The Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Cali, Colombia, was descending toward Bogota when it suffered hail strike which caused damage to windshields and the radome.

The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 787-800 plane took off for Bogota, Colombia, but had to turn back due to an issue with the slats.

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

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The Boeing 787-800 plane heading from Madrid, Spain, to Bogota, Colombia, was diverted due to electrical problems.

The plane landed safely. All two hundred and fifty people aboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Fortaleza, Brazil, but had to turn back after it suffered a bird strike.

The plane landed safely. All ninety-one passengers remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Miami, Florida, to Bogota, Colombia, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.

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Avianca Brazil flight O6-6065 had to return and make an emergency landing in Brasilia, Brazil, on November 26th.

The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Sao Paulo–Congonhas Airport, Brazil, but had to turn back due to cabin pressure problems.

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

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The Embraer ERJ-190 plane heading from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Panama City, Panama, was diverted after it lost cabin pressure.

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

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The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Lima, Peru, but had to turn back after an engine started emitting streaks of flames and loud bangs.

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

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The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Recife, Brazil, but had to turn back after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.

The plane landed uneventfully. All 156 people aboard remained safe.

The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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The Airbus A320-200 had taken off for Valledupar, Colombia, when the crew detected flaps issue mid-air, prompting it to return.

The plane landed safely.

All people onboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A318-100 plane was flying from Brasilia, Brazil, when a vulture hit it, damaging the radome.

The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained safe.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Bucaramanga, Colombia, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a hydraulic failure.

The plane landed safely. All 135 passengers and 7 crew members remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Santiago, Chile, but had to return shortly afterwards after one of the engines ingested several birds.

The plane landed safely. All 118 people aboard remained unhurt.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Cali, Colombia, but had to turn back after it ran into turbulence that cracked a cabin window.

The plane landed uneventfully. There were 120 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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The Airbus A319-100 plane was flying from Brasilia, Brazil, when a bird hit it, damaging the nose cone.

The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A330-200 aircraft, flying from Lima, Peru, ran into severe turbulence that injured 23 people on-board.

The plane continued for a safe landing in Buenos Aires, where the injured were given medical aid. Authorities confirmed that 10 people were shifted to hospital for further treatment.

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The Airbus A320-200 was about to takeoff for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when it ingested a bird, prompting the crew to abort taking off.

The plane returned to the apron.

The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

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The Airbus A318-100, en-route to Pasto, Colombia, had to return after one of its engines failed. The engine had to be shutdown mid-air.

The plane landed safely.

All 99 people aboard remained unhurt.

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The Airbus A330-200 plane, heading to Lima, Peru, was diverted after the crew noticed a hydraulic problem.

The plane landed uneventfully and everyone aboard remains safe.

Authorities said the aircraft was cleared to take off again after maintenance.

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The plane, carrying 49 passengers, was en route from Petrolina to Brasilia airport on March 28. The pilot requested emergency landing protocol as his attempt to lower the plane’s front landing gear failed.

Media sources report that the pilot kept flying the passenger jet around the city, in order to shed the weight of extra fuel. The plane then safely landed on its rear wheels, while the fire crew foamed it to avoid a friction fire when its nose touched the runway.

All the passengers and crew members were evacuated safely.

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After burning off fuel, the pilots returned to Porto Alegre and made a safe landing.

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El Dorado Airport crews responded to the scene. The accident occurred during taxi prior to taking off. Flight 9847 had been scheduled to depart at 2:15 pm Saturday in Bogota to Armenia.

There were 83 people aboard the plane at the time of the incident, none of whom were injured.

Passengers were provided an alternative flight.

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After landing at Jose Maria Cordova the disruptive passenger was taken into custody. The passenger’s identity was not confirmed.

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What: Avianca Brasil Fokker 100 en route from Florianopolis to Sao Paulo
Where: Congonhas
When: Jul 11 2010
Why: While on approach to Congonhas, the plane developed hydraulic failure. The flight diverted to Guarulhos where it made a safe landing.

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