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TAAG Angola Airlines Flight Suffers Bird Strike Near Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport

TAAG Angola Airlines flight DT-747 suffered a bird strike near Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil, on January 6th.

The incident happened when the Boeing 777-300 plane flying from Luanda, Angola, was on approach to Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport.

The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.


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TAAG Angola Airlines Flight Returns to Luanda After Loss of Cabin Pressure

TAAG Angola Airlines flight DT-453 had to return and make an emergency landing in Luanda, Angola, on November 11th.

The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Namibe, Angola, but had to turn back due to the loss of cabin pressure.

The plane landed safely. Four passengers were injured; two of them were treated at the airport while the other two were taken to a hospital.


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TAAG Angola Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Angola

A TAAG Angola Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing in Luanda, Angola, on January 14th.

The plane took off for Lubango, Angola, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.


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Bird-Hit TAAG Angola Airlines Plane Makes Safe Landing in Angola

TAAG Angola Airlines flight DT-443 made a safe landing following multiple bird strikes near Catumbela, Angola, on May 14th.

The Boeing 737-700 plane flying from Luanda, Angola, was on approach to Catumbela when it sustained multiple bird strikes to one of the engines.

The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

TAAG Angola Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing with Ground Worker Locked in Cargo Hold

taagTAAG Angola Airlines flight DT-655 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 1st.

The plane flying from Porto, Portugal, to Luanda, Angola, was diverted after the crew was informed that a ground worker was suspected of being trapped in the cargo hold.

The plane landed uneventfully.

The ground worker was found in the cargo hold and was taken to hospital due to suspected Hypothermia.

The authorities said the worker had passed out while loading a box containing pet animals.


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TAAG Lost Communication, Emergency Landing in Lisbon


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What: TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 777-300 en route from Lisbon (Portugal) to Luanda (Angola)
Where: Lisbon
When: Feb 27th 2012
Who: 197 passengers
Why: On departure from Lisbon, ATC said that the frequency was blocked. The pilots began responding to Lisbon on the wrong frequency, squawking loss of communication.

Communication was restored, then was lost again, intermittently. ATC directed that the other radio be turned off and changed to the correct frequency. The radio began blocking frequencies again, and pilots returned to Lisbon for a safe landing.

Eighty minutes after departure (ten minutes after the safe landing) the airport resumed normal operations.

All airlines out of Angola are on the EU banned list, banned from flying in the European union, with the exception of 3 Boeing 777-200s, 2 Boeing 777-300 and 4 Boeing 737-700s of TAAG Angola Airlines.

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