The plane took off for Heathrow Airport, England, but had to turn back due to a pressurization problem.

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

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The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to turn back due to an oil quantity indication for one of the engines.

The plane landed back safely. All two hundred and forty-five passengers aboard remained safe.

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The plane heading from Orlando, Florida, to Gatwick Airport, England, was diverted after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.

The plane landed safely.

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The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Manchester, England, but had to turn back due to an issue with the cargo fire detection system.

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

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The Airbus A330-200 plane flying from Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, was on final approach to Gatwick Airport when the crew went around reporting issues with nose wheel steering and brakes.

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

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The Airbus A330-200 plane heading from Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, to Gatwick Airport, England, was diverted after the crew received a cargo smoke indication.

The plane landed safely. All two hundred and eighty passengers and twelve crew members remained unharmed.

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The plane heading from Orlando, Florida, to Gatwick Airport, England, was diverted due to smoke on board.

The plane landed safely.

There were one hundred and ninety-four passengers and thirteen crew members aboard at the time. Twelve passengers were examined by the medical teams at the airport.

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The Airbus A330-300 plane took off for Saint Lucia but had to return shortly afterwards due to a hydraulic issue.

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

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The Airbus A340-600 plane flying from Heathrow Airport, England, was descending toward New York when the crew reported an engine oil leak and declared an emergency.

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

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The Boeing 787-900 plane was flying from Heathrow Airport, England, when the crew needed to shut down one of the engines due to an engine oil leak.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 787-900 flying from Seattle, Washington, to London, England, had to divert after indications of an engine malfunction.

The plane landed safely.

Everyone aboard remained safe.

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The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Montego Bay, Jamaica, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a suspected lightning strike.

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

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The plane flying from London, United Kingdom, to San Francisco, California, was diverted due to a technical issue.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 747-400 plane was flying to Gatwick Airport, England, when the crew decided to turn back due to a wheel well fire indication.

The plane landed safely. There were 359 people aboard at the time; all of the remained unhurt.

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The Airbus A330-300, en-route to Detroit, Michigan, was mid-air when it had to return after the crew reported hydraulic failure followed by a possible landing gear failure.

The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers aboard remained safe.

The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

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The Airbus A340-600 took off for John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, but had to return shortly afterwards after the first officer became sick due to a laser strike.

The plane landed safely. There were 252 passengers and 15 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained injured.

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The Airbus A330-300, en-route to London, UK, had to return after its left side engine ingested a bird.

The plane landed safely.

No one was injured.

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The Airbus A340-600, heading to Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, had to be turned back after its windshield cracked mid-air.

The plane landed uneventfully.

The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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According to the airline, the Boeing 747-400 plane was en-route from Manchester, UK to Orlando, Florida, when it was diverted due to a ‘minor technical problem’.

The plane landed uneventfully after dumping extra fuel. There were 433 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.

The airline arranged a replacement aircraft for the passengers.

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According to an airline statement, “Virgin Atlantic can confirm that flight VS43 on 29 December, travelling to McCarran international airport Las Vegas, returned to Gatwick due to a technical issue with one of the landing gears.”

The Boeing 747 circled over the south coast of England before it landed uneventfully, shortly before 16:00 GMT. No one aboard was injured.

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The decision to make an emergency landing occurred after a technical issue developed with the Airbus A346, after it departed from Pudong International Airport, China, at 11.40am. It was scheduled to land at London Heathrow at 4.34 p.m.

At first, the pilot decided to land in a river. He was eventually able to reach an airstrip at a Russian army camp. There were 283 passengers and 12 crew members aboard at the time of incident; all of them remained unhurt.

The airline later released a statement saying, “Virgin Atlantic can confirm that the VS251 travelling from Shanghai to London Heathrow has diverted to Irkutsk Airport, Russia, as a precautionary measure due to a technical issue…Safety and security is always our top priority…The aircraft is currently on the ground and our customers are being looked after by our cabin crew. Our priority now is to ensure our customers resume their journey as soon as possible…The airline would like to thank passengers for their patience and apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

The English divers were returning after diving at the World Cup in Shanghai. They are also scheduled to participate in the upcoming Commonwealth Games at Glasgow 2014.

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Four people (one member of the crew and three passengers) were injured by the turbulence.

The flight continued to London where it made a safe landing.

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What: Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300 from London to Orlando,FL
Where: London
When: Apr 16th 2012
Who: 299 passengers and 13 crew
Why: The flight had taken off from Gatwick when the crew reported an indication of a cargo fire. Pilots returned to the airport, and made a safe landing on flat tires. (Flat tires can result from a heavy or fast landing.)

Passengers were evacuated by slide from the plane directly on the runway, at which time some scrapes and bruises occurred.

No heat or fire was found in the plane. It is not uncommon for de-icing fluid burning off an engine may set off an alarm.

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What: Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 en route from Orlando,FL (USA) to Manchester
Where: Gander
When: Oct 21 2010
Who: 451 passengers and 17 crew
Why: While underway, a drunken passenger got into a brawl with his wife and father in law. The pilot diverted to Gander where the disruptive passenger, UK citizen Roy Anthony Heaps, was escorted out of the airport by Mounties.

The court ordered Heaps to pay a fine of $15,000 for charges of assault, uttering threats, mischief and interfering with an air crew; and restitution to the airline along the lines of 13,000 Canadian Dollars.

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