AirAsia X flight D7-523 made an emergency landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan, on February 26th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Tokyo, Japan, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All three hundred and sixty-nine passengers and ten crew members remained unharmed
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Contact photographer Ricardo Morales
What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 from New York JFK,NY to Burlington,VT
Where: Burlington
When: Feb 19th 2011
Who: 2 crew injured
Why: On approach to Burlington, eight minutes prior to landing, the plane encountered turbulence which injured two members of the crew.
Braathens Regional Airways flight TF-1 had to return and make an emergency landing in Gothenburg, Sweden, on November 7th.
The Stockholm-bound plane was accelerating and retracting the flaps when the crew decided to turn back due to unusual vibrations.
The plane landed safely. All 50 passengers aboard remained unharmed.
A Lion Air flight had to make an emergency landing at Juanda International Airport in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, on August 12th.
The plane was en-route to Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi from Jakarta when an engine failure prompted the pilots to declare emergency.
The plane landed uneventfully and all 210 passengers remained unharmed.
The passengers were transferred to another aircraft.
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Contact photographer Vivian A Watts
What: Stellenbosch Flying Club Cessna 177B
Where: Fisantekraal, Western Cape South Africa
When: 28-NOV-2009
Who: 2 on board
Why: While flying, the plane ran out of gas and had to make an emergency landing.
Aeroflot flight SU-1165 had to abort taking off at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, on October 29.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, rejected takeoff at a high speed after one of its engines ingested a bird.
The plane landed uneventfully.
No one was injured.
