Safair flight FA-102 made an emergency landing in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 21st.
The plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to turn back due to a technical issue.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Ethiopian Airlines flight 3W-20 blew a tire after landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on January 14th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-700 plane was coming from Blantyre, Malawi.
The plane was towed to the apron.
Everyone aboard remained safe.
Comair flight MN-6235 suffered a bird strike during landing in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on December 28th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-400 plane was coming from Johannesburg, South Africa.
The plane rolled out safely. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-43 had to reject takeoff from Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 18th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Istanbul, Turkey, when the crew noticed an open cockpit window and rejected takeoff.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
South African Airways flight SA-64 had to return and make an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on October 9th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Lusaka, Zambia, but had to turn back due to a damaged tire.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Qantas flight QF-64 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Perth, Australia, on October 6th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane heading from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Sydney, Australia, was diverted due to an issue with a fuel pump.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Swiss International Air Lines flight LX-7288 had to return and make an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 4th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to turn back due to a nasty odor on board.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
South African Express flight SA-1412 had to return and make an emergency landing in East London, South Africa, on May 11th.
The plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Swiss International Airlines flight LX-289 had to return and make an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 14th.
The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic issue.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and thirty-one people aboard remained unharmed.
British Airways flight BA-57 returned to Heathrow Airport, England, on March 19th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to turn back after the crew noticed hot air leak in one of the wings.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Comair flight MN-233 had to return and make an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 8th.
The Boeing 737-400 plane took off for Port Elizabeth, South Africa, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Swiss International Air Lines flight LX-289 made an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on January 1st.
The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back due to issues with the weather radar.
The plane landed safely. There were two hundred and nineteen passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
South African Airways flight SA-265 had to reject takeoff from Munich, Germany, on December 13th.
The Airbus A340-300 plane was accelerating to take off for Johannesburg, South Africa, when the crew rejected takeoff due to indication of an engine problem.
The plane safely returned to the apron.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Mango Airlines flight JE-147 had to return and make an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 19th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Cape Town, South Africa, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventy-nine people aboard remained unharmed.
SA Airlink flight SA-8103 made an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 8th.
The plane flying from Harare, Zimbabwe, was descending toward Johannesburg when one of the engines suffered an uncontained failure.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All thirty-four passengers and four crew members remained unharmed.
Qantas Airways flight QF-63 made an emergency landing in Sydney, Australia, on August 4th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to turn back due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Martinair flight MP-8341 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on July 14th.
The Boeing 747-400 freighter plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine failure.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Air Zimbabwe flight UM-467 had to divert for an emergency landing in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on July 10th.
The Boeing 737-200 plane heading from Harare, Zimbabwe, to Johannesburg, South Africa, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Kulula flight MN-111 encountered severe turbulence near Cape Town, South Africa, on June 7th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Johannesburg, South Africa, was on approach to Cape Town International Airport when it hit turbulence that injured a passenger.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
South African Airways flight SA-204 had to return and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on January 4th.
The Airbus A340-600 plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to turn back due to an issue with flap retraction.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
South African Airways flight SA-204 had to return and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on December 3rd.
The plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew failed to retract the flaps.
The plane dumped excess fuel before it landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A Kenya Airways flight had to return and make an emergency landing at O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 23rd.
The plane en-route to Nairobi, Kenya, had to return shortly after taking-off due to a transponder failure.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
South African Airways flight SA-96 had to return and make an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 12th.
The Airbus A319-100 aircraft took off for Ndola, Zambia, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a hydraulic failure.
The plane burnt off excess fuel before it landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Mango flight JE-248 had to return and make an emergency landing at Durban International Airport, Durban, South Africa, on June 10th.
The Boeing 737-800, en-route to Johannesburg, South Africa, had to return when one of its engines flamed out and could not be started again.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Air France flight AF-990 made an emergency landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, on May 28th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane, en-route to Johannesburg, South Africa, had to turn back after the crew reported a possible engine oil leak.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.