Austrian Airlines flight OS-836 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Bucharest, Romania, on May 8th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Vienna, Austria, was diverted due to a technical problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: An EgyptAir Boeing 737-566
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Contact photographer Stelios Ioannou
What: Egypt Air Boeing 777-200 en route from Cairo to Bangkok
Where: Mumbai
When: Dec 24/25th 2009
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the plane developed an engine problem and shut down one of its engines. The flight diverted to Mumbai where it landed safely.
Aerolineas Argentinas Airlines flight AR-1301 had to reject take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on February 9th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane was accelerating to take off for Buenos Aires, Argentina, when the crew rejected take-off due to an engine stall.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Javier Bravo Muñoz
What: BMI/Astraeus Boeing 757-200 en route from Freetown Sierra Leone to London
Where: Nouakchott Mauritania
When: Aug 25 2010
Who: 110 aboard
Why: While en route the plane developed engine problems. One account says the pilot saw an engine on fire and contacted ATC for immediate clearance for an emergency landing.
The official report says that the plane was experiencing engine surges.
What matters is that the plane landed safely, with no casualties. A replacement plane was flown in.
Swiss International Air Lines flight LX-65 made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on March 21st.
The Airbus A330-300 plane flying from Miami, Florida, was descending toward Zurich when the crew received indication of a nose wheel steering issue.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
KLM Cityhopper flight KL-933 had to return and make an emergency landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on September 22nd.
The Embraer ERJ-190 flying to Dublin, Ireland, had to return due to electrical odor in its cockpit.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Frontier Airlines flight F9-1839 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 20th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to San Diego, California, was diverted after an unidentified odor was noticed in the aft cabin.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and twenty-nine passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.