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What: Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 777-20O en route from Jeddah Saudi Arabia to New York
Where: Goose Bay Canada
When: Jul 15th 2010
Why: When the flight indicated a cargo fire, the plane diverted to Goose Bay where it made a safe landing. Luggage was off-loaded and no fire was found.
Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SV-768 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on April 27th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Chennai, India, was diverted due to issues with the cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
What: Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-400 en route from Surabaya to Jakarta
Where: Juanda International Airport
When: October 24, 2012 6:30 a.m.
Who: 115 passengers
Why: The Sriwijaya flight returned to Juanda International Airport after a ten minute flight after the plane developed a problem with its hydraulics. No one was injured.
Repairs were made to the plane.
Passengers reboarded and took off for Jakarta at 1 pm that same day.
Jet2 flight LS-252 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Bordeaux, France, on August 10th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Faro, Portugal, to Leeds, England, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and twenty people aboard remained unharmed.
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Baltimore to Providence
Where: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
When: Jul 7th 2009
Who: 135 on board
Why: On takeoff, the plane flew into a flock of birds. About 40 small birds were found on the runway after the incident. The plane landed shortly after the bird strike. The plane was sent to be examined; and another plane was provided about 5 hours later to resume the flight.
George’s Point of View
The birds are at it again.
Jet Airways flight 9W-697 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mumbai, India, on September 20th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Jaipur, India, but had to turn back after several passengers suffered nose bleeds and/or ear bleeds due to a sudden change in cabin pressure.
The plane landed back safely. Several passengers were checked by the medical teams at the airport and some were later taken to a hospital.
A Boeing 737-200 plane, performing flight CU-972 on behalf of Cubana de Aviacion, crashed in Havana, Cuba, on May 18th.
The incident happened shortly after the plane took off from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana.
There were one hundred and five passengers and six crew members aboard at the time. Authorities said only three passengers survived and were shifted to hospitals in critical condition.
The flight was heading to Holguin, Cuba.
