A Delta Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on December 17th.
The plane heading from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Rome, Italy, was diverted due to a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Alitalia flight AZ-673 had to return and make an emergency landing at Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, Janeiro, Brazil, on May 1st.
The Airbus A330-200 flying to Rome Fiumicino, Italy, had to return due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Delta Airlines flight DL-64 had to return and make an emergency landing at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, on May 1st.
The Airbus A330-300 en-route to Rome Fiumicino, Italy, had to return due to electrical issues.
The plane landed safely.
All 306 people aboard remained safe.
Alitalia flight AZ-111 had to reject takeoff from Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 15th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Rome Fiumicino Airport, Italy, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a bird strike.
The plane safely returned to the apron.
All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Emirates Airlines flight EK-97 had to return and make an emergency landing at Dubai International Airport, Dubai, UAE, on December 25th.
The Airbus A380-800, en-route to Rome, Italy, was mid-air above Iran when the crew reported problems with the right hand engine, prompting it to return.
The plane landed uneventfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-702 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Athens, Greece, on November 13th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane heading from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Rome, Italy, was diverted after the crew noticed several problems including issues with left hand engine.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Blue Air flight 0B-1215 had to return and make an emergency landing in Otopeni, Romania, on October 19th.
The plane took off for Rome Fiumicino airport, Italy, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a loud noise in the cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Alitalia flight AZ-63 made an emergency landing at Rome Fiumicino Airport, Italy, on September 29th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Madrid, Spain, was on approach to Rome Fiumicino Airport when the crew received an unsafe gear indication and declared an emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 151 passengers and 6 crew members remained safe.
Sunexpress flight EW-1885 made a safe emergency landing at Dusseldorf Airport, Dusseldorf, Germany, on June 4th.
The Boeing 737-800, flying from Rome, Italy, was on approach to Dusseldorf’s runway when the crew encountered flaps problem, prompting the plane to land at a higher than normal speed.
The plane landed successfully.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-444 made an emergency landing at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, on April 27th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane was flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, when the crew declared emergency due to a hydraulic problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
A Royal Jordanian Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Rome, Italy, on April 11th.
The plane, heading from Amman, Jordan, to Chicago, was diverted after a passenger became sick mid-air.
The plane landed uneventfully. The passenger was rushed to hospital.
The flight resumed shortly afterwards.
U.S. Airways flight US797 had to make an unscheduled landing at Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, at around 1:38 a.m. Local time on December 6.
The Airbus A330, carrying 129 passengers and 14 crew members, was en-route from Tel Aviv, Israel to Philadelphia when a foul odor started to sicken the passengers and crew members.
Authorities said the pilot had to divert to Rome after 2 passengers and all 14 crew members suffered from red eyes and started vomiting midair. The plane landed uneventfully and all 16 of them were given medical treatment.
According to the airline, “The aircraft is being evaluated by our maintenance team to determine what may have caused the odor.”
An Alitalia flight from Ancona had to make an emergency landing at Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy, on November 5.
The incident happened after the right engine of the ATR 72 twin turboprop aircraft was struck by lightning while passing through a severe storm.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 51 passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The aircraft was taken for examination.
EasyJet flight 8529, on its way from Gatwick to Naples, had to make an emergency landing at Rome Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, on September 1.
The aircraft, with 154 passengers and 6 crew members aboard, was diverted after it experienced severe turbulence due to thunderstorms in Naples. According to some passengers, 3 stewards were injured as their heads hit the ceiling.
The plane was able to make a safe emergency landing in Rome after which the passengers were transported to Naples by coach.
According to the airline, “Unfortunately due to the turbulence one of our crew sustained an injury, and as such were met by paramedics upon arrival at Rome Fiumicino airport in line with our procedures…EasyJet would like to apologize to passengers for any inconvenience caused.”
A Lufthansa’s flight had to land in emergency in Rome due to a medical emergency, on the afternoon of June 27.
The flight took off from Frankfurt, Germany for Malta at about 1.22 p.m., however, soon afterwards, the Airbus A320 was diverted to Rome for offloading a sick passenger.
The plane landed safely. According to a Lufthansa spokesman, the plane resumed its journey to Malta after refueling.
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, parked at Ciampino Airport, Rome, rolled backwards 40 metres and rammed into an airport fire station on June 5.
The accident occurred shortly after the aircraft landed and disembarked all the passengers.
The incident caused a damage worth of £200,000 to the rear stabiliser of the plane. The ‘tail wing’ of the £72m aircraft was torn apart. The garage of the fire station at the airport was also damaged externally.
According to a spokesman for Ryanair, the airplane was parked but was not properly secured by the ground handling staff of ‘Groundcare’. The airline has demanded an investigation into the incident.
A spokesman for Ciampino airport said: “We are investigating the cause of the incident and whether proper procedures were followed. We are aware of reports that chocks were not in place and that’s why the police have also been involved and a criminal investigation is also under way. Until that is completed there is nothing else to say.”
