BA Mumbai-London flight makes emergency landingOctober 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - A British Airways Mumbai-London flight with 207 passengers on board made an emergency landing here early Thursday following a fire warning in the cockpit, an official said. The captain of the BA-138 flight, which took off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 3 a.m., heard a fire alarm in the cockpit about 30 minutes after take-off.
Kingfisher flight back in Mumbai after technical snagSeptember 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - A Kingfisher Airlines flight to Bangalore returned minutes after take-off from here Tuesday when a technical snag was detected, an airport official said. Flight IT 103, with 80 passengers on board, took off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Interantional Airport shortly after 9 a.m.
S.M. Krishna's flight makes emergency landing in KarachiSeptember 3rd, 2009 KARACHI - An Emirates flight carrying Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport here Thursday night, a media report said.
IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at HyderabadSeptember 1st, 2009 HYDERABAD - A Bangalore-Delhi IndiGo flight Tuesday had to make an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here due to a technical snag. All 99 passengers and crew on board were safe, an official said.
Air India flight makes 'precautionary' landing in KolkataAugust 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Hyderabad-bound Air India aircraft with 28 passengers on board had to head back and make a 'precautionary' landing after a technical alarm bell went off minutes after it had taken off from here Saturday, an official said. "The flight took off at 5.14 p.m.
US passenger jet makes emergency landing in MiamiAugust 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Continental Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Miami Monday after encountering fierce turbulence that injured nearly 40 people. Flight 128 was on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Houston Intercontinental Airport in Texas and was southeast of Puerto Rico at an altitude of about 10,973 metres when it encountered the turbulence, which was not part of a storm system, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Another US airplane survives air scare after a football sized hole was discovered midwayJuly 14th, 2009 CHARLESTON - A Southwest Airlines plane with 131 people on board made an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia Monday after a hole appeared in the fuselage. No one was injured in the incident on the flight from Nashville to Baltimore, a spokeswoman for the airline told CNN.
Jeddah-Mumbai flight tyres burst on landing, passengers safeJuly 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Passengers aboard a Saudia airliner on a Jeddah-Mumbai flight had a scare when its tyres burst during landing at Mumbai airport Saturday evening, an official said. The Saudia flight, SV-744, was landing around 6.30 p.m.
Air India flight makes emergency landing at DelhiJune 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India flight to Hyderabad made an emergency landing here Monday, an hour after taking off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The airline said all passengers were flown to their destinations in another aircraft.
Russian plane makes emergency landing after windscreen crackJune 11th, 2009 NOVOSIBIRSK - A Russian airbus with 122 people on board has made an emergency landing in the western Siberian city of Novosibirsk following a crack in its windscreen, a transport police spokeswoman said. The Aeroflot Airbus-320 jet, which was travelling from East Siberia's Irkutsk to Moscow, landed safely in the city and none of its passengers or crewmembers were hurt, Tatyana Sherstova said.
US plane makes emergency landing in CanadaJune 10th, 2009 HALIFAX - An American Airlines plane with 206 people on board made an emergency landing in Canada because of a fire in a toilet, a television channel reported. The Boeing 767-300 was flying from New York to Zurich Tuesday evening when smoke started to pour out of a toilet into the passenger cabin, CTV said.
Southwest plane has emergency evacuation as tire catches fire during Houston landingMay 13th, 2009 Tire fire forces plane's emergency evacuationHOUSTON — Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight were forced to slide down emergency chutes after a tire caught fire as the plane landed in Houston. Southwest Airlines spokesman Paul Flaningan says no one was injured.
Indonesian military plane makes emergency landing after engine failureApril 28th, 2009 Indonesian military plane makes emergency landingSEMARANG, Indonesia — Officials say an Indonesian military plane was forced to land in a river after engine failure. No one was hurt.
Druk Air flight makes emergency landing at KolkataFebruary 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Druk Air Bangkok-Gaya-Paro flight made an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here Friday due to a crack in its cockpit window, an airport official said. 'The pilot of a Druk Air flight from Bangkok noticed a crack in the cockpit window after crossing Gaya (Bihar).
Plane with burning engine makes emergency landing in KolkataJanuary 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Jet Airways flight had to make an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here after its engine caught fire Saturday. All passengers were safe, an airport official said.