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What: US Airways Airbus A330-300 en route from Frankfurt/Main to Charlotte
Where: Charlotte
When: 06/14/2009
Who: The number of passengers was not reported
Why: U S Air Flight 705 was in descent when it encountered turbulence. A flight attendant sustained minor injuries. She was apparently the only injury; otherwise, the flight landed safely.
British Airways flight BA-2578 made an emergency landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, on December 26th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Gatwick Airport, England, to Turin, Italy, was diverted after a burning odor was noticed in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: British Airways Boeing 747-400 en route from London Heathrow to Vancouver
Where: Vancouver
When: Jan 5th 2011
Who:
Why: While en route, the plane encountered severe turbulence with wind shear so extreme, the crew temporarily lost control of the plane. However they established control, and made it to Vancouver where they landed safely.
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What: Danube Wings Boeing 737-400 en route from Poprad/Tatry Slovakia to Dublin
Where: The entire flight
When: Jan 2nd 2010
Who: Number aboard not released
Why: A Slovakian agency decided to test their security by slipping 9 packages of explosives into innocent passengers’ luggage. Eight of those packages were found.
ONE of those packages—85 grams of RDX plastic explosive— made it all the way to the innocent Slovakian-Irish passenger’s HOUSE, where suddenly Irish forces evacuate their entire neighborhood (reportedly evacuating several apartment buildings and shutting down a couple of intersections) to retrieve that one package of live explosive from his apartment on Dorset Street. Stefan Gonda, a 49-year-old Slovak electrician working in Ireland, must have been really surprised at that knock on the door. On the other hand, maybe not, since he’s from Slovakia and may be used to such thoughtless, stupid, ridiculous, dangerous, psychotic behavior from his government.
How do they justify endangering a plane full of innocent passengers on a commercial jet? RDX is considered unstable–it can light without a detonator. What if there had been turbulence? What if the temperature had dropped to make the compound even more unstable?
One head has already rolled for this. The head of the Slovak border and foreign police Tibor Mako resigned. Was he the one responsible or did he throw himself on his sword? Is there more to this?
I find it difficult to believe that anyone would use real passengers as guinea pigs, put real explosives on an actual international flight. If Ireland has a legal chip on its shoulder the same way the US does, there’d be an International lawsuit pending.
The Slovokian ministry claims no one was endangered.
Excuse me?
85 grams of RDX plastic explosive aboard a plane. Irish forces evacuated the neighborhood to retrieve it…but hey, on a volatile oxygen pumped package like an airplane, no problem.
It’s hard to believe they call that branch of government “intelligence.” Talk about an oxymoron.
FedEx Express flight FX-1352 had to return and make an emergency landing in Denver, Colorado, on November 21st.
The Airbus A300-600 plane took off for Memphis, Tennessee, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Vietjet flight VJ-496 made a safe landing at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 30.
The Airbus A320-200, flying from Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam, to Hanoi, was hit by a bird upon approaching the runway.
The aircraft’s weather radar sustained damage while its radome was also reshaped due to the bird strike.
No injuries were reported.
A Philippine Airlines Express flight had to return and make an emergency landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines, shortly after 7 a.m. on September 23.
The flight PR-2811, which was headed to Davao, Philippines, was returned after a problem in the aircraft’s landing gear was discovered.
The Airbus 320 landed uneventfully and no injuries were reported.
According to the initial investigation, the problem was in the nose landing gear of the aircraft.
The plane again departed for Davao shortly after 8 a.m.
