What: Donavia Boeing-737-500 passenger airliner flying from Rostov to Tel Aviv
Where: Sochi, Russia
Who: 99 passengers * also reported as 103
Why: The flight made a scheduled stop at Sochi, but after takeoff had undesignated problems in the air, and had to return to make an emergency landing. A replacement plane arrived to perform the remainder of the flight about six hours later.
The problem was due to cabin pressure from a leaking door seal.
On Oct 31, 2013, a Norwegian Boeing 737-800#LN-DYC en route from Trondheim to Oslo with 130 passengers and 6 crew, was descending towards Oslo and was switched to a different runway. A second Norwegian Boeing 737-800 #LN-NOM en route from Oslo to Trondheim took off. Instructions from ATC became confused, and both planes followed a single instruction, bringing them into proximity.
Flight 741, which was landing, was below Flight 740. Flight 740 got a TCAS (Traffic collision avoidance system) warning and diverged. Accident Investigation Board Norway noted the minimum separation between the two aircraft was down to 0.2nm lateral at 500 feet vertical.
Blue Air flight 0B-9247 made an emergency landing at Henri Coanda International Airport, Romania, on June 29th.
The Boeing 737-400 plane took off for Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
The plane landed back uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
An Air India flight made an emergency landing at Sanganer Airport in Jaipur, India, on January 28th.
The plane heading from Rajkot to Delhi was diverted after a passenger suffered a cardiac arrest.
The plane landed uneventfully. The patient was rushed to a hospital.
Delta Airlines flight DL-8935 apparently suffered a bird strike near Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, on October 28th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane, performing a charter flight for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was descending toward Chicago when its nose cone sustained a dent.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The airline suspects the damage was caused by a bird strike.
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What: Grozny Avia Yakovlev Yak-42 en route from Moscow to Grozny
Where: Volgograd Russia
When: Oct 3 2010
Who: 73 passengers
Why: Several minutes after takeoff, an anonymous call from Belarus to the Vnukovo airport raised a bomb alert that forced the emergency landing of the flight in Volgograd.
Passengers disembarked and the plane has been isolated for examination.
