What: CAA (Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation) en route from Kinshasa to Goma, Congo
Where: Goma
When: Thursday Nov 19 2009
Who: 117 passengers including the governor of North Kivu province
Why: On landing, the plane overshot the runway and landed in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo.
20 people were injured.
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The flight was heading from McCarran International Airport to Great Falls, Montana, but was forced to return after a smoke alarm went off.
The plane landed uneventfully at around 8:50 a.m. None of the 160 passengers aboard was harmed.
The passengers were shifted to another aircraft which took them to their destination.
Condor flight DE-2402 had to return and make an emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, on September 12th.
The Boeing 767-300 en-route to Toronto, Canada, had to return due to hydraulic failure.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 217 passengers and 9 crew members aboard remained safe.
Avianca flight AV-39 made an emergency landing in Miami, Florida, on August 1st.
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The plane landed uneventfully. There were 120 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Spirit Airlines flight NK-153 had to return for an emergency landing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on February 13th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for San Salvador, El Salvador, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
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The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred forty-one passengers and seven crew members remained unharmed.
