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.
Delta Airlines flight DL-2668 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on November 10th.
The Boeing 717-200 plane heading from LaGuardia Airport, New York, to Boston, Massachusetts, was diverted after the crew reported an engine failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 97 people aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Aerolineas Argentinas flight AR-1300 had to return and make an emergency landing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 27th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to return shortly afterwards after flames were seen emitting from the left engine along with loud bangs.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Virgin America flight VX-762 had to make an emergency landing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, on October 27th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane was flying from to Dallas Love Field, Texas, to LaGuardia Airport, New York, when the crew decided to divert due to rudder issues.
The plane landed safely. All 92 people aboard remained unharmed.
JetBlue flight B6-275 had to divert and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, on October 21st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Hartford, Connecticut, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, was diverted after the crew reported smell of smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 142 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
FedEx Federal Express flight FX-684 had to return and make an emergency landing in Rochester, New York, on October 21st.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Memphis, Tennessee, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a suspected flaps issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 2 crew members aboard at the time; both of them remained safe.
GoJet flight DL-6285 rejected take off from Greensboro, North Carolina, on October 20th.
The Canadair CRJ-700 plane was accelerating to take off for LaGuardia Airport, New York, when a tire burst, prompting the crew to reject take off.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All 73 people aboard remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-406 made a safe landing at Shannon airport, Ireland, after a landing gear scare on October 11th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, was on approach to Shannon airport when the crew received an unsafe gear indication.
The crew continued for a low approach during which the ATC confirmed that the gear appeared to be down.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Aer Lingus flight EI-110 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 2nd.
The Boeing 757-200 plane was flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Shannon Airport, Ireland, when the crew reported a fault in the left hand engine and decided to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 115 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
JetBlue Airways flight B6-201 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 30th.
The plane heading from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted after it developed a double bleed air fault.
The plane landed safely.
Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Piedmont Airlines flight PDT-4839 had to return and make an emergency landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 27th.
The plane took off for Elmira, New York, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a hydraulic issue.
The plane landed safely. There were 32 passengers and 3 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
Spirit Airlines flight NK-647 made an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, New York, on September 26th.
The plane heading from Niagara Falls, New York, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted after the crew had to shut down one of the engines due to a fire indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 136 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
CommutAir flight C5-4919 made an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on September 24th.
The plane was flying from Albany, New York, when the crew reported a nose gear problem and declared an emergency.
The plane safely landed without nose gear.
Two passengers were transported to hospital with arm injuries.
A Saudi Airlines flight 021 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt, on September 19th.
The plane en-route to New York from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was mid-air above Cairo when the pilot reported that a passenger had fallen ill onboard.
The plane landed uneventfully.
The passenger was already dead by the time he was taken to hospital.
Alaska Airlines flight 7 had to make an emergency landing at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, on August 29th.
The plane heading from JFK Airport, New York, to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after an unruly passenger tried to open a door mid-air.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 180 passengers aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The unruly passenger was arrested upon landing.
Expressjet flight UA-4199,flying on behalf of United Airlines, had to divert and make an emergency landing at Greater Rochester International Airport, Rochester, New York, on August 25th.
The Embraer ERJ-145 en-route to Canada, from New Jersey, had to divert due to smoke in its cockpit.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
American Airlines flight AA-88 had to return and make an emergency landing in Miami, Florida, on August 13th.
The plane had just departed for LaGuardia Airport, New York, when the crew suspected that one of the tires had blown during departure and decided to return.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Delta Airlines flight DL-404 had to return and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on August 11.
The Boeing 777-200 en-route to Paris, France, had just departed when the crew noticed an open cargo door indication.
The plane landed safely after dumping fuel.
No injuries were reported.
PSA Airlines flight AA-5446 had to make an emergency landing in Albany, New York, on August 10th.
The plane flying from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Virginia, was on final approach when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
A small Cessna plane crashed in the woods in McDonough, Chenango County, New York, on the afternoon of August 8th.
The plane carrying 4 people was travelling from Sidney, Canada, to Greene County, New York, when it hit the top of the trees.
All 4 people were evacuated out of the plane with minor injuries.
The injured were taken to hospital.
Delta Airlines flight DL-2135 made an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on July 25th.
The plane en-route from Tampa, Florida, to New York, had to be diverted after the crew received an engine fire indication.
The plane landed safely. There were 96 passengers and 5 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
GoJet Airlines flight DL-6185 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Richmond, Virginia, on July 22nd.
The plane heading from Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina to LaGuardia Airport, New York, was diverted due to a fault in the right hand engine.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 60 passengers and 4 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Expressjet flight EV-5231/DL-5231 returned and made a safe emergency landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida, on July 19th.
The Canadair CRJ-700 heading towards New York had to return after the crew reported an engine fire indication in its right engine.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
American Airlines flight AA-105 had to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom, on July 12th.
The plane took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Aer Lingus flight EI-102 had to return and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on June 26th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane was heading to Dublin, Ireland, when the crew received an engine indication and decided to return.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
