What: American Eagle Embraer EMB-145LR en route from Chicago to Tulsa
Where: Chicago
When: May 31, 2012
Who: 31 aboard
Why: The flight took off, but received a gear disagree message. After a flyby determining the gear were down, the pilots made an overweight landing. No injuries were reported. There were apparently no stairs provided on exit.

Passengers eventually arrived in Tulsa after 1 pm.

The same plane had just made a prior emergency landing at O’Hare.


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What: Swiss International Airlines Airbus A321 en route from Zurich to London
Where: Zurich
When: Oct 31st 2010
Who: 194 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the plane suffered a bird strike.

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