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What: Intersky de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Berlin Tegel to Friedrichshafen
Where: Berlin
When: Dec 14th 2011
Who: 21 passengers
Why: The flight was about to depart when an unauthorized vehicle cut across the runway right in the plane’s path.
Pilots jerked the plane to a stop, injuring a flight attendant who had to be hospitalized.
The flight was cancelled.
Ryanair flight FR-408 made an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on January 21st.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Copenhagen, Denmark, was on approach to Cologne when the crew declared an emergency due to a flaps issue.
The plane landed safely. All 131 people aboard remained unharmed.
Lufthansa flight LH-762 had to return and make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on December 9th.
The Airbus A350-900 plane took off for Delhi, India, but had to turn back after one of the batteries failed.
The plane landed back safely. All two hundred and sixty-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
On MARCH 23,2013:
Iberia Express flight IB-3673 had to return and make an emergency landing in Berlin, Germany, on November 9th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Madrid, Spain, but had to return shortly afterwards after a ground observer reported seeing a jet of flame emitting from the left hand engine.
The crew subsequently declared an emergency and turned back toward Berlin.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
What: PNG Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102
Where: 20 km (12.5 mls) S of Madang Airport (MAG) (Papua New Guinea)
When: Oct 13, 2011
Who: 4 crew, 28 passengers, 4 survivors
Why: The Png flight crashed 20 miles south of Madang, and was lost and later discovered on fire. 28 died in the crash, but pilots, one passenger and an attendant survived. The Australian Captain broke both legs in the crash. The surviving passenger is a Chinese man who incurred serious burns.
“Based on the information that the pilot gave to the towers which was there’s smoke coming out of the engines and we’re running out of power, doing a forced landing, that’s what they said, which resulted in it crash landing.” The Ministry of Civil Aviation in Papua NG announced unofficially that there was a mechanical problem with the plane. The black box was recovered and sent to Australia for analysis.
A Canadian team from de Havilland is doing an independent investigation.
Germania flight ST-2276 had to return and make an emergency landing in Bremen, Germany, on August 5th.
The plane had just departed for Adana, Turkey, when one of its engines ingested birds, prompting the crew to return for an emergency landing.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 133 passengers aboard remained safe.
