Emergency landing

"We were cruising at 11,000 feet in the air when I felt something cold against my hip," pilot Rudolf Erasmus said.

The stunned traveler recalled how it "felt like we were in zero gravity" during intense turbulence.

San Diego Fire Department requested an additional three ambulances after responding.

"Officials did not expect to find any survivors," Keri Rodgers said. "Three hours after the plane went down, both survivors were miraculously found unscathed.

The plane, headed to Sao Paolo, Brazil, reportedly experienced a mechanical issue and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Four people died and five were injured in the crash, which happened as the plane was attempting an emergency landing, according to reports.

A passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing after the windshield cracked during the flight, with one report claiming air pressure was affected.

"Our plane was caught in a major unexpected storm and struck by lighting," Miley Cyrus revealed as she shared video footage from her Paraguay-bound flight.

Comedian Kathy Griffin was one of the more high-profile names who tweeted that she wished the plane transporting the former president had not landed safely.

No injuries were reported after the flight landed in Killeen, Texas, and the plane has been returned to service.

A Frontier Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing at El Paso International Airport because of a "passenger medical emergency and a fume event," the airline said.

The Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 initially took off at around 7.15 p.m. local time (8.15 p.m. ET) on Sunday.

The small aircraft landed around 12 p.m. local time in San Diego's North County on Tuesday, causing traffic jams and minor injuries.

"A Piper Chieftain P31 experienced a gear issue...the aircraft had five people including the pilot on board," a spokesperson confirmed with Newsweek.

In a statement sent to Newsweek, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) identified the plane as a "single-engine Piper J3C-65 Cub."

Farukh Khasanov helped land the Siberian Light Aviation Antonov-28 plane in a field after it lost radar contact.

A Southwest Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after a brawl broke out between passengers and a cell phone "exploded" mid-flight on Wednesday. It's the latest in a long string of passenger-related incidents on Southwest flights in 2021.

The Melbourne-bound plane returned to Brisbane Airport shortly following take-off after a part of its wing was found to be loose and "flapping in the breeze."

Massachusetts state police believe an external phone charger was the cause of the Flight 138 fire.

Some 153 people were reportedly on the plane.

"I landed guys," Post Malone said. "Thank you for your prayers."

The passengers and crew members aboard the aircraft were unharmed in the landing.

It's unclear what the odor was.

Flight 1592 made a successful emergency landing at Orlando Sanford International Airport, where bird remains were found in its engine.

Bolutife Olorunda, 29, pleaded guilty to assault within maritime and territorial jurisdiction over the May incident.

People on board vomited, and objects were dislodged in the turbulence.

"The stench was worse than that of a corpse that had been decomposing for a month," one passenger said.

"Everything in the cockpit was floating in the air. Most of the equipment malfunctioned...and I couldn't hear the radio," pilot Liu Chuanjian said.

At around 7.40 a.m. a windshield in the cockpit of a Sichuan Airlines passenger aircraft was ripped out mid-flight.

"No fuss was made, no drama, all very professional," a passenger said of the emergency landing.