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.
Airlink flight 4Z-8127 made an emergency landing in Windhoek, Namibia, on January 28th.
The plane took off for Cape Town, South Africa, but had to turn back due to a cabin pressurization problem.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard 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.
A South African Airways flight made an emergency landing at King Shaka International Airport, South Africa, on November 14th.
The plane heading from Cape Town International Airport to O. R. Tambo International Airport, South Africa, was diverted due to a heavy storm.
The plane landed safely. There were one hundred and thirty passengers aboard, including Minister Siyabonga Cwele and Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. All of them remained safe.
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.
RwandAir flight WB-110 made an emergency landing in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 2nd.
The Boeing 737-700 plane was flying from Harare, Zimbabwe, when it suffered loss of cabin pressure.
The crew initiated an emergency descent and continued for a safe landing in Cape Town.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
A charter plane crashed in Pretoria, South Africa, on July 10th.
The plane went down near an airport in Wonderboom.
One person was killed in the crash. Twenty others were injured.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
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 XZ-1375 had to return and make an emergency landing in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 11th.
The plane took off for Port Elizabeth, South Africa, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members 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.
KLM flight KL-598 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Nice, France, on November 20th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane heading from Cape Town, South Africa, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, was diverted due to a cargo smoke indication.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members 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.
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.
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.
Mango Airlines flight JE-348 had to return for an emergency landing in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 9th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Durban, South Africa, but had to turn back after a pelican hit it.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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.