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What: Austrian Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 en route from Florence Italy to Vienna
Where: Vienna International Airport
When: Nov 5 2012
Who: 80 aboard 76 passengers, 4 crew
Why: On landing at Vienna International Airport, the Austrian Airlines De Havilland Dash lost the inboard wheel of the right landing gear.
There were no injuries reported. The accident is under investigation.
Germania Flug flight GM-3225 had to return and make an emergency landing in Pristina, Kosovo, on June 14th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back after a phone battery started emitting smoke.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
IndiGo flight 6E-6468 made an emergency landing in Kochi, India, on November 12th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Hyderabad, India, but had to turn back due to indication of a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight 447 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Grand Junction Regional Airport, Colorado, on July 22.
The Airbus A320, en-route from Denver, Colorado, to Los Angeles, California, had to be landed in emergency after several passengers started feeling ill.
According to an airline spokesperson, “After receiving reports of multiple ill customers, our crew deployed the oxygen masks and elected to divert to Grand Junction… Our maintenance team will inspect the aircraft to determine if there were any technical issues.”
There were 150 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; authorities said 1 passengers was taken to hospital.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-607 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras, on May 29th.
The Boeing 737-700, flying from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Baltimore, Maryland, was mid air when the crew reported smoke in the cabin, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 148 people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Pictured: A United Express (Colgan Air) Saab 340B at Washington – Dulles International
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What: United Airlines Express / Pinnacle Airlines / Colgan Airlines two-engine SAAB 340 en route from Parkersburg, WV
Where: Dulles International Airport
When: 3:35pm Oct 24 2009
Who: 11 passengers
Why: While en route from West Virginia, the flight suffered turbulence, injuring a flight attendant and a passenger. Both struck their heads.
The plane made an emergency landing amid heavy rain and with gusty winds at Dulles; and both injured women were taken by ambulance to the hospital. An injured male passenger was treated at the airport.
AirAsia flight AK 537D had to return and make an emergency landing at Phnom Penh International Airport, Cambodia, on December 27.
The Airbus 320 plane took off for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. No injuries were reported.