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What: ANN All Nippon Network de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Osaka Itami to Niigata
Where: Itami Airport, Japan
When: Dec 8th 2009
Who: 22 on board
Why: After takeoff, the plane could not retract the gear. The crew decided to return to Itami Airport where it made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative flight to Niigata.
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What: Air Arabia Airbus A320-200 en route from Kochi to Sharjah
Where: Cochin International Airport
When: October 29, 2010 8:15 pm
Who: 154 passengers, 6 crew
Why: After takeoff, the flight suffered a problem, and according to officials a bird strike “was not ruled out”. It took fifteen minutes to return to the airport to make a safe landing after the bird strike.
Lufthansa flight LH-444 had to return and make an emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, on May 3rd.
The Airbus A330-300 en-route to Atlanta, Georgia, had to return due to a technical issue.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Replacement plane was arranged for the passengers.
On July 31, 2013, an Orient Thai Airlines Boeing 73703T) was en route from Guiyang to Phuket.
Pilots diverted to Surat THani airport and made an emergency landing around 7pm. While taxiing on the runway, a main gear tire slipped off the pavement had had a flat.
The plane was towed off the runway. Flights were disrupted till about 9 pm.
There were 137 Chinese passengers aboard. No injuries were reported.
El Al flight LY-5425 made an emergency landing in Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 15th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Amsterdam, Netherlands, but had to turn back due to an issue with the landing gear.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and ninety people aboard remained unharmed.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH-2665 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Kuching, Malaysia, on September 20th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Tawau to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was diverted after the crew received an abnormal gear indication.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
A Kansas State University helicopter made an emergency landing near Saline-McPherson County line, on Thursday.
According to the Kansas State Troopers, the pilot made emergency landing due to a mechanical fault in the helicopter. The two-seater training helicopter was landed safely, in a wheat field and the pilot remained uninjured.
The helicopter is being repaired on-site, after which it will be flown to the KSU’s aviation facility in Salina.