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What: Germanwings Airbus A319-100 en route from Pula Croatia to Berlin
Where: Schoenefeld Airport
When: Jul 16th 2009
Why: The airbus landed at Schoenefeld with gear issues and had to be towed off the runway.
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Tampa to Hartford
Where: Bradley International Airport, Connecticut
When: Oct 3, 2012
Who: 130 people aboard
Why: After Southwest Airlines Flight 2102 suffered a bird strike on the right side of the plane on approach to Bradley International Airport, the pilot made a safe landing.
The crew described hearing a “loud bang” on approach.
The bird strike was not confirmed during the flyby but afterwards during inspection.
Delta flight 5104 carrying 47 people from Atlanta to Allentown made an emergency landing at Lehigh Valley International Airport after the Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 developed problems with its flaps.
Lehigh Valley International Airport is a regular stop on 5106.
Air traffic control was notified at 6:35 p.m. and within twenty minutes the flight had made a fast landing without flaps—a fast landing because flaps help the plane slow down.
No injuries were reported.
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S7 Airlines flight S7-3515 made an emergency landing in Novosibirsk, Russia, on June 19th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-seven people aboard remained unharmed.
Braathens Regional Airways flight TF-164 made an emergency landing in Malmo, Sweden, on November 7th.
The plane was flying from Stockholm Bromma Airport, Sweden, when the crew reported vibrations in one of the engines and decided to shut it down.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained safe.
A helicopter made an emergency landing in a field in Snargate Lane, Brookland, England, at around 11:10 a.m. on February 13.
The incident happened when the helicopter was carrying 2 men. According to South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman Rich Airey, “It was reported that the helicopter had a soft landing but then rolled onto its side…We sent two ambulances, a car and the hazardous area response team.”
Both occupants of the Robinson R22 suffered only minor injuries. Authorities confirmed that they did not need hospital treatment.
The accident is being investigated.
