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What: Lufthansa Airbus A320-200 en route from Ekaterinburg Russia to Frankfurt Germany
Where: Perm
When: Oct 25th 2011
Who: 116 passengers and 6 crew
Why: While en route, smoke appeared in the cabin of the Airbus.
The pilots reported the smoke to ATC and diverted to Perm.
They made a safe landing. Passengers waited while a replacement flight was provided.
Korean Air flight KE-51 made an emergency landing in Seoul, South Korea, on November 29th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Honolulu, Hawaii, but had to turn back after the crew noticed a cabin pressure problem.
The plane landed uneventfully. All one hundred and twenty-eight passengers aboard remained safe.
ven though France is putting $6.5 billion euros into banks with the sole intent of financing Airbus purchases, this plan is not being called a bailout.
Airbus is owned by the European aerospace group. In fact, the French state owns 15% of EADS. At the same time, EADS is cutting 10,000 jobs because of cost over-runs to the A380 super-jumbo project.
This is the first time that the French government has directed this much funding into the aviation/aeronautics industry, apparently a diversionary tactic to allay damage to their hard-hit automobile/tourism industry. This funding is in addition to a prior pledge of smaller scale assistance to aeronautical suppliers and researchers.
Expect protests from Boeing over the controversial nature of state aid.
Shaheen Air flight NL-902D made an emergency landing in Lahore, Pakistan, on January 8th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane flying from Manchester, England, was descending toward Lahore when the crew declared an emergency due to an engine fire indication.
The crew had activated the fire suppression system before the plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
What: Frontier Airlines Airbus A319-10 en route from Denver to Mexico
Where: Denver
When: Sep 5th 2009
Why: When the plane indicated a hydraulics system warning, the crew returned to the Denver airport for an emergency landing where they landed about 40 minutes after takeoff.
EasyJet flight U2-1353 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on February 8th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Geneva, Switzerland, was descending toward Amsterdam when the crew reported hydraulic issues and entered a hold.
The plane continued for a safe landing. There were 152 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
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What: Germanwings Airbus A319-100 en route from Vienna to Cologne
Where: Cologne
When: Dec 19th 2010
Why: On landing in Cologne, smoke in the cockpit sent pilots to the hospital. The smoke is so far unexplained.