Pictured: A Sunexpress Boeing 737
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Contact photographer Rui Miguel

What: Sunexpress Boeing 737-800 en route from Antalya to Saarbruecken, Germany
Where: Antalya Turkey
When: Nov 7th 2009
Who: 127 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the flight developed a problem with cabin pressure, and also developed a smoky smell. The plane returned to Turkey for a safe landing.

Passengers debarked without incident, and were provided an alternative flight.
The smell was determined to have originated in the oxygen generators.

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