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Contact photographer Petr Gorbunov
What: Air Astana Airbus A321-200 en route from Almaty to Astana
Where: Almaty Kasakhstan
When: Sep 24th 2009
Who: 59 on board
Why: While en route, the indicator revealed overheated hydraulics fluid before it failed. The flight returned to Almaty and landed safely.
Kalstar Aviation flight KD-931 had to return and make an emergency landing at Syamsudin Noor Airport, Banjarmasin, Indonesia, on April 15.
The Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, en-route to Kotabaru, Indonesia, had to return due to fire indication for one of its engines. The crew had to shut the engine down mid-air.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
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Contact photographer Javier Cáceres
What: Air Canada Airbus A321-200 en route from Montreal to Toronto
Where: Toronto
When: Feb 22 2010
Who: crew
Why: On landing, after normal communication had been established, attempts to reach the crew to confirm were not answered. Nevertheless, the plane landed safely.
This is a disruption of procedure; if landing clearance is not received, the pilot is supposed pull up, abort the landing and make another pass. We have not heard if there was some kind of cockpit emergency that would make extenuating circumstances, but it is not likely, as the crew apparently contacted ATC after landing, confirming they had landed without clearance.
Pictured: An AeroStar Taxi Aereo Cessna 310Q. This is not reg # PT-JCZ that was involved in the crash, but this is another AeroStar Cessna 310
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Contact photographer Carlos A. Morillo Doria
What: AEROSTAR Cessna 310Q
Where: Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport
When: Dec 26 2009
Who: pilot, 4 passengers
Why: On landing at Luis Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport, the pilot experienced problems with the landing gear.
The plane made a belly landing but there were no injuries reported. The runway was closed briefly.
No injuries! Safe landing! Always good to hear.
Air Arabia flight G9-545 encountered clear air turbulence near Karachi, Pakistan, on February 28th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, was descending toward Karachi when it was hit by turbulence that injured at least 6 people.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
The injured were treated at the airport. At least one person was taken to hospital for further treatment.
VivaAerobus flight VB-2307 had to return and make an emergency landing at Mérida International Airport, Mérida, Mexico, on May 2nd.
The Airbus A320-200 flying to Guadalajara, Mexico, had to return due to a problem with its landing gear.
The plane landed safely.
All 166 people aboard remained safe.
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Contact photographer Bruce Leibowitz
What: Frontier Airlines/Chautauqua Airlines Embraer ERJ-135 en route from Saint Louis to Milwaukee
Where: Milwaukee
When: Nov 30th 2010, arriving in Milwaukee at 10:02 a.m.
Who: 26 passengers, 3 crew, 6 injuries
Why: While en route, the plane encountered turbulence which injured five passengers and a flight attendant. Rescue services were waiting when the plane landed. The Embraer aircraft incident is out of service for repairs.
Frontier officials commented that passengers should keep their seat belts fastened.