Officials say a Northwest Airlines plane was forced to turn around and land back at the Baton Rogue, La., airport after a small maintenance door on the bottom of the aircraft opened.

A jetliner carrying more than 225 people slammed its tail into the runway during takeoff from Australia because someone programmed the wrong weight for the plane into a flight computer, investigators said Thursday.

A Boeing 777 has landed safely at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after its crew reported a malfunction in one of its two engines.

A Boeing 777 has landed safely at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after reporting flames shot out of one of its engines.

A small plane has made an emergency landing on a school playground at a west Phoenix elementary school, but no one was hurt.

The pilot of a small plane has made an emergency landing on a playground at a north Phoenix elementary school.

An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in New York minutes after takeoff. The pilot had reported engine problems.

A U.S. Airways Express flight with a faulty landing gear light has landed safely after being diverted to New York’s Kennedy Airport.

A Romanian plane carrying 51 people made a safe emergency landing in western Romania on Saturday and all the occupants escaped, officials said.

A Romanian plane with 51 people on board made an emergency landing on its belly in western Romania Saturday, officials said. All the occupants escaped safely.