Qantas Airways flight QF-1535 made an emergency landing in Canberra, Australia, on September 29th.
The Boeing 717-200 plane took off for Melbourne, Australia, but had to turn back due to an engine issue.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Pictured: Air Macau Airbus A319-132
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What: Air Macau Airbus A319-100, en route from Macau to Manila Philippines
Where: Manila.
When: Apr 12th 2009
Who: 102 passengers and 4 crew
Why: Just before landing on runway 06, the crew had to shut dow an engine. The plane landed safely.
TAROM flight RO-361 made an emergency landing in Bucharest, Romania, on September 30th.
The plane took off for Amsterdam, Netherlands, but had to turn back after the crew reported a burning odor on-board.
The plane landed safely. All 117 people aboard remained unhurt.
ATA Airlines made an emergency landing in Sari, Iran, on December 24th.
The plane heading from Tabriz to Mashhad, Iran, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Lion Air flight JT-610 crashed into the Java Sea in Indonesia, on October 29th.
The incident happened shortly after the Boeing 737-800 MAX plane took off from Jakarta, Indonesia.
There were one hundred and eighty-nine people aboard at the time; all of them are feared dead.
The plane was bound for Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia.
Updated:
Boeing is providing technical assistance at the request and under the direction of government authorities investigating the accident. In accordance with international protocol, all inquiries about this accident investigation must be directed to the investigating authority in charge, the National Transportation Safety Committee of Indonesia.
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What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Paris to Dallas Ft. Worth
Where: Shannon
When: Mar 22nd 2012
Why: While en route and over the Atlantic, the plane developed smoke in the cabin. Apparently there was also a mechanical glitch as well that helped the pilots determine they needed to divert.
Pilots flew the 200 miles back to Shannon where they made a safe but overweight landing less than an hour later. Emergency vehicles were on standby.
The source of the smoke was an oven in the galley.
A replacement jet was provided as N392AN is inspected.
JetBlue flight B6-1097 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 29th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Boston, Massachusetts, to Atlanta, Georgia, was diverted after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and three people aboard remained unharmed.
