What: Chautauqua Embraer ERJ-145/Delta Airlines en route from Asheville,NC to New York
Where: La Guardia airport, New York
When: Nov 16th 2011
Why: By now, everyone has probably heard about this:

A captain who was locked in the airplane’s bathroom gave a passenger a security code to inform the co-pilot.

But when the co-pilot heard the passenger’s heavy accent, he told ATC “the captain has disappeared in the back and I have someone with a big foreign accent trying to access the cockpit.” ATC urged him to land ASAP.

The situation was resolved before the plane landed, and fortunately before the fighter jets were deployed.

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What: Chautauqua Airlines /Continental Airlines/Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Hartford to Cleveland
Where: Hartford
When: Sep 26 2011
Who: 49 passengers and 3 crew
Why: After taking off from Hartford, smoke was observed in the bathroom.
Pilots were in the air from 9:42 am to 9:45 am.

The pilots made a safe landing, with emergency services on standby. Passengers evacuated without injury on to the runway, and were bussed to the terminal. The location of the plane did cause some airport disruption and delay.

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What: Frontier Airlines/Chautauqua Airlines Embraer ERJ-135 en route from Saint Louis to Milwaukee
Where: Milwaukee
When: Nov 30th 2010, arriving in Milwaukee at 10:02 a.m.
Who: 26 passengers, 3 crew, 6 injuries
Why: While en route, the plane encountered turbulence which injured five passengers and a flight attendant. Rescue services were waiting when the plane landed. The Embraer aircraft incident is out of service for repairs.

Frontier officials commented that passengers should keep their seat belts fastened.

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What: Chautauqua Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Boston to Cleveland
Where: Cleveland
When: Jan 19th 2010
Who: 55 passengers
Why: Prior to landing, the jet suffered electrical problems resulting in smoke and a loss of power. The crew managed a safe landing. Passenger debarked on the runway and were bussed to the gate. The plane was taken out of commission for maintenance/observation/repairs.

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