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.
Nepal Airlines Corporation flight RA-206 made an emergency landing in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 26th.
The plane was flying from New Delhi, India, when the crew reported smoke in cockpit and declared an emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 154 passengers and 9 crew members aboard remained safe.
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What: Continental Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from Newark,NJ to Tokyo Japan
Where: Newark
When: May 9th 2010
Who: 275 passengers and 16 crew
Why: After take-off, exterior observers saw the gear out and observed a leak which was determined to be the hydraulics. The flight returned to Newark for a safe landing after spending about an hour in the air. They made a safe landing and were towed to the gate. Continental arranged for alternative transportation.
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What: Flybe Bombardier Q 400 en route from Exeter Airport to Newcastle
Where: Exeter International Airport
When: March 4, 2010
Who: 39 passengers
Why: On takeoff, passengers witnessed one of the Flybe’s wheels shooting sparks and detaching.
The pilot dumped fuel and circled for an hour and a half before returning to land safely at the airport. There were no injuries.
Air Berlin flight AB-6299 had to return and make an emergency landing at Hamburg Airport, Germany, on July 21.
The Airbus A320-200 flying to Munich, Germany, had to return due to bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Iran Aseman Airlines flight EP-850 had to return and make an emergency landing at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, on April 4th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Zahedan, Iran, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
An Aeroflot flight had to make an emergency landing in Yerevan, Armenia, at 5:00 am on August 26 due to a drunk Azerbaijani passenger.
The flight was on its way from Dubai to Moscow when a drunk Azerbaijani passenger started speaking loudly, insulting others and bothering the children. According to one of the passengers, “There were lots of children and foreigners. A man at nearly 30-35 years of age started to shout and molested children. The stewardesses failed to cope with him. Then 6 male passengers caught the man and bound him to the seat.”
The plane landed safely. The pilots tried to hand over the man to the Armenian police, but they refused to accept him. The man was finally tamed with sedatives to continue the fight with a 3 hours delay.
The man was eventually detained by the Moscow police.
