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Contact photographer Juan Carlos Guerra
What: American Airlines Boeing 767-200 en route from Los Angeles to New York
Where: Los Angeles
When: Mar 25th 2012
Why: After takeoff from LA, the plane developed pressurization problems.
Pilots returned to LA and made a safe landing on hot brakes with emergency services on standby.
A replacement jet was provided.
KLM Airlines flight KL-1681 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 1st.
The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Barcelona, Spain, but had to return immediately afterwards due to an engine failure caused by multiple bird strikes.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Pictured: A Tam Airbus landing on the short “airport” runway “surfing” between buildings to land at Congonhas
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Contact Photographer Alan Olivieri
What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A319-100 en route from Vitoria,ES to Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP
Where: Diverted to Sao Paulo Viracopos Airport
When: Aug 8th 2009
Who: 38 people on board
Why: Hydraulics failed on approach to Sao Paulo so the pilots declared an emergency and diverted to the longer runway at Vircacopos Airport.
George’s Point of View
A good decision here! Better to divert than to have a repeat of the TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (JJ 3054) crash on July 17, 2007. The 35L runway at Congonhas is 6,365 feet long, which is why the Congonhas nickname is “aircraft carrier.” The Viracopos/Campinas International Airport has a 10630 foot runway.
A Jetstream 32 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Bonaventure Airport, Quebec, Canada, on March 30th.
The aircraft was carrying the late Canadian Parliament member Jean Lapierre’s brother-in-law from Montreal and was on its way to Magdalen Islands, when the crew encountered some problem with the engine, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed successfully.
All people onboard remained unhurt.
A helicopter crashed into a mobile home in Sebring, Florida, on October 31st.
The helicopter was carrying two people when it went down in Sebring Falls Mobile Home Park.
Both occupants of the aircraft were killed in the crash. They were identified as the pilot Christopher Lord, 45, and his passenger Christopher Brugger, 52.
One person on the ground was injured and was taken to a hospital.
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Contact photographer Andrew Compolo
What: Continental Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Port of Spain ,Trinidad/Tobago to Houston,TX
Where: Port of Spain
When: Aug 16 2011
Who: 155 passengers and 6 crew
Why: After takeoff, the crew noted an indication that a door was open.
The flight crew elected to return to the airport where they made a safe landing.
The door was closed, and the flight took off again and continued normally, arriving several hours late, but safely.
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Contact photographer Mark Kryst – YXUphoto
What: Air Canada Airbus A320-200 en route from Montreal Trudeau Canada to Fort Lauderdale, FL
Where: Montreal
When: Apr 14th 2009
Why: After reporting problems to air traffic control and returning to Montreal, on final approach to runway 06L the crew experienced “severe mechanical turbulence” and momentarily lost control of the plane. However, the plane landed safely; and shortly afterwards, the passengers were off to their destination–on board another Airbus.
*Mechanical turbulence is turbulence around buildings, wind eddies not caused by thermal means.
