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Contact photographer Erick Lopez
What: UPS Boeing 767-300 en route from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires
Where: Sao Paulo
When: Feb 7th 2010
Why: While en route, the flight developed hydraulics issues and returned to Viracopos to make a safe landing.
Emirates Airways flight EK346 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Chennai International Airport, Chennai, India, on September 4.
The plane, flying from Dubai to Kuala-Lampur, Malaysia, was diverted after a 61-year-old person aboard suffered a heart attack mid-air.
The plane landed safely and all 116 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
The flight resumed after the sick person was transferred to hospital.
Delta Airlines flight DL-2848 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Indianapolis, Indiana, on October 1st.
The Airbus A319-100 plane heading from Detroit, Michigan, to Saint Louis, Missouri, was diverted after an odor was noticed in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact Photographer Sean Mowatt
What: Turkish Airlines Airbus A340-300 en route from Istanbul Turkey to Casablanca, Morocco
Where: Ataturk Airport (Istanbul)
When: Jul 9th 2009
Who: 223 passengers
Why: The plane had an undisclosed problem and returned to the airport where it landed safely.
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Contact photographer Yunjin Lee – Korea
What: Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 en route from from Surabaya Indonesia to Hong Kong
Where: Hong Kong
When: April 13 2010
Who: 309 passengers and 14 crew
Why: On approach to Hong Kong, the flight developed engine failure in one engine which was shut down, and the other engine failed on landing. On the runway, brakes overheated, caught fire, and the tires went flat.
Passengers evacuated the plane via emergency chutes; seven were injured though only five hospitalized. (Other reports indicate 8 admitted to hospital.)
Lufthansa flight LH-430 had to reject takeoff from Frankfurt, Germany, on October 22nd.
The Boeing 747-800 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Chicago, Illinois, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a lavatory smoke indication.
The plane vacated the runway and stopped on the taxiway.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
United/Continental flights to Guam have been laden with issues. Landing gear problems and other issues abound; and it happened again on Sunday, the fifth time in a month.
This was aother emergency landing, although officially they are saying there was no incident. There was a nose gear problem reported, however; and the safe landing was made in spite of it.
Airport rescue services were on hand when the flight landed, prepared to handle the Landing gear malfunction, which turned out to be a landing gear indicator malfunction.
