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What: United Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Denver to Dallas
Where: Dallas
When: Mar 19 2010
Why: While on approach to Dallas, a bird strike occurred, denting the plane below the windshield. The flight landed safely.
British Airways flight had to divert and make a precautionary landing at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, Blagnac, France, on September 15th.
The Airbus A320 flying from Barcelona, Spain, to London, UK, was mid-air when the crew detected a technical issue.
The plane landed safely. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The flight was delayed.
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What: Taca A320 en route from San Salvador (El Salvador) to Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
Where: Tegucigalpa
When: May 30th 2008
Who: 124 passengers and 11 crew
Why: On landing at Tegucigalpa, the A320 overran the runway of Tegucigalpa Toncontin Airport’s runway 2. The crash occurred in bad weather. Overrunning the runway, the plane continued to crash into a store and cars.
Rolls-Royce claims the Trent 900 problem is confined to a specific part in the turbine area. 21 of 38 A380s operated by Singapore Air, Qantas and Lufthansa use Rolls-Royce Trent 900 series engines. Singapore Air may have to replace 24 engines. Qantas is inspecting 14 engines which may shared among six planes—which may explain some of the strain evident in so many recent Qantas incidents. Six grounded super jumbos are costing Qantas a million dollars a day.
On the Airbus A380, bound for Sydney from Singapore, which was carrying 433 passengers and 26 crew members, an engine exploded over Batam, sending turbine shrapnel flying out of the plane’s engine, severing cables in the wing, taking out flight control systems and narrowly missing the fuel tank. With fuel gushing out of the fuel tank there and hot components, passengers are lucky the wing did not ignite.
Swiss International Airlines flight LX-289 had to return and make an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 14th.
The Airbus A340-300 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic issue.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and thirty-one people aboard remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-94 had to return and make an emergency landing in Managua, Nicaragua, on October 11th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Miami, Florida, when it suffered a bird strike. The crew continued takeoff but subsequently returned to Managua.
Everyone aboard remained safe.
Aeroflot flight SU-1711 made an emergency landing in Khabarovsk, Russia, on May 22nd.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Moscow, Russia, but had to turn back due to an issue with the landing gear.
The plane landed safely after burning off fuel.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
