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Onur Air Plane makes Safe Landing in Turkey after Loss in Cabin Pressure

OnurairOnur Air flight 8Q-814 made a safe landing at Antalya Airport, Antalya, Turkey, on May 28th.

The Airbus A333-300, flying from Munich, Germany, was mid-air above Serbia when it lost its cabin pressure, prompting the crew to initiate an emergency descent before regaining control of the cabin pressure.

The plane landed successfully.

All people onboard remained unharmed.

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Saudi Arabian Airlines Lands On Nose


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Contact photographer Ian Clarke

What: Saudi Arabian Airlines/Onur Air Airbus A300-600 en route from Madinah to Jeddah
Where: Jeddah
When: May 1 2012
Who: 10 crew
Why: Pilots had an indication of unsafe nose gear and landed without nose gear at Jeddah at 12:55. Emergency crew (reported as “civil defense but that could have been a translation error” sprayed the runway. The crew disembarked via slides. There were no injuries reported.

The flight was “a special flight from the western town,” with ten crew and no passengers. We assume a ferry flight.

The video shows mobile stairs that are up for the post flight check-up, but notice the steep angle of the slide at the rear of the plane.

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Onur Airbus Escorted Over Germany


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Contact photographer Sebastian Lukasiewicz

What: Onur Air Airbus A321-200 en route from Manchester to Cyprus
Where: Germany
When: Aug 20 2011
Why: The airbus was a source of concern when it lost communication for a quarter of an hour while over Germany, during which time a sonic boom was heard.

The two fighter jet “escorts” were the probable source of the sonic boom which disturbed residents’ peace of mind.

Communications were restored and the flight continued to Cyprus as scheduled.