Air Transat flight TS-103 made an emergency landing in Montreal, Canada, on March 26th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Orlando, Florida, was descending toward Montreal when it lost cabin pressure, prompting the deployment of oxygen masks.
The plane continued for a safe landing. There were 102 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; 3 of them were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
United Airlines flight UA-1600 was hit by turbulence near Los Angeles, California, on April 25th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane flying from Newark, New Jersey, was descending toward Los Angeles when it encountered severe turbulence that injured one passenger.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
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Contact photographer Hans Olav Nyborg
What: Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-300 en route from Stockholm Arlanda to Nice France
Where: Hamburg
When: Nov 19th 2009
Who: unavailaboe
Why: When the crew reported smoke in the cockpit, the plane diverted to Hamburg. After a safe landing, a replacement jet was provided, and after a delay of a few hours, the flight resumed without further event.
Jazz Aviation flight QK-8682 suffered a runway excursion on landing at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville in Quebec, Canada, on February 8th.
The incident happened when the plane was coming from Montreal, Canada.
The plane came to stop on soft ground. No injuries were reported.
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Contact photographer Galen Burrows
What: Air Europa Boeing 737-800 en route from Madrid,SP to Lanzarote,CI
Where: Lanzarote
When: Jun 16th 2011
Why: On approach to Lanzarote, the plane developed flap problems. The crew responded by entering a holding pattern, and shortly afterward landed with flaps up. Touchdown was lower and at a higher speed but a safe landing.
What: Air Europa Boeing 737-800 en route from Lanzarote,CI to Bilbao,SP
Where: Bilbao
When: Jun 16th 2011
Why: The same plane was on approach to Bilbao and suffered a reoccurrence of the flap problem.
The pilots diverted to Madrid. Touchdown was lower and at a higher speed but a safe landing.
In George’s Opinion
One can not help but wonder what was going on behind the scenes here–if they had an attempted-but-failed flap repair in maintenance, or if someone had a boneheaded thought process of flying a disabled plane.
We do not have a record here that this was a ferry flight, so whether or not there were commercial passengers aboard, someone else will have to enlighten us.
Hopefully the flaps problem will be repaired rather than continuing to subject the crew to a less-than-airworthy plane. Good on you to the flight crew of EC-III
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Kish Airlines flight Y9-7404 had to return and make an emergency landing in Abadan, Iran, on August 7th.
The plane took off for Tehran, Iran, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Germania flight ST-4911 had to return and make an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal, on June 26th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Berlin, Germany, but had to turn back after heavy smoke was noticed in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All ninety-four passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
