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What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from San Diego to Sacramento
Where: Sacramento
When: Jan 30 2010
Why: While on the landing approach, the plane flew through a flock of birds. The plane landed safely, however the plane sustained dents from bird strikes. It is not known if birds were ingested.
Gol Transportes Aereos flight, G3-4847 had to reject taking off at Porto Alegre, Brazil, on June 30th.
The Boeing 737-800, flying to Curitiba, Brazil, had to abort the take-off due to some issue with one of its engines.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-843 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Naha, Japan, on August 28th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane flying from Tokyo, Japan, to Singapore was diverted after captain’s windshield cracked.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 214 people aboard remained safe.
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What: Korean Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Seoul to Pohang
Where: Pohang
When: March 15, 1999
Who: 6 crew and 150 passengers
Why: On March 15, a Korean Air Flight 1533 (McDonnell Douglas MD-83 #HL7570) from Seoul to Pohang departed for Pohang. Weather at Pohang was poor with degraded visibility and gusty 25 knot winds. The pilot failed at the first attempt to land. After the second approach the plane touched down, but overran the runway. The aircraft skidded through 10 antennas, a reinforced barbed wire fence and came to rest against an embankment. The landing snapped the fuselage in half. Damage– Complete destruction of air frame, Injuries– multiple. 6 crew and 150 passengers, no deaths.
What: Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Anatalya Turkey to Trondheim Norway
Where: Anatalya Turkey
When: Oct. 14, 2012
Who: 189 passengers and seven crew members.
Why: The plane had boarded but was pushed back to the gate when there was a cockpit fire.
The NTSB is investigating.
NTSB Email below:
Oct. 16, 2012
WASHINGTON – The NTSB has dispatched a team of investigators to assist the government of Turkey in the investigation of an Oct. 14 fire in the cockpit of a Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800.
The fire occurred Sunday at 4 a.m. local time as the airplane was being pushed back from the gate in Antalya, Turkey, for a scheduled flight to Trondheim, Norway. The aircraft was evacuated, and there were reports of injuries among the 189 passengers and seven crew members.
As the U.S. is the state of design and manufacture of the Boeing 737, the NTSB has designated Senior Air Safety Investigator Tim LeBaron as the traveling U.S. accredited representative. LeBaron is leading a team of investigators (specializing in aircraft systems, fire and survival factors) and advisers from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing, who are traveling to the scene to assist with the investigation.
The investigation is being conducted by the Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation, which will release all information.
J-Air flight XM-2204 had to return for an emergency landing in Sendai, Japan, on September 7th.
The plane took off for Osaka International Airport, Japan, but had to turn back after one of the engines ingested a bird.
The plane landed safely. All 84 people aboard remained unhurt.
An American Airlines flight AA908, a Boeing 777-200 en route from Buenos Aires to Miami made an emergency landing in Bogota after a warning of a problem in the hold.
There were 250 passengers aboard and 14 crew. No injuries were reported. The indicator was a false alarm.
American Airlines sent a replacement flight from the Colombian capital yesterday, at 13.10 local time.
