Spirit Airlines flight NK-1140 had to return and make an emergency landing in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 16th.
The plane took off for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-1558 made an emergency landing in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on January 29th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Lima, Peru, to Miami, Florida, was diverted due to a hydraulic problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Iberia flight IB-6453 made an emergency landing in Quito, Ecuador, on August 11th.
The Airbus A340-600 plane flying from Madrid, Spain, touched down in Quito but the crew aborted landing and went around due to a blown tire.
The plane subsequently landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Avior Airlines flight 9V-1260 overran the end of the runway at Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport, Ecuador, on March 3rd.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-400 plane was coming from Barcelona, Venezuela.
The plane came to stop on soft ground.
All ninety-nine passengers aboard remained uninjured.
Avior Airlines flight 9V-1260 made an emergency landing in Manta, Ecuador, on November 19th.
The Boeing 737-200 plane heading from Barcelona, Venezuela, to Guayaquil, Ecuador, was diverted after an engine started emitting loud bangs and the passenger oxygen masks deployed.
The plane landed uneventfully. All eighty-one passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
JetBlue flight B6-2850 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Miami International Airport, Florida, on July 19th.
The Airbus A320-200 flying from Quito, Ecuador, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, had to divert due to flaps problem.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
LATAM Airlines flight XL-1730 had to return and make an emergency landing in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 27th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Madrid, Spain, but had to return shortly afterwards after it was hit by lightning.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A TAME Airlines plane skidded off runway at Cuenca Airport, Ecuador, on April 28th.
The plane, performing flight EQ-173 from Quito, Ecuador, landed amid heavy rain and slided off the tarmac onto the grass.
There were 87 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; none of them were injured.
The aircraft was substantially damaged.
A military plane crashed in Pastaza province of Ecuador, on March 15th.
Authorities said the Israeli-made Arava cargo plane was transporting 19 soldiers for a parachuting training when it went down in the Amazon region.
There were 22 people aboard at the time, including the soldiers, two pilots, and one mechanic; all of them were killed in the crash.
The cause of crash is under investigation.
An air force jet crashed near the airport in Salinas in Santa Elena, western Ecuador, on March 18.
The accident happened at around 7:40 a.m. when the FAE 026 aircraft was on a training flight.
Both people aboard the plane were killed in the crash.
President Rafael Correa expressed his grief on Twitter, saying, “Training plane T34 had an accident in Salinas. Captain E and Cadet R died. The Fatherland mourns them. Our love to the families.”
The crash is under investigation.
