What: Delta Airlines Boeing 737-800,en route from Baltimore to Saint Petersburg
Where: Jacksonville
When: Sep 30th 2012
Who: Baltimore Orioles
Why: Smoke was reported aboard the Baltimore Orioles flight from Baltimore to Tampa for a Monday game.

Ned Rice, of Orioles operations said that “They came on and told us we needed to make an emergency landing, and then we were nearly free-falling for a few minutes as they raced to get us on the ground as fast as possible.”

The smoke originated in the galley.

The pilots diverted to Jackson and made a safe landing, where the plane was inspected and cleared before continuing to St. Pete.

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There was also a degree of interference with messaging between the plane and ATC caused by bleedover from a commercial station but not enough to cause problems.

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What: Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Istanbul Turkey to Baku Azerbaijan
Where: Istanbul
When: October 30
Who: 221 aboard
Why: After takeoff, the cabin filled with smoke coming from a galley oven.

The plane returned to the Istanbul airport and made a safe landing. No replacement was provided. The plane received maintenance, and continued some hours later.

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