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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Prague to New York
Where: Goose Bay
When: Nov 13th 2009
Why: While en route, the crew detected smoke in the cockpit. After the flight diverted to Goose Bay, the cause of the smoke was determine to be a fan. After repairs, the flight continued to its destination.
On November 12, a Fed Ex flight also diverted to Goose bay for smoke in the cockpit.
Qantas flight QF-568 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Melbourne, Australia, on April 14th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Perth to Sydney, Australia, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 en route from Mumbai to Chennai
Where: Mumbai
When: Aug 27th 2010
Who: 140 passengers, 6 crew
Why: While taxiing for takeoff, off duty crew reported smoke near the left wing; procedures were not followed (i.e. fire suppression system was not engaged.)
The flight was evacuated; 26 passengers were injured, and the plane received damage from exiting passengers via the overwing exit.
India suspended he six crew members as well as 4 additional crew aboard.
No fire was found.
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What: AeroSur Boeing 737-200 en route from Asuncion Paraguay to Santa Cruz
Where: Asuncio
When: Nov 23rd 2009
Who: 71 passengers
Why: While en route, the pressure in one engine dropped. The crew shut down that engine, and returned to the airport where they made a safe landing.
The 737 joined the AeroSur fleet in December 2008.
A 1965 Mooney aircraft made an emergency landing at Tipton Airport, Maryland, on November 22.
The plane took off from Tipton Airport but had to return shortly afterwards after it lost power due to a mechanical fault. The pilot Paul Antoinette, 48, of Baltimore, was heading to Florida at the time.
The plane landed uneventfully in a grassy area near the runway. The pilot remained uninjured.
UTAir flight UT-579 overran the end of the runway on landing in Sochi, Russia, on September 1st.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane was coming from Moscow, Russia.
The plane came to stop in a river bed off the runway and its left engine caught fire.
There were one hundred and seventy people aboard at the time; eighteen of them were injured.
An airport worker died after having a heart attack at the scene of the incident.
What: Cloud 9 Helicopters Flight Training School Robinson 22
Where: Palm Beach Gardens, North Palm Beach County
When: June 19 2010
Who: Pilot and trainee
Why: On a training flight, equipment caught on fire and the helicopter had to make an emergency landing on Aviation Boulevard. The helicopter flipped but both the pilot and trainee “walked away.”
