United Airlines flight UA-76 had to make an emergency landing in Manchester, United Kingdom, on February 27th.
According to the airline, the Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Belfast, United Kingdom, to New York/Newark was diverted due to a mechanical issue.
The plane landed safely. All 160 passengers remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Manuel Fernandez
What: BMI Airbus A321-200 en route from London to Beirut
Where: Bucharest Romania
When: Nov 28 2010
Why: While over Bucharest, the plane indicated smoke in 2 cargo holds. On making an emergency landing in Bucharest, no smoke or fire was located. Passengers disembarked and were provided hotel accommodations, and an alternative flight on the 29th.
The plane was grounded for inspections.
Lufthansa flight LH-1835 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Barcelona, Spain, on September 9th.
The Airbus A321-100 plane heading from Malaga, Spain, to Munich, Germany, was diverted due to an indication in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and eighty-eight passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
A Batik Air flight had to make an emergency landing in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on April 17.
The flight was en-route from Ambon in Maliki, to Jakarta, when it had to land in emergency due to a bomb threat.
The plane landed safely at Sultan Hasanuddin airport and all 125 passengers and 8 crew members aboard remained unharmed.
The airline confirmed that no explosive device was found in the plane.
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Contact photographer Roger Cannegieter – Curacao Aviation Photography
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.
A Pawan Hans helicopter carrying Nagaland’s Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya made an emergency landing at a helipad in the premises of Bairagi Para Junior Basic School in Kalyanpur in western Tripura, India, in the afternoon of August 19.
According to the authorities, the helicopter with Governor Acharya and his wife Kavita aboard took off from Dimapur, made a stop at Imphal airport for refueling and was scheduled to land at Agartala airport. However, due to extremely bad weather, the pilot could not land at Agartala and instead landed about 40 km north in Kalyanpur.
Acharya and his wife had a good time with the students and also tasted the mid-day meal served by the school, according to Banamali Sinha, principal secretary in-charge of the Raj Bhavan secretariat. The police then escorted them to Dak Bunglow.
The helicopter was able to fly back to Agartala airport around 4:30 p.m., after getting clearance from the Air Traffic Controller.
What: Air India Airbus A320-200 from Bhubaneswar to Mumbai
Where: Mumbai International Airport
When: July 25
Who: 91
Why: After hydraulic failure, flight IC-169 landed safely and was towed off the runway.
