Turkish Airlines flight TK-183 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on February 23rd.
The Airbus A330-200 plane heading from Istanbul, Turkey, to Havana, Cuba, was diverted due to a mechanical problem.
The plane landed safely. There were 173 passengers and 13 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-3733 made an emergency landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 24th.
The plane heading from Omaha, Nebraska, to Houston, Texas, was diverted due to a pressurization problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A vintage plane veered off the runway into a deep drainage ditch during landing at the Rush City Airport in east-central Minnesota.
The incident happened during the Rush City Fly-in on the morning of June 8.
The pilot from Amery, Wisconsin, was uninjured.
The 1936 Tailor J2 aircraft sustained damage at the front end, including a broken propeller and broken landing gear.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of crash.
A chartered plane, carrying Mississippi State men’s basketball team, made an emergency landing in St. Louis, Missouri, on the night of February 14.
The incident happened when the team was returning to Starkville after defeating the Missouri Tigers in Columbia, Missouri.
According to Mississippi State sports information director Gregg Ellis, the plane had to land in emergency after its right engine failed.
The plane landed uneventfully and no one was harmed.
United Airlines flight UA-51 had to return and make an emergency landing in Newark, New Jersey, on October 13th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Madrid, Spain, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed safely. All 221 people aboard remained unharmed.
Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SV-768 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on April 23rd.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Chennai, India, was diverted due to indication of a landing gear problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 127 people aboard remained safe.
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What: Delta Airlines Airbus A330-200 en route from Portland, OR to Amsterdam
Where: Atlantic Ocean
When: Jul 6th 2010
Who: 236 passengers
Why: While en route south of Greenland, the plane’s pressurization system developed problems, and the pilot decided to divert to Goose Bay, landing safely at Goose Bay about an hour before their scheduled landing in Amsterdam. A replacement jet (Boeing) was provided for the passengers so that 22 hours later, they arrived in Amsterdam safely. The original Airbus was relegated to maintenance and repaired.
