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What: Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 en route from Phoenix,AZ to Salt Lake City,UT
Where: Phoenix
When: Nov 2, 2009
Who: 127 passengers, 5 crew
Why: A couple of minutes after takeoff, the plane struck a flock of birds, and had to return to the airport.
The strikes damaged the windshield, the airplane’s skin, and the damage affected the pressurization in the cabin.
Rusline flight 7R-424 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Voronezh, Russia, on August 14th.
The plane heading from Lipetsk to Sochi, Russia, was diverted after the crew reported a cracked windshield.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
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What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from New York JFK airport to Switzerland
Where: Halifax Nova Scotia
When: June 9 2009 Tuesday night 8:20 p.m (45 minutes after takeoff)
Who: 206 on board: 194 passengers and 12 crew
Why: After takeoff, smoke was detected in the cabin. The flight requested an emergency landing in Halifax. The cause of the smoke was determined to be an electrical fire in the plane’s bathroom ceiling fan which had caught fire after overheating
A replacement jet was arranged to take the passengers to Zurich.
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Contact photographer Olivier Corneloup
What: Air France Boeing 747-400 en route from Miami to Paris, France
Where: Atlantic Ocean
When: Oct 26th 2009
Who: Not Available
Why: An hour after leaving Miami, the flight had technical trouble arising from a possible lightning strike. After spending nearly an hour trying to fix the issue, the flight turned back, landing back in Miami 2 and 3/4 hours after leaving. Passengers were provided transport on another Boeing 25 hours later.
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What: Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria
Where: Iju neighborhood, Lagos
When: June 3, 2012
Who: 153 passengers
Why: According to the Dana Crash Preliminary report, the captain and the first officer were in a discussion of a non-normal condition regarding the correlation between the engine throttle setting and an engine power indication. They did not voice concerns then that the condition would affect the continuation of the flight.
The report included records of visual examination of the aircraft wreckage, review maintenance records and other historical information of the aircraft, documentation of the training and experience of the flight crew, determination of the chronology of the flight, review of recorded data, reconstructing the aircraft refueling, and collection of related fuel samples and interview of related personnel.
United Airlines flight 2068 had to return and make an emergency landing in San Francisco due to a mechanical problem.
The Seattle-bound flight took off from San Francisco International Airport at about 1:30 p.m. on May 23. Shortly after it took off, a mechanical problem was discovered in the plane.
The Boeing 757 was then returned to San Francisco where it made an uneventful emergency landing at about 1:57 p.m.. No one was injured in the incident.
Another plane was arranged to take the passengers to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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Contact photographer Fred Seggie
What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from New York to San Francisco
Where: Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
When: Mar 30
Who: 171 aboard (165 passengers and 6 crew)
Why: When smoke fill the cabin, the crew diverted the flight to St Louis. They made a safe landing with no reported injuries.
Passengers disembarked on the runway and were bussed to the gate.