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What: Porter Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Montreal to Toronto
Where: Toronto
When: Dec 3rd 2009
Who: 52 on board
Why: On approach to Toronto, about ten minutes before landing, the crew received indication of a technical problem.
The flight made a safe landing with emergency standing by.
A U.S. Air Force Boeing 707 plane had to make an emergency landing at Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport, Indonesia, on March 24th.
Indonesian air force spokesperson Air Vice Marshall Jemi Trisonjaya said the plane declared an emergency after one of the engines failed.
The plane was transporting 20 American military personnel from a base in Diego Garcia to Kadena Air Base, Japan, at the time.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Korean Air flight KE-137 had to return for an emergency landing in Seoul, South Korea, on February 28th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Nadi, Fiji, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 115 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
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What: Qantas B737-400 en route from Adelaide to Melbourne
Where: Melbourne
When: Jan 24, 2011
Who: 99 passengers and six crew
Why: On experiencing an air conditioning problem, (turning off an overheated air conditioning system and the second system shut down), the plane lost cabin pressure. Thirty minutes out of Melbourne, the pilot descended to 10,000 feet, and continued to make a safe landing at Melbourne.
Delta Airlines flight DL-284 had to return and make an emergency landing in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 2nd.
The Boeing 767-400 plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to turn back after an engine compressor stalled.
The plane landed back safely. All two hundred and twenty-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-685 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on January 7th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Mexico City, Mexico, but had to turn back due to suspected bird strikes.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
What: Cape Air/Hyannis Air Service Cessna 402C en route from Boston to Martha’s Vineyard.
Where: Barnstable Municipal Airport HYANNIS, MA
When: Saturday Nov 22, 8 pm
Who: Pilot and 5 passengers
Why: At 7:15 prior to a flyby of the airport, Pilot John Call reported to ATC that his indicator revealed a nose gear problem .
On landing on a retracted, or not fully locked gear, the nose gear on the plane collapsed and struck the tarmac. No injuries were reported. Emergency crews were standing by
