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Contact Photographer Gerry Stegmeier
What: Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-300 en route from Varna Bulgaria to Moscow
Where: Varna Bulgaria
When: Sep 6th 2009
Who: 106 passengers
Why: Just after takeoff, the cockpit window cracked. The plane landed safely back at the airport about an hour after takeoff, at 4:30 pm. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
Air Astana flight KC-1388 made an emergency landing at Beja Airport, Portugal, on November 11th.
The plane took off from Alverca Airport, Portugal, but lost control shortly afterwards. The crew declared an emergency and subsequently landed safely at Beja Airport.
The airline confirmed that the plane was carrying six crew members and that there were no passengers aboard.
Portuguese Air Force had also dispatched F16 fighter jets to escort the plane.
TUIFly Nordic flight 6B-554 had to return and make an emergency landing at Alghero-Fertilia Airport, Italy, on August 17.
The Boeing 737-800 en-route to Oslo, Norway, had to return after it ingested a number of birds into one of its engines.
The plane landed safely.
All 176 people aboard remained unhurt.
China Eastern flight MU-5602 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Qingdao Liuting International Airport, Shandong, China, on January 31.
The Airbus A321-200, flying from Shenyang, to Shanghai, China, had to divert due to engine failure. One of its engines had to be shut down mid-air.
The plane landed uneventfully.
No injuries were reported.
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What: Sheltam Aviation Beechcraft 58 Baron
Where: Virginia Airport, Durban South Africa
When: Mar 10, 2010
Who: 5 aboard
Why: Newspapers reported this accident as the tires falling off after takeoff.
Apparently the pilots were getting conflicting messages, and did a flyby the tower where there was visual confirmation that the landing gear were down but improperly locked.
On touchdown, the pilot attempted to spare the right gear which eventually collapsed as the plane skid right, impacting bushes. There were no injuries reported.
United Airlines Flight 1199 (Boeing 737-990/ER) had just landed from Newark with 175 aboard; Alaska Airlines flight 143 (Boeing 757-224) to Portland was departing with 182 aboard when they made contact.
The left hand winglet of the arriving 737 contacted the right hand horizontal stabilizer of the departing 757. Fortunately the Alaska jet was not on its take-off run, so the impact happened at a crawl (i.e. “taxiing at a low speed.”). Passengers said they felt a jolt. The planes were stuck together; and part of one plane had “snapped off.”
The impact occurred at 7:51, derailing travel plans of the passengers, and scheduling for the two damaged jets. Some passengers were put up at local hotels, but there were no reported injuries.
A passenger who shot a well-circulated picture that was released on twitter was besieged with reporter requests to post the image. Actor Peter Cambor who was aboard also tweeted that the jets were “stuck together.”
SunExpress flight XQ-4879 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Belgrade, Serbia, on July 26th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Stuttgart, Germany, to Hurghada, Egypt, was diverted after the crew received indication of smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
