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What: Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340-300 en route from Cancun to Buenos Aires Ezeiza
Where: Quito
When: Apr 30th 2012
Who: 213 passengers
Why: A couple of encounters with clear air turbulence en route injured nine of the 213 passengers.
The injured were hospitalized in Buenos Aires on arrival.
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What: Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 en from New York to Munich
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What: Egyptair Boeing 777-300 en route from New York Cairo
Where: JFK’s runway 22R
When: Jun 20th 2011
Why: The Lufthansa Airbus was next and at high speed when ATC cancelled their clearance. Lufthansa subsequently rejected takeoff and slowed. Takeoff was delayed for about two hours, until after brakes were checked.
Simultaneously, the Egyptair Boeing was taxiing for departure and holding, but missed their turn and accidentally turned on to runway 22. The Egyptair flight vacated the runway as directed. The flight took off 75 minutes later.
What: Airbus A340 en route from Paris to New Caledonia
Where: Khabarovsk Russia
When: 1:10 pm
Who: 242 passengers, 14 crew
Why: The pilots were well underway when they received an indication that one of its four engines was on fire.
The pilots diverted to Khabarovsk. The airport responded with a 54 person emergency response team.
The flight made a safe landing, with no injuries. Passengers evacuated without incident.
Tigerair flight TR-2905 had to return and make an emergency landing in Macau, on November 8th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Singapore but had to return shortly afterwards after the left engine started emitting sparks and causing cabin pressure issues.
The crew shut down the engine and turned back to Macau where the plane landed safely.
All 172 people aboard remained safe.
Brussels Airlines flight SN-2104 had to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, England, on August 26th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Brussels, Belgium, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-9240 had to return and make an emergency landing in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 3rd.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to turn back due to smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A sma
ll plane crashed and caught fire during an attempt to land in a lake in Nordelta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, at around 3:30 p.m. on September 14.
The Beechcraft 300LW Super King Air aircraft, carrying a businessman Gustavo Deutsch and his wife, crashed into a house and then rammed into another property, both of which were uninhabited.
The authorities confirmed that both Gustavo and his wife were killed in the crash.
Gustavo was the ex-president of Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas (LAPA), an airline company which is now defunct.
The cause of crash is under investigation.
