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What: Iberia Airbus A320-200 en route from Madrid to Vigo
Where: Vigo
When: Oct 14 2010
Who: 88 passengers
Why On landing, the plane underwent extreme vibrations from the nose gear, and stopped on the runway. A broken nose gear was interfering with a nose wheel. Passengers disembarked on the runway and were transported to the gate.
The plane was taken out of commission for repairs.
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What: Swiss Airbus A320-200 en route from Zurich Switzerland to Madrid, Spain
What: Swiss Airbus A320-200 en route from Zurich Switzerland to Moscow Domodedovo Russia
Where: Zurich
When: Mar 15th 2011
Why: To save space, lets call these planes Swiss Airbus Spain and Swiss Airbus Russia …
Swiss Airbus Spain was taking off when ATC had them abort the takeoff.
Swiss Airbus Russia was taking off simultaneously, and they were allowed to continue.
An an ILS calibration flight was measuring runways 14 and 16 in the area at the same time. Russia was on one of the runways being measured, but not Spain.
Swiss Airbus Spain stopped with hot brakes, and takeoff was delayed for three hours. Russia was allowed to continue.
A near miss may be a near collision, but a close call is a close call. And this was a close call.
Indigo flight 6E-61 had to return and make an emergency landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, India, on May 2nd.
The Airbus A320-200 flying to Dubai, UAE, had to return due to cargo smoke indication.
The plane landed safely.
All 178 passengers and 6 crew members aboard remained safe.
Brussels Airlines flight SN-3233 had to return and make an emergency landing in Brussels, Belgium, on September 9th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Rhodes, Greece, but had to return shortly afterwards after the first officer fell ill.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
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What: Qantas Airbus A380-800 en route from Singapore to London
Where: London Heathrow
When: Jul 4th 2009
Why: The first approach was aborted due to a nose gear issue. After landing, nose gear steering failed, and the plane was towed. However, repairs were made so that on the return flight, the delay was only about two hours.
British Airways flight BA-57 returned to Heathrow Airport, England, on March 19th.
The Airbus A380-800 plane took off for Johannesburg, South Africa, but had to turn back after the crew noticed hot air leak in one of the wings.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-782 made an emergency return to Tampa International Airport, Florida, USA, on November 25.
The Airbus A320-200 was en-route from Tampa to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the left hand engine was shut down due to over temperature, causing it to return.
The plane landed safely.
All 135 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
