UPS flight 5X-2276 made an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on December 5th.
The plane flying from Louisville, Kentucky, was on approach to RDU Airport when the crew requested emergency assistance due to an engine fire indication.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
UPS flight 5X-605 made an emergency landing in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 27th.
The Airbus A300-600 freighter plane took off from Chicago, Illinois, but the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The crew continued to Louisville where they requested the longest runway. The plane subsequently landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
UPS flight 5X-209 made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on November 18th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cologne, Germany, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained safe.
UPS flight 5X-634 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on August 29th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Rockford, Illinois, to Saint Louis, Missouri, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
UPS flight 5X-275 made an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on July 24th.
The Boeing 767-200 freighter plane flying from Vienna, Austria, was on approach to Cologne when the crew received an unsafe gear indication.
The crew went around to work the related checklists and subsequently landed safely.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
UPS flight 5X-15 made an emergency landing in Mumbai, India, on March 8th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane flying from Bangkok, Thailand, was descending toward Mumbai when the crew reported a hydraulic failure.
The plane burst a tire during landing and became disabled on the runway.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
UPS flight 5X-3 made an emergency landing in Yangon, Myanmar, on February 28th.
The plane heading from Hong Kong, China, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was diverted after the crew received a fire indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
UPS flight 5X-555 made a safe landing following a bird strike near Rockford, Illinois, on October 9th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane flying from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was on approach to Rockford when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
UPS flight 5X-203 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on August 4th.
The plane heading from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cologne, Germany, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke on board.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
UPS flight 5X-671 made an emergency landing in Springfield, Missouri, on August 1st.
The Airbus A300-600 plane took off for Louisville, Kentucky, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Air Cargo Carriers flight 2Q-1260 crashed into the trees left to the runway of Yeager Airport, Charleston, West Virginia, on May 5th.
The Short SD-330 flying on behalf of UPS went down the hill after hitting the trees.
All 2 crew members aboard lost their lives in the crash.
The incident is under investigation.
UPS flight 5X-104 had to divert for an emergency landing at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan, on March 8th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Anchorage, Alaska, to Osaka, Japan, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
UPS flight 5X-605 had to return and make an emergency landing at O’Hare International Airport, Illinois, on January 18th.
The plane took off for Louisville, Kentucky, but had to return shortly afterwards due to issues with landing gear.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
United Parcel Service flight 5X-61 had to reject takeoff at Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea, on June 6th.
The McDonnell Douglas-11 was accelerating to takeoff for Anchorage, Alaska, when the crew had to abort taking-off at a high speed.
The plane received substantial damage after it overran the runway and had its nose gear collapsed.
UPS flight 5X-63 made a safe emergency landing at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, on May 16th.
The Boeing 747-400, flying from Hong Kong, China, was flying above the Pacific Ocean when the crew notice a slow oil leakage from one of its engines. The crew had to shut the engine down before landing.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
UPS flight 5X-213 made an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on April 25th.
The plane, heading from Louisville, Kentucky, to Cologne, Germany, was diverted due to a suspected fuel leak.
The plane landed safely. All four crew members remained unharmed.
UPS flight 5X-2 had to return and make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on April 10th.
The Boeing 747-400 cargo plane took off for Hong Kong, China, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported that they had to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 3 crew members aboard remained safe.
A UPS cargo plane, en-route from Ontario, California to Louisville, Kentucky, had to make an emergency landing at the Chicago Rockford International Airport, Illinois, at about 11 p.m. on September 10.
The pilot decided to land in emergency after a hydraulic fault was discovered in the aircraft.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 4 people aboard remained unhurt. The cargo packages were transferred to another plane for timely delivery.
The plane was taken for inspection.
The FAA is investigating.