What: Yakovlev Yak-42
Where: Surgut Airport, Russia
When: Dec 5, 2012
Who: 120 aboard, 113 passengers
Why: Taxi for take-off was aborted when the Yak 42’s cabin filled with smoke.
The captain reported the smoke to ATC, and passengers evacuated safely. No cause for the smoke has been determined.
What: Globus Boeing 737 en route from Chita to Moscow
Where: Perm, Russia
When: Oct 17, 2012 10:52
Who: 7 crew, 100 passengers
Why: After the right engine shut down, pilots decided to divert to Perm.
The Globus flight was made on behalf of S7.
Pilots made a safe landing in Perm with emergency services standing by. 107 were aboard. No injuries were reported.
Passengers were provided an alternative flight to Moscow.
Lufthansa flight LH-758 made an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on March 6th.
The Airbus A340-300 plane en-route from Frankfurt, Germany, to Chennai, India, was diverted due to a cargo smoke indication.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 162 people aboard remained safe.
What: UTAir Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-200 en route from Kazan to Moscow
Where: Moscow
When: Dec 27th 2010
Who: 52 passengers
Why: On landing at Vnukovo Airport (Moscow), the plane skidded and came to rest off the runway stuck in snow. There were no injuries reported.
An American Airlines flight had to return and make an emergency landing at University of Illinois Willard Airport, Illinois, on February 12th.
The plane took off for Chicago, Illinois, but had to turn back after smoke was noticed in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
UTair Aviation flight UT-295 made an emergency landing at Vnukovo International Airport, Russia, on October 15th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Surgut, Russia, but had turn back after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed back safely. There were one hundred and seventy-five people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
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What: American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Boston to Paris
Where: (over Atlantic) Gander
When: Jun 2nd 2010
Why: While en route, the flight experienced problems with their standby battery recharging system. (The battery is essential to standby power in an emergency situation. ) The flight diverted to Gander where it made a safe overweight landing. A replacement jet was provided.
