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What: Blue Islands ATR-42-320 en route from Guernsey to Jersey
Where: Jersey-States Airport
When: June 16, 2012
Who: 43 passengers
Why: According to Blue Islands, after making a safe landing, during taxi the left-hand landing gear suffered a suspected mechanical failure and resulted in the left wing contacting the ground. Debris was scattered down the runway.

No-one was injured. Passengers disembarked through the main door, were assessed by medical staff, and left the airport with their baggage at around 1000. During the incident, the runway was closed. Flights were suspended for eight hours on June 16.

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Tam Airbus Flaps Fault


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What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 en route from New York to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Brazil
Where: New York
When: Nov 6th 2009
Who: 216 (?) on board
Why: After takeoff, the crew reported to ATC that the flaps had locked in place. After maintaining a holding pattern to burn off fuel, the plane landed back in New York for repairs, after which it departed again for Brazil.

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Air Europa Boeing Struck by Lightning


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Contact photographer Georgiy Shvetsov

What: Air Europa Boeing 737-800 en route from Madrid to Valencia
Where: Valencia
When: Apr 16th 2010
Who: Atletico Madrid soccer team
Why: On approach to Manises Airport in Valencia the plane was struck by lightning. The flight made a safe landing, and the team was able to continue to the planned match.

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Nepal: Sita Air Flight Overrun, Strikes Wall


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Contact photographer Richard Vandervord

What: Sita Air Dornier 228 en route from
Kathmandu to Lukla
Where: Lukla, Nepal
When: Oct 12 2010
Who: 11 passengers, 3 crew
Why: On landing at Lukla, the brakes failed, and the plane overran the (527 meter) short inclined runway and struck a wall at the end.

No injuries were reported, although the plane incurred nose damage.

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Bad Day for Air Europa Flaps


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What: Air Europa Boeing 737-800 en route from Madrid,SP to Lanzarote,CI
Where: Lanzarote
When: Jun 16th 2011
Why: On approach to Lanzarote, the plane developed flap problems. The crew responded by entering a holding pattern, and shortly afterward landed with flaps up. Touchdown was lower and at a higher speed but a safe landing.

What: Air Europa Boeing 737-800 en route from Lanzarote,CI to Bilbao,SP
Where: Bilbao
When: Jun 16th 2011
Why: The same plane was on approach to Bilbao and suffered a reoccurrence of the flap problem.

The pilots diverted to Madrid. Touchdown was lower and at a higher speed but a safe landing.

In George’s Opinion
One can not help but wonder what was going on behind the scenes here–if they had an attempted-but-failed flap repair in maintenance, or if someone had a boneheaded thought process of flying a disabled plane.

We do not have a record here that this was a ferry flight, so whether or not there were commercial passengers aboard, someone else will have to enlighten us.

Hopefully the flaps problem will be repaired rather than continuing to subject the crew to a less-than-airworthy plane. Good on you to the flight crew of EC-III

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Airbus Emergency Landing in Montreal


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Contact photographer Mick Bajcar
What: Air Transat Airbus A310-300, registration C-GTSD en route from Panama City Panama to Montreal,QC Canada
Where: Montreal, QC Runway 06L
When: Mar 23rd 2009
Why: The crew reported an unsafe gear indication on approach, and initiated a go-around. They managed to lower and lock the gear but then nose gear steering was unavailable. They landed safely and had to be towed away, blocking the runway for fifteen minutes.

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Stobart Air Flight Makes Emergency Landing due to Smoke in Cockpit

Stobart AirStobart Air flight RE-3701 made an emergency landing in Cork, Ireland, on August 24th.

The plane was flying from Birmingham, England, when the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit and declared an emergency.

The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.

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