A few incidents and accidents - It seems as if declaring an emergeny after loss of engine is SOP - Curt Lewis

Incident: American A321 at Las Vegas on Apr 23rd 2017, engine shut down in flight An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N180US performing flight AA-1871 from Las Vegas,NV to Charlotte,NC (USA) with 197 people on board, was climbing through 11,000 feet out of Las Vegas when the crew reported the right hand engine (CFM56) was showing overtemp and according to checklist needed to be shut down, they were declaring emergency and needed to return to Las Vegas. The aircraft landed safely on Las Vegas' runway 25L about 25 minutes after departure. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1871/history/20170423/1620Z/KLAS/KCLT

Incident: PAL A343 at Sydney on Apr 23rd 2017, could not retract gear A PAL Philippine Airlines Airbus A340-300, registration RP-C3435 performing flight PR-212 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Manila (Philippines) with 220 passengers and 12 crew, was in the initial climb out of Sydney's runway 16R when departure control queried the crew "are you aware that your landing gear is still down?" The crew affirmed and indicated they might need to return to Sydney requesting to level off at 5000 feet and be vectored for a hold while working to retract the landing gear. ATC subsequently instructed the aircraft to climb to 8000 feet due to air space boundaries. The aircraft remained in the holding for about 35 minutes, the crew advised they would have no nose wheel steering, requested a tow truck and would be stopping on the runway. The crew requested a long final for runway 16R. The aircraft landed safely on runway 16R and was towed off the runway. A ground observer reported the #1 engine (CFM56) thrust reverser was inop during landing roll. The airline reported the aircraft returned due to operational requirements.

Accident: Sita D228 at Phaplu on Apr 23rd 2017, wing collided with wall on landing A Sita Air Dornier Do-228, registration 9N-AHR performing flight ST-605 from Kathmandu to Lukla (Nepal) with 14 passengers and 3 crew, could not land in Lukla due to weather and diverted to Phaplu (Nepal). An aircraft's wing contacted a wall during landing however before coming to a stop. There were no injuries, the wing received damage. Local police reported a wing of the aircraft collided with a wall while landing at Phaplu and was cracked. There were no injuries. No weather data for Lukla or Phaplu are available.

Incident: Jet Airways B773 at Amsterdam on Apr 21st 2017, suspected tailstrike A Jet Airways Boeing 777-300, registration VT-JEW performing flight 9W-234 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 337 passengers and 15 crew, departed Amsterdam's runway 18C when tower advised the next departure to expect a delay due to a runway inspection needed following a tail strike. Tower handed the Jet Airways off to departure without mention of a tail strike. Following the runway inspection with no findings the next departure was cleared for takeoff. The Boeing continued the climb and was cleared to climb to FL240. Amsterdam Radar complained the aircraft was not showing their callsign on Mode-S (Transponder), it was all 0s, the crew advised they had set it, the aircraft was subsequently showing the callsign climbing through about FL140. A minute later the crew advised they'd like to divert back to Amsterdam and needed to dump fuel, they requested to descend to FL100 or below. Radar then informed the crew that tower believed to have seen their tail contact the runway surface upon departure, the crew acknowledged "that's correct". The aircraft descended further to FL060, dumped fuel and landed safely back on Amsterdam's runway 27 about one hour after landing back. Ground observers reported no damage was visible on the aircraft. The Dutch Onderzoeksraad (DSB) reported they dispatched investigators for exploratory research of an incident during takeoff at Schiphol Airport. The airline reported the aircraft suffered a suspected tail scrape during departure and returned to Amsterdam. The aircraft is currently being examined by maintenance engineers. A passenger reported that no evidence of a tail strike was discovered, however, the passengers were kept on board for 6 hours and became very impatient, then the flight was postponed to the next day and the passengers were taken to hotels. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Amsterdam 12 hours after departure.