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Contact Photographer Teemu Tuuri
What: Tomsk Avia Antonov AN-24 en route from Novosibirsk Tolmachevo to Strzhewoi
Where: Strzhewoi, Russia
When: Aug 17th 2009
Who: 37 passengers and 3 crew
Why: On final approach to Strzhewoi, the left engine failed. The plane landed safely with no reported injuries.
Ural Airlines flight U6-3735 had to return and make an emergency landing at Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg, Russia, on May 13th.
The Airbus A321-200 flying to Antalya, Turkey, had to return due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
All 220 passengers and 8 crew members remained unhurt.
What: Dagmar Transport LLC Cirrus SR22 GTS en route from the Dominican Republic to Miami to Tuscaloosa Alabama
Where: Tuscaloosa Regional Airport
When: May 10 2010
Who: Pilot and passenger 41 year old Mark Yellen and 56 year old Paula Moffett
Why: Witnesses say that on landing, one of the plane’s wings may have hit the pavement before the landing gear. The single engine plane flipped and crashed twenty-five yards short of the runway.
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Contact photographer Andy Egloff
What: Delta/Northwest Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Portland, Minneapolis
Where: Billings,MT
When: Oct 17th 2009
Who: 174 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed a hydraulics problem, and diverted to Billings Montana. The flight landed safely, but blew a tire on landing, and had to be towed.
It is not uncommon for a heavy flight (plane full of fuel) diverting early in the flight before burning its fuel load–or landing at a too-high rate of speed–to get a flat.
The replacement flight took seven hours to arrive.
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Contact photographer Dan Hornseth
What: Northwest Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Guam to Tokyo Narita Japan
Where: Saipan
When: Wednesday April 15 between 4 and 5
Who: 170 + passengers
Why: When a “minor” crack was discovered on the plane’s windshield. A delay of between 16 and 17 hours is anticipated.
George’s Point of View
Irony of the day: The plane’s emergency arrival just missed Disaster Drill day at Saipan International Airport.
On January 9, 2013 at t 01 h 10 min, a Mordovia Airlines Antonov 24rv#RA 46640 landing at Saransk Airport, Mordovia Russia skidded off the runway.
The flight was from Krasnodar to Kazan, with a fuel stopover in Saransk airport.
The plane was carrying a flight crew and the “Ariada – Akpars” hockey team. Five crew and twenty-nine passengers were aboard. There were no injuries reported. Passengers were provided an alternative flight for the remainder of their trip.
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Contact photographer Jeff Rodeback
What: Delta/ Skywest Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 en route from Salt Lake City,UT to Houston,TX
Where: Grand Junction
When: Oct 28th 2009
Who: 68 passengers
Why: Thirty minutes after takeoff, cabin pressure dropped and oxygen masks were deployed. The crew decided to divert to Grand Junction where they landed safely.
