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What: Air Europa Airbus A330-200 en route from Madrid, to Tenerife
Where: Madrid
When: Mar 7th 2010
Why: While en route, the flight experienced a technical problem and returned to Madrid to make a safe landing. The problem turned out to be an open door indicator, which was repaired. Passengers were able to reboard the plane and continue to their destination.
Delta Airlines flight DL-55 had to return and make an emergency landing in Lagos, Nigeria, on February 13th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Atlanta, Georgia, but had to turn back after the crew received an engine fire indication.
The plane was evacuated upon landing.
Five people sustained minor injuries during evacuation.
EgyptAir Flight MS804 en route from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar. At least 66 were aboard. The plane left Paris Wednesday evening and was scheduled to arrive in Cairo tomorrow (Thursday.) FlightRadar24 indicated that the plane flew from Asmara, in Eritrea, to Cairo, then on to Tunis, in Tunisia, before heading, via Cairo, to Paris. Currently, the Airbus A320 #SU-GCC is missing. There are ten crew and 56 passengers, including 30 Egyptians, 15 French citizens, one Briton, two Iraqis, as well as people from Canada, Belgium, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Sudan, Chad and Portugal.
If this plane went down in the Mediterranean as Ethiopia409 did departing Beirut, it would be in the Mediterranean in shallow waters.
This Airbus A320 MSN088 registration #SU-GCC was delivered to EgyptAir on 3/11/2003.
Egyptian and Greek search and rescue teams are being deployed to look for the missing plane. Although the news said that no distress call was reported, EgyptAir tweeted (in Arabic) that a distress signal was sent from the plane’s emergency devices. Egypt Civil Aviation Ministry says contact was lost with Egyptair Flight #MS804 10 miles inside Egyptian airspace.
The first officer had 2,675 hours, and the captain had 6,275 hours in all, and 2,101 hours on type.
Contact numbers for the families are: 0800 7777 0000 from any landline in Egypt and + 202 2598 9320 outside Egypt or any mobile in Egypt.
At 02:33 local time, the flight was enroute at FL370 over the Mediterranan Sea, 130nm north of Alexandria,Egypt and about 210nm NNW of Cairo when the transponder signals stopped.
British Airways flight BA-2552 had to return and make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, England, on July 30th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Heraklion, Greece, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Lufthansa flight LH-681 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Athens, Greece, on August 4th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Munich, Germany, was diverted after an electrical odor was noticed on-board.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Air France Airbus A321-100 en route from Toulouse to Paris
Where: Toulouse
When: Dec 15th 2009
Who: not available
Why: After takeoff, when the Airbus could not retract its gears, the crew returned to the airport for repairs. The plane made a safe landing.
Emirates flight EK-261 had to return and make an emergency landing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 16th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane took off for Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
