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What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 en route from Minneapolis to Saint Louis
Where: Minneapolis
When: Jun 7th 2010
Why: After takeoff, the crew had a technical problem, was alerted to landing gear doors open, and made a flyby to visually determine the doors were open. The plane landed safely No mention if the initial technical problem was the open doors or some other matter.
Delta Airlines flight DL-406 made a safe landing at Shannon airport, Ireland, after a landing gear scare on October 11th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, was on approach to Shannon airport when the crew received an unsafe gear indication.
The crew continued for a low approach during which the ATC confirmed that the gear appeared to be down.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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What: Icelandair Boeing en route from Keflavik to Orlando
Where: Reykjavik
When: May 18, 2012
Who: 200 passengers
Why: After being delayed by a wheel falling off, and burning off fuel for hours on May 19, 2012, the Icelandair flight had to return to Reykjavik, where they made an emergency landing one wheel short and left a trail of smoke. A replacement flight delivered about 200 passengers to Sanford International Airport in Orlando at 3:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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Contact photographer Sheldon Johns
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 Flight 195 en route from Islip,NY to to Fort Myers, Fla
Where: returned to New York’s Long Island MacArthur Airport
When: landed safely at 10:24 a.m
Who: 127 passengers aboard and 5 crew members
Why: The 737 experienced engine trouble which forced them to shut down the left hand engine; they returned to MacArthur Airport for a safe landing. Contrary to rumor, lightning did not cause an engine fire.
George’s Point of View
The addendum to this is that mechanics are now looking over this 737. Maybe they should have had this inspection before it took off. D’ya think?
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What: LAN Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Santiago Chile to Cordoba Argentina
Where: Andes
When: Nov 8th 2011
Who: 2 injured
Why: The flight from Santiago to Cordoba encountered turbulence over the Andes.
In a mountainous area, wind strikes the mountain causing updrafts and downdrafts. The turbulence the flight ran into occurred in an area where turbulence is frequent, and where the seatbelts are required.
On landing, the two injured parties were hospitalized with concussions.
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Contact photographer Tamas Vekony
What: Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200 en route from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Where: Ekaterinburg
When: Nov 6 2010 at 4:25
Who: 143 passengers and 8 crew
Why: While landing at Ekaterinburg while the runway was covered in ice, and although ATC informed the “that the runway condition was good and permitted a safe landing,” the plane did not respond to proper braking and overran the runway.
Russian investigators are investigating.
Apparently Russian airport crews don’t bother to salt, plow or otherwise make their runways more safe. Or maybe this was just a particularly lazy crew.
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Contact photographer Phil Vabre
What: Pel-Air Aviation IAI 1124A Westwind II en route from Samoa to Melbourne
Where: Norfolk Island Australia
When: Nov 18, 2009
Who: pilots, patient, accompanying spouse and two medical crew
Why: Pel-Air Aviation CareFlight medical evacuation flight en route to Norfolk Island for refueling encountered thick fog and made a controlled landing on on the water off the coast of Norfolk Island. Everyone aboard evacuated safely thanks to the skill of pilot Dominic James, were rescued by boat and taken to Norfolk Island hospital.
