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    DHL Jet with Flammable Cargo Makes Emergency Landing in Cayman Islands

    DHLA DHL cargo plane made an emergency landing at the Owen Roberts International Airport in Cayman Islands, at around 10:35 a.m. on February 18.

    Authorities said the Boeing 757 plane was transporting flammable liquids from Miami to Costa Rica when one of its engines malfunctioned. The crew then shut down the faulty engine and diverted the plane for an emergency landing in Cayman Islands.

    Roads near the airport were closed and firefighters were ready at the scene when the plane safely touched the runway. All 3 crew members aboard remained unharmed.

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    British Airways Boeing Made Another Unscheduled Landing at Shannon Airport

    British airwaysBritish Airways Flight BA-48 had to make an unscheduled landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, at around 10:24 a.m. on November 23.

    The pilot sought permission for diverting to Shannon Airport after one of the engines of Boeing 777 aircraft had to be shut down due to some fault. The flight was en-route from Seattle, Washington to London Heathrow at the time.

    The plane landed uneventfully and all 220 passengers and crew members remained unharmed. The aircraft was taken for examination.

    An airline spokesperson said, “Our flight diverted to Shannon due to a minor technical issue and our cabin crew looked after the customers on board. Safety is always our first priority, and the aircraft diverted purely as a precaution.”

    A replacement plane was arranged for the passengers which took off 6 hours later.

    Earlier on November 21, the same aircraft, performing flight BAW-215 from London Heathrow to Boston, made an unscheduled landing at Shannon Airport due to a problem with generators.

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    Thomson Flight Made Emergency Landing in Portugal

    Thomson airwaysA Thomson Airways flight had to make an emergency landing at the Lajes airport in Portugal, at about 4:13 a.m. Lisbon time on August 5.

    The twin-engine aircraft Boeing 787-800 aircraft was on its way from Dominican Republic to Manchester, UK when the crew had to shut down its right hand engine due to an indication of low oil pressure.

    The plane was then diverted towards Lajes airport where it made a safe emergency landing. All 288 passengers remained safe.

    The passengers were provided a replacement aircraft which took them to their destination.

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    Air India Emergency Bird Strike in Newark NJ

    duck77An Air India Boeing 777 en route from Newark to Mumbai had 292 passengers and 21 crew aboard when it took off at 4:36 in the afternoon. Witnesses saw flames shooting from the left engine when flight 144 took off.

    Pilots reported problems with the left engine, and twenty-two minutes after taking off, returned to land in Newark.

    The landing must have been pretty hard, because tires were blown. The airport’s New Jersey spokeswoman Erica Dumas described it as a “rough landing.” Also, the left engine problems were attributed to a bird strike.

    Passengers disembarked and were provided hotel accommodations while they rebooked.

    *No ducks were injured in the photoshopping of this B777 windowseat snapshot.

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    Emergency Landing at LAX

    An American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Honolulu to Los suffered engine trouble en route and one of its two engines was shut down.

    Flight 246 declared an emergency in one of its two engines. Emergency services was on hand when the flight landed at 5:19 a.m. from Kona.

    No injuries were reported of the 140 passengers and seven crew aboard the flight.

    The last hour was flown on one engine.

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    Air Canada Jazz Suffers Engine Fire Just After Takeoff


    photographer Jason Whitebird

    On December 12, 2013, an Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 took off from Nanaimo Airport en route to Vancouver when the plane developed an engine fire.

    Fire broke out over open water when the plane reached cruising altitude minutes after leaving the airport. Passengers reported hearing a loud bang, and on the side of the plane, they saw flames from the affected engine.

    The pilot shut down the engine, and they made a safe landing. The crew also discovered an engine oil problem just prior to the fire.

    This was the first emergency landing at the Nanaimo Airport, which was shut down for four hours after the incident. Emergency services responded to the scene. Passengers used stairs to exit.

    Passengers spoke positively about the crew. No one was injured.

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    Emirates Airbus Diverts to Kuwait after engine shut down

    On Oct 25, an Emirates Airlines Airbus A380 en route from New York to Dubai had to shut down a right engine.

    Pilots diverted to Kuwait where they made a safe landing.

    A replacement airbus was provided to carry the passengers to Dubai. We don’t have information how long passengers waited or if they were provided accommodations during the interim.

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    Smoking Engine in Turks and Caicos Islands

    On Oct 23, an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) to Miami reported a fire in the cockpit, a smoking engine and a loss of fuel. With smoke in the cockpit, and a hot engine, pilots made a safe landing when they diverted to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

    None of the 169 passengers and 6 crew reported injury.

    Some sources reported “There was no fire anywhere” but other sources say there was an engine fire. American Airlines sent a replacement flight which made it to Miami Tuesday.

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    ATR-72-212 Engine Fire, Emergency Landing in Budapest

    On 02-OCT-2013, a CSA Czech Airlines ATR-72-212 developed an engine fire after takeoff from Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest Hungary. Witness report seeing a long trail of black smoke as the plane took off. Some report that smoke coming from the left side of the gearbox.

    Crew reported smoke in the cabin and requested a return.

    Thirty-three passengers were aboard and four crew.

    The flight was en route to Prague but didn’t get far.

    Pilots returned to Budapest and made a safe landing—or rather, as safe a landing as one can have with an engine on fire and a cabin with smoke in it.

    The burning engine was shut down (it was a PW127).

    The official response from Czech Airlines said that the flight crew turned off the affected engine, shut down the fire and returned to the Budapest airport. After the plane made its landing safely with no problems, passengers disembarked in the standard way by stairs. No emergency assistance was needed, and no one was injured.

    Czech Airlines provided passengers a morning flight to Prague.

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    Southwest Airlines Boeing Bird Strike

    A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 en route from Raleigh Durham to Chicago suffered a bird strike after takeoff.

    The right engine lost power. Pilots shut down the engine.

    Pilots made a safe landing in Raleigh Durham with emargency services on standby.

    No injuries were reported. A alternative Southwest flight was provided for passengers.

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    Emergency Landing in SFO


    On August 3rd, a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 was en route to Sydney, Australia when it made an emergency landing in San Francisco International Airport Saturday night.

    An emergency was declared on 863 after taking off at 10:45 p.m.

    One of the engines was shut down.

    The plane turned around, dumped fuel and made a safe landing at San Francisco International Airport with emergency services standing by.

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    Emergency Landing in Shannon

    A Delta Boeing 767 diverted to Shannon and made an emergency landing on August 5, 2013 with emergency services on standby.

    220 passengers and crew were aboard when the right engine developed problems and was shut down.

    Pilots dumped fuel thirty minutes into the flight and made a safe landing in Shannon.

    The flight was en route from Italy to Atlanta.

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    BA Airways emergency landing with Engine fire


    A British Airways Airbus A319-100 was en route from London to Oslo when it developed an engine problem.

    Passengers heard a loud explosion, and saw smoke from the right engine. Apparently the engine doors blew off.

    During takeoff, the casing of the left engine ‘came away’ and the right engine exploded when the plane made a quick return, landing in London.

    Good thing that Emergency services were on standby to extinguish the engine fire.

    Passengers and crew made an emergency evacuation via emergency slides.

    None of the 5 crew and 75 passengers were injured.

    The ABC News video below suggests a birdstrike that is purely speculative

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    Lufthansa Engine Emergency in Poland


    On May 21, 2013, a Lufthansa Bombardier CRJ took off at 6 a. m. from Katowice Poland and developed an engine problem. Pilots returned to Katowice and made a safe landing reportedly with an engine fire. The affected engine was shut down.

    The plane landed at approximately 7 with about an hour spent in the air. All traffic throughout the airport was stopped at the time.

    The fire brigade was ready and the medical responders were immediately on the scene but no injuries were reported. After the plane landed safely, the 63 passengers and four crew were evacuated.

    Passengers were provided alternative flights.

    “S?yszalna by?a detonacja. Kapitan zg?osi? Mayday. Wszyscy s? bezpieczni”

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    Air France Crisis Over Mumbai


    photographer Sergio Cardona

    On March 11, 2013, an Air France Airbus A330 en route from Mumbai to Paris developed an engine problem. The pilot shut down the engine and returned to Mumbai.

    There were almost two hundred passengers aboard the flight. None of them reported injury.

    Passengers disembarked, and were provided accommodations as an alternative flight was provided.

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    Emergency Landing in Karachi

    On Feb 20, 2013, a Pakistan International Airlines – PIA Boeing 747-367 with 465 aboard was en route from Karachi to Jeddah when the pilots reported a fire indication on engine 2. Pilots shut down the affected engine.

    The pilots diverted back to Karachi where they made a safe landing. They were in the air for fifteen minutes.

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    DELTA Flight Diverts to Dublin

    The Delta Boeing 767-300 en route from Newark to Amsterdam was en route when pilots received and indication and shut down an engine.

    They descended to a safe altitude and continued to Dublin where they made a safe landing

    Passengers were provided an alternative flight.

    http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL34/history/20130212/2310Z/KEWR/EHAM/tracklog

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    Med View Emergency Landing, Lagos

    On January 27, 2013, a Med View flight was en route from Lagos to Abuja when it developed sudden problems in one engine. Passengers panicked when they heard a boom at 12:30, and the plane began to fly unsteadily.

    73 passengers were aboard the twelve o’clock flight that had started fifteen minutes late at Murtala Muhammed Airport.

    Pilots shut down the affected engine and made a safe return to Lagos with emergency services on standby.

    Apparently pilot and crew made no announcements, but they did handle the emergency and get the plane down safely.

    Passengers were provided an alternative flight to Abuja on a 737.

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    Easyjet Airbus Engine Shut Down in Malta


    Six minutes after takeoff from Malta, an EasyJet Airbus A320 with a 150 passengers had an engine failure, shut down the affected engine, and returned to Malta. One source said there was only a technical problem and the shut down was just a precaution. No injuries were reported. Passengers described noises like retracting landing gear thumping louder and louder.

    Passengers were held in the departures lounge.

    The plane made a safe landing with emergency services on standby.

    Passengers disembarked after the engine was checked. They were sent a replacement flight to take them to London with a five hour delay.

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    Arkia Flight makes Emergency Landing

    On January 13, 2013, an Arkia Airlines ATR developed an engine problem forcing the pilot to shut down the affected engine and divert from Sde Dov to Ben-Gurion airport. The flight landed with emergency services on standby. None of the 67 aboard had any injuries.

    There was no fire found in the turboprop engine, but Akia Airlines began an investigation, and seems to have discovered a faulty indicator.

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    Aviatrans Emergency Landing in Chelyabinsk after engine failure

    On December 26, 2012, an Atran-Aviatrans Antonov 12BP en route from Chelyabinsk to Vorkuta with eight crew aboard made an emergency landing in Chelyabinsk after an engine failed.

    Pilots landed safely 15 minutes after take-off due to a malfunction of the fourth engine.

    The plane is undergoing inspection. No injuries were reported and no damage to the plane during landing.

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    Emergency Landing at NSC Bose International airport

    After experiencing an engine problem on Dec 17, 2012, a chartered Kazakistan plane en route from Bangkok to Lucknow made an emergency landing at NSC Bose International airport.

    There were 23 aboard, 17 of whom passengers. No injuries were reported.

    The left engine stalled for unknown reason. The flight made a safe landing at 10:15 with emergency services on standby.