The Airbus A330-200 plane heading from Barcelona, Spain, to Shanghai, China, was diverted after the crew suspected a fuel leak.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 787-900 plane took off for Beijing, China, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.

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

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The Boeing 737-800 plane was accelerating to take off for Changchun, China, when the crew reported vibrations in one of the engines and decided to stop.

The passengers were safely evacuated via emergency slides.

The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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The Airbus A330-200, en-route from Beijing, China, was on approach to Dubai when the crew reported they would not be able to employ its nose wheel steering.

The plane landed successfully. It was towed off the runway.

All people onboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A330-200 was flying from Frankfurt, Germany, when it en-countered severe turbulence that injured 17 people on-board.

The plane landed safely. Medical assistance was provided to the injured.

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The Boeing 777-300 plane, heading from Washington D.C. to Beijing, China, was diverted due to a mechanical issue.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The plane took off for Chengdu, China, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported unusual noises coming from a cargo hold.

The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.

The cargo hold was thoroughly inspected but no indication of any movement or noise was found.

The plane was cleared to depart again.

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The Boeing 737-800 departed from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and was heading to Beijing when smoke was detected in its cockpit. The crew then contacted Hefei air traffic management and sought permission for an emergency landing.

The plane landed safely and everyone aboard remained unharmed.

The aircraft was taken for maintenance while the passengers were accommodated in another flight.

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The flight, heading from Nanning to Beijing, had to land in emergency, after a female passenger claimed there was a bomb in the cabin.

The plane landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remained unharmed. A SWAT team thoroughly searched the plane but no explosive device was found.

The woman was taken for questioning.

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The decision for emergency landing was made after the aircraft’s landing gear became jammed shortly after it took off at 1:30 p.m.

The Airbus landed safely after circling over Sussex for around 2 hours to shed extra fuel. No injuries were reported.

The runway at Gatwick airport remained closed for 20 minutes after the landing.

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There was no damage reported and no injuries, but the airport was shut down, and passengers taken to Xiaoshan Airport

74 passengers were aboard.

The incident is under investigation.

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Air China posted the following message:

“Due to threatening information received about flight CA 981, to ensure the safety of passengers, this flight has returned to Beijing Capital International Airport.”

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What: Air China Boeing 737-800 en route from Sanya to Beijing (China)
Where: Nanning
When: Mar 6th 2012
Why: When a passenger found a string of fire crackers and turned them over to the flight attendants, the plane divert to Nanning where everyone disembarked with their luggage, and had to go through scans again. Everyone then re-entered the plane, and it continued to make a safe landing in Beijing.

One does wonder how the fire-crackers made it aboard to begin with.

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The flight returned safely to Sanya and made a safe landing. The door problem was reported as a false indication.

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The battery was isolated and the fire extinguished in the lavatory.

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What: Air China Boeing 747-400 en route from New York to Beijing China
Where: Ticonderoga
When: Dec 18th 2009
Who: unknown
Why: Thirty minutes into the flight, the cabin developed pressurization problems and requested to fly at a lower altitude. Over Canada, the crew requested to fly even lower. 7 hours into the flight, the plane made an emergency landing in Anchorage.

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The suspect presented false identities to officials.

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What: Air China Airbus 340-300 en route from Milan Italy to Beijing China
Where: Moscow
When: Tuesday 9.07pm
Who: 155 passengers 18 crew
Why: When one of the Airbus’s 4 engines failed, the crew requested an immediate emergency landing in Russia.

85 passengers were booked to continue to Beijing on Aeroflot and others were being booked elsewhere, later.

George’s Point of View

Slow boat to china?
How about taking a broken airbus to China?
Let’s not.

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