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What: DHL Air Boeing 757-200 freight flight en route from Valencia to Marseille
Where: Marseille
When: Nov 23rd 2010
Who: flight crew
Why: On final approach, the plane indicated a gear problem. Pilots aborted the landing and entered a holding pattern. A fly by revealed the gear was down. The flight made a safe landing. Maintenance made minor repairs and the plane was back in service within hours.
Pictured: A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-232
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Bogota Colombia to Atlanta GA
Where: Bogota
When: Dec 2nd 2009
Who: 115 passengers and 6 crew
Why: Half an hour into the flight, the outer pane of the copilot’s windshield window cracked. The plane returned to the airport in Bogota and made a safe landing.
United Airlines flight UA-14 made an emergency landing in Newark, New Jersey, on June 1st.
The Boeing 767-300 plane flying from Honolulu, Hawaii, was descending toward Newark when the crew requested emergency assistance due to smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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What: Expressjet/Continental Express Embraer ERJ-145 flight 2496 en route from Houston to Louisville
Where: Louisville
When: 7 pm
Who: 47 aboard
Why: On landing, the plane developed a problem with one of its flaps (emergency flap failure). The pilot made a safe landing with no injuries.
The flight was attended by airport emergency crews.
Air Baltic flight BT-9802 returned to Amsterdam, Netherlands, on December 24th.
The Boeing 737-500 plane took off for Riga, Latvia, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Condor flight DE-2010 made an emergency landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 29th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane flying from Frankfurt, Germany, was descending toward Minneapolis when the crew declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
On March 11, 2013, an Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Edmonton to Toronto,ON was on approach when ATC informed the pilots to abort the landing. Ground radar indicated something moving on the runway. Pilots continued to make the landing, and ignored ATC.
Mechanics working on a Sunwing Boeing had left a van running and in gear, which subsequently rolled without a driver across the runway. At some point, the van impacted the Sunwing 737.
However, there are a lot of errors here that could have been disaster. We are glad no one was injured. Safety first, everyone!
That said, of course we are glad no one was injured.
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