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Kolkata Emergency Landing

What: Deccan Charters flight en route from Jamshedpur
Where: Kolkata
When: Dec 24, 2010, 12:50 pm
Who: 17 passengers, 3 crew
Why: While en route, the plane developed problems with an engine. The pilot informed ATC, and shut down one engine before safely making a landing at NSC Bose International airport.

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