Midwest

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    Midwest Airlines Boeing Emergency Landing in Estonia


    The former Romanian low cost carrier Blue Air EI-EOP was delivered from Shannon to Cairo on December 17 and registered SU-MWF
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    Contact photographerTrevor Mulkerrins

    What: Midwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Sharm el Sheikh Egypt to Tallinn Estonia
    Where: Sharm el Sheikh
    When: Jan 15th 2011
    Who: 180 passengers
    Why: While en route, the plane developed pressurization problems that caused passengers significant distress, including ear pain.

    Pilots returned the plane to Tallinn where it made a safe landing and the pressurization problems were worked on by maintenance crews.

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    KCI Emergency Landing

    What: Midwest/Frontier Airlines en route from Milwaukee to Kansas City
    Where: Kansas City
    When: June 21, 2010 3:30 pm
    Who: 104 aboard
    Why: After smoke in the cockpit, the plane made an emergency landing at Kansas City International, passengers disembarked via slides. Fire trucks were on standby. Several passengers were hurt; one went to the hospital. Passengers’ luggage is also being examined by the NTSB.