Ryanair flight FR-7347 had to return and make an emergency landing at Henri Coanda International Airport, Romania, on February 9th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Dublin, Ireland, but had to turn back due to a suspected tail strike during departure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Jason Whitebird
What: Continental/Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of Continental Airlines en route from Cleveland to Philadelphia
Where: Philadelphia
When: Dec 6th 2009
Who: 51 passengers and 3 crew
Why: On approach to Cleveland, the right engine failed. The landing was diverted from runway 27R to 27L. The flight made a safe landing.
Engine failure was due to a bird strike.
LOT Polish Airlines flight LO-405 made an emergency landing in Dusseldorf, Germany, on April 19th.
The plane flying from Warsaw, Poland, was on approach to Dusseldorf when the crew requested emergency assistance due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Brian Casity
What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Pittsburgh,PA
Where: near Dallas
When: Nov 19th 2011
Why: Just after take-off, the pilot switched the fuel supply from center fuel tank to main wing tanks and the right engine flamed out.
Pilots returned to the airport and made a safe landing.
Maintenance is investigating why operating pumps were working, yet failing to provide fuel to the right engine.
Aer Lingus flight EI-131 had to return and make an emergency landing in Dublin, Ireland, on November 4th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Hartford, Connecticut, but had to turn back due to an electrical problem.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and thirty-seven passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
Ryanair flight FR-4164 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on April 4th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Frankfurt, Germany, to Corfu, Greece, was diverted after the crew received a wheel well fire indication.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
An Air India Boeing 777 en route from Newark to Mumbai had 292 passengers and 21 crew aboard when it took off at 4:36 in the afternoon. Witnesses saw flames shooting from the left engine when flight 144 took off.
Pilots reported problems with the left engine, and twenty-two minutes after taking off, returned to land in Newark.
The landing must have been pretty hard, because tires were blown. The airport’s New Jersey spokeswoman Erica Dumas described it as a “rough landing.” Also, the left engine problems were attributed to a bird strike.
Passengers disembarked and were provided hotel accommodations while they rebooked.
*No ducks were injured in the photoshopping of this B777 windowseat snapshot.
