emergency landings
United Airlines flight makes emergency landing after 'door open' light illuminates shortly after takeoff
United Flight 2434 was heading to Chicago when an open door indicator light came on, causing pilots to make an emergency landing at Tampa International Airport.
Alaska Airlines cancels hundreds of flights after midair door plug blow-out
As of Monday morning, the airline had already axed 139 of its flights, according to the FlightAware tracking site.
TikTokker captures Alaska Airlines emergency landing after hole blows out mid-flight: 'A part of the plane flew off'
“A part of the plane flew off not even 20 min into our flight??” the TikTokker strawberr.vy captioned the clip.
Alaska Airlines flight carrying 171 passengers makes emergency landing after door blows out; child loses shirt
Passengers described the chaos as people’s cell phones and belongings were sucked out of the gaping hole in the plane.
270 Delta passengers spend night on remote Canadian military base after plane makes emergency landing
More than 200 Delta passengers were forced to spend the night on a chilly and remote Canadian military base after their Detroit-bound plane made an emergency landing.
Steelers star shares terrifying account of emergency plane landing: 'Holding my breath'
T.J. Watt shared his experience during the Steelers' terrifying flight home from Las Vegas on Monday morning during Friday's episode of "The Pat McAfee Show."
Pilot dies in plane bathroom — forcing emergency landing after Miami takeoff
Iván Andaur, 56, was at the helm of the Santiago-bound LATAM airlines flight at around 11 p.m. when he suffered apparent cardiac arrest.
Delta flight with 96 passengers aboard screeches across runway in North Carolina emergency landing
The Boeing 717 carrying 96 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants out of Atlanta hit the ground turbulently without its front landing gear properly deployed — but there were...
Flight diverted after unruly passenger breaks free from restraints: 'They wouldn't calm down'
“There was someone being violent and they wouldn’t calm down. We wanted to get here as soon as possible. It was scary.”
Delta passenger who suffered severe allergic reaction to nuts slams airline: 'Really terrifying situation'
A Delta passenger vowed to never fly the airline again after she suffered a dangerous reaction to nuts that were served after she alerted the crew about her allergy.
Watch jumbo jet's emergency landing go horribly wrong in wild video
A Chicago-bound flight had to turn around to Luxembourg Airport and make an emergency landing after the plane was unable to retract its landing gear upon takeoff Sunday evening.
Two flights from Houston turn back after slamming into flock of birds
A pair of United Airlines flights were forced to turn back to Houston on Tuesday after slamming into a flock of birds. The two flights -- United Airlines Flight 2086...
American Airlines flight forced to return to airport after engine catches fire
The engine of an American Airlines Boeing 737 caught fire after hitting a flock of geese about 25 minutes after it took off in Ohio on Sunday.
Mother, teen son swim to shore after emergency plane landing at sea
A pilot and her teenaged son had moments to get out of their light plane when it ditched into the sea, before swimming to safety, in a hair-raising emergency.
Deadly snake forces pilot to land plane: It was ‘crawling up my shirt’
South African pilot Rudolph Erasmus made an emergency landing after finding a Cape cobra aboard his aircraft during a private flight.
Off-duty pilot helps land Southwest jet after captain has 'medical emergency'
“We greatly appreciate their support and assistance," Southwest said of the pilot from another airline who stepped in to help.
Entire plane -- including newborn -- saved by parachute after losing power in midair, video shows
The single-engine Cirrus SR22 suffered engine failure shortly after it took off from Pampulha Airport in Brazil.
Retired NYC firefighter helps Spirit crew put out fire that broke out on plane
Former Bravest Rocco Chierichella, who was flying with his wife, told News 4 Jax that the plane started “to drop altitude, and somebody yelled, ‘Fire!’ ”
McConaughey wife on chaotic flight that fell '4K feet' after lightning strike
Matthew McConaughey’s wife, Camila Alves McConaughey, was among the passengers on board the Lufthansa flight was struck by severe turbulence Wednesday -- and has described the "chaos."
NY-bound flight makes emergency landing as flames erupt from wing
A video of the terrifying incident showed massive sparks bursting from the aircraft as worried passengers cry in the background.