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What: Passaredo Embraer ERJ-145 from Sao Paulo to Uberlandia
Where: Uberlandia
When: Nov 15th 2011
Who: 27 passengers and 3 crew
Why: Landing on the wet runway, the plane continued completely off the runway. There were no injuries.
As the airport was closed for six hours afterwards, some passengers took alternative transport.
Pictured: An Aero Republica Colombia Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW 190AR in Colombia
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What: Aero Republica Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Bogota to San Andres Island Colombia
Where: Bogota
When: Jan 3rd 2010
Who: 63 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the plane developed cabin pressure problems. The plane returned to the Bogota airport and made a safe landing.
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Contact photographer Ruud Brinks – Aerospray
What: Lufthansa Cityline Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Frankfurt to Hanover
Where: Cologne
When: Oct 21st 2011
Who: 41 passengers and 5 crew
Why: After takeoff from Frankfurt, an engine was shut down (for the second day in a row). The pilots diverted to Cologne where they made a safe landing. Passengers were driven to Hanover.
Embraer sent out a press release that it has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ Engines as the “Exclusive Power for Second Generation of E-Jets.”
The Embraer E-Jets equipped with PurePower PW1700G and PW1900G engines will enter service in 2018, and promise improvements in fuel burn, emissions and noise reduction. The engine which is still in testing stages, and will replace GE engines.
Aeroflot flight SU-1963 suffered a runway excursion after landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia, on January 21st.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane was coming from Astana, Kazakhstan.
All seventy-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
Envoy Air flight MQ-3826 suffered a runway excursion on landing at Alexandria International Airport, Louisiana, on December 30th.
The incident happened when the plane was coming from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas.
The plane became disabled with the right main gear off the paved surface.
No injuries were reported.
Republic Airlines flight YX-4488/AA-4488 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, Morrisville, North Carolina, on October 28.
The Embraer ERJ-170, flying from Philadelphia, to Jacksonville, had to make an emergency landing due to smoke in cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 69 people aboard remained safe.
