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What: Yas Air Ilyushin IL-76TD en route from Tehran Mehrabad to Aleppo
Where: Diyarbakir
When: Mar 16th 2011
Who: crew of freight flight
Why: Told that the plane was carrying nuclear weapon parts, the flight was escorted to Diyarbakir Turkey by Turkish F-16 fighters.
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from Manila to Nagoya
Where: Manila
When: Dec 19th 2010
Who: 300+ passengers and crew
Why: After taking off for Detroit, the plane developed technical problems and the pilot returned to Manila where it made a safe landing with airport’s medical and Fire and Rescue teams on standby.
After being in the air less than an hour, the pilot returned to land at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
There were no injuries, but passengers complained of waiting long hours for travel solutions to being stranded. The exact nature of the technical problem of the plane was not released.
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Contact photographer Charles Polidano
What: Malaysia Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from Kuala Lumpur to London
Where: Kuala Lumpur
When: Apr 17th 2012
Who: 351 passengers, 21 crew
Why: After taking off from Kuala Lumpur, the engine exploded.
Or at least that’s what passengers felt when they heard a backfire or some other kind of explosion from one engine, and saw sparks and flames.
Pilots dumped fuel and returned to Kuala Lumpur where they made a safe landing.
A replacement jet was provided.
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Contact photographer Varani Ennio
What: Ryanair Boeing 737-800 en route from Alghero to Parma
Where: Alghero
When: Dec 18th 2009
Who: 80 passengers
Why: On takeoff, the plane suffered a bird-strike. The flight returned to the airport and made a safe landing. Passengers debarked and were provided an alternative jet two hours later.
On March 11, 2013, an Air France Airbus A330 en route from Mumbai to Paris developed an engine problem. The pilot shut down the engine and returned to Mumbai.
There were almost two hundred passengers aboard the flight. None of them reported injury.
Passengers disembarked, and were provided accommodations as an alternative flight was provided.
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What: Qantas Boeing 747-400 en route Sydney to Singapore
Where: Sydney
When: Mar 30th 2010
Who: 414 aboard
Why: While en route, a right engine experienced an engine surge. That engine had to be shut down. The crew had to dump fuel and return to Sydney where they made a safe landing about an hour after departure. Passengers were provided a replacement plane.
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Contact photographer Orlando G. Rivera Rivera – SJU Aviation Photography
What: Continental Airlines Boeing 737-900 en from Houston,TX to Puerto Vallarta
Where: San Antonio
When: Jun 25 2010 6:34 p.m
Who: 172 people on board
Why: After experiencing air pressurization problems while en route, the oxygen masks were deployed. Unable to handle the problem, the pilot diverted to San Antonio where it made a safe landing. A replacement jet was provided Saturday which left at 7:45 a.m. Passengers were provided hotel accommodations in the meantime.
