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.
Azur Air flight ZF-973 made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on January 6th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Moscow, Russia, to La Romana, Dominican Republic, was diverted after all the lavatories got blocked.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
A small plane made an emergency landing at Grand Junction Regional Airport, Colorado, on April 30.
Authorities said the Cessna 172 RG plane was attempting to land at the airport when its nose gear failed to deploy. The pilot then informed the control tower officials and requested an emergency protocol for landing.
The plane landed uneventfully.
There were 3 people aboard including the pilot and his two passengers; all of them remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Billy Wilt
What: Iran Air Airbus A300-600 en route from Tehran to Stockholm
Where: Istanbul
When: Aug 26th 2010
Who: 236 aboard
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine trouble. The crew had to shut down an engine, and divert to Istanbul. The flight made a safe landing.
No indication is made of passenger accommodations or if another plane was flown in.
Pictured: An Air Europa Boeing over Barcelona
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Contact Photographer Rui Miguel
What: Air Europa Lineas Aereas Boeing 737-800 en route from Barcelona to Madrid
Where: El Prat airport, Barcelona
When: Sep 13th 2009 12.35
Why: After takeoff, the indicator light for engine failure lit, a noise was heard and the plane experienced what is described by passengers as a “tremor.” After the safe landing at El Prat, the airport of origin, passengers continued on another plane to Madrid.
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Contact photographer Shahram Sharifi
What: Mahan Airbus A300-600 en route from Tehran to Mashad
Where: Mashad
When: Sep 4th 2011
Who: 230 passengers
Why: The hard landing of Mahan flight W5-613 blew out the nose wheel tires, causing the flight to skid off the runway on collapsed nose gear.
Slides were used to evacuate the flight, injuring eleven in the process, all of whom initially went to the hospital. Three were retained with serious injuries.
Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaii was among the injured.
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.
