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What: SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Oslo to Newark,NJ
Where: Faroe Islands
When: Apr 22nd 2012
Who: 264 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine problems in one engine. Pilots shut it down, and diverted to Bergen Norway. Pilots made a safe landing in Bergen over an hour later, and passengers were delayed eight and a half hours.
On Nov 20, 2013, a JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190 to Boston from Fort Myers diverted to Orlando when an emergency slide emitted a loud bang, and deployed itself in the front galley of the plane.
There were four crew aboard and seventy-three passengers aboard flight B6-1266 who set out for Boston and ended up in Orlando. Passengers were evacuated in Orlando and transferred to a plane that didn’t have an emergency slide in the front galley pinning a flight attendant to the wall.
The flight attendant did not suffocate, but was assisted in freeing his head, apparently.
What: Jet Airways en route from Milan to Delhi
Where: Rajasansi Airport, Amritsar
When: August 29, 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: Jasmeet Kaur, the three year old child whose family had moved to Italy from Kurukshetra in Haryana for her health, fell ill on a Jet Airways flight, leading the pilot to make an emergency landing, but she was pronounced dead on arrival to the Verka Bypass Hospital.
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What: Mexicana Click Fokker 100 en route from Mexico City to NEW LAREDO
Where: Monterrey
When: Feb 11 2010
Who: 96 passengers (one site reports 29 passengers and 4 crew)
Why: The Mexicana Click made an emergency landing in Monterrey when it developed a fault in the undercarriage. It apparently made a safe landing, with no emergencies although it appear one individual may have been suffering from hysteria. Rescue crews were on hand. Other flights were cancelled.
Spirit Airlines flight NK-244 made an emergency landing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on July 31st.
The Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Guatemala City, Guatemala, was descending toward Fort Lauderdale when the crew declared an emergency due to a strange odor in the cockpit.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred and forty-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
SkyWest Airlines OO-4281 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, on August 12th.
The plane heading from Detroit, Michigan, to Newburgh, New York, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All forty-five passengers and three crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Orlando Suárez
What: Venezolana Boeing 737-200 en route from Caracas to Maracaibo
Where: Caracas
When: Oct 13 2010
Who: 88 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the plane developed problems with the left engine requiring him to shut it down.
The pilot returned to Caracas and made a safe landing minus the left engine. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
