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Southwest Flight Diverts to Louisville

GJHatcher — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:10:59 +0000

What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300, en route from Orlando to Chicago
Where: Louisville Kentucky
When: Mar 28 2011 3:00 pm
Who: 101 passengers 5 crew
Why: While en route, the cockpit began to fill with smoke. A pilot saw a problem with the windshield defroster wiring, and turned off the defroster.

The pilots diverted the flight to Louisville where they made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative Boeing flight to Chicago arriving two and a half hours later.

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Jet Blue Cautionary Landing in Fort Lauderdale

GJHatcher — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:57:56 +0000

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What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Fort Lauderdale to Boston,MA
Where: Fort Lauderdale on Apr 22nd 2010
When: Apr 22nd 2010
Who: 94 passengers and 4 crew
Why: After takeoff, fumes were detected on board. The flight returned to Fort Lauderdale and made a safe landing. On arrival, some passengers booked on alternative flights; others continued on the same plane a couple of hours later. No details have been released regarding the source of the fumes.

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Birdstrike in Amsterdam Recalls Plane 2x

GJHatcher — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:45:27 +0000

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What: Transavia Boeing 737-700 en route from Amsterdam to Ibiza Spain
Where: Amsterdam
When: Jul 20th 2009
Who: 148 passengers
Why: During takeoff, the flight struck a bird; it took about twenty minutes to land back at the airport where the plane was assessed to be undamaged; however, when it took off after a two hour inspection, the anti-ice system turned out to be damaged, and the plane returned to Amsterdam where the passengers were provided an alternative flight.

George’s Point of View

I wonder what exactly was wrong with the icing system, and why it was missed on the ground.

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Boeing emergency landing in Buenos Aires

GJHatcher — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:59:55 +0000

What: Flight AA956, American Airlines Boeing 767 en route from Ezeiza International of Buenos Aires to New York
Where: Buenos Aires
When: May 20 took off at 8:39 p.m and landed at 1:17
Who: 200 passengers
Why: The flight returned to Buenos Aires for an emergency landing due to a technical failure of the “defrosters.” The 767 anti-ice system is essential as the plane flies at 10,000 feet. No injuries were reported. The flight had to fly over De la Plata River to “*finish the fuel.”

There’s no indication if *finish in this context means dump (they did fly over a river) or use up. The term came verbatim from a Xinhua report–so we have a report that has gone from Spanish to Chinese to English and we do apologize if we lose details.

The flight has been rescheduled for Thursday.

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