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What: Air Canada Airbus A330-300 en route from Vancouver, BC to Tokyo, Japan
Where: Vancouver
When: June 4th 2009
Who: 147 people on board
Why: The Airbus experienced pressurization issues en route. The plane returned to Vancouver and landed safely an hour after it left.
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Contact Photographer Petr PopelarWhat: Air India A319-100 en route from Mumbai to Kolkata
Where: near Aurangabad
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Who: 88 passengers 6 crew
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