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What: American Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from Tokyo to Los Angeles
Where: Tokyo
When: Apr 11, 2011
Who: 231 passengers, 4 flight attendants
Why: While over the pacific, the Tokyo to Los Angeles flight encountered fifteen seconds of turbulence severe enough to injure four flight attendants. The flight continued as scheduled, and on arrival in the US, the flight attendants were treated.
A stowaway USB flash drive on American Airlines Flight #24 from San Francisco caused the crew to divert to Kansas City International airport.
The USB flash drive, found in the bathroom, was mistaken for a bomb.
Two hundred and twenty-seven passengers were bussed to the terminal, and then bussed back after it turned out to be someone’s lost flash drive.
Norwegian Air Shuttle flight DY-1348 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Stavanger, Norway, on December 16th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Oslo, Norway, to Manchester, United Kingdom, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
United Airlines flight UA-1192 had to return and make an emergency landing in Denver, Colorado, on October 9th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Houston, Texas, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Air Mauritius Airbus A340-300 en route from Johannesburg S Africa to Mauritius
Where: Mauritius
When: Jul 28th 2011
Who: 65 passengers, 13 crew
Why: On approach to Mauritius, the flight encountered turbulence that injured 6 crew members and one passenger.
The injured were hospitalized.
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What: Trip Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Porto Velho to Belo Horizonte
Where: Cuiaba
When: Feb 5th 2012
Who: 82 passengers and 5 crew; 6 injured
Why: While en route, the flight encountered turbulence.
Five passengers and one attendant were injured.
The pilots diverted to Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil where they made a safe landing.
None of the injured passengers were buckled in at the time of the turbulence. On landing, the injured were hospitalized.
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On Oct 21, 2013, a Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner in Oslo Norway was damaged while being transported by ground crew.
The plane was scheduled to fly from Oslo to Stockholm but was reported to be delayed for repairs to the main wheel.
The flight departed later with 280 passengers. (unconfirmed)
