What: All Nippon Airways 787 Dreamliner
Where: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
When: Oct 1, 2012
Why: After making a safe, early landing in Seattle, the return flight was delayed for twenty-four hours due to a problem with the cooling system.

It was the first flight of All Nippon Airways 14th 787 Dreamliner, which is configured with 46 lie-flat, business-class seats and 112 economy seats.

The Tokyo return-flight passengers were provided food vouchers and a take-off scheduled on Oct 2.

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Turkish Airlines flight TK-541 made an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 13th.

The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Niamey, Niger, but the crew received a tail strike indication during departure and decided to return.

The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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Gulf & Caribbean Air Loses Oil over Cincinnati


Pictured: N281FL formerly known as C-GKFH Purolator Courier (Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter) Boeing 727-225(F) in its former life
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Contact photographer Frank Robitaille

What: Gulf & Caribbean Air Boeing 727-200 en route from Memphis,TN to Hamilton, Ontario
Where: Cincinnati
When: Dec 13th 2009
Who: 3 crew members
Why: While en route, engine 3 developed an oil pressure problem, most likely due to a leak. The right engine (3) was shut down and the plane diverted to Cincinnati where it made a safe landing.

After landing, apparently maintenance discovered no oil IN the engine, but quite a lot ON it. Not finding a current photo of this plane in Gulf & Caribbean Air colors, we have delved into history and (if we have made no errors) resurrected a photo of this plane in its former life with the photographer’s permission. If there’s a mistake, it’s ours.

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Bird Forces Private Jet to make Emergency Landing at Dulles

HawkerA private Hawker 800 jet made an emergency landing at runway 19-R of Washington Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Virginia, shortly before 12:30 pm on July 14.

As per officials of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), the pilot declared emergency after a bird hit and damaged the aircraft.

The plane landed safely but had to be towed off to the hanger due to damage to its under carriage and loss of hydraulic fluid.

There were 2 people aboard at the time of accident; none of them was injured.

The fire crews responded at the runway as a precaution step.

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Southwest Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Iowa

southwest_airlines_logoSouthwest Airlines Flight 3809 on its way from Minneapolis-St. Paul airport to Denver, had to divert and make an emergency landing at Sioux City airport in Iowa, at about 2:40 p.m. on June 29.

The decision to divert and make an emergency landing was made after the pilot noticed a power warning light flashing in the cockpit.

The Boeing 737, with 143 passengers and 5 crew members aboard, then landed without incident after remaining in the air for about 90 minutes.

Southwest spokeswoman Michelle Agnew said that the pilot adopted a cautious route although the situation was not that dire.

Sioux City airport operations manager John Backer said that the passengers were provided a replacement plane to resume the journey after waiting for three hours in the lounge.

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Delta Galley Fire

What: Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from New York to Tel Aviv
Where: New York
When: Dec 11th 2010
Who: 399 aboard
Why: After takeoff from JFK, the crew reported a fire in galley 2. While burning off fuel to land, the fire went out; but additional problems with fuel pumps were reported. The flight dumped fuel and landed an hour and a half after departure.

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1 Dead, 1 Injured after Small Plane Crashes in Texas

A small plane crashed near FM 2004 and FM Road 646 in Hitchcock, Texas, on October 4th.

Authorities believe the plane crashed after it took off from Pearland Regional Airport.

There were two people aboard at the time; one of them was killed while the other one was injured.

The deceased was identified as 69-year-old Brian Arnott.

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