The Boeing 737-300 plane took off for Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Russia, but had to turn back due to a burning odor on board which was followed by a smoke alarm.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and twenty passengers and eight crew members remained safe.

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The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Russia, was on approach to Norilsk when the crew reported an issue with flaps.

The crew entered a hold to work the checklists and subsequently landed safely. All one hundred and eighty-three passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Novosibirsk, Russia, to Sanya, China, was diverted due to a cracked windshield.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventy-three people aboard remained unharmed.

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The plane flying from Heraklion, Greece, was on approach to Domodedovo when the crew reported an unsafe gear indication.

The crew went around and managed to lower and lock the gear before safely landing in Domodedovo.

Everyone aboard remained safe.

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The Boeing 737-800 plane was heading to Norilsk, Russia, when the crew reported a cracked windshield and decided to turn back.

The plane landed safely. There were 168 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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The plane heading to Krasnojarsk, Russia, had to turn back due to an indication that a cargo door was open.

The plane landed safely. There were 29 passengers and 3 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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Pilots returned the Boeing 737 to Krasnoyarsk and made a safe landing at 6:26. An inspection revealed that a door had not been properly closed. The open door was unable to maintain cabin compression adequately, although the door itself was in working order.

No one was injured. Nordstar Airlines is now reviewing its procedures and local officials are opening an inquiry.

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None of the 170 passengers aboard were hurt.

The passengers descended on “soft” grass on portable stairs. There was no visible damage to the plane. After the passengers disembarked, the plane was towed.

Emergency services responded to assist.

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Pilots diverted the flight to Anatalya where they made a safe landing with emergency services on standby at 12:22.

Route

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The plane had taken off normally but the gears would not retract. THe pilot informed ATC and returned to the airport where pilots made a safe landing (though reported as a “crash” landing.) No one was injured.

The West Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s Office will be investigating.

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What: Nordstar AKA Taimyr Avia Boeing 737-800 en route from Antalya, Turkey to Moscow
Where: Krasnodar
When: Jul 26th 2009
Who: 173 passengers and 9 crew
Why: When the Boeing’s landing gear would not retract, the flight diverted to Krasnodar Russia where it landed safely.

George’s Point of View

This is a huge 747.

With so many older planes stretching their years of service, we’re going to see an increasing number of emergency landings; and we’re going to have an increasing number of incidents attributed to maintenance.

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