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What: US Airways Boeing 757-200 en route from Orlando to Philadelphia
Where: Lynchburg
When: Apr 16th 2011
Who: flight attendant
Why: The plane took off as normal with no problem, but encountered turbulence near Lynchburg Virginia, during which a flight attendant was seriously injured.
The pilot descended to a lower altitude, and landed safely in Philadelphia less than an hour later.
Qatar Airways flight QR-635 had to return and make an emergency landing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22nd.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Doha, Qatar, but had to turn back due to indication of a gear problem.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Updated:
4 bodies identified, 1 missing in the NJ crash. Monmouth Airport is 5 miles east of Trenton. In Wall township. Relatives of the pilot were on the scene (mentioned on the video) and the current input is that the plane was neither going to or from Monmouth.
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What: Jack Air LLC’s Cessna T337G Turbo Super Skymaster en route to Monmouth Executive Airport
Where: Monmouth Executive Airport
When: 4 p.m. Monday Feb 15 2010
Who: 2 dead, 3 missing
Why: Witnesses saw the plane coming in for a landing when the tail broke off, the plane veered and crashed nose down beside the runway in a field.
Witnesses say the pilot pulled up and a piece of the plane fell off before it spun out of control and crashed.
RwandAir flight WB-110 made an emergency landing in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 2nd.
The Boeing 737-700 plane was flying from Harare, Zimbabwe, when it suffered loss of cabin pressure.
The crew initiated an emergency descent and continued for a safe landing in Cape Town.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-566 had to return and make an emergency landing in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 20th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Amsterdam, Netherlands, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Norwegian Air Shuttle flight DY-164 made a safe emergency landing at Trondheim Airport, Værnes, Norway, on May 12th.
The Boeing 737-800 flying from Bergen, Norway, was about to reach when one of its engines ingested a bird.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
United Airlines flight UA-4204 encountered turbulence on the way to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Virginia, on January 23rd.
The plane was flying from Cleveland, Ohio, when it hit turbulence that injured a flight attendant.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
