.
The Boeing 777-300 was en-route to Dusseldorf, Germany, when it had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported some technical issue with the in-flight entertainment system.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 269 passengers and 18 crew member onboard remained safe.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-50 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Mid Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas, on April 10th.
The Boeing 737-300 was en-route from Dallas, Texas, to Kansas City, Missouri, when the crew reported loss of cabin pressure and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. All 143 passengers and 5 crew members remained unhurt.
A military plane crashed on Kyushu island, Japan, after losing contact with the air traffic control on April 6th.
The U-125 plane was carrying six crew members when it disappeared from the radar around 10 kilometers north of Kanoya military air base.
All six people aboard were killed in the crash.
The accident is being investigated.
Buddha Air flight U4-952 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Biratnagar, Nepal, on April 8th.
The plane, flying from Bhadrapur to Kathmandu, Nepal, was diverted after the crew reported a technical glitch in the left hand engine.
The plane landed safely. There were 68 passengers and 4 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
Endeavor Air flight 9E-4058/DL-4058 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th.
The Canadair CRJ-900, en-route from Charleston, South Carolina to New York, was mid-air when the crew reported the loss of cabin pressure, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 62 passengers and 4 crew members onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
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.
JetBlue flight B6-1012 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New York, on March 30.
The Embraer ERJ-190, heading from Chicago, Illinois to Boston, Massachusetts, was mid-air above Buffalo when the crew detected smoke in the cockpit, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 54 passengers and 4 crew members aboard remained unharmed. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Air Transat flight TS-436 had to return and make an emergency landing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on March 18th.
The Airbus A330-300 took off for Cancun, Mexico, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an indication of low hydraulic quantity.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 366 passengers and 12 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
SpiceJet flight SG-152 had to return and make an emergency landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, India, on March 19.
The aircraft, heading from Mumbai to Delhi, was mid-air when it started causing turbulence due to green system failure, prompting the crew to return.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 141 passengers and 11 crew members aboard remained unhurt.
CityJet flight WX-118 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland, on March 18.
The Avro RJ-85, flying from Dublin to London, England, had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely.
All people onboard remained safe.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Yamal Airlines flight YC-9773 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Tyumen, Ural, Russia, on March 14.
The Boeing 737-400, en-route from Ufa to Noyabrsk, Russia, was mid-air when the crew detected power supply problem, prompting the plane to divert to Tyumen.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 154 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
The incident is under investigation.
American Airlines flight 3749 made an emergency landing at Norfolk International Airport in Virginia, on March 15th.
The plane took off from LaGaurdia Airport, New York, and was heading to Norfolk when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and declared emergency.
The plane landed safely. All 26 passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The incident is being investigated.
SBA Airlines flight S3-1515 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Las Americas International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on March 11.
The Boeing 757-200, heading from Caracas, Venezuela to Miami, Florida, was mid-air when the crew needed to shut down its right hand engine, causing the plane to divert.
The plane landed safely.
All 198 passengers and crew members aboard remained unhurt.
United Airlines plane had to divert and make an emergency landing at South Arkansas Regional Airport, El Dorado, Arkansas, on March 7.
The Embraer 170, en-route from Indianapolis to Houston, was mid air when the flight attendant saw smoke in its gallery, prompting the crew to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 70 passengers and crew members onboard remained unhurt.
Air India flight AI-634 had to return and make a safe landing at Bhopal Airport, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, on March 9.
The Airbus A319-100, flying from Bhopal, to Mumbai, had just climbed out of the airport when its right hand engine ingested a bird, prompting the crew to return.
The plane landed safely.
All 90 people aboard remained safe.
A Russian cargo plane crashed into the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, on March 9th.
The Antonov An-26 plane, belonging to True Aviation cargo service, was transporting shrimp from Cox’s Bazar airport to Jessore district, Bangladesh, when it went down. According to airport manager Sadhan Kumar, “Before the crash the pilot sent us a message saying one of the two engines of the plane went out of order… We prepared the airport for its emergency landing but the aircraft could not make its way back here.”
There were four Ukrainian crew members aboard at the time; three of them were killed in the crash while fourth one was injured.
The crash is under investigation.
EasyJet flight EZY8896 had to make an emergency landing in Bordeaux, France, on March 7th.
The Airbus A320, heading from Marrakesh, Morocco, to Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, had to be diverted after a drunk male passenger tried to open an emergency door mid-air.
The plane landed safely. The man was escorted out of the plane by the French police.
The airline confirmed the incident and said, “easyJet’s cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time. Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously, do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard and always push for prosecution. The safety and wellbeing of passengers and crew is always easyJet’s priority.”
